2016 Naples municipal election explained

Election Name:2016 Naples municipal election
Country:Italy
Type:presidential
Ongoing:no
Previous Election:2011 Naples municipal election
Previous Year:2011
Next Election:2021 Naples municipal election
Next Year:2021
Election Date:5 and 19 June 2016
1Blank:Popular vote (2nd)
2Blank:Percentage (2nd)
Candidate1:Luigi de Magistris
Party1:Democracy and Autonomy
Color1:E86722
Popular Vote1:172,710
Percentage1:42.82%
1Data1:185,907
2Data1:66.85%
Candidate2:Gianni Lettieri
Party2:Forza Italia (2013)
Popular Vote2:96,961
Percentage2:24.04%
1Data2:92,174
2Data2:33.15%
Mayor
Before Election:Luigi de Magistris
Before Party:Independent (politician)
After Election:Luigi de Magistris

Municipal elections were held in Naples on 5 June 2016.

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 participated in the election.

Political force or allianceConstituent listsLeader
Left-wing coalitionDemocracy and Autonomy (DeMa)Luigi de Magistris
Naples in Common to the Left (incl. SEL, PRC, PCdI, AET, Pos)
Federation of the Greens (FdV)
Italy of Values (IdV)
Civic lists
Centre-left coalitionDemocratic Party (PD) Valeria Valente
Popular Naples (NP)
Citizens for Naples (CpN)
Union of the Centre (UdC)
Italian Socialist Party (PSI)
Liberal Popular Alliance – Autonomies (ALA)
Italian Republican PartyItalian Liberal Party (PRI–PLI)
Five Star MovementFive Star Movement (M5S)Matteo Brambilla
Centre-right coalitionForza Italia (FI)Gianni Lettieri
Civic lists
Right-wing coalitionBrothers of Italy (FdI)Marcello Taglialatela
Naples Our Land (NTN)

Results

Summary of the 2016 Naples City Council election results
CandidatesI roundII roundLeaders
seats
PartiesVotes%Seats
Votes%Votes%
Luigi de Magistris 172,71042.82185,90766.85De Magistris for Mayor51,89613.7910
Democracy and Autonomy28,5877.605
Naples in Common to the Left19,9455.304
The City with de Magistris13,4133.562
Federation of the Greens11,3413.012
Ce Simme Sfasteriati5,9581.581
Democratic Republicans4,2761.14
Italy of Values4,2481.13
Common Good with de Magistris3,2430.86
Mo! Autonomist Naples3,1790.84
Meridionalists 1,8580.49
Party of the South1,7960.48
Gianni Lettieri96,96124.0492,17433.151Forza Italia36,1459.613
Lettieri for Mayor28,8697.672
Naples for Capital12,3743.29 1
Making the City6,541 1.74
Young People on the Run 3,929 1.04
Italy 20.50 1,778 0.47
Pensioners of Europe 763 0.20
761 0.20
Joint Enterprise 7050.19
Construction and State 496 0.13
Valeria Valente 85,22521.131Democratic Party43,79011.645
Popular Naples7,5212.001
Citizens for Naples6,8911.83
  1. NapoliVale
6,6491.77
Democratic Centre6,3941.70
Liberal Popular Alliance – Autonomies5,3611.42
Union of the Centre4,1041.09
Moderates3,3330.89
National Elaboratory2,5650.68
Italian Socialist Party1,6770.45
Italian Liberal PartyItalian Republican Party7010.19
Matteo Brambilla38,8639.641Five Star Movement36,3599.661
Marcello Taglialatela5,1861.29Brothers of Italy4,8291.28
Naples Our Land2820.07
Luigi Mercogliano1,4890.37The People of Family1,4160.38
Martina Alboreto1,2070.30Brothers of the Italian People 1,0210.27
Nunzia Amura1,0820.27Communist Party7650.20
Paolo Prudente3310.08Workers' Communist Party2910.08
Domenico Esposito2570.06Life Quality2130.06
Total403,311100.00278,081100.003376,263100.0037
Source: Ministry of the Interior

According to the Italian electoral law 1993 for the municipalities, if a defeated candidate for mayor obtained over 3% of the votes, the mayoral candidate is automatically elected communal councillor (Lettieri, Valente and Brambilla); the elected mayor is not a member of municipal council, but De Magistris votes in the municipal council.