2021 Rome municipal election explained

Election Name:2021 Rome municipal election
Country:Rome
Type:presidential
Ongoing:no
Previous Election:2016 Rome municipal election
Previous Year:2016
Next Year:2026
Election Date:3–4 October 2021 (first round)
17–18 October 2021 (second round)
Turnout:48.5% 8.5 pp (first round)
40.7% 7.8 pp (second round)
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Election Name:Mayoral election
Type:presidential election
1Blank:1st Round vote
2Blank:Percentage
3Blank:2nd Round vote
4Blank:Percentage
Candidate1:Roberto Gualtieri
Party1:PD
Alliance1:Centre-left coalition (Italy)
1Data1:299,976
2Data1:27.8%
3Data1:565,352
4Data1:60.2%
Candidate2:Enrico Michetti
Party2:Independent (politician)
Alliance2:Centre-right coalition (Italy)
Color2:0A6BE1
1Data2:334,548
2Data2:30.1%
3Data2:374,577
4Data2:39.8%
Mayor
Before Election:Virginia Raggi
Before Party:M5S
After Election:Roberto Gualtieri
After Party:PD
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Election Name:City Council election
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Seats For Election:All 48 seats in the Capitoline Assembly
Majority Seats:25
Party1:Centre-left
Percentage1:27.9
Leader1:Roberto Gualtieri
Seats1:29
Last Election1:8
Party2:Centre-right
Percentage2:31.4
Leader2:Enrico Michetti
Seats2:9
Last Election2:4
Party4:Five Star Movement
Percentage4:17.7
Leader4:Virginia Raggi
Seats4:5
Last Election4:29
Party3:Calenda List
Percentage3:19.1
Leader3:Carlo Calenda
Seats3:5

Municipal elections took place in Rome on 3–4 October 2021 and 17–18 October 2021. Open for election were the office of Mayor of Rome and all the 48 seats of the City Council, as well as the presidents and councils of each of the fifteen municipi in which the city is divided.

Local elections in Italy are usually scheduled between 15 April and 15 June, however on 4 March 2021 the Italian government decided to postpone them to the autumn following a new spike of cases in the coronavirus pandemic.[1]

Roberto Gualtieri, member of the Democratic Party (PD) and former minister, was elected mayor, winning in the runoff against centre-right independent Enrico Michetti with just over 60% of the vote.[2] The incumbent mayor Virginia Raggi was defeated after failing to qualify for the runoff.[3]

Voting system

The voting system is used for all mayoral elections in Italy's cities 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 during the first round, the top two candidates go to a second round after two weeks. The winning candidate obtains a majority bonus equal to 60% of seats. During the first round, if no candidate gets more than 50% of votes but a coalition of lists gets the majority of 50% of votes or if the mayor is elected in the first round but its coalition gets less than 40% of the valid votes, the majority bonus cannot be assigned to the coalition of the winning mayor candidate.

The election of the City Council is based on a direct choice for the candidate with a maximum of two preferential votes, each for a different gender, belonging to the same party list: the candidate with the majority of the preferences is elected. The number of the seats for each party is determined proportionally, using D'Hondt seat allocation. Only coalitions with more than 3% of votes are eligible to get any seats.[4]

Background

Centre-left primary election

The primary election took place on 20 June 2021:

CandidatePartyVotes %Notes
Roberto GualtieriPD28,56160.6%[5]
Giovanni CaudoIndependent7,38815.7%[6]
Paolo CianiDemoS3,3727.2%[7]
Imma BattagliaFree Rome2,9876.3%[8]
Stefano FassinaSI2,6255.6%[9]
Tobia ZeviIndependent1,6633.5%[10]
Cristina Grancio PSI4971.1%[11]
Total48,624100.0%

Endorsements

Roberto Gualtieri
Giovanni Caudo

Parties and candidates

This is a list of the parties and their respective leaders which will participate in the election.[16]

Political force or allianceConstituent listsCandidate
M5S coalitionVirginia Raggi
Civic List for Virginia Raggi
Ecologist Rome
Sportsmen for Rome
With Women for Rome
Rome Decides
Roberto Gualtieri
Civic List Gualtieri for Mayor (incl. The Young Rome, MRE)
Civic Ecologist Left (incl. SI, Art.1, èViva, PAI, To Free Rome)
Future Rome (incl. Pos, Volt, GI, RI, POP)
Solidary Democracy
Italian Socialist Party
LeagueEnrico Michetti
Brothers of Italy
Forza Italia – UDC (incl. NcI, PLI)
Civic List Michetti for Mayor
Renaissance – Cambiamo (incl. People's Democracy, Animalist Revolution, Italy Worksite)
European Liberal Party
Calenda for Mayor (incl. Action, Italia Viva, More Europe, PRI, European Italy, Good Right)Carlo Calenda
Civic rEvolutionMonica Lozzi
Rome concerns you (incl. PRC, PdS, Rome for integral ecology)Paolo Berdini
Communist PartyMicaela Quintavalle
Italian LiberistsAndrea Bernaudo
Gay PartyFabrizio Marrazzo
Italy of ValuesRosario Trefiletti
Reconquer Italy (incl. Italexit, Vox Italy)Gilberto Trombetta
Power to the PeopleElisabetta Canitano
The People of FamilyFabiola Cenciotti
Italian Communist PartyCristina Crillo
Social Idea MovementGianluca Gismondi
Children of Italy, children around the worldCarlo Priolo
3V MovementLuca Teodori
Workers' Communist PartyFrancesco Grisolia
Libertas MovementPaolo Oronzo Mogli
Party of Good MannersGiuseppe Cirillo
Active RomeMargherita Corrado
Nero List - Roman Historical MovementSergio Iacomoni

Opinion polls

DatePolling firm/
Client		BattagliaCaudoCianiFassinaGrancioGualtieriZeviLead
20 June 2021Primary results6.315.77.25.61.160.63.544.9
11–16 Jun 2021BiDiMedia7.028.07.05.01.047.05.019.0
DatePolling firm/
Client		Sample sizeRaggiGualtieriMichettiCalendaOthersUndecidedLead
-19.127.030.119.83.9-3.1
13–15 Sep 2021BiDiMedia1,54018.828.031.115.56.620.03.1
12–15 Sep 2021Noto1,00023.025.027.021.04.032.02.0
9–15 Sep 2021SWG1,50017.028.031.020.04.03.0
8–13 Sep 2021Index1,00023.027.031.017.02.047.04.0
6–13 Sep 2021Ipsos1,00015.528.536.014.06.032.87.5
6–11 Sep 2021Tecnè2,00020.025.032.017.06.045.07.0
7–10 Sep 2021Quorum80518.926.430.819.04.943.84.4
8–9 Sep 2021IZI1,08820.725.025.918.410.00.9
3–8 Sep 2021YouTrend80219.127.031.018.94.044.14.0
31 Aug–7 Sep 2021SWG1,20017.027.032.021.03.019.05.0
29–31 Aug 2021BiDiMedia1,43919.626.931.315.76.54.4
26–31 Aug 2021GPF2,52322.728.634.713.50.56.1
10 Aug 2021Opinio Italia19.025.033.017.06.08.0
28–30 Jul 2021IZI1,03924.725.829.116.83.63.3
23–26 Jul 2021Demopolis6,81221.024.032.020.03.08.0
16–19 Jul 2021Tecnè1,00020.026.036.014.04.047.010.0
7–11 Jul 2021Lab210192421.622.431.117.27.78.7
1 Jul 2021Tecnè80018.827.234.615.34.147.67.4
25 Jun–1 Jul 2021Termometro Politico1,00020.025.038.012.05.013.0
21–23 Jun 2021Winpoll80021.325.529.217.86.226.03.7
18–20 Jun 2021Tecnè80016.030.035.015.04.048.05.0
16–18 Jun 2021Noto1,00026.023.035.014.02.09.0
11–12 Jun 2021Demoskopica67315.033.035.013.04.02.0
9–12 Jun 2021BiDiMedia3,87821.427.028.514.98.225.01.5
Raggi vs. Calenda
DatePolling firm/
Client		Sample sizeRaggiCalendaAbstainLead
9–15 Sep 2021SWG1,50032.068.036.0
8–13 Sep 2021Index1,00041.059.021.018.0
8–9 Sep 2021IZI1,08837.362.740.725.4
31 Aug–7 Sep 2021SWG1,20026.074.048.0
28–30 Jul 2021IZI1,03948.151.929.33.8
23–26 Jul 2021Demopolis6,81244.355.730.011.4
7–11 Jul 2021Lab210192442.657.414.8
25 Jun–1 Jul 2021Termometro Politico1,00028.671.442.8
28–30 Jun 2021IZI1,02737.462.636.725.2
9–12 Jun 2021BiDiMedia3,87834.066.032.0
22–27 Mar 2021BiDiMedia1,76140.060.020.0
25 Mar 2021Lab210143.156.913.8
15–17 Mar 2021IZI1,04248.551.530.13.0
2–3 Mar 2021IZI1,05544.955.131.010.1

Raggi vs. Gualtieri

DatePolling firm/
Client		Sample sizeRaggiGualtieriAbstainLead
9–15 Sep 2021SWG1,50032.068.036.0
8–13 Sep 2021Index1,00042.058.031.016.0
8–9 Sep 2021IZI1,08835.164.945.029.8
31 Aug–7 Sep 2021SWG1,20040.060.020.0
29–31 Aug 2021BiDiMedia1,43938.062.024.0
26–31 Aug 2021GPF2,52336.963.117.226.2
28–30 Jul 2021IZI1,03943.156.930.713.7
23–26 Jul 2021Demopolis6,81247.952.129.04.2
7–11 Jul 2021Lab210192449.150.91.8
25 Jun–1 Jul 2021Termometro Politico1,00033.066.733.7
28–30 Jun 2021IZI1,02737.662.439.124.8
9–12 Jun 2021BiDiMedia3,87835.065.030.0
22–27 Mar 2021BiDiMedia1,76136.064.028.0
25 Mar 2021Lab210151.848.23.6
15–17 Mar 2021IZI1,04247.552.534.15.0
2–3 Mar 2021IZI1,05545.554.535.09.0

Raggi vs. Michetti

DatePolling firm/
Client		Sample sizeRaggiMichettiAbstainLead
9–15 Sep 2021SWG1,50045.055.010.0
8–13 Sep 2021Index1,00041.059.035.010.0
8–9 Sep 2021 IZI 1,08848.251.847.13.6
3–8 Sep 2021 YouTrend 80246.153.947.57.8
31 Aug–7 Sep 2021 SWG 1,20038.062.024.0
29–31 Aug 2021BiDiMedia1,43946.054.08.0
26–31 Aug 2021GPF2,52342.357.717.115.4
28–30 Jul 2021IZI1,03948.151.928.73.8
23–26 Jul 2021Demopolis6,81245.154.929.09.8
7–11 Jul 2021Lab210192447.752.34.6
25 Jun–1 Jul 2021Termometro Politico1,00038.761.322.6
28–30 Jun 2021IZI1,02742.157.937.615.8
21–23 Jun 2021Winpoll80044.255.811.6
9–12 Jun 2021BiDiMedia3,87847.053.06.0

Gualtieri vs. Calenda

DatePolling firm/
Client		Sample sizeGualtieriCalendaAbstainLead
9–15 Sep 2021SWG1,50050.050.0Tie
8–9 Sep 2021IZI1,08853.646.445.77.2
31 Aug–7 Sep 2021SWG1,20044.056.012.0
28–30 Jul 2021IZI1,03955.144.937.710.1
23–26 Jul 2021Demopolis6,81243.756.329.012.6
7–11 Jul 2021Lab210192444.255.811.6
25 Jun–1 Jul 2021Termometro Politico1,00045.254.89.6
28–30 Jun 2021IZI1,02751.548.538.43.0
9–12 Jun 2021BiDiMedia3,87851.049.02.0
22–27 Mar 2021BiDiMedia1,76154.046.08.0
15–17 Mar 2021IZI1,04253.047.044.15.9
2–3 Mar 2021IZI1,05551.748.342.03.4

Gualtieri vs. Michetti

DatePolling firm/
Client		Sample sizeGualtieriMichettiAbstainLead
13–15 Sep 2021BiDiMedia1,54056.044.027.012.0
9–15 Sep 2021SWG1,50058.042.016.0
8–13 Sep 2021Index1,00055.045.025.010.0
6–13 Sep 2021Ipsos1,00053.047.045.06.0
7–10 Sep 2021Quorum80559.041.048.418.0
8–9 Sep 2021IZI1,08859.540.537.019.0
3–8 Sep 2021YouTrend80258.541.547.817.0
31 Aug–7 Sep 2021SWG1,20052.048.04.0
29–31 Aug 2021BiDiMedia1,43955.045.010.0
26–31 Aug 2021GPF2,52353.946.118.37.8
28–30 Jul 2021IZI1,03954.545.523.19.0
23–26 Jul 2021Demopolis6,81250.050.026.0Tie
7–11 Jul 2021Lab210192448.951.12.2
25 Jun–1 Jul 2021Termometro Politico1,00045.754.37.7
28–30 Jun 2021IZI1,02754.345.730.28.6
21–23 Jun 2021Winpoll80053.546.57.0
9–12 Jun 2021BiDiMedia3,87858.042.016.0

Calenda vs. Michetti

DatePolling firm/
Client		Sample sizeCalendaMichettiAbstainLead
9–15 Sep 2021SWG1,50058.042.016.0
8–9 Sep 2021 IZI 1,08857.142.945.714.2
3–8 Sep 2021 YouTrend 80261.638.450.223.2
31 Aug–7 Sep 2021 SWG 1,20056.044.012.0
29–31 Aug 2021BiDiMedia1,43956.044.012.0
26–31 Aug 2021GPF2,52341.458.620.117.2
28–30 Jul 2021IZI1,03950.149.933.10.2
23–26 Jul 2021Demopolis6,81252.847.228.05.6
7–11 Jul 2021Lab210192451.448.62.8
25 Jun–1 Jul 2021Termometro Politico1,00047.652.44.8
28–30 Jun 2021IZI1,02753.546.537.07.0
21–23 Jun 2021Winpoll80054.845.29.6
9–12 Jun 2021BiDiMedia3,87857.043.014.0
DatePolling firmSample sizeM5SCentre-leftCentre-rightAction – othersOthersUndecidedLead
M5SOtherPDArt.1-SIEVOtherFdIFILegaOther
-11.06.716.42.00.98.617.43.65.94.519.14.0-1.7
BiDiMedia1,54014.2 4.1 16.1 3.4 1.0 7.918.5 4.3 6.9 3.113.86.720.02.4
SWG1,50012.2 4.319.83.21.1 7.118.3 3.6 8.1 4.516.32.518.01.5
Index1,00014.0 7.518.53.28.017.5 3.56.05.014.52.31.0
Ipsos1,00010.9 3.4 22.8 2.2 1.4 5.218.2 4.814.0 2.410.14.64.6
IZI1,08817.2 22.23.02.57.416.5 5.2 6.5 0.69.46.45.0
YouTrend80213.4 2.621.97.718.3 4.910.7 3.112.25.248.13.6
SWG1,20012.2 5.118.53.91.25.117.7 2.8 9.1 5.417.61.40.6
BiDiMedia1,43914.05.116.13.40.76.319.2 4.1 6.1 3.014.46.823.03.1
Tecné80013.74.122.46.021.8 4.0 9.1 1.213.44.347.60.6
Noto1,00014.011.018.52.52.02.021.0 4.0 8.0 3.011.04.02.5
BiDiMedia3,87819.2 18.43.60.96.319.0 4.0 7.5 0.712.38.125.00.2
-35.3DNP17.23.90.57.712.34.32.711.6DNP5.8-18.1

Results

Summary of the 2021 Rome City Council and Mayoral election results
Mayoral candidateLeader's
seat		PartiesVotes%Seats
Votes%Votes%
Roberto Gualtieri299,97627.0565,35260.2–166,19416.418
54,7795.45
20,5012.02
20,0282.02
9,6101.01
9,3540.91
2,8410.30
bgcolor=pink align=leftTotalbgcolor=pink align=right283,307bgcolor=pink align=right27.9bgcolor=pink align=right29
Enrico Michetti334,54830.1374,57739.9176,80917.45
60,1835.92
36,4443.61
25,0482.50
18,6591.80
1,3710.10
bgcolor=lightblue align=leftTotalbgcolor=lightblue align=right318,514bgcolor=lightblue align=right31.4bgcolor=lightblue align=right8
219,87819.8––193,47719.14
Virginia Raggi211,93619.1––111,66811.03
43,5814.31
10.3281.00
6,8550.70
4,8950.50
2,2550.20
bgcolor=gold align=leftTotalbgcolor=gold align=right179,582bgcolor=gold align=right17.7bgcolor=gold align=right4
Luca Teodori7,1390.6–––6,5120.60
Elisabetta Canitano6,6150.6–––6,0900.60
Paolo Berdini4,7220.4–––4,2150.40
Monica Lozzi45460.4–––42240.40
Micaela Quintavalle3,7810.3–––3,5830.40
Cristina Cirillo3,7810.3–––3,2530.30
Fabrizio Marrazzo2,7350.3–––2,5990.30
Fabiola Cenciotti2,0560.2–––1,6340.20
Gilberto Trombetta1,7040.2–––1,5250.20
Rosario Trefiletti1,5980.1–––1,4600.10
Gianluca Gismondi1,5730.1–––1,4860.20
Andrea Bernaudo1,0460.1–––9440.10
Sergio Iacomoni7400.1–––6950.10
Margherita Corrado6180.1–––5930.10
Sergio Iacomoni5100.1–––4770.10
Paolo Oronzo Magli4080.0–––3950.00
Giuseppe Cirillo3400.0–––2530.00
Carlo Priolo1900.0–––1660.00
Total1,109,912100939,9291003Total parties1,014,83810045
Total valid votes96.9197.93
Blank or invalid ballots3.092.07
Turnout48.5440.68
Eligible voters100.00100.00
Source: Ministry of the Interior (first round, second round)
Notes

Results in the Municipi

Municipi are governed by a president and a council of four members who are elected by its residents every five years. The municipi frequently cross the boundaries of the traditional, non-administrative divisions of the city.

All presidents of municipi were elected at the second round. The centre-left won 14 Municipi whereas the centre-right gained only Municipio VI. Table below shows the results for each municipio with the percentage for each coalition on the second round:

MunicipioCentre-leftCentre-rightM5SElected PresidentParty
I65.934.1Lorenza BonaccorsiPD
II64.036.0Francesca Del BelloPD
III62.437.6Paolo Emilio MarchionnePD
IV59.340.7Massimiliano UmbertiPD
V59.540.5Mauro CalistePD
VI61.039.0Nicola FrancoFdI
VII63.736.3Francesco LaddagaPD
VIII70.129.9Amedeo CiaccheriSI
IX58.841.2Teresa Maria Di SalvoPD
X53.346.7Mario FalconiPD
XI59.540.5Gianluca LanziPD
XII66.533.5Elio TomassettiPD
XIII55.545.5Sabrina GiuseppettiPD
XIV59.140.9Marco Della PortaPD
XV51.548.5Daniele TorquatiPD
Source: Municipality of Rome - Electoral Service

Declined candidates

Centre-left coalition

Centre-right coalition

See also

Notes and References

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  3. News: Amante . Angelo . Jones . Gavin . Centre-left wins Italian mayoral elections, 5-Star loses Rome . 4 October 2021 . . 12 October 2021 .
  4. Web site: Ministero dell'Interno – Approfondimento . Ministero dell'Interno . 17 July 2020 . Italian.
  5. Web site: Campidoglio, Roberto Gualtieri: il primo della classe dalla Fgci alla Pantera a suon di musica brasiliana. 2021-05-08. RomaToday. 17 March 2021. it.
  6. News: C'è un altro candidato a sindaco di Roma: Giovanni Caudo. Intervista . 19 October 2020 . . 7 October 2020 . Italian.
  7. News: Paolo Ciani si candida a Roma. Ecco il nome debole per far arrivare la Raggi al ballottaggio . 19 October 2020 . . 5 September 2020 . Italian.
  8. News: Primarie del Centrosinistra, Imma Battaglia si candida. Notizia. 20 May 2021 . Roma Today . 20 May 2021 . Italian.
  9. Web site: Fassina si candida alle primarie per il sindaco di Roma. 15 May 2021. 14 May 2021. La Repubblica. it.
  10. News: Tobia Zevi: "Io candidato a sindaco di Roma per il centrosinistra. Ma senza tessera del Pd" . 19 October 2020 . . 16 August 2020 . Italian .
  11. Web site: Cristina Grancio (Psi) si candida alle primarie del centrosinistra di Roma. 17 May 2021. 17 May 2021. dire.it. it.
  12. News: Cirinnà non parteciperà a primarie, "appoggio Gualtieri" . 12 May 2021 . 26 May 2021 . radiocolonna.it . it.
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  14. Web site: Comunali Roma, Zingaretti: "Gualtieri candidatura forte e credibile. L'alleanza c'è e chi se ne tira fuori sbaglia". . 26 May 2021 . Italian . 10 May 2021.
  15. News: Primarie centrosinistra, Marino e Possibile di Civati stanno con Giovanni Caudo . 23 May 2021 . 24 May 2021 . romatoday.it . it.
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  17. News: Fabrizio Barca: "Io sindaco di Roma? Lo escludo, è un mestiere che non mi si attaglia" 16/10/2020 . 20 October 2020 . . 16 October 2020 . Italian.
  18. Web site: Comunali Roma, il 21enne Lobuono si ritira dalla corsa e appoggia Gualtieri: "Lui sa ascoltare e coinvolgere i giovani". 28 Feb 2022. 15 Jul 2021. La Repubblica. it.
  19. Web site: Primarie, il Pd ci ricasca e non candida le donne: scoppia la polemica. 12 May 2020. 12 May 2020. La Repubblica. it.
  20. Web site: Conte, candidato sindaco Roma: "No grazie". . 8 February 2021 . Italian . 16 February 2021.
  21. Web site: Elezioni 2021, Enrico Letta esclude la corsa al Campidoglio: "Il candidato a sinistra non sarò io". 2020-10-13. RomaToday. it.
  22. Web site: Comunali Roma 2021, Sassoli non sarà il candidato sindaco del centrosinistra: "L'ipotesi non esiste". 2020-10-13. RomaToday. it.
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  30. News: Nicola Porro: "Io sindaco di Roma? Piuttosto mi faccio un giornale". . 20 October 2020 . . 17 October 2020 . Italian.

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