Mayor of Bologna

Mayor of Bologna
Sindaco di Bologna
Incumbent
Matteo Lepore
since 11 October 2021
StyleNo courtesy or style
SeatPalazzo d'Accursio
AppointerElectorate of Bologna
Term length5 years, renewable once
Inaugural holderLuigi Pizzardi
Formation6 April 1860
DeputyEmily Marion Clancy
Salary€114,960 per year
WebsiteOfficial website
Palazzo d'Accursio is the seat of the Mayor.

The Mayor of Bologna is an elected politician who, along with the Bologna’s City Council, is accountable for the strategic government of Bologna, the regional capital of Emilia-Romagna, Italy.

Overview

According to the Italian Constitution, the Mayor of Bologna is a member of the City Council.

The Mayor is elected by the population of Bologna, who also elects the members of the City Council, the legislative body which checks the Mayor's policy guidelines and is able to enforce his resignation by a motion of no confidence. The Mayor is entitled to appoint and release the members of his executive.

Since 1993 the Mayor is elected directly by Bologna's electorate: in all mayoral elections in Italy in cities with a population higher than 15,000 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. 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 on the base of a majority bonus system.

List of Mayors of Bologna

Kingdom of Italy (1860-1946)

In 1860 the nascent Kingdom of Italy created the office of the Mayor of Bologna (Sindaco di Bologna), chosen by the City council. In 1926, the Fascist dictatorship abolished mayors and City councils, replacing them with an authoritarian Podestà chosen by the National Fascist Party.

  Mayor Term start Term end Party
1 Luigi Pizzardi 6 April 1860 11 January 1862 Right
2 Carlo Pepoli 11 January 1862 7 May 1866 Independent
3 Gioacchino Napoleone Pepoli 7 May 1866 6 April 1870 Left
4 Camillo Casarini 6 April 1870 3 January 1875 Left
5 Gaetano Tacconi 3 January 1875 29 March 1890 Right
6 Carlo Carli 29 March 1890 1 June 1891 Left
7 Alberto Dallolio 1 June 1891 22 December 1902 Left
8 Enrico Golinelli 22 December 1902 30 January 1905 Left
9 Giuseppe Tanari 30 January 1905 21 November 1910 Right
10 Ettore Nadalini 21 November 1910 15 July 1914 Left
11 Francesco Zanardi 15 July 1914 21 November 1920 PSI
12 Enio Gnudi 21 November 1920 4 March 1923 PSI
13 Umberto Puppini 4 March 1923 26 December 1926 PNF
Fascist Podestà (1926-1945)
1 Leandro Arpinati 26 December 1926 22 September 1929 PNF
2 Antonio Carranti 22 September 1929 10 July 1930 PNF
3 Giovanni Battista Berardi 10 July 1930 1 October 1933 PNF
4 Angelo Manaresi 1 October 1933 10 July 1936 PNF
5 Cesare Colliva 10 July 1936 23 November 1939 PNF
6 Enzo Ferné 23 November 1939 26 August 1943 PNF
7 Mario Agnoli 26 August 1943 25 April 1945 PFR
Liberation (1945-1946)
14 Giuseppe Dozza 25 April 1945 7 April 1946 PCI

Republic of Italy (1946–present)

From 1945 to 1995, the Mayor of Bologna was chosen by the City council. Since 1995, under provisions of new local administration law (1993), the Mayor of Bologna is chosen by direct election, originally every four years, and since 1999 every five years.

Mayor of Bologna Took office Left office Party Coalition Election
1 Giuseppe Dozza
(1901–1974) 		7 April 1946 2 April 1966 PCI PCI  • PSI 1946
1951
1956
1960
1964
2 Guido Fanti
(1925–2012) 		2 April 1966 29 July 1970 PCI PCI  • PSI —
3 Renato Zangheri
(1925–2015) 		29 July 1970 29 April 1983 PCI PCI  • PSI 1970
1975
1980
4 Renzo Imbeni
(1944–2005) 		29 April 1983 27 February 1993 PCI
PDS 		PCI  • PSI 1985
1990
5 Walter Vitali
(b. 1952) 		27 February 1993 24 April 1995 PDS PDS  • PSI —
Directly elected mayors (1995–present)
(5) Walter Vitali
(b. 1952) 		24 April 1995 30 June 1999 PDS
DS 		The Olive Tree 1995
6 Giorgio Guazzaloca
(1944–2017) 		30 June 1999 14 June 2004 Ind Pole for Freedoms 1999
7 Sergio Cofferati
(b. 1948) 		14 June 2004 23 June 2009 DS
PD 		The Olive Tree 2004
8 Flavio Delbono
(b. 1959) 		23 June 2009 17 February 2010[a] PD PD  • IdV  • FdS  • FdV 2009
Special Prefectural Commissioner tenure (17 February 2010 – 16 May 2011)
9 Virginio Merola
(b. 1955) 		16 May 2011 20 June 2016 PD PD  • SEL  • IdV 2011
20 June 2016 11 October 2021 PD 2016
10 Matteo Lepore
(b. 1980) 		11 October 2021[b] Incumbent PD PD  • LeU  • IV  • EV  • M5S 2021
Notes
  1. ^ He resigned following the so-called Cinziagate scandal. Until May 2011 the local government was then presided by Anna Maria Cancellieri, a state-appointed commissioner.[1]
  2. ^ Election originally scheduled for June 2021 then postponed due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Timeline

Matteo LeporeVirginio MerolaFlavio DelbonoSergio CofferatiGiorgio GuazzalocaWalter VitaliRenzo ImbeniRenato ZangheriGuido FantiGiuseppe Dozza

By time in office

Rank Mayor Political Party Total time in office Terms
1 Giuseppe Dozza PCI 20 years, 342 days 5
2 Renato Zangheri PCI 12 years, 274 days 3
3 Virginio Merola PD 10 years, 141 days 2
4 Renzo Imbeni PCI 9 years, 304 days 2
5 Walter Vitali PDS 6 years, 123 days 2
6 Sergio Cofferati DS / PD 5 years, 9 days 1
7 Giorgio Guazzaloca Ind 4 years, 350 days 1
8 Guido Fanti PCI 4 years, 118 days 1
9 Matteo Lepore PD 3 years, 71 days 1
10 Flavio Delbono PD 239 days 1

Elections

City Council elections, 1946–1990

Results

Number of votes for each party:

Election DC PCI PSI PLI PRI PSDI MSI Others Total
24 March 1946 56,543
(30.3%) 		71,369
(38.3%) 		49,031
(26.3%) 		2,940
(1.6%) 		5,343
(2.9%) 		– – 1,200
(0.6%) 		186,426
27 May 1951 59,532
(25.8%) 		93,043
(40.4%) 		16,892
(7.9%) 		13,837
(6.0%) 		4,409
(1.9%) 		32,498
(14.1%) 		7,716
(3.6%) 		2,350
(1.0%) 		230,307
27 May 1956 74,388
(27.7%) 		121,556
(45.3%) 		19,955
(7.4%) 		12,380
(4.6%) 		3,412
(1.3%) 		23,290
(8.8%) 		13,407
(5.0%) 		– 268,571
6 November 1960 81,087
(26.7%) 		138,090
(45.6%) 		25,962
(8.6%) 		14,958
(4.9%) 		3,298
(1.1%) 		26,336
(8.7%) 		13,262
(4.4%) 		– 302,993
22 November 1964 73,530
(22.0%) 		149,433
(44.8%) 		25,265
(7.8%) 		36,707
(11.0%) 		1,672
(0.5%) 		27,707
(8.3%) 		11,274
(3.4%) 		8,055
(2.4%) 		333,655
7 June 1970 74,956
(21.3%) 		149,339
(42.5%) 		26,462
(7.5%) 		25,493
(7.3%) 		9,347
(2.7%) 		36,852
(10.5%) 		15,633
(4.6%) 		12,956
(3.7%) 		351,038
15 June 1975 84,840
(23.1%) 		179,622
(49.0%) 		34,178
(9.3%) 		13,535
(3.7%) 		10,659
(2.9%) 		24,509
(6.7%) 		19,067
(5.2%) 		– 366,410
8 June 1980 77,579
(22.5%) 		158,585
(46.0%) 		32,300
(9.4%) 		13,897
(4.0%) 		13,630
(4.0%) 		21,841
(6.3%) 		15,768
(4.6%) 		10,822
(3.1%) 		344,422
12 May 1985 77,199
(22.7%) 		151,113
(44.5%) 		40,969
(12.1%) 		10,009
(3.0%) 		15,372
(4.5%) 		10,469
(3.1%) 		17,976
(5.3%) 		16,409
(4.8%) 		339,516
6 May 1990 65,354
(20.4%) 		124,237
(38.7%) 		44,068
(13.7%) 		9,040
(2.8%) 		17,670
(5.5%) 		5,824
(1.8%) 		12,707
(4.0%) 		47,774
(14.9%) 		320,850

Number of seats in the City Council for each party:

Election DC PCI PSI PLI PRI PSDI MSI Others Total
24 March 1946 19 24 16 – 1 – – – 60
27 May 1951 10 33 6 2 1 6 1 1 60
27 May 1956 17 29 4 2 – 5 3 – 60
6 November 1960 17 28 5 3 – 5 2 – 60
22 November 1964 14 28 4 6 – 5 2 1 60
7 June 1970 14 27 4 4 1 6 2 2 60
15 June 1975 14 31 5 2 1 4 3 – 60
8 June 1980 14 29 6 2 2 4 3 – 60
12 May 1985 15 29 7 1 2 2 3 1 60
6 May 1990 13 25 9 1 3 1 2 7 60

Mayoral and City Council election, 1995

The election took place on 23 April 1995.

Results

Mayoral and City Council election, 1999

The election took place on two rounds: the first on 13 June, the second on 27 June 1999.

Results
Notes
  1. ^ Even if the coalition didn't receive the majority of votes, no other alliance was able to obtain overall more than 50% of votes. Once its mayoral candidate won the second round, the coalition was awarded the majority bonus granted by the electoral law to the alliance whose candidate is elected mayor.

Mayoral and City Council election, 2004

The election took place on 12–13 June 2004.

Results
Notes

Mayoral and City Council election, 2009

Main article: 2009 Bologna municipal election

The election took place in two rounds: the first on 6–7 June, the second on 21–22 June 2009.

Results

Mayoral and City Council election, 2011

Main article: 2011 Bologna municipal election

The election took place on 15–16 May 2011.

Results
Notes

Mayoral and City Council election, 2016

Main article: 2016 Bologna municipal election

The election took place in two rounds: the first on 5 June, the second on 19 June 2016.

Results

Mayoral and City Council election, 2021

Main article: 2021 Bologna municipal election

The election took place on 3–4 October 2021.

Results
Notes

See also

References

  1. ^ "Delbono e il Cinzia-GateTutto iniziò quando Cazzola". 25 January 2010.