2019 Italian local elections

The 2019 Italian local elections will be held on different dates; most on 26 May 2019, together with the 2019 European election, with a second round on 9 June.[1] Direct elections will be held in 3,843 out of 7,918 municipalities; in each of these, mayor and members of the City Council are going to be elected. Of the 3,841 municipalities, 30 are provincial capitals.

The elections in Sicily were held on 28 April, with a second ballot on 12 May. The elections in Sardinia were held on 16 June with a second ballot on 30 June.

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 seats for each party is determined proportionally.

Municipal elections

Overall results

Majority of each coalition in the municipalities which have a population higher than 15,000 inhabitants:

Coalition		Comuni
	Centre-left coalition	114
	Centre-right coalition	87
	Independents and civic lists	25
	Five Star Movement	3
	Right-wing coalition	1

Mayoral election results

  Centre-left coalition

  Centre-right coalition

  Five Star Movement

  Right-wing coalition

  Civic lists

  Prefectural commissioner

Region	City	Population	Incumbent mayor		Elected mayor		1st round		2nd round		Seats	Source
							Votes	%	Votes	%
Piedmont	Biella	44,324		Marco Cavicchioli (PD)		Claudio Corradino (Lega)	9,317	39.95	8,982	50.98	20 / 32	[1]
	Verbania	30,709		Silvia Marchionini (PD)		Silvia Marchionini (PD)	6,244	37.50	6,923	50.62	19 / 32	[2]
	Vercelli	46,181		Maura Forte (PD)		Andrea Corsaro (FI)	9,918	41.89	9,450	54.80	20 / 32	[3]
Lombardy	Bergamo	120,923		Giorgio Gori (PD)		Giorgio Gori (PD)	34,499	55.33	—	—	20 / 32	[4]
	Cremona	72,156		Gianluca Galimberti (PD)		Gianluca Galimberti (PD)	17,125	46.37	17,245	55.94	20 / 32	[5]
	Pavia	72,773		Flavio Ferdani[a]		Fabrizio Fracassi (Lega)	19,787	53.04	—	—	20 / 32	[6]
Veneto	Rovigo	51,008		Nicola Izzo[b]		Edoardo Gaffeo (Ind.)	7,070	25.42	10,600	50.94	20 / 32	[7]
Emilia-Romagna	Ferrara	132,023		Tiziano Tagliani (PD)		Alan Fabbri (Lega)	36,629	48.44	37,504	56.77	20 / 32	[8]
	Forlì	117,863		Davide Drei (PD)		Gian Luca Zattini (Ind.)	27,905	45.80	27,207	53.07	20 / 32	[9]
	Modena	185,273		Gian Carlo Muzzarelli (PD)		Gian Carlo Muzzarelli (PD)	50,750	53.42	—	—	20 / 32	[10]
	Reggio Emilia	171,944		Luca Vecchi (PD)		Luca Vecchi (PD)	40,243	49.13	38,075	63.31	20 / 32	[11]
Tuscany	Florence	380,948		Dario Nardella (PD)		Dario Nardella (PD)	109,728	57.05	—	—	22 / 36	[12]
	Livorno	158,371		Filippo Nogarin (M5S)		Luca Salvetti (Ind.)	28,503	34.20	42,186	63.32	20 / 32	[13]
	Prato	193,325		Matteo Biffoni (PD)		Matteo Biffoni (PD)	42,316	47.16	42,199	56.12	20 / 32	[14]
Marche	Ascoli Piceno	48,390		Guido Castelli (FI)		Marco Fioravanti (FdI)	10,847	37.38	11,925	59.31	20 / 32	[15]
	Pesaro	94,882		Matteo Ricci (PD)		Matteo Ricci (PD)	30,573	57.32	—	—	20 / 32	[16]
Umbria	Perugia	165,683		Andrea Romizi (FI)		Andrea Romizi (FI)	52,006	59.80	—	—	21 / 32	[17]
Abruzzo	Pescara	119,820		Marco Alessandrini (PD)		Carlo Masci (FI)	32,766	51.33	—	—	20 / 32	[18]
Molise	Campobasso	49,168		Antonio Battista (PD)		Roberto Gravina (M5S)	8,484	29.41	16,139	69.07	20 / 32	[19]
Campania	Avellino	56,339		Giuseppe Priolo[c]		Gianluca Festa (Ind.)	9,266	28.67	11,707	51.52	20 / 32	[20]
Apulia	Bari	322,018		Antonio Decaro (PD)		Antonio Decaro (PD)	114,946	66.27	—	—	24 / 36	[21]
	Foggia	151,371		Franco Landella (FI)		Franco Landella (FI)	36,400	46.11	29,838	53.28	20 / 32	[22]
	Lecce	95,425		Ennio Mario Sodano[d]		Carlo Salvemini (Ind.)	26,909	50.87	—	—	20 / 32	[23]
Basilicata	Potenza	67,161		Dario De Luca (FdI)		Mario Guarente (Lega)	18,004	44.73	16,248	50.32	20 / 32	[24]
Calabria	Vibo Valentia	34,133		Giuseppe Guetta[e]		Maria Limardo (Ind.)	11,219	59.54	—	—	21 / 32	[25]
Sicily	Caltanissetta	62,317		Giovanni Ruvolo (Ind.)		Roberto Gambino (M5S)	6,051	19.92	13,796	58.85	14 / 24	[26]
Sardinia	Cagliari	154,052		Bruno Carcangiu[f]		Paolo Truzzu (FdI)	33,933	50.12	—	—	21 / 34	[27]
	Sassari	127,018		Nicola Sanna (PD)		Nanni Campus (Ind.)	17,555	30.54	24,674	56.22	21 / 34	[28]

1. Prefectural commissioner replacing mayor Massimo Depaoli (PD) since 2 April 2019.
2. Prefectural commissioner replacing mayor Massimo Bergamin (LN) since 22 February 2019.
3. Prefectural commissioner replacing mayor Vincenzo Ciampi (M5S) since 27 November 2018.
4. Prefectural commissioner replacing mayor Carlo Salvemini (PD) since 14 January 2019.
5. Prefectural commissioner replacing mayor Elio Costa (centre-right independent politician) since 29 January 2019.
6. Prefectural commissioner replacing mayor Massimo Zedda (Progressive Camp) since 5 April 2019.

References

1. Elezioni amministrative 2019, dove si vota? La data e le città interessate