| Election Name: | 2009 Bologna municipal election |
| Country: | Italy |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2004 Bologna municipal election |
| Previous Year: | 2004 |
| Next Election: | 2011 Bologna municipal election |
| Next Year: | 2011 |
| Election Date: | 6–7 and 21–22 June 2009 |
| 1Blank: | Popular vote (2nd) |
| 2Blank: | Percentage (2nd) |
| Party1: | Democratic Party (Italy) |
| Alliance1: | Centre-left coalition (Italy) |
| Popular Vote1: | 112,127 |
| Percentage1: | 49.40% |
| 1Data1: | 112,789 |
| 2Data1: | 60.77% |
| Candidate2: | Alfredo Cazzola |
| Party2: | The People of Freedom |
| Alliance2: | Centre-right coalition (Italy) |
| Popular Vote2: | 66,056 |
| Percentage2: | 29.10% |
| 1Data2: | 72,798 |
| 2Data2: | 39.23% |
| Mayor | |
| Before Election: | Sergio Cofferati |
| Before Party: | Democratic Party (Italy) |
| After Election: | Flavio Delbono |
| After Party: | Democratic Party (Italy) |
Municipal elections were held in Bologna on 6–7 and 21–22 June 2009. The centre-left candidate Flavio Delbono was elected mayor at the second round with 60.77% of votes.[1]
The centre-left primary elections took place on 13 and 14 December 2008.[2] The Vice-President of Emilia-Romagna, Flavio Delbono, received 49.73% of the 24,920 votes cast in the primary; Maurizio Cevenini received 23.29%, Virginio Merola received 21.44% and Andrea Forlani received 5.1%.[3] On 9 January 2009, Delbono announced that he would be resigning as vice-president of Emilia-Romagna and regional assessor in order to focus on his election campaign.[4]
The other candidates were Alfredo Cazzola, former owner of Virtus Bologna and Bologna F.C., who was the candidate of The People of Freedom and Northern League, and Giorgio Guazzaloca, a former mayor of Bologna.[5]
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.
| Political force or alliance | Constituent lists | Leader | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bologna Free City | ||||
| Citizens for Bologna | ||||
| Left for Bologna (incl. PS and SD) | ||||
| PRC – PdCI | ||||
| Federation of the Greens | ||||
| Civic lists | ||||
| Five Star Movement | ||||
| Guazzaloca For Bologna (incl. UDC) | ||||
| The People of Freedom | ||||
| Northern League | ||||
| Civic lists | ||||
| Candidates | I round | II round | Leaders seats | Parties | Votes | % | Seats | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes | % | Votes | % | ||||||||
| Flavio Delbono | 112,127 | 49.40 | 112,789 | 60.77 | – | Democratic Party | 85,262 | 39.91 | 24 | ||
| Italy of Values | 9,456 | 4.43 | 2 | ||||||||
| Left for Bologna | 4,554 | 2.13 | 1 | ||||||||
| Communist Refoundation Party – Party of Italian Communists | 3,894 | 1.82 | 1 | ||||||||
| Bologna 2014 | 1,980 | 0.93 | – | ||||||||
| Federation of the Greens | 1,831 | 0.86 | – | ||||||||
| Bologna to the Centre | 878 | 0.41 | – | ||||||||
| Alfredo Cazzola | 66,056 | 29.10 | 72,798 | 39.23 | 1 | The People of Freedom | 33,134 | 15.51 | 6 | ||
| Alfredo Cazzola for Mayor | 21,106 | 9.88 | 4 | ||||||||
| Northern League | 6,705 | 3.14 | 1 | ||||||||
| Third Pole of the Centre – Christian Democracy | 470 | 0.22 | – | ||||||||
| Co.Da.Cons (A) | 396 | 0.19 | – | ||||||||
| Giorgio Guazzaloca | 28,785 | 12.68 | – | – | 1 | Giorgio Guazzaloca for Bologna | 26,099 | 12.22 | 5 | ||
| Giovanni Favia | 7,428 | 3.27 | – | – | 1 | Five Star Civic List | 6,450 | 3.02 | – | ||
| (A) | |||||||||||
| Gianfranco Pasquino | 4,448 | 1.96 | – | – | – | Citizens for Bologna | 3,704 | 1.73 | – | ||
| Valerio Monteventi | 3,625 | 1.60 | – | – | – | Bologna Free City | 3,567 | 1.67 | – | ||
| Giuseppina Tedde | 1,094 | 0.48 | – | – | – | Other City | 973 | 0.46 | – | ||
| Michele Terra | 893 | 0.39 | – | – | – | Workers' Communist Party | 841 | 0.39 | – | ||
| Alessandro Mazzanti | 728 | 0.32 | – | – | – | Tricolour Flame | 672 | 0.31 | – | ||
| Stefano Morselli | 601 | 0.26 | – | – | – | Stefano Morselli for Mayor | 550 | 0.26 | – | ||
| Giulio Tam | 458 | 0.20 | – | – | – | New Force | 435 | 0.20 | – | ||
| Leonardo Tucci | 414 | 0.18 | – | – | – | 9 United Neighborhoods for Bologna | 372 | 0.17 | – | ||
| Michele Laganà | 326 | 0.14 | – | – | – | Future Bologna | 316 | 0.15 | – | ||
| Total | 226,983 | 100.00 | 185,587 | 100.00 | 3 | 213,645 | 100.00 | 43 | |||
| Source: Ministry of the Interior | |||||||||||