2020 Italian local elections – Wikipedia

The 2020 Italian local elections were held on different dates; they were originally scheduled to take place in May 2020, together with the 2020 regional elections, with a second round on June,^[1] but they were delayed on 20 and 21 September with a second round on 4 and 5 October due to the coronavirus pandemic in Italy.^[2] Direct elections were held in 1,172 out of 7,904 municipalities; in each of these, the mayor and the members of the City Council are going to be elected. Of the 1,172 municipalities, 18 are provincial capitals.

The elections in Trentino – Alto Adige/Südtirol were planned to be held on 3 May, with a second ballot on 17 May,^[3] while the elections in Aosta Valley were planned on 17 May, with a second ballot on 31 May,^[4] but they were delayed following the coronavirus pandemic.^[5][6] In Sicily the elections were planned to be held on 24 May but they were first postponed on 14 June with a second round on 28 June^[7] and then they were delayed again sometime between 11 October and 6 December.^[8]

Municipal councillors and mayors ordinarily serve a term of five years.

Voting system[edit]

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[edit]

Overall results[edit]

Majority of each coalition in the municipalities which have a population higher than 15,000 inhabitants:^[9]

Mayoral election results[edit]

Region	City	Population	Incumbent mayor		Elected mayor		1st round		2nd round		Seats	Source
							Votes	%	Votes	%
Aosta Valley	Aosta	34,008		Fulvio Centoz (PD)		Gianni Nuti (Ind.)	6,361	38.84	6,794	53.34		[1]
Lombardy	Lecco	48,333		Virginio Brivio (PD)		Mauro Gattinoni (Ind.)	10,096	41.67	10,978	50.07		[2]
	Mantua	49,403		Mattia Palazzi (PD)		Mattia Palazzi (PD)	16,546	70.75	—	—		[3]
Trentino-Alto Adige	Bolzano	107,914		Renzo Caramaschi (Ind.)		Renzo Caramaschi (Ind.)	16,124	33.96	21,585	57.18		[4]
	Trento	118,288		Alessandro Andreatta (PD)		Franco Ianeselli (Ind.)	31,885	54.66	—	—		[5]
Veneto	Venice	260,520		Luigi Brugnaro (Ind.)		Luigi Brugnaro (Ind.)	66,750	54.14	—	—		[6]
Tuscany	Arezzo	99,179		Alessandro Ghinelli (Ind.)		Alessandro Ghinelli (Ind.)	23,638	47.08	23,620	54.50		[7]
Marche	Fermo	37,119		Paolo Calcinaro (Ind.)		Paolo Calcinaro (Ind.)	14,314	71.41	—	—		[8]
	Macerata	41,514		Romano Carancini (PD)		Sandro Parcaroli (Lega)	12,113	52.78	—	—		[9]
Abruzzo	Chieti	50,646		Umberto Di Primio (FdI)		Diego Ferrara (PD)	6,183	21.50	12,403	55.85		[10]
Apulia	Andria	99,671		Gaetano Tufariello[a]		Giovanna Bruno (PD)	20,037	38.10	21,717	58.87		[11]
	Trani	55,851		Amedeo Bottaro (PD)		Amedeo Bottaro (PD)	20,785	65.43	—	—		[12]
Basilicata	Matera	60,404		Raffaello De Ruggieri (Ind.)		Domenico Bennardi (M5S)	9,525	27.57	18,830	67.54		[13]
Calabria	Crotone	65,086		Tiziana Costantino[b]		Vincenzo Voce (Ind.)	12,003	36.22	16,434	63.95		[14]
	Reggio Calabria	180,369		Giuseppe Falcomatà (PD)		Giuseppe Falcomatà (PD)	35,109	37.17	44,069	58.36		[15]
Sicily	Agrigento	58,956		Calogero Firetto (UDC)		Francesco Miccichè (Ind.)	11,564	36.68	13,156	60.43		[16]
	Enna	27,004		Maurizio Dipietro (IV)[c]		Maurizio Dipietro (IV)	9,484	58.27	—	—		[17]
Sardinia	Nuoro	36,154		Andrea Soddu (Ind.)		Andrea Soddu (Ind.)	5,068	28.84	8,841	67.00		[18]

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