2016 Naples municipal election

Summary

Municipal elections were held in Naples on 5 June 2016.

2016 Naples municipal election

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Candidate Luigi de Magistris Gianni Lettieri
Party Democracy and Autonomy Forza Italia
Popular vote 172,710 96,961
Percentage 42.82% 24.04%
Popular vote (2nd) 185,907 92,174
Percentage (2nd) 66.85% 33.15%

Mayor before election

Luigi de Magistris
Independent

Elected Mayor

Luigi de Magistris

Voting system edit

The voting system is used for all mayoral elections in Italy, in the city with a population higher than 15,000 inhabitants. 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 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.

Parties and candidates edit

This is a list of the parties (and their respective leaders) which participated in the election.

Political force or alliance Constituent lists Leader
Left-wing coalition Democracy and Autonomy (DeMa) Luigi de Magistris
Naples in Common to the Left (incl. SEL, PRC, PCdI, AET, Pos)
Federation of the Greens (FdV)
Italy of Values (IdV)
Civic lists
Centre-left coalition Democratic Party (PD) Valeria Valente
Popular Naples (NP)
Citizens for Naples (CpN)
Union of the Centre (UdC)
Italian Socialist Party (PSI)
Liberal Popular Alliance – Autonomies (ALA)
Italian Republican PartyItalian Liberal Party (PRI–PLI)
Five Star Movement Five Star Movement (M5S) Matteo Brambilla
Centre-right coalition Forza Italia (FI) Gianni Lettieri
Civic lists
Right-wing coalition Brothers of Italy (FdI) Marcello Taglialatela
Naples Our Land (NTN)

Opinion polling edit

Results edit

Summary of the 2016 Naples City Council election results
Candidates I round II round Leaders
seats
Parties Votes % Seats
Votes % Votes %
Luigi de Magistris 172,710 42.82 185,907 66.85 De Magistris for Mayor 51,896 13.79 10
Democracy and Autonomy 28,587 7.60 5
Naples in Common to the Left 19,945 5.30 4
The City with de Magistris 13,413 3.56 2
Federation of the Greens 11,341 3.01 2
Ce Simme Sfasteriati 5,958 1.58 1
Democratic Republicans 4,276 1.14
Italy of Values 4,248 1.13
Common Good with de Magistris 3,243 0.86
Mo! Autonomist Naples 3,179 0.84
Meridionalists 1,858 0.49
Party of the South 1,796 0.48
Gianni Lettieri 96,961 24.04 92,174 33.15 1 Forza Italia 36,145 9.61 3
Lettieri for Mayor 28,869 7.67 2
Naples for Capital 12,374 3.29 1
Making the City 6,541 1.74
Young People on the Run 3,929 1.04
Italy 20.50 1,778 0.47
Pensioners of Europe 763 0.20
Christian Revolution 761 0.20
Joint Enterprise 705 0.19
Construction and State 496 0.13
Valeria Valente 85,225 21.13 1 Democratic Party 43,790 11.64 5
Popular Naples 7,521 2.00 1
Citizens for Naples 6,891 1.83
#NapoliVale 6,649 1.77
Democratic Centre 6,394 1.70
Liberal Popular Alliance – Autonomies 5,361 1.42
Union of the Centre 4,104 1.09
Moderates 3,333 0.89
National Elaboratory 2,565 0.68
Italian Socialist Party 1,677 0.45
Italian Liberal PartyItalian Republican Party 701 0.19
Matteo Brambilla 38,863 9.64 1 Five Star Movement 36,359 9.66 1
Marcello Taglialatela 5,186 1.29 Brothers of Italy 4,829 1.28
Naples Our Land 282 0.07
Luigi Mercogliano 1,489 0.37 The People of Family 1,416 0.38
Martina Alboreto 1,207 0.30 Brothers of the Italian People 1,021 0.27
Nunzia Amura 1,082 0.27 Communist Party 765 0.20
Paolo Prudente 331 0.08 Workers' Communist Party 291 0.08
Domenico Esposito 257 0.06 Life Quality 213 0.06
Total 403,311 100.00 278,081 100.00 3 376,263 100.00 37
Source: Ministry of the Interior

According to the Italian electoral law 1993 for the municipalities, if a defeated candidate for mayor obtained over 3% of the votes, the mayoral candidate is automatically elected communal councillor (Lettieri, Valente and Brambilla); the elected mayor is not a member of municipal council, but De Magistris votes in the municipal council.

Popular vote
DMS
13.79%
PD
11.63%
M5S
9.66%
FI
9.60%
PN
7.67%
DemA
7.59%
NCS
5.30%
The City
3.56%
NC
3.28%
FdV
3.01%
Mayor (1st round)
De Magistris
42.82%
Lettieri
24.04%
Valente
21.13%
Brambilla
9.63%
Taglialatela
1.28%
Mayor (2nd round)
De Magistris
66.85%
Lettieri
33.15%

See also edit

  • Municipal elections in Naples [it]

References edit