The mayor of Oristano is an elected politician who, along with the Oristano City Council, is accountable for the strategic government of Oristano in Sardinia, Italy.
The current mayor is Massimiliano Sanna, who took office on 16 June 2022.
Overview According to the Italian Constitution, the mayor of Oristano is member of the City Council.
The mayor is elected by the population of Oristano, who also elects the members of the City Council, controlling 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 government.
Since 1994 the mayor is elected directly by Oristano's electorate: in all mayoral elections in Italy in cities with a population higher than 15,000 the 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.
Italian Republic (since 1946) City Council election From 1946 to 1994, the Mayor of Oristano was elected by the City Council.
Mayor Term start Term end Party 1Alfredo Corrias19461949DC 2Salvatore Annis19491952DC 3Gino Carloni19521953DC 4Giovanni Canalis19531961DC 5Salvatore Manconi19611966DC 6Pietro Riccio19661968DC 7Sergio Abis19681971DC 8Sandro Ladu19711972DC 9Vincenzo Loy19721974DC 10Manlio Odoni19741975DC (8)Sandro Ladu19751981DC 11Ignazio Manunza19811984DC 12Lia Dettori Aiello19841985DC 13Giorgio Gaviano19851987DC Franco Mura19871989PSI (13)Giorgio Gaviano19891990DC 15Pietro Arca19901993DCSpecial Prefectural Commissioner's tenure (1993–1994)
Direct election (since 1994) Since 1994, under provisions of new local administration law, the Mayor of Oristano is chosen by direct election, originally every four, then every five years.
Mayor Term start Term end PartyCoalition Election Mariano Scarpa28 June 19948 June 1998PDSPDSPPIPS1994 17 Pietro Ortu8 June 199830 July 2001 IndCDRRICCDPSd'Az1998Special Prefectural Commissioner's tenure (30 July 2001 – 11 June 2002) Antonio Barberio11 June 200212 June 2007ANANUDCFPRS2002 Angela Eugenia Nonnis12 June 20072 September 2011 RSPdLRSUDSDC2007Special Prefectural Commissioner tenure (2 September 2011 – 26 June 2012) Guido Tendas26 June 201226 June 2017 PDPDSEL2012 Andrea Lutzu26 June 201716 June 2022 FIFIRSFP2017 Massimiliano Sanna16 June 2022Incumbent RSFdIRSUDCPSd'AzFI2022 Notes
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