2021 Naples municipal election

2021 Naples municipal election

3 and 4 October 2021

Majority party Minority party   Candidate Gaetano Manfredi Catello Maresca Party Independent Independent Alliance Centre-left Centre-right Seats won 28 7 Popular vote 218,077 75,891 Percentage 62.9% 21.9%

Mayor before election Luigi de Magistris DemA Elected mayor Gaetano Manfredi Independent

The municipal elections in Naples took place on 3 and 4 October 2021. The incumbent Mayor of Naples was Luigi de Magistris of Democracy and Autonomy, who won the 2016 Naples municipal election.

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

The center-left coalition did not nominate their candidate through a primary election, in order to avoid the same troubles that happened during the previous municipal primary election in Naples.[2] Through the municipal secretary of the Democratic Party Marco Sarracino, the coalition sought an alliance with the Five Star Movement and Italian Left.[3][4]

Parties and candidates

This is a list of the parties (and their respective leaders) which participated in the election.[5]

Political force or alliance		Constituent lists		Candidate
	Bassolino coalition		Bassolino x Naples	Antonio Bassolino
			With Naples
			Naples is Naples
			Gay Party
			Action
	Clemente coalition		Alessandra Clemente for Mayor (incl. DemA, PRC, PCI, PdS)	Alessandra Clemente
			Naples 20 30
			Power to the People
	Centre-left coalition		Democratic Party	Gaetano Manfredi
			Five Star Movement
			Solidarity Naples Left (incl. Art.1, SI, PSI)
			Us Campanians for the City
			Democratic Centre
			Green Europe
			Moderates
			Democratic Republicans
			Manfredi List
			Azzurri – We the South – Napoli Viva
			Free Naples
			For People and the Community
			Now Naples
	Centre-right coalition		European Liberal Party	Catello Maresca
			Brothers of Italy
			Forza Italia
			Cambiamo!
			Us with Italy – AdC – Neapolitan Renaissance
			Being Naples
			Naples Capital (incl. PdF, LSA, SeF)
			Neapolitan Pride
	3V Movement			Giovanni Moscarella
	August 24th Movement			Rosa Solombrino
	Naples on the move – No alliances			Matteo Brambilla

Potential and declined candidates

Potential

Centre-left coalition

• Umberto De Gregorio, President of the Ente Autonomo Volturno[6]
• Gennaro Migliore, Member of the Chamber of Deputies since 2013[6]
• Nicola Oddati, municipal assessor for Naples (2006–2011)[6]

Centre-right coalition

• Gianluigi Cimmino, CEO of Yamamay and Carpisa[7]
• Sergio Rastrelli, lawyer[7]
• Riccardo Monti, manager

Others

Declined

Centre-left coalition

• Vincenzo Amendola, Minister of European Affairs (2019–2021)[8]
• Roberto Fico, President of the Chamber of Deputies since 2018[9]

Centre-right coalition

• Danilo Iervolino, President of UniPegaso[10]

Opinion polls

Candidates

First round

Date	Polling firm/ Client	Sample size	Clemente	Maresca	Manfredi	Bassolino	Others	Lead
4 October 2021	Election result	-	5.6	21.9	62.9	8.2	1.5	25.7
13–15 Sep 2021	BiDiMedia	1,035	9.1	22.5	48.0	17.5	2.5	25.5
12–15 Sep 2021	Noto	1,000	7.0	28.0	44.0	18.0	3.0	16.0
6–11 Sep 2021	Ipsos	1,000	11.0	29.5	45.5	11.0	3.0	16.0
8–10 Sep 2021	Winpoll	800	9.7	21.1	47.4	17.3	4.5	26.3
7–10 Sep 2021	Quorum	805	8.3	25.9	47.9	17.1	0.8	22.0
3–8 Sep 2021	YouTrend	802	7.4	26.2	48.2	17.4	0.8	22.0
2 Sep 2021	Demopolis	—	6.0	29.0	46.0	15.0	4.0	17.0
10 Aug 2021	Opinio Italia	—	7.0	29.0	44.0	16.0	4.0	15.0
1 Jul 2021	Lab2101	—	20.7	23.5	40.2	8.9	6.7	16.7
23 Jun 2021	Tecnè	1,000	8.2	30.6	41.6	13.8	5.8	11.0
18–20 Jun 2021	Tecnè	800	8.0	31.0	42.0	13.0	6.0	11.0
14–16 Jun 2021	Winpoll	800	14.2	23.3	40.4	17.2	4.9	17.1
1–2 Jun 2021	Noto	2,000	6.0	38.0	43.0	6.0	7.0	5.0

Second round

Manfredi vs. Maresca

Date	Polling firm/ Client	Sample size	Manfredi	Maresca	Lead
13–15 Sep 2021	BiDiMedia	1,035	66.0	34.0	32.0
6–11 Sep 2021	Ipsos	1,000	63.0	37.0	26.0
8–10 Sep 2021	Winpoll	800	63.5	36.5	27.0
7–10 Sep 2021	Quorum	805	69.9	30.1	39.8
3–8 Sep 2021	YouTrend	802	69.2	30.8	38.4
1 Jul 2021	Lab2101	—	55.2	44.8	10.4
14–16 Jun 2021	Winpoll	800	62.6	37.4	25.2

Manfredi vs. Bassolino

Date	Polling firm/ Client	Sample size	Manfredi	Bassolino	Lead
13–15 Sep 2021	BiDiMedia	1,035	53.0	47.0	6.0
8–10 Sep 2021	Winpoll	800	57.2	42.8	14.4
1 Jul 2021	Lab2101	—	72.8	27.2	45.6
14–16 Jun 2021	Winpoll	800	56.3	43.7	12.6

Manfredi vs. Clemente

Date	Polling firm/ Client	Sample size	Manfredi	Clemente	Lead
13–15 Sep 2021	BiDiMedia	1,035	68.0	32.0	36.0
8–10 Sep 2021	Winpoll	800	67.8	31.2	36.6
1 Jul 2021	Lab2101	—	51.2	48.8	2.4

Bassolino vs. Maresca

Date	Polling firm/ Client	Sample size	Bassolino	Maresca	Lead
1 Jul 2021	Lab2101	—	45.1	54.9	9.8
14–16 Jun 2021	Winpoll	800	52.2	47.8	4.4

Bassolino vs. Clemente

Date	Polling firm/ Client	Sample size	Bassolino	Clemente	Lead
1 Jul 2021	Lab2101	—	38.8	61.2	22.4

Clemente vs. Maresca

Date	Polling firm/ Client	Sample size	Clemente	Maresca	Lead
1 Jul 2021	Lab2101	—	55.3	44.7	10.6

Parties

Date	Polling firm	Sample size	Left-wing		Centre-left						Centre-right				Centre		Others	Undecided	Lead
			DemA	Other	PD	M5S	EV	IV	Art.1-SI	Other	FI	FdI	Lega	Other	A	Other
13–15 Sep 2021	BiDiMedia	1,035	4.5	4.8	14.4	13.8	1.8	4.4	—	15.4	3.4	7.6	2.6	8.7	2.2	13.3	3.1	22.0	0.6
6–11 Sep 2021	Ipsos	1,000	6.5	5.3	17.4	18.6	13.3				5.3	7.1	3.5	14.2	8.0		0.8	—	1.2
8–10 Sep 2021	Winpoll	800	10.9		18.7	15.5	2.6	9.7			5.6	7.4	2.9	6.3	3.2	12.7	4.5	34.0	3.2
3–8 Sep 2021	YouTrend	802	5.3		15.4	28.0	10.5				3.9	7.8	6.4	5.3	11.3		6.2	54.5	12.6
23 Jun 2021	Tecnè	1,000	8.1		17.8	15.8	9.6				7.7	12.2	6.7	3.9	11.6		6.1	45.4	2.0
14–16 Jun 2021	Winpoll^[permanent dead link‍]	800	13.5		19.0	16.2	2.2	1.7	2.0	0.5	7.3	10.9	6.7	—	1.0	14.8	4.2	40.0	5.7
5 June 2016	Election result	-	7.6	32.2	11.6	9.7	DNP	DNP	DNP	12.0	9.6	1.2	DNP	15.0	DNP		1.0	-	1.9

Results

Summary of the 2021 Naples City Council election results

Mayoral candidates		Votes	%	Leaders seats	Parties		Votes	%	Seats
	Gaetano Manfredi	218,087	62.88	–		Democratic Party	39,904	12.20	6
						Manfredi List	32,451	9.92	5
						Five Star Movement	31,805	9.73	5
						Azzurri – We the South – Naples Alive	17,791	5.44	2
						Free Naples	15,053	4.60	2
						Us Campanians	13,164	4.03	2
						Solidary Naples	12,596	3.85	2
						Now Naples	12,307	3.76	1
						Green Europe	10,496	3.21	1
						Democratic Centre	9,800	3.00	1
						Moderates	8,408	2.57	1
						People and Community	6,006	1.84	0
						Democratic Republicans	5,646	1.76	0
					Total		215,427	65.88	28
	Catello Maresca	75,891	21.88	1		Forza Italia	21,691	6.63	3
						Brothers of Italy	14,404	4.41	1
						Maresca for Mayor	9,175	2.81	1
						Naples Capital (PdF – LSA – Others)	8,494	2.60	1
						Cambiamo!	8,291	2.54	1
						Us with Italy – Alliance of the Centre	3,066	0.94	0
						Neapolitan Pride	2,605	0.80	0
						European Liberal Party	572	0.17	0
					Total		68,298	20.89	7
	Antonio Bassolino	28,451	8.20	1		Bassolino for Naples	13,562	4.15	1
						With Naples	4,097	1.25	0
						Action	1,483	0.45	0
						Naples is Naples	1,414	0.43	0
						Gay Party	930	0.28	0
					Total		21,486	6.57	1
	Alessandra Clemente	19,338	5.58	1		Alessandra Clemente for Mayor	10,564	3.23	1
						Power to the People	4,358	1.33	0
						Naples 2030	2,450	0.75	0
					Total		17,372	5.31	1
	Matteo Brambilla	2,162	0.62	–		Naples on the Move	1,960	0.70	0
	Giovanni Moscarella	1,810	0.52	–		3V Movement	1,516	0.46	0
	Rossella Solombrino	1,078	0.31	–		August 24th Movement	921	0.28	0
Total		346,807	100.00	3			326,990	100.00	37
Total valid votes		346,807	94.66
Blank or invalid ballots		19,567	5.34
Turnout		366,374	47.17
Eligible voters		776,751	100.00
Source: Ministry of the Interior Archived 2021-10-16 at the Wayback Machine

See also

• 2021 Italian local elections

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