The mayor of Isernia is an elected politician who, along with the Isernia City Council, is accountable for the strategic government of Isernia in Molise, Italy.
The current mayor is Piero Castrataro, supported by the centre-left coalition, who took office on 19 October 2021.
Overview According to the Italian Constitution, the mayor of Isernia is member of the City Council.
The mayor is elected by the population of Isernia, 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 1998 the mayor is elected directly by Isernia'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.
Notably, the 2012 election resulted in an anatra zoppa case: the centre-left candidate Ugo De Vivo won the runoff with 57.37% of the vote, however, the lists supporting him only received 23.59% of the vote in the first round, whilst the lists supporting centre-right candidate Rosa Iorio received 58.66% of the vote. Thus, De Vivo was elected mayor, but the center-right received a two-thirds majority of council seats, and were able to enforce his resignation.
Italian Republic (since 1946) City Council election (1946-1998) From 1946 to 1998, the Mayor of Isernia was elected by the City Council.
Mayor Term start Term end Party 1Giuseppe Cimorelli Belfiore6 October 194726 June 1950DC 2Carlo Veneziale26 June 19509 June 1952DC 3Giuseppe Caroselli9 June 195219 December 1953DC 4Sabino D'Acunto19 December 195310 April 1954DC 5Amilcare Graziani 10 April 195414 June 1956DC 6Giovanni Ciampitti14 June 195628 March 1958DCSpecial Prefectural Commissioner tenure (28 March 1958 – 21 November 1960) 7Pietro Galgani21 November 196023 July 1963DC 8Dora Melogli Montesoro 23 July 196315 January 1965DC 9Enrico Santoro15 January 1965 11 March 1972DC 10Maria Marracino11 March 19724 December 1972DCSpecial Prefectural Commissioner tenure (4 December 1972 – 3 January 1975) 11Mario Lancellotta3 January 197516 June 1977DC 12Gabriele Biello16 June 197726 February 1979DC 13Maria Gentile26 February 197923 September 1980DC (12)Gabriele Biello23 September 19804 March 1987DC 14Angelo Michele Iorio4 March 198729 May 1990DC 15Domenico Testa29 May 199014 May 1992DCSpecial Prefectural Commissioner tenure (14 May 1992 – 27 February 1993) Marcello Veneziale27 February 199329 June 1995PDS Giuseppe Caterina29 June 19957 June 1998PDS
Direct election (since 1998) Since 1998, under provisions of new local administration law, the Mayor of Isernia is chosen by direct election, originally every four, then every five years. Mayor Term start Term end PartyCoalition Election Giuseppe Caterina8 June 199812 November 2001PDSDSDSPRC1998 Gabriele Melogli11 June 200229 May 2007FIFIANUDC200229 May 200723 May 2012FIANUDC2007 Ugo De Vivo23 May 201213 June 2012 PDPDIdVSEL2012Special Prefectural Commissioner tenure (13 June 2012 – 9 November 2012) Ugo De Vivo9 November 201214 January 2013 PDPDIdVSEL(2012)Special Prefectural Commissioner tenure (14 January 2013 – 29 May 2013) Luigi Brasiello29 May 201317 September 2015PDPDUDEURUDC2013Special Prefectural Commissioner tenure (17 September 2015 – 24 June 2016) Giacomo D'Apollonio24 June 201619 October 2021FdIFdI2016 22 Piero Castrataro19 October 2021IncumbentIndPDM5SVoltSI2021 Notes
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