page_title: Elections in Naples
section_title: City council election, 1952
hierarchical_section_title: Elections in Naples / Italian Republic (since 1946) / City council election, 1952
caption_attribution_description: English: Picture of Achille Lauro
context_page_description: All Naples residents who are at least 18 years old and hold an EU citizenship are eligible to vote for the Mayor and the 48 members of the city council, as well as for the President and the 30 or 40 members of the Council of the Municipality where they reside.
  Since 1993 Italian mayors are elected directly. In all the cities with a population higher than 15,000 the voters express a choice for a mayor-candidate and/or for a party or civic list, not necessarily linked to the same mayor-candidate. If no mayor-candidate receives an absolute majority, the top two candidates go to a runoff election after two weeks. The City Council and Municipalities Councils elections are based on a proportional system with preferences: for each list, the candidates with the most preferences are elected proportionally to the seats assigned to the list, with the lists supporting the elected mayor being granted around 60% of the total seats to guarantee governability.
  Elections are scheduled every five years, usually between 15 April and 15 June. The last election was held in June 2016.
context_section_description: The election took place on 25 May 1952.
  The incumbent city council's mandate expired in November 1951, however a new election was postponed to next spring.
  The national political situation had deeply changed during the previous six years. In 1951 Alcide De Gasperi's government changed the local electoral law to a block voting system, to ensure the leadership of its local administrations. Two thirds of the seats would be ensured to the winning coalition, abolishing the proportional representation.
  In the election the centrist coalition was unexpectedly defeated. The rightist coalition formed by monarchists and neo-fascists obtained the majority of votes. The monarchist and former fascist businessman Achille Lauro, who had received almost 140,000 preference votes, higher than any number of votes received by any candidate in a local election up to that point, was elected mayor on 9 July and formed an far-right executive composed by members of PNM and MSI.
  Sunday 25 May 1952. Sources: La Stampa , 1946–1955 Local Elections (Italian), Electoral Archives of Naples (Italian)
caption: Achille Lauro, monarchist Mayor (1952–1958; 1961). He is still today considered one of the most influential and controversial political figures in the history of Naples
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