The 2018 Italian local elections were held on different dates; most on 10 June, with a second round on 24 June. In Italy, direct elections were held in 720 municipalities: in each comune were chosen mayor and members of the City Council. Of the 783 municipalities, 21 were provincial capitals and only 112 had a population higher than 15,000 inhabitants (10,000 for Sicily).Elezioni comunali – I comuni al voto
In Friuli-Venezia Giulia the elections were held on 29 April with a second ballot on 13 May; while in Aosta Valley they were held on 20 May, and in Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol on 27 May.
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 the seats for each party is determined proportionally.
Municipal elections Overall results Majority of each coalition in the 112 municipalities (comuni) with a population higher than 15,000:Ballottaggi: vince il centrodestra
Coalition Comuni Centre-right coalition 43 Centre-left coalition 27 Five Star Movement 5 Independents and others 35
By party Party results in the main municipalities: Party% Democratic Party13.6% Five Star Movement11.5% League10.9% Forza Italia6.0% Brothers of Italy3.6% Free and Equal0.9% Centre-right civic lists13.6% Centre-left civic lists12.4%
Mayoral election results
Region City Population Incumbent mayor Elected mayor 1st round 2nd round Seats Source Votes % Votes % LombardyBrescia196,745Emilio Del Bono (PD) Emilio Del Bono (PD) 44,23753,86% — —Sondrio21,558Alcide Molteni (PD) Marco Scaramellini (Ind.)4,92346.80%5,43760.37% VenetoTreviso84.669Giovanni Manildo (PD)Mario Conte (LSP)21,83654.48% — —Vicenza111.980Achille Variati (PD)Francesco Rucco (Ind.)24,27150.63% — — Friuli-Venezia GiuliaUdine99,242Furio Honsell (Ind.)Pietro Fontanini (LSP)18,61941.49%18,83050.37% LiguriaImperia42.328Carlo Capacci (Ind.)Claudio Scajola (Ind.)7,39735.28%8,13652.05% TuscanyMassa68.946Alessandro Volpi (PD)Francesco Persiani (LSP)9,91628.18%17,83056.62%Pisa90.408Marco Filippeschi (PD)Michele Conti (Ind.)13,79533.36%20,69252.29%Siena53.772Bruno Valentini (PD)Luigi De Mossi (Ind.)6,40024.23%12,06550.80% UmbriaTerni111.317Antonino CufaloLeonardo Latini (LSP)25,53149.22%26,18563.42% MarcheAncona100,861Valeria Mancinelli (PD) Valeria Mancinelli (PD) 20,73847.92%21,15262.78% LazioViterbo67.619Leonardo Michelini (Ind.)Giovanni Arena (FI)13,02240.22%12,37751.09% AbruzzoTeramo54,436 Luigi PizziGianguido D'Alberto (Ind.) 6,49221.13%12,20553.26% CampaniaAvellino54.515Paolo Foti (PD)Vincenzo Ciampi (M5S)6,53520.22%13,69459.54% ApuliaBarletta94,489Pasquale Cascella (PD) Cosimo Cannito (Ind.)26,58753.03% — —Brindisi87,534 Santi Giuffrè Riccardo Rossi (Ind.)10,25323.49%16,65856.61% SicilyCatania311,763Enzo Bianco (PD)Salvo Pogliese (FI)69,02952.33% — —Messina234,758Renato Accorinti (Ind.)Cateno De Luca (SV)23,616 19.81%47,835 65.28%Ragusa73.631Federico Piccitto (M5S)Giuseppe Cassì (Ind.)7,295 20.83%13,492 53.07%Syracuse121,933Giancarlo Garozzo (PD)Francesco Italia (Ind.)10,626 19.62%18,210 52.99%Trapani68,370Francesco MessineoGiacomo Tranchida (PD)24,052 70.68% — —
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