2021 Bologna municipal election

Municipal elections is due to be held in Bologna no later than June 2021. The incumbent Mayor of Bologna is Virginio Merola of Democratic Party, who won the 2016 Bologna municipal election.

2021 Bologna municipal election
No later than June 2021
36 seats to the Bologna municipal council
19 seats needed for a majority
Incumbent Mayor

Virginio Merola
Democratic Party

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.[1]

Background

Centre-left primary election
Candidate Party Votes % Notes
Alessandro Alberani Ind [2][3]
Total

Parties and candidates

This is a list of the parties (and their respective leaders) which will participate in the election.

Political force or alliance Constituent lists Candidate Notes
And
 And
Fabio Battistini
 [4]

Opinion polls

Centre-left primary election
Date Polling firm/
Client		 Sample size Aitini De Maria Gualmini Lepore Lombardo Others Undecided Lead
19–21 Nov 2020 Winpoll 802 9.8 13.7 31.7 37.9 6.9 N/A N/A 6.2
Only CSX voting intention 11.5 14.7 32.4 35.0 6.4 N/A N/A 2.6
16–19 Sep 2020 Quorum 1,010 2.4 N/A 20.5 26.8 2.0 N/A 48.3 6.3

Hypothetical candidates
Date Polling firm/
Client		 Sample size Generic CSX Generic CDX Generic M5S Others Undecided Lead
19–21 Nov 2020 Winpoll 802 60.8[lower-alpha 1] 30.5 4.2 4.5 N/A 30.3
56.3[lower-alpha 2] 33.2 4.4 6.1 N/A 23.1
53.9[lower-alpha 3] 33.4 4.9 7.8 N/A 20.5
  1. Mattia Lepore
  2. Elisabetta Gualmini
  3. Andrea De Maria

Parties
Date Polling firm Sample size Centre-left Centre-right M5S Others Undecided Lead
PD CC +E IV A Other Lega FI FdI Other
16–19 Sep 2020 Quorum 1,010 38.6 9.4 3.0 2.2 1.9 N/A 18.9 8.3 5.6 N/A 6.3 5.8 40.0 19.7

Potential and declined candidates

Center-left coalition
  • Alberto Aitini, municipal assessor for Bologna (2016–today)[5]
  • Andrea De Maria, Member of the Chamber of Deputies (2013–today)[5]
  • Cathy La Torre, lawyer and LGBT activist[6]
  • Mattia Lepore, municipal assessor for Bologna (2016–today)[5]
  • Marco Lombardo, municipal assessor for Bologna (2016–today)[5]
  • Emily Marion Clancy, municipal councillor for Bologna (2016–today)[7]

Center-left coalition

References
  1. "Ministero dell'Interno – Approfondimento". Ministero dell'Interno (in Italian). Retrieved 17 July 2020.
  2. "Comunali, Alberani rompe gli indugi: «In campo per Bologna 2021»" (in Italian). Corriere della Sera. 26 August 2020. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
  3. "Amministrative 2021, Alberani: "Sindaco di Bologna o niente. Mi metto al servizio della città ma non cerco cariche"" (in Italian). Bologna Today. 28 August 2020. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
  4. "Elezioni 2021, intervista al candidato Fabio Battistini: "Oltre i posizionamenti destra-sinistra "" (in Italian). Bologna Today. 1 January 2021. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
  5. "Elezioni 2021 e candidato Pd, che fare? Merola vuole le primarie ma la pancia della Ditta vota Aitini (o Gualmini)" (in Italian). Bologna Today. 24 November 2020. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
  6. ""Sarò la vostra sindaca". E Cathy La Torre denuncia Merola" (in Italian). La Repubblica. 4 July 2020. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
  7. "Elezioni sindaco, decisione sulle primarie Pd a metà gennaio" (in Italian). La Repubblica. 25 December 2020. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
  8. "Comunali: Gualmini non si candida a sindaco Bologna" (in Italian). ANSA. 8 December 2020. Retrieved 3 January 2021.
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