2011 Italian local elections

none The 2011 Italian local elections were held on 15–16 May, with a second round on 29–30 May. In Italy, direct elections were held in all 1,177 municipalities and 11 provinces: in each municipality (comune) were chosen mayor and members of the City Council, in each province were chosen president and members of the Provincial Council. Of the 1,177 municipalities, 30 were provincial capital municipalities and only 105 had a population higher than 15,000 inhabitants. In Sicily the elections were held on 29–30 May, with a second round on 12–13 June. Citizens living in Italy who were 18 or over on election day were entitled to vote in the local council elections. The deadline for voters to register to vote in the 15–16 May elections was midday on Saturday 15 April 2011. Voting System The voting system is used for all mayoral elections in Italy, in the city with a population higher than 15,000. 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 Total voter turnout for the Municipal election on the first round was of 68.6%, on the second was of 60.1%. Mayoral election results Cities PopulationIncumbent mayorElected mayor Seats Novara 104,388 Silvana MoscatelliSince 30 March 2010 he has been acting deputy mayor to replace Massimo Giordano (LN) Andrea Ballarè (PD) 19 32 Centre-left coalition Turin 883,281 Sergio Chiamparino (PD) Piero Fassino (PD) 24 40 Centre-left coalition Milan 1,380,873 Letizia Moratti (PdL) Giuliano Pisapia (IND) 29 48 Centre-left coalition Varese 80,545 Attilio Fontana (LN) Attilio Fontana (LN) 19 32 Centre-right coalition Rovigo 51,715 Fausto Merchiori (PD) Bruno Piva (PdL) 18 32 Centre-right coalition Pordenone 51,156 Sergio Bolzonello (PD) Claudio Pedrotti (PD) 24 40 Centre-left coalition Trieste 204,347 Roberto Dipiazza (PdL) Roberto Cosolini (PD) 24 40 Centre-left coalition Savona 61,219 Federico Berruti (PD) Federico Berruti (PD) 20 32 Centre-left coalition Bologna 386,386 Annamaria CancellieriSince 17 February 2010 she has been prefectural commissioner replacing Flavio Delbono (PD) Virginio Merola (PD) 22 36 Centre-left coalition Ravenna 153,740 Fabrizio Matteucci (PD) Fabrizio Matteucci (PD) 19 32 Centre-left coalition Rimini 147,793 Alberto Ravaioli (PD) Andrea Gnassi (PD) 19 32 Centre-left coalition Arezzo 99,487 Giuseppe Fanfani (PD) Giuseppe Fanfani (PD) 19 32 Centre-left coalition Grosseto 82,041 Emilio Bonifazi (PD) Emilio Bonifazi (PD) 19 32 Centre-left coalition Siena 53,901 Maurizio Cenni (PD) Franco Ceccuzzi (PD) 21 32 Centre-left coalition Fermo 37,235 Saturnino Di Ruscio (PdL) Nella Brambatti (PD) 19 32 Centre-left coalition Latina 117,892 Guido NardoneSince 15 April 2010 he has been prefectural commissioner replacing Vincenzo Zaccheo (AN) Giovanni Di Giorgi (PdL) 21 32 Centre-right coalition Benevento 63,489 Fausto Pepe (PD) Fausto Pepe (PD) 19 32 Centre-left coalition Caserta 79,640 Nicodemo Petteruti (PD) Pio Del Gaudio (PdL) 21 32 Centre-right coalition Naples 980,716 Rosa Russo Iervolino (PD) Luigi de Magistris (IdV) 29 48 #FF0000 Salerno 140,608 Vincenzo De Luca (PD) Vincenzo De Luca (PD) 22 32 Centre-left coalition Barletta 94,477 Nicola Maffei (PD) Nicola Maffei (PD) 21 32 Centre-left coalition Catanzaro 89,801 Rosario Olivo (PD) Michele Traversa (PdL) 26 32 Centre-right coalition Cosenza 69,911 Salvatore Perugini (PD) Mario Occhiuto (PdL) 19 32 Centre-right coalition Crotone 63,923 Peppino Vallone (PD) Peppino Vallone (PD) 19 32 Centre-left coalition Reggio Calabria 181,454 Giuseppe Raffa (PdL)Since 14 May 2010 he is acting deputy mayor to replace Giuseppe Scopelliti (PdL) Demetrio Arena (PdL) 22 32 Centre-right coalition Ragusa 73,694 Nello Dipasquale (PdL) Nello Dipasquale (PdL) 19 30 Centre-right coalition Cagliari 154,400 Emilio Floris (PdL) Massimo Zedda (SEL) 16 40 Centre-left coalition Carbonia 28,265 Salvatore Cherchi (PD) Giuseppe Casti (PD) 27 40 Centre-left coalition Iglesias 26,784 Pierluigi Carta (PD) Luigi Perseu (PdL) 18 30 Centre-right coalition Olbia 60,261 Gianni Giovannelli (PdL) Gianni Giovannelli (IND) 24 40 Centre-left coalition Party results Party votes in 29 provincial capital municipalities: PartyVotes% Democratic Party701,93526.2 The People of Freedom597,20322.8 Northern League150,1945.6 Left Ecology Freedom131,2194.6 Union of the Centre121,1034.2 Italy of Values113,2174.0 Five Star Movement100,9983.8Totals with others 2,840,585 100 City councils CityPDPdLLNSELIdVUDC M5SOthersTurin167322114Novara166430000Milan2011431006Varese610910101Rovigo711500013Trieste156032006Pordenone226300005Savona106111217Bologna176341020Ravenna154211024Rimini167101022Arezzo166111011Grosseto125011207Siena155011107Fermo115021207Latina811001209Naples4700151018Salerno1040101014Benevento1020012015Caserta380003015 Barletta1060220010Catanzaro140102023Cosenza240115016Crotone920331013Reggio Calabria380003018Ragusa550023015Cagliari1350522011Olbia8110121016Iglesias185020408 Provincial elections Only 11 provinces were up for election. The elections was for a new provincial president and members of the Provincial Council. On the first round the total voter turnout was of 59.6%, on the second was of 45.2%. Below the results of each candidate and coalition on the first and second round. President election results Provinces Incumbent presidentAlliance Elected presidentAlliance Vercelli Renzo Masoero Centre-right Carlo Riva Vercellotti Centre-right Mantua Maurizio Fontanili Centre-left Alessandro Pastacci Centre-left Pavia Vittorio Poma Centre-left Daniele Bosone Centre-left Treviso Leonardo Muraro Centre-right Leonardo Muraro Centre-right Gorizia Enrico Gherghetta Centre-left Enrico Gherghetta Centre-left Trieste Maria Teresa Bassa Poropat Centre-left Maria Teresa Bassa Poropat Centre-left Ravenna Francesco Giangrandi Centre-left Claudio Casadio Centre-left Lucca Stefano Baccelli Centre-left Stefano Baccelli Centre-left Macerata Franco Capponi Centre-right Antonio Pettinari Centre-left Campobasso Nicola D'Ascanio Centre-left Rosario De Matteis Centre-right Reggio Calabria Giuseppe Morabito Centre-left Giuseppe Raffa Centre-right See also 2011 Bologna municipal election 2011 Milan municipal election Notes Category:2011 elections in Italy Category:Municipal elections in Italy Category:Provincial elections in Italy Category:May 2011 in Italy