The 2011 Italian local elections were held on 15–16 May, with a second round on 29–30 May. In Italy, direct elections were held in all 1,177 municipalities and 11 provinces: in each municipality (comune) were chosen mayor and members of the City Council, in each province were chosen president and members of the Provincial Council. Of the 1,177 municipalities, 30 were provincial capital municipalities and only 105 had a population higher than 15,000 inhabitants.

In Sicily the elections were held on 29–30 May, with a second round on 12–13 June.

Citizens living in Italy who were 18 or over on election day were entitled to vote in the local council elections. The deadline for voters to register to vote in the 15–16 May elections was midday on Saturday 15 April 2011.

Voting System

The voting system is used for all mayoral elections in Italy, in the city with a population higher than 15,000. 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.

Municipal elections

Total voter turnout for the Municipal election on the first round was of 68.6%, on the second was of 60.1%.

Mayoral election results

Cities Population Incumbent mayor Elected mayor Seats
Novara 104,388 Silvana Moscatelli[1] Andrea Ballarè (PD)
19 / 32
Turin 883,281 Sergio Chiamparino (PD) Piero Fassino (PD)
24 / 40
Milan 1,380,873 Letizia Moratti (PdL) Giuliano Pisapia (IND)
29 / 48
Varese 80,545 Attilio Fontana (LN) Attilio Fontana (LN)
19 / 32
Rovigo 51,715 Fausto Merchiori (PD) Bruno Piva (PdL)
18 / 32
Pordenone 51,156 Sergio Bolzonello (PD) Claudio Pedrotti (PD)
24 / 40
Trieste 204,347 Roberto Dipiazza (PdL) Roberto Cosolini (PD)
24 / 40
Savona 61,219 Federico Berruti (PD) Federico Berruti (PD)
20 / 32
Bologna 386,386 Annamaria Cancellieri[2] Virginio Merola (PD)
22 / 36
Ravenna 153,740 Fabrizio Matteucci (PD) Fabrizio Matteucci (PD)
19 / 32
Rimini 147,793 Alberto Ravaioli (PD) Andrea Gnassi (PD)
19 / 32
Arezzo 99,487 Giuseppe Fanfani (PD) Giuseppe Fanfani (PD)
19 / 32
Grosseto 82,041 Emilio Bonifazi (PD) Emilio Bonifazi (PD)
19 / 32
Siena 53,901 Maurizio Cenni (PD) Franco Ceccuzzi (PD)
21 / 32
Fermo 37,235 Saturnino Di Ruscio (PdL) Nella Brambatti (PD)
19 / 32
Latina 117,892 Guido Nardone[3] Giovanni Di Giorgi (PdL)
21 / 32
Benevento 63,489 Fausto Pepe (PD) Fausto Pepe (PD)
19 / 32
Caserta 79,640 Nicodemo Petteruti (PD) Pio Del Gaudio (PdL)
21 / 32
Naples 980,716 Rosa Russo Iervolino (PD) Luigi de Magistris (IdV)
29 / 48
Salerno 140,608 Vincenzo De Luca (PD) Vincenzo De Luca (PD)
22 / 32
Barletta 94,477 Nicola Maffei (PD) Nicola Maffei (PD)
21 / 32
Catanzaro 89,801 Rosario Olivo (PD) Michele Traversa (PdL)
26 / 32
Cosenza 69,911 Salvatore Perugini (PD) Mario Occhiuto (PdL)
19 / 32
Crotone 63,923 Peppino Vallone (PD) Peppino Vallone (PD)
19 / 32
Reggio Calabria 181,454 Giuseppe Raffa (PdL)[4] Demetrio Arena (PdL)
22 / 32
Ragusa 73,694 Nello Dipasquale (PdL) Nello Dipasquale (PdL)
19 / 30
Cagliari 154,400 Emilio Floris (PdL) Massimo Zedda (SEL)
16 / 40
Carbonia 28,265 Salvatore Cherchi (PD) Giuseppe Casti (PD)
27 / 40
Iglesias 26,784 Pierluigi Carta (PD) Luigi Perseu (PdL)
18 / 30
Olbia 60,261 Gianni Giovannelli (PdL) Gianni Giovannelli (IND)
24 / 40

Party results

Party votes in 29 provincial capital municipalities:

Party Votes %
Democratic Party 701,935 26.2
The People of Freedom 597,203 22.8
Northern League 150,194 5.6
Left Ecology Freedom 131,219 4.6
Union of the Centre 121,103 4.2
Italy of Values 113,217 4.0
Five Star Movement 100,998 3.8
Totals
with others		 2,840,585 100

City councils

City PD PdL LN SEL IdV UDC M5S Others
Turin 16 7 3 2 2 1 1 4
Novara 16 6 4 3 0 0 0 0
Milan 20 11 4 3 1 0 0 6
Varese 6 10 9 1 0 1 0 1
Rovigo 7 11 5 0 0 0 1 3
Trieste 15 6 0 3 2 0 0 6
Pordenone 22 6 3 0 0 0 0 5
Savona 10 6 1 1 1 2 1 7
Bologna 17 6 3 4 1 0 2 0
Ravenna 15 4 2 1 1 0 2 4
Rimini 16 7 1 0 1 0 2 2
Arezzo 16 6 1 1 1 0 1 1
Grosseto 12 5 0 1 1 2 0 7
Siena 15 5 0 1 1 1 0 7
Fermo 11 5 0 2 1 2 0 7
Latina 8 11 0 0 1 2 0 9
Naples 4 7 0 0 15 1 0 18
Salerno 10 4 0 1 0 1 0 14
Benevento 10 2 0 0 1 2 0 15
Caserta 3 8 0 0 0 3 0 15
Barletta 10 6 0 2 2 0 0 10
Catanzaro 1 4 0 1 0 2 0 23
Cosenza 2 4 0 1 1 5 0 16
Crotone 9 2 0 3 3 1 0 13
Reggio Calabria 3 8 0 0 0 3 0 18
Ragusa 5 5 0 0 2 3 0 15
Cagliari 13 5 0 5 2 2 0 11
Olbia 8 11 0 1 2 1 0 16
Iglesias 18 5 0 2 0 4 0 8

Provincial elections

Only 11 provinces were up for election. The elections was for a new provincial president and members of the Provincial Council. On the first round the total voter turnout was of 59.6%, on the second was of 45.2%. Below the results of each candidate and coalition on the first and second round.

President election results

Provinces Incumbent president Alliance Elected president Alliance
Vercelli Renzo Masoero Centre-right Carlo Riva Vercellotti Centre-right
Mantua Maurizio Fontanili Centre-left Alessandro Pastacci Centre-left
Pavia Vittorio Poma Centre-left Daniele Bosone Centre-left
Treviso Leonardo Muraro Centre-right Leonardo Muraro Centre-right
Gorizia Enrico Gherghetta Centre-left Enrico Gherghetta Centre-left
Trieste Maria Teresa Bassa Poropat Centre-left Maria Teresa Bassa Poropat Centre-left
Ravenna Francesco Giangrandi Centre-left Claudio Casadio Centre-left
Lucca Stefano Baccelli Centre-left Stefano Baccelli Centre-left
Macerata Franco Capponi Centre-right Antonio Pettinari Centre-left
Campobasso Nicola D'Ascanio Centre-left Rosario De Matteis Centre-right
Reggio Calabria Giuseppe Morabito Centre-left Giuseppe Raffa Centre-right

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Since 30 March 2010 he has been acting deputy mayor to replace Massimo Giordano (LN)
  2. ↑ Since 17 February 2010 she has been prefectural commissioner replacing Flavio Delbono (PD)
  3. ↑ Since 15 April 2010 he has been prefectural commissioner replacing Vincenzo Zaccheo (AN)
  4. ↑ Since 14 May 2010 he is acting deputy mayor to replace Giuseppe Scopelliti (PdL)
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