The mayor of Macerata is an elected politician who, along with the Macerata City Council, is accountable for the strategic government of Macerata in Marche, Italy.
The current mayor is Sandro Parcaroli (Lega), who took office on 24 September 2020.
Overview According to the Italian Constitution, the mayor of Macerata is member of the City Council.
The mayor is elected by the population of Macerata, 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 1993 the mayor is elected directly by Macerata'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.
Italian Republic (since 1946) City Council election (1946-1993) From 1946 to 1993, the mayor of Macerata was elected by the City Council.
Mayor Term start Term end Party 1Otello Perugini20 April 19469 July 1956DC 2Franco Micucci Cecchi9 July 195630 July 1956DC 3Elio Ballesi30 July 195629 December 1957DC 4Arnaldo Marconi29 December 195712 January 1965DC (3)Elio Ballesi12 January 196526 July 1967DC 5Giuseppe Sposetti26 July 19674 September 1975DC 6Ireneo Vinciguerra4 September 197528 July 1980Ind (5)Giuseppe Sposetti28 July 198024 January 1981DC 7Carlo Cingolani24 January 198116 March 1987DC 8Carlo Ballesi16 March 198727 January 1992DC (7)Carlo Cingolani27 January 19923 July 1993DCSpecial Prefectural Commissioner's tenure (3 July 1993 – 6 December 1993)
Direct election (since 1993) Since 1993, under provisions of new local administration law, the mayor of Macerata is chosen by direct election, originally every four, then every five years.
Mayor Term start Term end PartyCoalition Election 9 Gian Mario Maulo6 December 199317 November 1997Ind PDSPRCLR1993 Anna Menghi17 November 199713 July 1999AN FIANCCDCDU1997Special Prefectural Commissioner's tenure (13 July 1999 – 4 May 2000) Giorgio Meschini4 May 20005 April 2005DSPD DSPPIPRCPdCI20005 April 200513 April 2010 DSDLPRCPdCI2005 Romano Carancini13 April 201015 June 2015PD PDFdSIdVSELFdV201015 June 201524 September 2020 PDPRCSELFdV2015 Sandro Parcaroli24 September 202012 June 2026Lega LegaFdIFIUDC202012 June 2026Incumbent LegaFdIFIUDCNM2026 Notes
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