List of mayors of Turin

Mayor of Turin
Incumbent
Piero Fassino
(Democratic Party)
since May 16, 2011
Residence Palazzo Civico
Appointer Popular election
Term length 5 years, renewable once
Inaugural holder Francesco Luigi Demargherita
Formation November 30, 1848
Succession May 2016
Deputy Tom Dealessandri
Website [3]

The Mayor of Turin is an elected politician who, along with the Turin’s City Council of 50 members, is accountable for the strategic government of Turin, northern Italy. Since 16 May 2011, Piero Fassino holds the position. Previously, the position was held by Sergio Chiamparino since 2001 until his succession by Fassino.

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Mayors

Since 1848, newborn Kingdom of Italy created the office of the Mayor of Turin (Sindaco di Torino), chosen by the City council:

Fascist Rectors

Fascist dictatorship abolished mayors and City councils in 1926, replacing them with a single authoritarian Rector (Podestà) chosen by the National Fascist Party:

Democratic Mayors

From 1945 to 1993, the Mayor of Turin was chosen by the City council:

# Name Start
year		 End
year		 Political Party Coalition Elections
1 Giovanni Roveda 1945 1946 Communist CLN none
2 Celeste Negarville 1946 1948 Communist PCI - PSIUP 1946
2 Domenico Coggiola 1948 1951 Communist PCI - PSIUP -
3 Amedeo Peyron 1951 1962 Christian democratic DC - PLI 1951, 1956, 1960
4 Giovanni Carlo Anselmetti 1962 1964 Christian democratic DC - PLI -
5 Luciano Jona 1964 1965 Christian democratic DC - PLI -
6 Giuseppe Grosso 1965 1968 Christian democratic DC - PLI 1965
7 Andrea Guglielminetti 1968 1970 Christian democratic DC - PLI -
8 Giovanni Porcellana 1970 1973 Christian democratic DC - PSI - PLI 1970
9 Guido Secreto 1973 1973 Socialist DC - PSI - PLI -
10 Giovanni Picco 1973 1975 Christian democratic DC - PSI - PLI -
11 Diego Novelli 1975 1985 Communist PCI 1975, 1980
12 Giorgio Cardetti 1985 1987 Socialist PSI 1985
13 Maria Magnani Noya 1987 1990 Socialist PSI -
14 Valerio Zanone 1990 1991 Liberal DC - PLI - PRI 1990
15 Giovanna Cattaneo Incisa 1992 1993 Republican DC - PLI - PRI -

Elected Mayors

Since 1993, under provisions of new local administration law, the Mayor of Turin is chosen by popular election, originally every four, and since 2001 every five year:


 Mayor of Turin Took office Left office Party Coalition
17 Valentino Castellani June 20, 1993 June 1, 2001 Democratic Party of the Left then
Democrats of the Left		 PDS - FV - AD
June 20, 1993 – May 11, 1997
The Olive Tree
May 11, 1997 – June 1, 2001
18 Sergio Chiamparino June 1, 2001 May 16, 2011 Democrats of the Left then
Democratic Party		 The Olive Tree
June 1, 2001 – June 1, 2006
The Olive Tree
June 1, 2006 - May 16, 2011
19 Piero Fassino May 16, 2011 incumbent Democratic Party PD - SEL - IDV
since May 16, 2011

Elections

Mayoral and Council election, 1997

The election took place in two rounds: the first on April 27 and the second on May 11.

The main candidates were Raffaele Costa, supported by Silvio Berlusconi's coalition Pole of Freedoms and by some christian-democratic parties, and the outgoing mayor Valentino Castellani, supported by Romano Prodi's coalition The Olive Tree.

Turin Mayoral Election Results 1997
Name Party 1st Round
(June 6)
  % 2nd Round
(June 20)
  %
Valentino Castellani Democrats of the Left 196.306 35,4 272.711 50,4
Raffaele Costa Forza Italia 240.250 43,2 268.002 49,6

Mayoral and Council election, 2001

The election took place in two rounds: the first on May 13 and the second on May 27, 2001.

The main candidates were Roberto Rosso, supported by Silvio Berlusconi's center-right coalition, and Sergio Chiamparino, supported by Francesco Rutelli's center-left coalition The Olive Tree.

Turin Mayoral Election Results 2001
Name Party 1st Round
(May 13)
  % 2nd Round
(May 27)
  %
Sergio Chiamparino Democrats of the Left 269.152 44,9 285.997 52,8
Roberto Rosso Forza Italia 266.218 44,4 255.444 47,2

Mayoral and Council election, 2006

The election took place on May 29-30, 2006.

The main candidates were the incumbent mayor Sergio Chiamparino, supported by Romano Prodi's coalition The Olive Tree, and the minister Rocco Buttiglione, from the centrist party UDC and supported by Silvio Berlusconi's coalition House of Freedom.

Chiamparino won the election with the 66% of the votes.

Turin Mayoral Election Results 2006
Name Party 1st Round
(May 29-30)
  %
Sergio Chiamparino Democrats of the Left 307.913 66,6
Rocco Buttiglione Union of the Centre 136.134 29,5

Mayoral and Council election, 2011

The election took place on May 15-16.

The main candidates were the Michele Coppola, from Silvio Berlusconi's party People of Freedom, and the Piero Fassino, from Democratic Party. Fassino was chosen as the candidate for the center-left coalition on February 26, 2011 with the coalition primary elections[1].

Michele Coppola was supported by a big center-right coalition, composed by People of Freedom, Lega Nord, The Right - Tricolour Flame and some civic lists. Piero Fassino was supported by Democratic Party, Left Ecology Freedom, Italy of Values and some civic lists.

Turin Mayoral Election Results 2011
Name Party 1st Round
(May 15-16)
  %
Piero Fassino Democratic Party 255.242 56,66
Michele Coppola People of Freedom 122.981 27,30
Turin Council Election 2011 - Parties [2]
Coalition votes  % seats Party votes  % seats
Center-left (Fassino) 226,147 56.5 24 Democratic Party
Left Ecology Freedom
Italy of Values
Civic Lists (5)		 138,103
22,647
19,055
46,342		 34.5
5.6
4.8
11.6		 16
2
2
4
Center-right (Coppola) 107,439 26.8 10 People of Freedom
Lega Nord
The Right
Pensioner's Party
Alliance of the Centre
Civic Lists (3)		 73,197
27,451
2,396
1,868
740
1,787		 18.3
6.8
0.6
0.5
0.2
0.4		 7
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References

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  2. ^ [2] Italian Ministry of the Interior - 2011.

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