# 2011 Italian local elections

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 | Population | Incumbent mayor | Elected mayor | Seats |
| Novara | 104,388 | Silvana Moscatelli | Andrea Ballarè (PD) | 19 / 32 |
| Turin | 883,281 | Sergio Chiamparino (PD) | Piero Fassino (PD) | 24 / 40 |
| Milan | 1,380,873 | Letizia Moratti (PdL) | Giuliano Pisapia (IND) | 29 / 48 |
| Varese | 80,545 | Attilio Fontana (LN) | Attilio Fontana (LN) | 19 / 32 |
| Rovigo | 51,715 | Fausto Merchiori (PD) | Bruno Piva (PdL) | 18 / 32 |
| Pordenone | 51,156 | Sergio Bolzonello (PD) | Claudio Pedrotti (PD) | 24 / 40 |
| Trieste | 204,347 | Roberto Dipiazza (PdL) | Roberto Cosolini (PD) | 24 / 40 |
| Savona | 61,219 | Federico Berruti (PD) | Federico Berruti (PD) | 20 / 32 |
| Bologna | 386,386 | Annamaria Cancellieri | Virginio Merola (PD) | 22 / 36 |
| Ravenna | 153,740 | Fabrizio Matteucci (PD) | Fabrizio Matteucci (PD) | 19 / 32 |
| Rimini | 147,793 | Alberto Ravaioli (PD) | Andrea Gnassi (PD) | 19 / 32 |
| Arezzo | 99,487 | Giuseppe Fanfani (PD) | Giuseppe Fanfani (PD) | 19 / 32 |
| Grosseto | 82,041 | Emilio Bonifazi (PD) | Emilio Bonifazi (PD) | 19 / 32 |
| Siena | 53,901 | Maurizio Cenni (PD) | Franco Ceccuzzi (PD) | 21 / 32 |
| Fermo | 37,235 | Saturnino Di Ruscio (PdL) | Nella Brambatti (PD) | 19 / 32 |
| Latina | 117,892 | Guido Nardone | Giovanni Di Giorgi (PdL) | 21 / 32 |
| Benevento | 63,489 | Fausto Pepe (PD) | Fausto Pepe (PD) | 19 / 32 |
| Caserta | 79,640 | Nicodemo Petteruti (PD) | Pio Del Gaudio (PdL) | 21 / 32 |
| Naples | 980,716 | Rosa Russo Iervolino (PD) | Luigi de Magistris (IdV) | 29 / 48 |
| Salerno | 140,608 | Vincenzo De Luca (PD) | Vincenzo De Luca (PD) | 22 / 32 |
| Barletta | 94,477 | Nicola Maffei (PD) | Nicola Maffei (PD) | 21 / 32 |
| Catanzaro | 89,801 | Rosario Olivo (PD) | Michele Traversa (PdL) | 26 / 32 |
| Cosenza | 69,911 | Salvatore Perugini (PD) | Mario Occhiuto (PdL) | 19 / 32 |
| Crotone | 63,923 | Peppino Vallone (PD) | Peppino Vallone (PD) | 19 / 32 |
| Reggio Calabria | 181,454 | Giuseppe Raffa (PdL) | Demetrio Arena (PdL) | 22 / 32 |
| Ragusa | 73,694 | Nello Dipasquale (PdL) | Nello Dipasquale (PdL) | 19 / 30 |
| Cagliari | 154,400 | Emilio Floris (PdL) | Massimo Zedda (SEL) | 16 / 40 |
| Carbonia | 28,265 | Salvatore Cherchi (PD) | Giuseppe Casti (PD) | 27 / 40 |
| Iglesias | 26,784 | Pierluigi Carta (PD) | Luigi Perseu (PdL) | 18 / 30 |
| Olbia | 60,261 | Gianni Giovannelli (PdL) | Gianni Giovannelli (IND) | 24 / 40 |

### Party results

Party votes in 29 provincial capital municipalities:
| Party | Party | Votes | % |
| | Democratic Party | 701,935 | 26.2 |
| | The People of Freedom | 597,203 | 22.8 |
| | Northern League | 150,194 | 5.6 |
| | Left Ecology Freedom | 131,219 | 4.6 |
| | Union of the Centre | 121,103 | 4.2 |
| | Italy of Values | 113,217 | 4.0 |
| | Five Star Movement | 100,998 | 3.8 |
| Totals with others | Totals with others | 2,840,585 | 100 |

### City councils

| City | | PD | | PdL | | LN | | SEL | | IdV | | UDC | | M5S | Others | Others |
| Turin | 16 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 |
| Novara | 16 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Milan | 20 | 20 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| Varese | 6 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Rovigo | 7 | 7 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| Trieste | 15 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| Pordenone | 22 | 22 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| Savona | 10 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 |
| Bologna | 17 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Ravenna | 15 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 |
| Rimini | 16 | 16 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Arezzo | 16 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Grosseto | 12 | 12 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| Siena | 15 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| Fermo | 11 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 7 |
| Latina | 8 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 9 |
| Naples | 4 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 18 |
| Salerno | 10 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 14 |
| Benevento | 10 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 15 |
| Caserta | 3 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 15 |
| Barletta | 10 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| Catanzaro | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 23 |
| Cosenza | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 16 |
| Crotone | 9 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 13 |
| Reggio Calabria | 3 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 18 |
| Ragusa | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 15 |
| Cagliari | 13 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 11 |
| Olbia | 8 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 16 |
| Iglesias | 18 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 8 |

## 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 president | Alliance | Elected president | Alliance |
| 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 |