The mayor of Avellino is an elected politician who, along with the Avellino City Council, is accountable for the strategic government of Avellino in Campania, Italy.
Since 18 July 2025, the office has been held by the prefectural commissioner Giuliana Perrotta, following the no-confidence motion that led to the fall of the administration led by mayor Laura Nargi.
Overview According to the Italian Constitution, the mayor of Avellino is member of the City Council.
The mayor is elected by the population of Avellino, who also elects 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 Avellino'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.
However, if in the first round no candidate receives a majority, but the lists supporting a candidate different from the eventual runoff winner do; or a mayor is elected in the first round, but the lists supporting them do not receive at least 40% of votes, it will lead to an anatra zoppa (lame duck) situation, in which case the mayor will not have a majority of council on their side. This occurred in the 2018 elections, where Vincenzo Ciampi of the Five Star Movement won the runoff with 59.54% of the vote, but the M5S list supporting him only received 14.2% of the vote in the first round, while the lists supporting centre-left coalition's candidate Nello Pizza received 53.26% of the vote, thus they received a majority on the council. That eventually led to Ciampi losing a council vote of no confidence and resigning after only five months in office, and new elections being called in 2019.
Italian Republic (since 1946) City Council election (1946-1995) From 1946 to 1995, the Mayor of Avellino was elected by the City Council. Mayor Term start Term end PartySpecial Prefectural Commissioner's tenure (1946–1947) Francesco Amendola19471952PdA Olindo Preziosi19521952PNM Domenico Cucciniello19521955PLISpecial Prefectural Commissioner's tenure (1955–1956) Michelangelo Nicoletti19561963PLI 5Emilio Turco19631965DC 6Angelo Scalpati19651969DC (5)Emilio Turco19691970DCSpecial Prefectural Commissioner's tenure (1970) 7Antonio Aurigemma19701975DC 8Massimo Preziosi19751980DC 9Giovanni Pionati19801981DC 10Antonio Matarzzo19811983DC (9)Giovanni Pionati19831984DC 11Lorenzo Venezia19841989DC 12Angelo Romano19891995DC
Direct election (since 1995) Since 1995, under provisions of new local administration law, the Mayor of Avellino is chosen by direct election, originally every four then every five eyars.
Mayor Term start Term end PartyCoalition Election 13Antonio Di Nunno7 May 199528 June 1999PPIDLPDSPRCPPIPS199528 June 199931 October 2003DSPRCPPIDem1999Special Prefectural Commissioner's tenure (31 October 2003 – 14 June 2004) Giuseppe Galasso14 June 200423 June 2009DLPDDSUDEURDLSDI200423 June 200931 October 2012PDIdV2009Special Prefectural Commissioner's tenure (31 October 2012 – 11 June 2013) Paolo Foti11 June 201312 July 2018 PDPDCD2013 16 Vincenzo Ciampi12 July 201827 November 2018 M5SM5S2018Special Prefectural Commissioner's tenure (27 November 2018 – 28 June 2019) 17 Gianluca Festa28 June 201916 April 2024 IndInd2019Special Prefectural Commissioner's tenure (16 April 2024 – 9 July 2024) 18 Laura Nargi9 July 202418 July 2025 IndInd2024Special Prefectural Commissioner's tenure (since 18 July 2025) Nello PizzaElected PDPDM5SAVSPSIIV2026 Notes
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