2018 Italian local elections

The 2018 Italian local elections were held on different dates; most on 10 June, with a second round on 24 June. In Italy, direct elections were held in 720 comuni: in each comune were chosen mayor and members of the City Council. Of the 783 comuni, 21 were capoluoghi and only 112 had a population higher than 15,000 inhabitants (10,000 for Sicily).[1]

In Friuli-Venezia Giulia the elections were held on 29 April with a second ballot on 13 May; while in Aosta Valley they were held on 20 May, and in Trentino Alto-Adige on 27 May.

Voting System

All mayoral elections in Italy in cities with a population higher than 15,000 use the same voting system. 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 at least 50% of votes, the top two candidates go to a second round after two weeks. This gives a result whereby the winning candidate may be able to claim majority support, although it is not guaranteed.

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.

Results

Majority of each coalition in the 112 municipalities (comuni) with a population higher than 15,000:[2]

Party		Political leaning	Comuni
	Centre-right coalition	Centre-right	43
	Centre-left coalition	Centre-left	27
	Five Star Movement	Big tent[3]	5
	Independents and others	none	35

Party results

Party results in the main municipalities:[4]

Party		%
	Democratic Party	13.6%
	Five Star Movement	11.5%
	Northern League	10.9%
	Forza Italia	6.0%
	Brothers of Italy	3.6%
	Free and Equal	0.9%
	Centre-right civic lists	13.6%
	Centre-left civic lists	12.4%

Mayoral election results

Cities	Population	Incumbent mayor	Party		Elected mayor	Party
Ancona	100,861	Valeria Mancinelli		Centre-left	Valeria Mancinelli		Centre-left
Avellino	54,515	Paolo Foti		Centre-left	Vincenzo Ciampi		Five Star
Barletta	94,489	Pasquale Cascella		Centre-left	Cosimo Cannito		Centre-right
Brescia	196,745	Emilio Del Bono		Centre-left	Emilio Del Bono		Centre-left
Brindisi	87,534	Santi Giuffrè[5]		none	Riccardo Rossi		Centre-left
Catania	311,763	Enzo Bianco		Centre-left	Salvo Pogliese		Centre-right
Imperia	42,328	Carlo Capacci		Centre-left	Claudio Scajola		Civic
Massa	68,946	Alessandro Volpi		Centre-left	Francesco Persiani		Centre-right
Messina	234,758	Renato Accorinti		Civic	Cateno De Luca		Civic
Pisa	90,408	Marco Filippeschi		Centre-left	Michele Conti		Centre-right
Ragusa	73,631	Federico Piccitto		Five Star	Giuseppe Cassì		Right-wing
Siena	53,772	Bruno Valentini		Centre-left	Luigi De Mossi		Centre-right
Syracuse	121,933	Giancarlo Garozzo		Centre-left	Francesco Italia		Centre-left
Sondrio	21,558	Alcide Molteni		Centre-left	Marco Scaramellini		Centre-right
Teramo	54,436	Luigi Pizzi[6]		none	Gianguido D'Alberto		Centre-left
Terni	111,317	Antonino Cufalo[7]		none	Leonardo Latini		Centre-right
Trapani	68,370	Francesco Messineo[8]		none	Giacomo Tranchida		Centre-left
Treviso	84,669	Giovanni Manildo		Centre-left	Mario Conte		Centre-right
Udine	99,242	Carlo Giacomello		Centre-left	Pietro Fontanini		Centre-right
Vicenza	111,980	Achille Variati		Centre-left	Francesco Rucco		Centre-right
Viterbo	67,619	Leonardo Michelini		Centre-left	Giovanni Arena		Centre-right

References

1. Elezioni comunali – I comuni al voto
2. Ballottaggi: vince il centrodestra
3. M5S is considered populist and anti-corruption.
4. "Bilancio del primo turno: chi ha vinto (e chi ha perso) le Comunali 2018?". www.youtrend.it. Retrieved 12 June 2018.
5. Special Commissioner replacing mayor Angela Carluccio (centrist) since 26 May 2017
6. Special Commissioner replacing mayor Maurizio Brucchi (Forza Italia) since 4 December 2017
7. Special Commissioner replacing mayor Leopoldo Di Girolamo (Democratic Party) since 22 February 2018
8. Special Commissioner since July 2017