The Mayor of Padua is an elected politician who, along with the Padua's city council, is accountable for the strategic government of Padua in Veneto, Italy.
The current mayor is Sergio Giordani a centre-left independent, who took office on 28 June 2017.
Overview According to the Italian Constitution, the mayor of Padua is member of the city council.
The mayor is elected by the population of Padua, who also elect the members of the city council, controlling 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 government.
Since 1995 the mayor is elected directly by Padua's electorate: in all mayoral elections in Italy in cities with a population higher than 15,000 the 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.
List Republic of Italy (since 1946) From 1945 to 1995, the Mayor of Padua was elected by the City Council. Mayor Term start Term end Party Giuseppe Schiavon28 April 194519 April 1946PCI Gastone Costa19 April 194626 April 1947PSIUP 3Cesarino Crescente26 April 194712 December 1970DC 4Ettore Bentsik12 December 19705 May 1977DC 5Luigi Merlin5 May 19779 April 1980DC (4)Ettore Bentsik9 April 198028 April 1981DC 6Guido Montesi28 April 198126 August 1982DC 7Settimo Gottardo26 August 19827 June 1987DC 8Paolo Giaretta7 June 19876 June 1993DC Flavio Zanonato6 June 19938 May 1995PDS
Since 1995, under provisions of new local administration law, the Mayor of Padua is chosen by direct election, originally every four, and since 1999 every five years.
Mayor Term start Term end Party Coalition Election Flavio Zanonato (b. 1950)8 May 199527 June 1999PDS PDS PPI1995 Giustina Mistrello Destro(b. 1945)27 June 199914 June 2004FI FIAN1999 Flavio Zanonato (b. 1950)14 June 200423 June 2009DSPD The Olive Tree(DS-DL-SDI-FdV)200423 June 200910 June 2013 PDIdVSEL2009 Ivo Rossi (b. 1955)(acting)10 June 201310 June 2014PD Massimo Bitonci (b. 1965)10 June 201412 November 2016LV LVFI2014Special Prefectural Commissioner tenure (12 November 2016 – 28 June 2017) 12Sergio Giordani (b. 1953)28 June 201714 June 2022Ind PDand leftist lists201714 June 2022In office PDand leftist lists2022 Notes
Timeline
Elections Mayoral and City Council election, 1995 The election took place on two rounds: the first on 23 April, the second on 7 May 1995.
|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" ! colspan="4" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left;" | Parties and coalitions ! colspan="1" | Votes ! colspan="1" | % ! colspan="1" | Seats |- | style="background-color:pink" rowspan="5" | | style="background-color:" | | style="text-align:left;" | Democratic Party of the Left (Partito Democratico della Sinistra) | PDS | 35,562 || 27.12 || 16 |- | style="background-color:pink" | | style="text-align:left;" | Italian People's Party (Partito Popolare Italiano) | PPI | 12,169 || 9.28 || 5 |- | style="background-color:yellow" | | style="text-align:left;" | Pact of Democrats (Patto dei Democratici) | PD | 5,184 || 3.95 || 2 |- | style="background-color:" | | style="text-align:left;" | Federation of the Greens (Federazione dei Verdi) | FdV | 4,023 || 3.07 || 1 |- | style="background-color:" | | style="text-align:left;" | Others | | 3,181 || 2.43 || 0 |- style="background-color:pink" | style="text-align:left;" colspan="4" | Zanonato coalition (Centre-left) | 60,119 || 45.85 || 24 |- | style="background-color:lightblue" rowspan="3" | | style="background-color:" | | style="text-align:left;" | Forza Italia | FI | 31,612 || 24.11 || 8 |- | style="background-color:" | | style="text-align:left;" | National Alliance (Alleanza Nazionale) | AN | 20,311 || 15.51 || 5 |- | style="background-color:" | | style="text-align:left;" | Others | | 4,023 || 3.06 || 0 |- style="background-color:lightblue" | colspan="4" style="text-align:left;" | Gentile coalition (Centre-right) | 55,966 || 42.68 || 13 |- | style="background-color:" | | style="text-align:left;" colspan="2" | Liga Veneta-Lega Nord | LV-LN | 8,875 || 6.70 || 2 |- | style="background-color:" | | style="text-align:left;" colspan="2" | Communist Refoundation Party (Rifondazione Comunista) | PRC | 5,349 || 4.08 || 1 |- | style="background-color:" | | style="text-align:left;" colspan="2" | Others | | 900 || 0.69 || 0 |- | colspan="7" style="background-color:#E9E9E9" | |- style="font-weight:bold;" | style="text-align:left;" colspan="4" | Total | 131,119 || 100.00 || 40 |- | colspan="7" style="background-color:#E9E9E9" | |- | style="text-align:left;" colspan="4" | Votes cast / turnout | 158,406 || 84.82 || style="background-color:#E9E9E9;" | |- | style="text-align:left;" colspan="4" | Registered voters | 186,745 || || style="background-color:#E9E9E9;" | |- | colspan="7" style="background-color:#E9E9E9" | |- | style="text-align:left;" colspan="7" | Source: Ministry of the Interior
CandidatePartyCoalitionFirst roundSecond roundVotes%Votes% Flavio ZanonatoPDSPDS-PPI-PD-FdV 47,787 31.95 82,700 59.76 Francesco GentileFIPole for Freedoms 57,771 38.62 55,685 40.24 Luigi MarianiLV-LN 33,311 22.27Others 10,701 7.15Eligible voters100.00100.00Voted84.8276.32Blank or invalid ballotsTotal valid votes
Mayoral and City Council election, 1999 The election took place on two rounds: the first on 13 June, the second on 27 June 1999.
|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" ! colspan="4" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left;" | Parties and coalitions ! colspan="1" | Votes ! colspan="1" | % ! colspan="1" | Seats |- | style="background-color:lightblue" rowspan="4" | | style="background-color:" | | style="text-align:left;" | Forza Italia | FI | 21,487 || 19.27 || 12 |- | style="background-color:skyblue"| | style="text-align:left;" | Together for Padua (Insieme per Padova) | IpP | 12,528 || 11.24 || 6 |- | style="background-color:" | | style="text-align:left;" | National Alliance (Alleanza Nazionale) | AN | 11,470 || 10.29 || 6 |- | style="background-color:" | | style="text-align:left;" | Others | | 7,619 || 6.83 || 0 |- style="background-color:lightblue" | colspan="4" style="text-align:left;" | Mistrello Destro coalition (Centre-right) | 53,104 || 47.63 || 24 |- | style="background-color:pink" rowspan="5" | | style="background-color:" | | style="text-align:left;" | Democrats of the Left (Democratici di Sinistra) | DS | 35,562 || 27.12 || 16 |- | style="background-color:pink" | | style="text-align:left;" | Italian People's Party (Partito Popolare Italiano) | PPI | 12,169 || 9.28 || 4 |- | style="background-color:yellow" | | style="text-align:left;" | Pact of Democrats (I Democratici) | Dem | 8,055 || 7.22 || 2 |- | style="background-color:" | | style="text-align:left;" | Federation of the Greens (Federazione dei Verdi) | FdV | 2,804 || 2.51 || 1 |- | style="background-color:" | | style="text-align:left;" | Communist Refoundation Party (Rifondazione Comunista) | PRC | 2,634 || 2.36 || 0 |- style="background-color:pink" | style="text-align:left;" colspan="4" | Zanonato coalition (Centre-left) | 47,086 || 42.23 || 15 |- | style="background-color:" | | style="text-align:left;" colspan="2" | Liga Veneta-Lega Nord | LV-LN | 5,416 || 4.86 || 1 |- | style="background-color:" | | style="text-align:left;" colspan="2" | Others | | 5,889 || 5.28 || 0 |- | colspan="7" style="background-color:#E9E9E9" | |- style="font-weight:bold;" | style="text-align:left;" colspan="4" | Total | 111,495 || 100.00 || 40 |- | colspan="7" style="background-color:#E9E9E9" | |- | style="text-align:left;" colspan="4" | Votes cast / turnout | 136,380 || 75.09 || style="background-color:#E9E9E9;" | |- | style="text-align:left;" colspan="4" | Registered voters | 181,623 || || style="background-color:#E9E9E9;" | |- | colspan="7" style="background-color:#E9E9E9" | |- | style="text-align:left;" colspan="7" | Source: Ministry of the Interior
CandidatePartyCoalitionFirst roundSecond roundVotes%Votes% Giustina Mistrello DestroFIPole for Freedoms 54,350 42.22 57,047 50.55 Flavio ZanonatoDSThe Olive Tree 53,552 41.60 55,807 49.45 Luciano GasperiniLV-LN 6,260 4.86Others 14,568 11.33Eligible voters100.00100.00Voted75.0963.84Blank or invalid ballotsTotal valid votes
Mayoral and City Council election, 2004 The election took place on 12–13 June 2004.
|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" ! colspan="4" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left;" | Parties and coalitions ! colspan="1" | Votes ! colspan="1" | % ! colspan="1" | Seats |- | style="background-color:pink" rowspan="6" | | style="background-color:" | | style="text-align:left;" | Democrats of the Left (Democratici di Sinistra) | DS | 18,845 || 16.01 || 8 |- | style="background-color:purple" | | style="text-align:left;" | Italian Democratic Socialists (Socialisti Democratici Italiani) | SDI | 14,981 || 12.72 || 7 |- | style="background-color:pink" | | style="text-align:left;" | The Daisy (La Margherita) | DL | 13,811 || 11.73 || 6 |- | style="background-color:" | | style="text-align:left;" | Federation of the Greens (Federazione dei Verdi) | FdV | 4,027 || 3.42 || 1 |- | style="background-color:" | | style="text-align:left;" | Communist Refoundation Party (Rifondazione Comunista) | PRC | 3,006 || 2.55 || 1 |- | style="background-color:" | | style="text-align:left;" | Others | | 5,456 || 4.64 || 1 |- style="background-color:pink" | style="text-align:left;" colspan="4" | Zanonato coalition (Centre-left) | 60,126 || 51.07 || 24 |- | style="background-color:lightblue" rowspan="4" | | style="background-color:" | | style="text-align:left;" | Forza Italia | FI | 27,577 || 23.42 || 10 |- | style="background-color:" | | style="text-align:left;" | National Alliance (Alleanza Nazionale) | AN | 8,472 || 7.20 || 2 |- | style="background-color:"| | style="text-align:left;" | Union of the Centre (Unione di Centro) | UDC | 4,068 || 3.46 || 1 |- | style="background-color:" | | style="text-align:left;" | Others | | 474 || 0.40 || 0 |- style="background-color:lightblue" | colspan="4" style="text-align:left;" | Mistrello Destro coalition (Centre-right) | 40,591 || 34.48 || 13 |- | style="background-color:orange" | | style="text-align:left;" colspan="2" | Zanesco List (Lista Zanesco) | LZ | 6,024 || 5.12 || 2 |- | style="background-color:" | | style="text-align:left;" colspan="2" | Liga Veneta-Lega Nord | LV-LN | 5,337 || 4.53 || 1 |- | style="background-color:" | | style="text-align:left;" colspan="2" | Others | | 5,223 || 4.28 || 0 |- | colspan="7" style="background-color:#E9E9E9" | |- style="font-weight:bold;" | style="text-align:left;" colspan="4" | Total | 117,740 || 100.00 || 40 |- | colspan="7" style="background-color:#E9E9E9" | |- | style="text-align:left;" colspan="4" | Votes cast / turnout | 135,606 || 78.09 || style="background-color:#E9E9E9;" | |- | style="text-align:left;" colspan="4" | Registered voters | 173,662 || || style="background-color:#E9E9E9;" | |- | colspan="7" style="background-color:#E9E9E9" | |- | style="text-align:left;" colspan="7" | Source: Ministry of the Interior
CandidatePartyCoalitionFirst roundVotes% Flavio ZanonatoDSThe Olive Tree 67,682 51.88Giustina Mistrello DestroFIHouse of Freedoms 43,846 33.61 Luigi Zanesco Ind 6,996 5.36 Luciano GasperiniLV-LN 5,619 4.31Others 6,311 4.84Eligible voters100.00Voted78.09Blank or invalid ballotsTotal valid votes
Mayoral and City Council election, 2009 The election took place on two rounds: the first on 6–7 June, the second on 21–22 June 2009.
|- style="background-color:#E9E9E9;text-align:center;" ! colspan="4" rowspan="1" style="text-align:left;" | Parties and coalitions