2014 Italian local elections

The 2014 Italian local elections were held on 25 May, with a second round on 8 June. In Italy, direct elections were held in 4,086 municipalities: in each municipality (comune) were chosen mayor and members of the City Council. Of the 4,086 municipalities, 29 were provincial capitals and 243 had a population higher than 15,000 inhabitants (10,000 for Sicily).[1]

Municipal councilors and mayors ordinarily serve a terms of five years.

Voting System

All mayoral elections in Italy in cities with a population higher than 15,000 use the same system. Under this system voters express a direct choice for the mayor or an indirect choice voting for one of the parties of the candidate's coalition. If no candidate receives a majority of votes, the top two candidates go to a second round after two weeks. The coalition of the elected mayor is guaranteed a majority of seats in the council with the attribution of extra seats.

The City Council is elected at the same time as the mayor. Voters can vote for a list of candidates and can express up to two preferences for candidates of said list. In case of two preferences, they must be given to candidates of both genders. Seats are the attributed to parties proportionally, and for each party the candidates with the highest number of preferences are elected.

Results

Majority of each coalition in 243 municipalities (comuni) with a population higher than 15,000:

PartyPolitical leaningComuni
Centre-left coalitionCentre-left164
Centre-right coalitionCentre-right41
Five Star MovementBig tent[2]3
Independents and othersnone35

Party results

Party votes in 29 provincial capital municipalities:

Party Votes
Democratic Party 737,879
Five Star Movement 202,795
Forza Italia 187,238
Left Ecology Freedom 48,597
Brothers of Italy 45,989
New Centre-Right 33,388
Northern League 31,401

Mayoral election results

Cities Population Incumbent mayor Party Elected mayor Party
Pescara 116,398 Luigi Albore Mascia Centre-right Marco Alessandrini Centre-left
Teramo 54,582 Maurizio Brucchi Centre-right Maurizio Brucchi Centre-right
Potenza 66,072 Vito Santarsiero Centre-left Dario De Luca Right-wing
Cesena 97,100 Paolo Lucchi Centre-left Paolo Lucchi Centre-left
Ferrara 135,168 Tiziano Tagliani Centre-left Tiziano Tagliani Centre-left
Forlì 116,403 Roberto Balzani Centre-left Davide Drei Centre-left
Modena 179,087 Giorgio Pighi Centre-left Gian Carlo Muzzarelli Centre-left
Reggio Emilia 168,883 Graziano Delrio Centre-left Luca Vecchi Centre-left
Bergamo 118,786 Franco Tentorio Centre-right Giorgio Gori Centre-left
Cremona 71,184 Oreste Perri Centre-right Gianluca Galimberti Centre-left
Pavia 71,345 Alessandro Cattaneo Centre-right Massimo Depaoli Centre-left
Ascoli Piceno 48,328 Guido Castelli Centre-right Guido Castelli Centre-right
Pesaro 94,705 Luca Ceriscioli Centre-left Matteo Ricci Centre-left
Urbino 15,321 Franco Corbucci Centre-left Maurizio Gambini Centre-right
Campobasso 48,436 Luigi Di Bartolomeo Centre-right Antonio Battista Centre-left
Biella 43,672 Donato Gentile Centre-right Marco Cavicchioli Centre-left
Verbania 30,313 Marco Zacchera Centre-right Silvia Marchionini Centre-left
Vercelli 46,992 Andrea Corsaro Centre-right Maura Forte Centre-left
Bari 322,751 Michele Emiliano Centre-left Antonio Decaro Centre-left
Foggia 153,143 Gianni Mongelli Centre-left Franco Landella Centre-right
Sassari 127,743 Gianfranco Ganau Centre-left Nicola Sanna Centre-left
Caltanissetta 63,034 Michele Campisi Centre-right Giovanni Ruvolo Centre-left
Florence 370,545 Matteo Renzi Centre-left Dario Nardella Centre-left
Livorno 160,512 Alessandro Cosimi Centre-left Filippo Nogarin Five Star
Prato 187,159 Roberto Cenni Centre-right Matteo Biffoni Centre-left
Perugia 166,003 Wladimiro Boccali Centre-left Andrea Romizi Centre-right
Terni 112,227 Leopoldo Di Girolamo Centre-left Leopoldo Di Girolamo Centre-left
Padua 209,678 Flavio Zanonato Centre-left Massimo Bitonci Centre-right

City councils

City PD FI LN SEL M5S FdI NCD Others
Pescara 14 4 0 2 2 0 2 5
Teramo 5 3 0 0 1 0 4 16
Potenza 13 1 0 0 0 2 0 13
Cesena 15 2 0 0 4 0 1 2
Ferrara 18 3 1 1 4 1 0 1
Forlì 18 4 0 0 3 1 0 2
Modena 19 2 0 1 4 0 0 1
Reggio Emilia 19 2 0 1 5 0 0 1
Bergamo 17 6 2 1 1 1 0 2
Cremona 19 7 1 1 0 0 1 0
Pavia 20 8 1 0 0 0 1 0
Ascoli Piceno 4 6 0 0 1 2 1 14
Pesaro 21 3 0 0 4 0 1 1
Urbino 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 5
Campobasso 9 1 0 0 3 0 0 10
Biella 20 5 1 0 1 1 0 1
Verbania 19 3 1 1 1 0 1 2
Vercelli 14 6 1 0 1 0 0 1
Bari 16 8 0 3 1 1 2 3
Foggia 3 8 0 0 0 1 5 11
Sassari 19 3 0 1 3 0 0 5
Caltanissetta 13 3 0 0 2 0 2 10
Florence 24 4 0 1 3 0 0 1
Livorno 6 0 0 0 20 0 0 2
Prato 20 8 0 0 2 0 0 0
Perugia 8 12 0 0 2 3 3 1
Terni 19 4 0 1 4 1 0 0
Padua 7 4 13 0 1 0 0 3

Notes

  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-07-15. Retrieved 2014-07-13.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. M5S is considered populist, anti-corruption, environmentalist and Eurosceptic.
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