Italian local elections, 2014

Italian local elections, 2014

25 May and 8 June 2014
4,086 city mayors and councils
First party Second party   Leader Matteo Renzi Silvio Berlusconi Party Democratic Party Forza Italia Leader since 15 December 2013 16 November 2013 Votes 737,879 187,238 Coalition votes 786,476 298,016 Comuni 164 41

The 2014 Italian local elections were held on 25 May, with a second round on 8 June. In Italy, direct elections were held in 4086 comuni: in each comune were chosen mayor and members of the City Council. Of the 4086 comuni, 29 were capoluoghi and 243 had a population higher than 15,000 inhabitants (10,000 for Sicily).

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 on 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 comuni which have a population higher than 15,000 inhabitants:

Party		Political leaning of party	Comuni
	Democratic Party and allies	Center-left	164
	Forza Italia and allies	Center-right	41
	Five Star Movement	Big tent	3
	Independents and others	none	35

Party Votes

Party votes in 29 capoluoghi:

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
	Lega Nord	31,401

Mayoral results

Cities	Population	Incumbent mayor	Party		Elected mayor	Party
Pescara	116,398	Luigi Albore Mascia		FI	Marco Alessandrini		PD
Teramo	54,582	Maurizio Brucchi		FI	Maurizio Brucchi		FI
Potenza	66,072	Vito Santarsiero		PD	Dario De Luca		FdI
Cesena	97,100	Paolo Lucchi		PD	Paolo Lucchi		PD
Ferrara	135,168	Tiziano Tagliani		PD	Tiziano Tagliani		PD
Forlì	116,403	Roberto Balzani		PD	Davide Dei		PD
Modena	179,087	Giorgio Pighi		PD	Giancarlo Muzzarelli		PD
Reggio Emilia	168,883	Graziano Delrio		PD	Luca Vecchi		PD
Bergamo	118,786	Franco Tentorio		FI	Giorgio Gori		PD
Cremona	71,184	Oreste Perri		FI	Gianluca Galimberti		PD
Pavia	71,345	Alessandro Cattaneo		FI	Massimo Depaoli		PD
Pesaro	94,705	Luca Ceriscioli		PD	Matteo Ricci		PD
Urbino	15,321	Franco Corbucci		PD	Maurizio Gambini		Ind
Campobasso	48,436	Luigi Di Bartolomeo		FI	Antonio Battista		PD
Biella	43,672	Donato Gentile		FI	Marco Cavicchioli		PD
Verbania	30,313	Marco Zacchera		FI	Silvia Marchionini		PD
Vercelli	46,992	Andrea Corsaro		FI	Maura Forte		PD
Bari	322,751	Michele Emiliano		PD	Antonio Decaro		PD
Foggia	153,143	Gianni Mongelli		PD	Franco Landella		FI
Sassari	127,743	Gianfranco Ganau		PD	Michele Sanna		PD
Caltanissetta	63,034	Michele Campisi		FI	Giovanni Ruvolo		PD
Florence	370,545	Matteo Renzi		PD	Dario Nardella		PD
Livorno	160,512	Alessandro Cosimi		PD	Filippo Nogarin		M5S
Prato	187,159	Roberto Cenni		FI	Matteo Biffoni		PD
Perugia	166,003	Wladimiro Boccali		PD	Andrea Romizi		FI
Terni	112,227	Leopoldo Di Girolamo		PD	Leopoldo Di Girolamo		PD
Padua	209,678	Flavio Zanonato		PD	Massimo Bitonci		LN

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

Results in the capital cities

Florence

Incumbent mayor: Matteo Renzi (PD)

Candidate		Coalition	First round
			Votes	%
	Dario Nardella	PD	111,049	59.15
	Marco Stella	FI-others	22,645	12.06
	Miriam Amato	M5S	17,525	9.33
	Tommaso Grassi	SEL-PRC	15,410	8.20
	Cristina Scaletti	Civic Lists	8,385	4.46
	Achille Totaro	FdI	6,465	3.44
	Gianna Scatizzi	NCD-UDC	4,102	2.18
	Others	-	2,129	1.12
Eligible voters			288,971	100,00
Did not vote			94,726	32.79
Voted			194,245	67.21
Blank or invalid ballots			2,445	1.25
Total valid votes			187,710	96.66

Bari

Incumbent mayor: Michele Emiliano (PD)

Candidate		Coalition	First round		Second round
			Votes	%	Votes	%
	Antonio Decaro	PD-RI-SEL-CD-others	88,371	49.38	64,417	65.40
	Domenico Di Paola	FI-NCD-FDI-others	64,004	35.76	34,096	34.60
	Sabino Mangano	M5S	13,653	7.62
	Desirèe Digeronimo	Civic Lists	5,699	3.16
	Luigi Paccione	Civic List	2,669	1.49
	Stefano Miniello	Civic List	1,805	1.00
	Others	-	2,778	1.54
Eligible voters			279,803	100.00	279,803	100.00
Did not vote			90,776	32.45	178,642	63.85
Voted			189,027	67.55	101,161	36.15
Blank or invalid ballots			3,728	1.97	851	0.84
Total valid votes			178,949	94.68	98,553	97.43