2021 Naples municipal election

The municipal elections in Naples took place on 3 and 4 October 2021. The incumbent Mayor of Naples was Luigi de Magistris of Democracy and Autonomy, who won the 2016 Naples municipal election.

Electoral system The voting system is used for all mayoral elections in Italy, in the cities with a population higher than 15,000 inhabitants. Under this system, 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 50% of votes during the first round, the top two candidates go to a second round after two weeks. The winning candidate obtains a majority bonus equal to 60% of seats. During the first round, if no candidate gets more than 50% of votes but a coalition of lists gets the majority of 50% of votes or if the mayor is elected in the first round but its coalition gets less than 40% of the valid votes, the majority bonus cannot be assigned to the coalition of the winning mayor candidate.

The election of the City Council is based on a direct choice for the candidate with a maximum of two preferential votes, each for a different gender, belonging to the same party list: the candidate with the majority of the preferences is elected. The number of the seats for each party is determined proportionally, using D'Hondt seat allocation. Only coalitions with more than 3% of votes are eligible to get any seats.

Background The center-left coalition did not nominate their candidate through a primary election, in order to avoid the same troubles that happened during the previous municipal primary election in Naples. Through the municipal secretary of the Democratic Party Marco Sarracino, the coalition sought an alliance with the Five Star Movement and Italian Left.

Parties and candidates This is a list of the parties (and their respective leaders) which participated in the election.

Political force or allianceConstituent listsCandidate Bassolino coalition Bassolino x Naples Antonio Bassolino With Naples Naples is Naples Gay Party Action Clemente coalition Alessandra Clemente for Mayor (incl. DemA, PRC, PCI, PdS) Alessandra Clemente Naples 20 30 Power to the People Centre-left coalition Democratic Party Gaetano Manfredi Five Star Movement Solidarity Naples Left (incl. Art.1, SI, PSI) Us Campanians for the City Democratic Centre Green Europe Moderates Democratic Republicans Manfredi List Azzurri – We the South – Napoli Viva Free Naples For People and the Community Now Naples Centre-right coalition European Liberal Party Catello Maresca Brothers of Italy Forza Italia Cambiamo! Us with Italy – AdC – Neapolitan Renaissance Being Naples Naples Capital (incl. PdF, LSA, SeF) Neapolitan Pride 3V Movement Giovanni MoscarellaAugust 24th Movement Rosa SolombrinoNaples on the move – No alliances Matteo Brambilla

Potential and declined candidates

Potential

Centre-left coalition Umberto De Gregorio, President of the Ente Autonomo Volturno Gennaro Migliore, Member of the Chamber of Deputies since 2013 Nicola Oddati, municipal assessor for Naples (2006–2011)

Centre-right coalition Gianluigi Cimmino, CEO of Yamamay and Carpisa Sergio Rastrelli, lawyer Riccardo Monti, manager

Others

Declined

Centre-left coalition Vincenzo Amendola, Minister of European Affairs (2019–2021) Roberto Fico, President of the Chamber of Deputies since 2018

Centre-right coalition Danilo Iervolino, President of UniPegaso

Opinion polls Candidates First round

Date Polling firm/Client Sample size Clemente Maresca Manfredi Bassolino Others Lead -5.621.962.98.21.5 25.7 13–15 Sep 2021 BiDiMedia 1,035 9.1 22.5 48.0 17.5 2.5 25.5 12–15 Sep 2021 Noto 1,000 7.0 28.0 44.0 18.0 3.0 16.0 6–11 Sep 2021 Ipsos 1,000 11.0 29.5 45.5 11.0 3.0 16.0 8–10 Sep 2021 Winpoll 800 9.7 21.1 47.4 17.3 4.5 26.3 7–10 Sep 2021 Quorum 805 8.3 25.9 47.9 17.1 0.8 22.0 3–8 Sep 2021 YouTrend 802 7.4 26.2 48.2 17.4 0.8 22.0 2 Sep 2021 Demopolis 6.0 29.0 46.0 15.0 4.0 17.0 10 Aug 2021 Opinio Italia 7.0 29.0 44.0 16.0 4.0 15.0 1 Jul 2021 Lab2101 20.7 23.5 40.2 8.9 6.7 16.7 23 Jun 2021 Tecnè 1,000 8.2 30.6 41.6 13.8 5.8 11.0 18–20 Jun 2021 Tecnè 800 8.0 31.0 42.0 13.0 6.0 11.0 14–16 Jun 2021 Winpoll 800 14.2 23.3 40.4 17.2 4.9 17.1 1–2 Jun 2021 Noto 2,000 6.0 38.0 43.0 6.0 7.0 5.0

Second round Manfredi vs. Maresca Date Polling firm/Client Sample size Manfredi Maresca Lead 13–15 Sep 2021 BiDiMedia 1,035 66.0 34.0 32.0 6–11 Sep 2021 Ipsos 1,000 63.0 37.0 26.0 8–10 Sep 2021 Winpoll 800 63.5 36.5 27.0 7–10 Sep 2021 Quorum 805 69.9 30.1 39.8 3–8 Sep 2021 YouTrend 802 69.2 30.8 38.4 1 Jul 2021 Lab2101 55.2 44.8 10.4 14–16 Jun 2021 Winpoll 800 62.6 37.4 25.2

Manfredi vs. Bassolino Date Polling firm/Client Sample size Manfredi Bassolino Lead 13–15 Sep 2021 BiDiMedia 1,035 53.0 47.0 6.0 8–10 Sep 2021 Winpoll 800 57.2 42.8 14.4 1 Jul 2021 Lab2101 72.8 27.2 45.6 14–16 Jun 2021 Winpoll 800 56.3 43.7 12.6

Manfredi vs. Clemente Date Polling firm/Client Sample size Manfredi Clemente Lead 13–15 Sep 2021 BiDiMedia 1,035 68.0 32.0 36.0 8–10 Sep 2021 Winpoll 800 67.8 31.2 36.6 1 Jul 2021 Lab2101 51.2 48.8 2.4

Bassolino vs. Maresca Date Polling firm/Client Sample size Bassolino Maresca Lead 1 Jul 2021 Lab2101 45.1 54.9 9.8 14–16 Jun 2021 Winpoll 800 52.2 47.8 4.4

Bassolino vs. Clemente Date Polling firm/Client Sample size Bassolino Clemente Lead 1 Jul 2021 Lab2101 38.8 61.2 22.4

Clemente vs. Maresca Date Polling firm/Client Sample size Clemente Maresca Lead 1 Jul 2021 Lab2101 55.3 44.7 10.6

Parties Date Polling firm Sample sizeLeft-wingCentre-leftCentre-rightCentre Others Undecided LeadDemAOtherPDM5SEVIVArt.1-SIOtherFIFdILegaOtherAOther BiDiMedia 1,035 4.5 4.814.4 13.8 1.8 4.4 15.4 3.4 7.6 2.6 8.7 2.2 13.3 3.1 22.0 0.6 Ipsos 1,000 6.5 5.3 17.4 18.613.3 5.3 7.1 3.5 14.28.0 0.8 1.2 Winpoll 80010.918.7 15.5 2.69.7 5.6 7.4 2.9 6.3 3.2 12.7 4.5 34.0 3.2 YouTrend 8025.3 15.4 28.010.5 3.9 7.8 6.4 5.311.3 6.2 54.5 12.6 Tecnè 1,0008.117.8 15.89.6 7.7 12.2 6.7 3.911.6 6.1 45.4 2.0 Winpoll 80013.519.0 16.2 2.2 1.7 2.0 0.5 7.3 10.9 6.7 1.0 14.8 4.2 40.0 5.7-7.632.211.69.7DNPDNPDNP12.09.6 1.2DNP15.0DNP 1.0- 1.9

Results + Summary of the 2021 Naples City Council election results Mayoral candidates Votes % Leaders seats Parties Votes % Seats Gaetano Manfredi 218,087 62.88 – Democratic Party 39,904 12.20 6 Manfredi List 32,451 9.92 5 Five Star Movement 31,805 9.73 5 Azzurri – We the South – Naples Alive 17,791 5.44 2 Free Naples 15,053 4.60 2 Us Campanians 13,164 4.03 2 Solidary Naples 12,596 3.85 2 Now Naples 12,307 3.76 1 Green Europe 10,496 3.21 1 Democratic Centre 9,800 3.00 1 Moderates 8,408 2.57 1 People and Community 6,006 1.84 0 Democratic Republicans 5,646 1.76 0 Total 215,427 65.88 28 Catello Maresca 75,891 21.88 1 Forza Italia 21,691 6.63 3 Brothers of Italy 14,404 4.41 1 Maresca for Mayor 9,175 2.81 1 Naples Capital (PdF – LSA – Others) 8,494 2.60 1 Cambiamo! 8,291 2.54 1 Us with Italy – Alliance of the Centre 3,066 0.94 0Neapolitan Pride 2,605 0.80 0European Liberal Party 572 0.17 0 Total 68,298 20.89 7 Antonio Bassolino 28,451 8.20 1 Bassolino for Naples 13,562 4.15 1 With Naples 4,097 1.25 0 Action 1,483 0.45 0 Naples is Naples 1,414 0.43 0 Gay Party 930 0.28 0 Total 21,486 6.57 1 Alessandra Clemente 19,338 5.58 1 Alessandra Clemente for Mayor 10,564 3.23 1 Power to the People 4,358 1.33 0 Naples 2030 2,450 0.75 0 Total 17,372 5.31 1 Matteo Brambilla 2,162 0.62 – Naples on the Move 1,960 0.70 0 Giovanni Moscarella 1,810 0.52 – 3V Movement 1,516 0.46 0 Rossella Solombrino 1,078 0.31 – August 24th Movement 921 0.28 0 Total 346,807 100.00 3 326,990 100.00 37 Total valid votes 94.66 Blank or invalid ballots 5.34 Turnout 47.17 Eligible voters 100.00 Source: Ministry of the Interior

See also 2021 Italian local elections

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