# 2018 Italian local elections

The 2018 Italian local elections were held on different dates; most on 10 June, with a second round on 24 June. In Italy, direct elections were held in 720 municipalities: in each comune were chosen mayor and members of the City Council. Of the 783 municipalities, 21 were provincial capitals and only 112 had a population higher than 15,000 inhabitants (10,000 for Sicily).
In Friuli-Venezia Giulia the elections were held on 29 April with a second ballot on 13 May; while in Aosta Valley they were held on 20 May, and in Trentino Alto-Adige on 27 May.

## Voting System

All mayoral elections in Italy in cities with a population higher than 15,000 use the same voting system. 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
### Overall results

Majority of each coalition in the 112 municipalities (comuni) with a population higher than 15,000:
| Coalition | Comuni |
| Centre-right coalition | 43 |
| Centre-left coalition | 27 |
| Five Star Movement | 5 |
| Independents and others | 35 |

#### By party

Party results in the main municipalities:
| Party | % |
| Democratic Party | 13.6% |
| Five Star Movement | 11.5% |
| League | 10.9% |
| Forza Italia | 6.0% |
| Brothers of Italy | 3.6% |
| Free and Equal | 0.9% |
| Centre-right civic lists | 13.6% |
| Centre-left civic lists | 12.4% |

### Mayoral election results

| Region | City | Population | Incumbent mayor | Incumbent mayor | Elected mayor | Elected mayor | 1st round | 1st round | 2nd round | 2nd round | Seats | Source |
| Region | City | Population | Incumbent mayor | Incumbent mayor | Elected mayor | Elected mayor | Votes | % | Votes | % | Seats | Source |
| Lombardy | Brescia | 196,745 | | Emilio Del Bono (PD) | | Emilio Del Bono (PD) | 44,237 | 53,86% | — | — | 20 / 32 | |
| Lombardy | Sondrio | 21,558 | | Alcide Molteni (PD) | | Marco Scaramellini (Ind.) | 4,923 | 46.80% | 5,437 | 60.37% | 20 / 32 | |
| Veneto | Treviso | 84.669 | | Giovanni Manildo (PD) | | Mario Conte (LSP) | 21,836 | 54.48% | — | — | 20 / 32 | |
| Veneto | Vicenza | 111.980 | | Achille Variati (PD) | | Francesco Rucco (Ind.) | 24,271 | 50.63% | — | — | 20 / 32 | |
| Friuli-Venezia Giulia | Udine | 99,242 | | Furio Honsell (Ind.) | | Pietro Fontanini (LSP) | 18,619 | 41.49% | 18,830 | 50.37% | 24 / 40 | |
| Liguria | Imperia | 42.328 | | Carlo Capacci (Ind.) | | Claudio Scajola (Ind.) | 7,397 | 35.28% | 8,136 | 52.05% | 20 / 32 | |
| Tuscany | Massa | 68.946 | | Alessandro Volpi (PD) | | Francesco Persiani (LSP) | 9,916 | 28.18% | 17,830 | 56.62% | 20 / 32 | |
| Tuscany | Pisa | 90.408 | | Marco Filippeschi (PD) | | Michele Conti (Ind.) | 13,795 | 33.36% | 20,692 | 52.29% | 20 / 32 | |
| Tuscany | Siena | 53.772 | | Bruno Valentini (PD) | | Luigi De Mossi (Ind.) | 6,400 | 24.23% | 12,065 | 50.80% | 20 / 32 | |
| Umbria | Terni | 111.317 | | Antonino Cufalo | | Leonardo Latini (LSP) | 25,531 | 49.22% | 26,185 | 63.42% | 20 / 32 | |
| Marche | Ancona | 100,861 | | Valeria Mancinelli (PD) | | Valeria Mancinelli (PD) | 20,738 | 47.92% | 21,152 | 62.78% | 20 / 32 | |
| Lazio | Viterbo | 67.619 | | Leonardo Michelini (Ind.) | | Giovanni Arena (FI) | 13,022 | 40.22% | 12,377 | 51.09% | 20 / 32 | |
| Abruzzo | Teramo | 54,436 | | Luigi Pizzi | | Gianguido D'Alberto (Ind.) | 6,492 | 21.13% | 12,205 | 53.26% | 20 / 32 | |
| Campania | Avellino | 54.515 | | Paolo Foti (PD) | | Vincenzo Ciampi (M5S) | 6,535 | 20.22% | 13,694 | 59.54% | 5 / 32 | |
| Apulia | Barletta | 94,489 | | Pasquale Cascella (PD) | | Cosimo Cannito (Ind.) | 26,587 | 53.03% | — | — | 20 / 32 | |
| Apulia | Brindisi | 87,534 | | Santi Giuffrè | | Riccardo Rossi (Ind.) | 10,253 | 23.49% | 16,658 | 56.61% | 20 / 32 | |
| Sicily | Catania | 311,763 | | Enzo Bianco (PD) | | Salvo Pogliese (FI) | 69,029 | 52.33% | — | — | 23 / 35 | |
| Sicily | Messina | 234,758 | | Renato Accorinti (Ind.) | | Cateno De Luca (SV) | 23,616 | 19.81% | 47,835 | 65.28% | 0 / 32 | |
| Sicily | Ragusa | 73.631 | | Federico Piccitto (M5S) | | Giuseppe Cassì (Ind.) | 7,295 | 20.83% | 13,492 | 53.07% | 14 / 24 | |
| Sicily | Syracuse | 121,933 | | Giancarlo Garozzo (PD) | | Francesco Italia (Ind.) | 10,626 | 19.62% | 18,210 | 52.99% | 9 / 32 | |
| Sicily | Trapani | 68,370 | | Francesco Messineo | | Giacomo Tranchida (PD) | 24,052 | 70.68% | — | — | 19 / 24 | |
* ↑ Prefectural commissioner replacing mayor Leopoldo Di Girolamo (Democratic Party) since 22 February 2018
* ↑ Prefectural commissioner replacing mayor Maurizio Brucchi (Forza Italia) since 4 December 2017
* ↑ Prefectural commissioner replacing mayor Angela Carluccio (CoR) since 26 May 2017
* ↑ Prefectural commissioner since July 2017, as the quorum was not reached at 2017 municipal election.