2009 Bologna municipal election
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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]
Background[]
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]
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.
Main parties and leaders[]
Political force or alliance | Constituent lists | Leader | ||
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Bologna Free City
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Bologna Free City | Valerio Monteventi
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Citizens for Bologna
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Citizens for Bologna | Gianfranco Pasquino
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Centre-left coalition
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Democratic Party | |||
Italy of Values | ||||
Left for Bologna (incl. PS and SD) | ||||
PRC – PdCI | ||||
Federation of the Greens | ||||
Civic lists | ||||
Five Star Movement | Giovanni Favia
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Guazzaloca For Bologna
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Guazzaloca For Bologna (incl. UDC) | |||
The People of Freedom | Alfredo Cazzola
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Northern League | ||||
Civic lists |
Results[]
Candidates | I round | II round | Leaders seats |
Parties | Votes | % | Seats | |||
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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 | – | |||||||
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 | – | |
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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 |
References[]
- ^ "Insediamento a Palazzo D'Accursio Delbono è ufficialmente sindaco" (in Italian). il Resto del Carlino. 25 June 2009. Archived from the original on 2009-06-29. Retrieved 2 February 2010.
- ^ "Primarie 13-14 dicembre 2008: inizia il percorso verso il 2009" (in Italian). Partito Democratico. 17 December 2008. Archived from the original on 27 July 2011. Retrieved 2 February 2010.
- ^ "Primarie Pd a Bologna, Delbono trionfa con il 49%" (in Italian). l'Unità. 15 December 2008. Archived from the original on 10 January 2010. Retrieved 2 February 2010.
- ^ Flavio Delbono (9 January 2009). "Bologna prima di tutto" (in Italian). WordPress.com. Retrieved 2 February 2010.
- ^ "Elezioni amministrative del 21 - 22 giugno 2009 II Turno" (in Italian). Ministero dell'Interno. 22 June 2009. Archived from the original on June 25, 2009. Retrieved 2 February 2010.
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