The mayor of Asti is an elected politician who, along with the Asti City Council, is accountable for the strategic government of Asti in Piedmont, Italy.
The current mayor is Maurizio Rasero (FI), who took office on 27 June 2017.
Overview According to the Italian Constitution, the mayor of Asti is member of the City Council.
The mayor is elected by the population of Asti, 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 1993 the mayor is elected directly by Asti'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 (1946-1994) From 1946 to 1994, the Mayor of Asti was elected by the City Council.
Mayor Term start Term end Party Felice Platone19461951PCI 2Giovanni Viale19511960DC 3Giovanni Giraudi19601967DC 4Cesare Marchia19671971DC 5Guglielmo Berzano19711975DC 6Gian Piero Vigna19751982PSDI Guglielmo Pasta19821983PLI (6)Gian Piero Vigna19831985PSDI Giorgio Galvagno19851994PSI
Direct election (since 1994) Since 1994, under provisions of new local administration law, the Mayor of Asti is chosen by direct election, originally every four, then every five years.
Mayor Term start Term end PartyCoalition Election Alberto Bianchino28 June 19948 June 1998PDS PDSPRC1994 Luigi Florio8 June 199811 June 2002FI FIANCCDCDU1998 11 Vittorio Voglino11 June 200230 May 2007DL DSDLPdCI2002 Giorgio Galvagno30 May 200722 May 2012FI FIANLN2007 Fabrizio Brignolo22 May 201227 June 2017PD PDIdVMod2012 Maurizio Rasero27 June 201713 June 2022FI FILegaFdI201713 June 2022Incumbent FILegaFdI2022
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