Italian local elections, 2011

Italian local elections, 2011

2010 ←
May 15-16 and 29-30 2011
→ 2012

1,177 city mayors and councils
and 9 provincial presidents and councils
  First party Second party
 
Leader Pier Luigi Bersani Silvio Berlusconi
Party Democratic Party The People of Freedom
Leader since 25 October 2009 18 January 1994
Comuni 83[1] 36[2]
Comuni +/– 10 18
Provinces 7 3
Provinces +/– 0 0

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 comuni and 11 provinces: in each 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 comuni, 30 were capoluoghi 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 mid-day on Saturday 15 April 2011.

Contents

Background

Provinces

Only 11 provinces were up for election. The elections was for a new provincial president and members of the Provincial Council.

Province Previous President Previous Party Elected President Party Status
Reggio Calabria Giuseppe Morabito Democratic Party Giuseppe Raffa People of Freedom gained
Ravenna Claudio Casadio Democratic Party Claudio Casadio Democratic Party held
Gorizia Enrico Gherghetta Democratic Party Enrico Gherghetta Democratic Party held
Trieste Maria Teresa Bassa Poropat Democratic Party Maria Teresa Bassa Poropat Democratic Party held
Mantua Maurizio Fontanilli Democratic Party Alessandro Pastacci Democratic Party held
Pavia Vittorio Poma People of Freedom Daniele Bosone Democratic Party gained
Macerata Franco Capponi People of Freedom Antonio Pettinari Union of the Centre[3] gained
Campobasso Nicolino D'Ascanio Democratic Party Rosario De Matteis People of Freedom gained
Vercelli Renzo Masoero People of Freedom Carlo Riva Vercellotti People of Freedom held
Treviso Leonardo Muraro Lega Nord Leonardo Muraro Lega Nord held
Lucca Stefano Baccelli Democratic Party Stefano Baccelli Democratic Party held

Comuni

Capoluoghi

Only 23 of 1,177 comuni where the elections were held were capoluoghi.

Comune Previous Mayor's Party New elected Mayor's Party Coalition Status
Milan People of Freedom Left Ecology Freedom center-left gained
Naples Democratic Party Italy of Values left gained
Bologna commissioner Democratic Party center-left gained
Turin Democratic Party Democratic Party center-left held
Trieste People of Freedom Democratic Party center-left gained
Cagliari People of Freedom Left Ecology Freedom center-left gained
Novara Lega Nord Democratic Party center-left gained
Rimini Democratic Party Democratic Party center-left held
Varese Lega Nord Lega Nord center-right held
Cosenza Democratic Party Union of the Centre center-right gained
Grosseto Democratic Party Democratic Party center-left held
Crotone Democratic Party Democratic Party center-left held
Rovigo Democratic Party People of Freedom center-right gained
Pordenone Democratic Party Democratic Party center-left held
Iglesias Democratic Party Union of the Centre center-right gained
Ravenna Democratic Party Democratic Party center-left held
Savona Democratic Party Democratic Party center-left held
Arezzo Democratic Party Democratic Party center-left held
Siena Democratic Party Democratic Party center-left held
Fermo People of Freedom Democratic Party center-left gained
Latina commissioner People of Freedom center-right gained
Benevento Democratic Party Democratic Party center-left held
Salerno Democratic Party Democratic Party center-left held
Caserta Democratic Party People of Freedom center-right gained
Barletta Democratic Party Democratic Party center-left held
Catanzaro Democratic Party People of Freedom center-right gained
Reggio Calabria People of Freedom People of Freedom center-right held
Ragusa People of Freedom People of Freedom center-right held
Olbia People of Freedom Democratic Party center-left gained
Carbonia Democratic Party Democratic Party center-left held

Notes

  1. ^ Only comuni with a population higher than 15,000 inhabitants.
  2. ^ Only comuni with a population higher than 15,000 inhabitants.
  3. ^ For a center-left coalition.