The mayor of Brescia is an elected politician who, along with the Brescia City Council, is accountable for the strategic government of Brescia in Lombardy, Italy.
The current mayor is Laura Castelletti, elected on 15 May 2023.
Overview According to the Italian Constitution, the mayor of Brescia is a member of the City Council.
The mayor is elected by the population of Brescia, who also elects the members of the City Council, the legislative body which checks the mayor's policy guidelines and is able to enforce his resignation by a motion of no confidence. The mayor is entitled to appoint and release the members of his executive.
Since 1994 the mayor is elected directly by Brescia's electorate: in all mayoral elections in Italy in cities with a population higher than 15,000 voters express a direct choice for the mayor or an indirect choice voting for the party of the candidate's coalition. If no candidate receives at least 50% of votes, the top two candidates go to a second round after two weeks. The election of the City Council is based on a direct choice for the candidate with a preference vote: the candidate with the majority of the preferences is elected. The number of the seats for each party is determined proportionally on the base of a majority bonus system.
Podestà Kingdom of Italy (1807-1814) Podestà Term start Term end Appointer 1 Gaetano Maggi di Gradella18071808Napoleon I of France 2 Tommaso Balucanti18081813 3 Pietro Ducco18131816
Kingdom of Lombardy–Venetia (1815-1859) Podestà Term start Term end Appointer 4 Count Francesco Maggi di Gradella18161819Francis I of Austria 5 Roberto Corniani18191825 6 Count Giovanni Calini18251829 7 Count Bartolomeo Fenaroli Avogadro18291838 8 Faustino Feroldi18381847Ferdinand I of Austria 9 Angelo Averoldi18471849 10 Count Luigi Maggi18491855Franz Joseph I of Austria 11 Alessandro Pirlo18551856 (9) Angelo Averoldi18561859 12 Diogene Valotti (acting)18591860 Victor Emmanuel II of Italy
Mayors Kingdom of Italy (1860–1946) Mayor Term start Term end Party Mayors appointed by the King (1860-1889)1Tartarino Caprioli(1804–1891)March 1860April 1860Right–Nicola Zoppola (acting)(1827–1907)April 1860March 1861Right2Diogene Valotti(1830–1910)March 1861July 1862Right–Paolo Baruchelli (acting)(1810–1872)20 July 186222 January 1863Right–Giovanni Battista Formentini (acting)(1808–1881)22 January 186316 March 1863Right3Gaetano Facchi(1812–1895)16 March 186322 March 1867Right4Giovanni Battista Formentini(1808–1881)22 March 186724 November 1872Right5Giuseppe Salvadego(1830–1906)24 November 187216 December 1874Right(4)Giovanni Battista Formentini(1808–1881)16 December 18742 February 1880Right–Giuseppe Bonardi (acting)(1836–1898)2 February 188021 September 1880Left6Antonio Barbieri(1828–1886)21 September 188018 December 1882Left–Arturo Finadri (acting)(1856–1924)18 December 188231 July 1883Left–Teodoro Pertusati (acting)(1836–1897)31 July 18837 September 1883Left7Giuseppe Bonardi(1836–1898)7 September 18831 September 1884Left–Paolo Riccardi (acting)(1835–1910)1 September 188427 September 1884Left–Francesco Caprioli (acting)(1833–1916)27 September 18849 May 1885Right–Angelo Tasca9 May 18854 July 1885Special Commissioner(7)Giuseppe Bonardi(1836–1898)4 July 188518 November 1889Left Mayors elected by the City Council (1889-1926)(7)Giuseppe Bonardi(1836–1898)18 November 188911 May 1895Left8Francesco Bettoni-Cazzago(1835–1898)11 May 189512 May 1898Right–Giovanni Gottardi (acting)(1840–1915)12 May 18989 August 1898Right9Carlo Fisogni(1854–1936)9 August 189823 July 1902Right–Vittorio Ballauri23 July 190218 August 1902Special Commissioner10Federico Bettoni-Cazzago(1865–1923)18 August 190217 December 1904Left–Nunzio Vitelli17 December 19049 March 1906Special Commissioner11Vincenzo Bettoni-Cazzago(1856–1924)9 March 19053 September 1906Right–Enrico Cerboni3 September 19061 December 1906Special Commissioner12Girolamo Orefici(1867–1932)1 December 190626 October 1912Left–Paolo Cuzzetti (acting)(1855–1925)26 October 191212 July 1914Left–Giuseppe Ajroldi12 July 19149 March 1915Special Commissioner13Dominatore Mainetti(1861–1920)9 March 191517 July 1919Liberal–Arturo Reggio (acting)(1879–1959)17 July 191919 November 1920Liberal14Luigi Gadola(1861–1930)19 November 192030 March 1923Independent –Antonio Zanon30 March 192317 July 1924Special Commissioner–Vittorio Buti17 July 1924March 1925Special Commissioner–Salvatore PortelliMarch 19257 March 1926Special Commissioner–Antonio Amorth7 March 192618 March 1926Special Commissioner–Pietro Calzoni18 March 192616 December 1926Special Commissioner Fascist Podestà (1926-1945)1Pietro Calzoni(1870–1957)December 1926January 1933PNF–Osvaldo BolisJanuary 1933March 1933Special Commissioner2Fausto Lechi(1892–1979)March 1933March 1937PNF–Renato PascucciMarch 1937September 1937Special Commissioner3Pietro BersiSeptember 1937February 1943PNF4Innocente Dugnani(1902–1971)February 1943July 1943PNF–Giuseppe Cacciatore (acting)July 1943August 1943PNF–Osvaldo BolisAugust 1943September 1943Special Commissioner(4)Innocente Dugnani(1902–1971)September 1943May 1944PFR5Ruggero Friggeri May 1944April 1945PFR Allied occupation (1945-1946)15Guglielmo Ghislandi(1887–1965)1 May 194530 April 1946PSI
Republic of Italy (since 1946) City Council election (1946–1994) From 1946 to 1994 the mayor of Brescia was elected by the City Council.
Mayor Term start Term end Party Coalition Election Guglielmo Ghislandi(1887–1965)30 April 194616 June 1948PSICLN1946 2Bruno Boni(1918–1998)16 June 194811 July 1949DCDC PSI PCI11 July 194918 June 1951DC PLI PSDI18 June 195118 June 1956195118 June 195610 December 1960195610 December 196022 December 1964196022 December 196429 July 1970DC PSI PSDI196429 July 197015 May 19751970 3Cesare Trebeschi(1925–2020)28 July 197520 October 1980DCDC PSI PSDI PRI197520 October 198014 October 19851980 4Pietro Padula(1934–2009)14 October 198512 August 1990DCDC PSI PSDI PRI PLI1985 5Gianni Boninsegna(1923–1993)12 August 199015 September 1991DCDC PSI PRI PLI1990 –Goffredo Sottile15 September 199127 January 1992 -Special commissioner Gianni Panella(1948–2003)27 January 199227 September 1992PSIDC PSI PLI 1991 Paolo Corsini(b. 1947)27 September 199213 June 1994PDSDC PDS PSI FdV –Roberto Frassinet13 June 199425 July 1994 -Special commissioner –Romano Fusco25 July 19945 December 1994 -Special commissioner Notes
Direct election (since 1994)
Since 1994, under provisions of the new local electoral law (Law 25 March 1993, n. 81), the mayor of Brescia is chosen by direct election, originally every four and since 1998 every five years.
Mayor Term start Term end Party Coalition Election 8Mino Martinazzoli (1931–2011)5 December 199414 December 1998PPI PDSPPI1994 Paolo Corsini (b. 1947)14 December 199810 June 2003DSPD The Olive Tree(DS-PPI-SDI-FdV)199810 June 20038 March 2008 The Olive Tree(DS-DL-SDI-FdV) 2003 Luigi Gaffurini (acting)(b. 1948)8 March 200817 April 2008PD Adriano Paroli (b. 1962)17 April 200812 June 2013PdL PdLLNUDC2008 Emilio Del Bono (b. 1965)12 June 201314 June 2018PD PDSELand leftist lists201314 June 201831 March 2023 PDSIand leftist lists 2018 –Laura Castelletti (b. 1962)31 March 202320 May 2023Ind 1120 May 2023Incumbent PDAEVSIand leftist lists2023 Notes
Timeline
By time in office RankMayorPolitical PartyTotal time in officeTerms1Bruno BoniDC 62Paolo CorsiniPDS / DS 10 years, 346 days 33Cesare TrebeschiDC 24Emilio Del BonoPD25Adriano ParoliPdL16Pietro PadulaDC17Mino MartinazzoliPPI18Laura CastellettiInd19Guglielmo GhislandiPSI 110Gianni BoninsegnaDC 111Gianni PanellaPSI1
Elections City Council elections, 1946–1991
Number of votes for each party: Election DC PCI PSI PLI PRI PSDI MSI LN Others Total 31 March 1946 32,678 (43.6%) 17,534 (23.4%) 19,511 (26.1%) 2,902 (3.9%) 2,248 (3.0%) - - - 74,873 27 May 1951 36,693 (43.7%) 13,437 (16.0%) 12,769 (15.2%) 2,168 (2.6%) 1,376 (1.6%) 6,756 (8.1%) 6,732 (8.0%) 3,700 (4.4%) 83,901 27 May 1956 43,004 (46.2%) 13,948 (15.0%) 15,970 (17.2%) 3,126 (3.4%) - 5,801 (6.2%) 6,249 (6.7%) 4,887 (5.2%) 92,985 6 November 1960 46,360 (44.5%) 17,235 (16.6%) 18,391 (17.8%) 5,338 (5.1%) 1,088 (0.4%) 6,648 (6.5%) 6,745 (6.6%) 2,294 (2.2%) 104,099 22 November 1964 47,372 (41.1%) 21,181 (18.4%) 13,516 (11.7%) 13,372 (11.6%) 1,856 (0.7%) 8,657 (7.5%) 6,752 (5.7%) 3,668 (3.2%) 115,260 7 June 1970 52,460 (39.6%) 26,131 (19.7%) 14,124 (10.6%) 9,992 (7.5%) 4,393 (3.3%) 12,469 (9.4%) 7,712 (5.8%) 5,305 (4.0%)132,588 15 June 1975 56,204 (38.5%) 39,793 (27.3%) 19,797 (13.6%) 6,553 (4.5%) 5,329 (3.6%) 7,361 (5.0%) 9,109 (6.2%) 887 (0.6%)145,932 8 June 1980 55,194 (39.1%) 37,070 (26.2%) 16,198 (11.5%) 6,536 (4.6%) 5,386 (3.8%) 7,751 (5.5%) 8,490 (6.0%) 4,648 (3.2%)141,273 12 May 1985 55,541 (38.0%) 36,262 (24.8%) 18,825 (12.9%) 5,517 (3.8%) 7,951 (5.4%) 4,560 (3.1%) 9,690 (6.6%) 7,833 (5.4%)146,179 6 May 1990 46,588 (32.5%) 23,939 (16.7%) 18,776 (13.1%) 2,784 (1.9%) 5,305 (3.7%) 2,450 (1.7%) 3,823 (2.7%) 29,892 (20.4%) 11,601 (8.1%)143,309 24 November 1991 34,410 (24.3%) 13,377(9.5%) 14,609 (10.3%) 4,733 (3.3%) 7,842 (5.5%) 2,274 (1.6%) 5,287 (3.7%) 34,482 (24.4%) 24,302 (17.2%) 141,316 Notes
Number of seats in the City Coucl for each party: Election DC PCI PSI PLI PRI PSDI MSI LN Others Total 31 March 1946 22 12 13 2 1 - - - 50 27 May 1951 28 6 5 2 1 3 3 2 50 27 May 1956 25 8 9 1 - 3 3 1 50 6 November 1960 24 8 9 2 - 3 3 1 50 22 November 1964 21 9 6 6 - 4 3 1 50 7 June 1970 21 10 5 4 1 4 3 250 15 June 1975 21 14 6 2 2 2 3 -50 8 June 1980 21 14 6 2 2 2 3 -50 12 May 1985 20 13 7 2 2 1 3 250 6 May 1990 16 9 7 1 2 - 1 11 350 24 November 1991 13 5 5 1 3 - 2 14 7 50 Notes
Mayoral and City Council election, 1994 The election took place on two rounds: the first on 20 November, the second on 4 December 1994.
| colspan="7"| |- |- style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" ! colspan="4" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left;" | Parties and coalitions ! colspan="1" | Votes ! colspan="1" | % ! colspan="1" | Seats |- | style="background-color:pink" rowspan="3" | | style="background-color:" | | style="text-align:left;" | Democratic Party of the Left (Partito Democratico della Sinistra) | PDS | 22,606 || 20.39 || 11 |- | style="background-color:pink" | | style="text-align:left;" | Italian People's Party (Partito Popolare Italiano) | PPI | 22,227 || 20.05 || 10 |- | style="background-color:" | | style="text-align:left;" | Others | | 8,656 || 7.81 || 3 |- style="background-color:pink" | style="text-align:left;" colspan="4" | Martinazzoli coalition (Centre-left) | 53,489 || 48.25 || 24 |- | style="background-color:lightblue" rowspan="2" | | style="background-color:" | | style="text-align:left;" | Lega Nord | LN | 17,416 || 15.71 || 6 |- | style="background-color:" | | style="text-align:left;" | Forza Italia | FI | 13,416 || 12.10 || 4 |- style="background-color:lightblue" | colspan="4" style="text-align:left;" | Gnutti coalition (Centre-right) | 30,832 || 27.81 || 10 |- | style="background-color:" | | style="text-align:left;" colspan="2" | National Alliance (Alleanza Nazionale) | AN | 13,460 || 12.14 || 4 |- | style="background-color:" | | style="text-align:left;" colspan="2" | Communist Refoundation Party (Rifondazione Comunista) | PRC | 8,647 || 7.80 || 2 |- | style="background-color:" | | style="text-align:left;" colspan="2" | Others | | 4,430 || 3.99 || 0 |- | colspan="7" style="background-color:#E9E9E9" | |- style="font-weight:bold;" | style="text-align:left;" colspan="4" | Total | 110,858 || 100.00 || 40 |- | colspan="7" style="background-color:#E9E9E9" | |- | style="text-align:left;" colspan="4" | Votes cast / turnout | 141,623 || 86.10 || style="background-color:#E9E9E9;" | |- | style="text-align:left;" colspan="4" | Registered voters | 164,490 || || style="background-color:#E9E9E9;" | |- | colspan="7" style="background-color:#E9E9E9" | |- | style="text-align:left;" colspan="7" | Source: Ministry of the Interior