# 2016 Turin municipal election

Municipal elections were held in Turin, northern Italy, in May 2016. Chiara Appendino, the candidate of the Five Star Movement, was elected after defeating former mayor Piero Fassino in the runoff.

## Voting system

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

This is a list of the parties (and their respective leaders) which will participate in the election.
| Political force or alliance | Constituent lists | Leader |
| Left-wing coalition | Turin in common (incl. SEL, PRC, PCdI, AET and FaS) | Giorgio Airaudo |
| Left-wing coalition | Turin environment (Possible – Green Italia) | Giorgio Airaudo |
| Left-wing coalition | Civic list | Giorgio Airaudo |
| Centre-left coalition | Democratic Party (PD) | Piero Fassino |
| Centre-left coalition | Moderates | Piero Fassino |
| Centre-left coalition | Civic lists | Piero Fassino |
| Five Star Movement | Five Star Movement (M5S) | Chiara Appendino |
| Centrist coalition | Rosso for Mayor (incl. CoR) | Roberto Rosso |
| Centrist coalition | Union of the Centre – Popular Area (UDC–AP) | Roberto Rosso |
| Centrist coalition | Democratic Alliance (AD) | Roberto Rosso |
| Centrist coalition | Moderates in Revolution (MIR) | Roberto Rosso |
| Centre-right coalition | Forza Italia (FI) | Osvaldo Napoli |
| Centre-right coalition | Civic lists | Osvaldo Napoli |
| Right-wing coalition | Northern League (LN) | Alberto Morano |
| Right-wing coalition | Brothers of Italy (FdI) | Alberto Morano |

## Results

Summary of the 5–19 June 2016 Turin City Council election results :
| Candidates | Candidates | I round | I round | II round | II round | Leaders seats | Parties | Votes | % | Seats |
| Candidates | Candidates | Votes | % | Votes | % | Leaders seats | Parties | Votes | % | Seats |
| | Chiara Appendino | 118,273 | 30.92 | 202,764 | 54.56 | – | Five Star Movement | 107,680 | 30.01 | 24 |
| | Piero Fassino | 160,023 | 41.84 | 168,880 | 45.44 | 1 | Democratic Party | 106,818 | 29.77 | 8 |
| | Piero Fassino | 160,023 | 41.84 | 168,880 | 45.44 | 1 | Moderates | 21,307 | 5.94 | 1 |
| | Piero Fassino | 160,023 | 41.84 | 168,880 | 45.44 | 1 | Fassino list | 14,898 | 4.15 | 1 |
| | Piero Fassino | 160,023 | 41.84 | 168,880 | 45.44 | 1 | Left for the City | 7,253 | 2.02 | – |
| | Alberto Morano | 32,103 | 8.39 | – | – | 1 | Northern League | 20,769 | 5.79 | 1 |
| | Alberto Morano | 32,103 | 8.39 | – | – | 1 | Brothers of Italy | 5,259 | 1.47 | – |
| | Alberto Morano | 32,103 | 8.39 | – | – | 1 | Morano list | 4,983 | 1.39 | – |
| | Osvaldo Napoli | 20,349 | 5.32 | – | – | 1 | Forza Italia | 16,684 | 4.65 | – |
| | Osvaldo Napoli | 20,349 | 5.32 | – | – | 1 | Let's save the Ophthalmic | 2.435 | 0.68 | – |
| | Osvaldo Napoli | 20,349 | 5.32 | – | – | 1 | A Dream for Turin | 567 | 0.16 | – |
| | Roberto Rosso | 19,334 | 5.05 | – | – | 1 | Rosso list | 11,339 | 3.16 | – |
| | Roberto Rosso | 19,334 | 5.05 | – | – | 1 | Union of the Centre – Popular Area | 5,114 | 1.43 | – |
| | Roberto Rosso | 19,334 | 5.05 | – | – | 1 | Pensioners' Union | 1,568 | 0.44 | – |
| | Roberto Rosso | 19,334 | 5.05 | – | – | 1 | Democratic Alliance | 409 | 0.11 | – |
| | Roberto Rosso | 19,334 | 5.05 | – | – | 1 | Moderates in Revolution | 321 | 0.09 | – |
| | Giorgio Airaudo | 14,166 | 3.70 | – | – | 1 | Turin in common | 10,115 | 2.82 | – |
| | Giorgio Airaudo | 14,166 | 3.70 | – | – | 1 | Turin environment (Possible – Green Italia) | 2,244 | 0.63 | – |
| | Giorgio Airaudo | 14,166 | 3.70 | – | – | 1 | Pensioners and Disabled | 1,077 | 0.30 | – |
| | Gianluca Noccetti | 5,251 | 1.37 | – | – | – | Piedmont Padanian League | 2,937 | 0.82 | – |
| | Gianluca Noccetti | 5,251 | 1.37 | – | – | – | 4-Legged Friends | 1,321 | 0.37 | – |
| | Gianluca Noccetti | 5,251 | 1.37 | – | – | – | Forza Toro | 484 | 0.13 | – |
| | Gianluca Noccetti | 5,251 | 1.37 | – | – | – | Unemployed. Precarious and Exiled | 363 | 0.10 | – |
| | Gianluca Noccetti | 5,251 | 1.37 | – | – | – | Motorist list | 98 | 0.03 | – |
| | Marco Rizzo | 3,323 | 0.87 | – | – | – | Communist Party | 3,192 | 0.89 | – |
| | Marco Racca | 2,082 | 0.54 | – | – | – | CasaPound | 1,985 | 0.55 | – |
| | Vitantonio Colucci | 2,032 | 0.53 | – | – | – | The People of the Family | 1,996 | 0.56 | – |
| | Mario Cornelio Levi | 1,337 | 0.35 | – | – | – | Italy of Values | 1,327 | 0.37 | – |
| | Anna Battista | 980 | 0.26 | – | – | – | It's enough! | 927 | 0.26 | – |
| | Pier Carlo Devoti | 915 | 0.24 | – | – | – | The Square | 1.089 | 0.30 | – |
| | Roberto Usseglio | 690 | 0.18 | – | – | – | New Force | 672 | 0.19 | – |
| | Alessio Ariotto | 628 | 0.16 | – | – | – | Workers' Communist Party | 615 | 0.17 | – |
| | Lorenzo Varaldo | 584 | 0.15 | – | – | – | Abrogation! | 546 | 0.15 | – |
| | Guglielmo Del Pero | 433 | 0.11 | – | – | – | We are Turin | 413 | 0.12 | – |
| Total | Total | 382,503 | 100.00 | 371,644 | 100.00 | 5 | | 358,805 | 100.00 | 35 |
| Source: Ministry of the Interior |||||||||||
According to the Italian electoral law of 1993 for the Municipalities, if a defeated candidate for mayor obtains over 3% of votes, the mayoral candidate is automatically elected communal councillor (on this case: Fassino, Morano, Napoli, Rosso and Airaudo). The candidate elected mayor votes on communal council, but is not a member of it.
Popular vote
M5S
29.96%
PD
29.78%
M
5.94%
LN
5.77%
FI
4.65%
PF
4.15%
RS
3.40%
TC
2.81% :
Mayor (1st round)
Fassino
41.83%
Appendino
30.92%
Morano
8.39%
Napoli
5.31%
Rosso
5.05%
Airaudo
3.70% :
Mayor (2nd round)
Appendino
54.56%
Fassino
45.44% :