The mayor of Novara is an elected politician who, along with the Novara City Council, is accountable for the strategic government of Novara in Piedmont, Italy.

The current mayor is Alessandro Canelli (Lega), who took office on 21 June 2016.

Overview According to the Italian Constitution, the mayor of Novara is member of the City Council.

The mayor is elected by the population of Novara, who also elect the members of the City Council, controlling the mayor's policy guidelines and 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 Novara's electorate: in all mayoral elections in Italian 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 (1946-1993) From 1946 to 1993, the mayor of Novara was elected by the City Council.

  Mayor Term start Term end Party Camillo Pasquali19461947PSIUP Ugo Porzio Giovanola19471949PSI Camillo Pasquali19491951PSI 3Giuseppe Giuliano Allegra19521956DC Alessandro Bermani19561962PSI Cornelio Masciadri19621967PSI 6Rinaldo Canna19671970PSDI 7Ezio Leonardi19711978DC 8Maurizio Pagani19781981PSDI Armando Riviera19811991PSI Antonio Malerba19911993PSI

Direct election (since 1993) Since 1993, under provisions of new local administration law, the mayor of Novara is chosen by direct election, originally every four, then every five years.

  Mayor Term start Term end PartyCoalition Election Sergio Merusi21 June 199312 May 1997LNLN1993 Giovanni Correnti12 May 199714 May 2001PDSPDSPPISIFdV1997 Massimo Giordano14 May 20016 June 2006LNFIANLNUDC20016 June 200626 May 2010FIANLNUDC2006 Andrea Ballarè 1 June 201121 June 2016PDPDSEL2011 Alessandro Canelli21 June 201612 October 2021LNLegaLNFdI201612 October 2021IncumbentFIFdILegaUDC2021 Notes

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