The mayor of Sondrio is an elected politician who, along with the Sondrio's city council, is accountable for the strategic government of Sondrio in Lombardy, Italy.

The current mayor is Marco Scaramellini who took office on 26 June 2018.

Overview

According to the Italian Constitution, the mayor of Sondrio is member of the city council.

The mayor is elected by the population of Sondrio, 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 Sondrio'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 Sondrio was elected by the City's council.

  Mayor Term start Term end Party 1Giulio Carugo13 April 194621 September 1953DC 2Arturo Schena21 September 195315 December 1964DC 3Saverio Venosta15 December 196430 October 1975DC 4Alberto Frizziero30 October 197530 July 1985DC 5Primo Buzzetti30 July 198514 July 1990DC 6Flaminio Benetti14 July 199011 August 1994DCSpecial Prefectural Commissioner tenure (11 August 1994 – 5 December 1994)

Direct election (since 1994) Since 1994, under provisions of new local administration law, the mayor of Sondrio is chosen by direct election, originally every four then every five years.

  Mayor Term start Term end PartyCoalition Election Alcide Molteni5 December 199414 December 1998PDSDS PDS1994 14 December 1998 10 June 2003 PDSPPIPRC1998 Bianca Bianchini10 June 200321 August 2007FI FILNANUDC2003Special Prefectural Commissioner tenure (21 August 2007 – 29 April 2008) Alcide Molteni29 April 200828 May 2013PD PDSAPSI200828 May 201326 June 2018 PDSELPSI2013 9 Marco Scaramellini26 June 201816 May 2023Ind FILN201816 May 2023Incumbent FdIFILN2023 Notes

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