2013 Rome municipal election

2013 Rome mayoral election

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Turnout	52.8% (first round) 45.0% (second round)
Candidate Ignazio Marino Gianni Alemanno Party Democratic Party People of Freedom Popular vote 512,720 364,337 Percentage 42.6% 30.3% Popular vote (2nd) 664,490 374,883 Percentage (2nd) 63.9% 36.1%
Mayor before election Gianni Alemanno Elected Mayor Ignazio Marino

Municipal elections were held in Rome on 26–27 May 2013 to elect the Mayor of Rome and 48 members of the City Council.

The outgoing Mayor Gianni Alemanno (PdL) stood in the election for a second term. The centre-left coalition candidate, heart surgeon Ignazio Marino (PD), was chosen by a multi-party primary election on 7 April 2013.

Unlike the 2008 municipal election, the number of municipi of the city had been cut down from 19 to 15, the same as the number of the members of the City Council, reduced from 60 to 48.

Background[]

Despite Alemanno had repeatedly stated its intention to hold primary elections to choose the candidate of the centre-right coalition, on 2 September 2012 he announced his intention to run for a second term as Mayor of Rome.^[1]

On the contrary, the centre-left coalition decided to hold the primary election on 7 April 2013 to decide its mayoral candidate.^[2] There were 6 main candidates: five from Democratic Party and one from Left Ecology Freedom.^[3]

Among the most popular candidates there were Ignazio Marino, heart surgeon and senator, who was candidate in the 2009 Democratic Party leadership election; David Sassoli, journalist and MEP since 2009; and Paolo Gentiloni, former Minister of Communication in the Prodi II Cabinet. On 7 April Marino won the election and became the official candidate of the centre-left coalition.

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 the 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.

For municipi the voting system is the same, not referred to the mayor but to the president of the municipio.

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.

Results[]

Summary of the 2013 Rome City Council election results

Candidates		I round		II round		Leaders seats	Parties	Votes	%	Seats
		Votes	%	Votes	%
	Ignazio Marino	512,720	42.61	664,490	63.93	–	Democratic Party	267,605	26.26	19
							Marino for Mayor	75,494	7.41	5
							Left Ecology Freedom	63,728	6.25	4
							Democratic Centre	14,735	1.45	1
							Federation of the Greens	6,299	0.62	–
							Italian Socialist Party	5,853	0.57	–
	Gianni Alemanno	364,337	30.28	374,883	36.07	1	The People of Freedom	195,749	19.21	7
							Brothers of Italy	60,375	5.93	2
							Citizens for Rome	50,239	4.93	2
							The Right	13,256	1.30	–
							Italian Union Movement	2,036	0.20	–
							Italian Blues	1,617	0.16	–
	Marcello De Vito	149,665	12.44	–	–	1	Five Star Movement	130,635	12.82	3
	Alfio Marchini	114,169	9.49	–	–	1	Alfio Marchini for Mayor	76,203	7.48	2
							Let's Change with Rome	3,404	0.33	–
	Sandro Medici	26,825	2.23	–	–	–	Left for Rome	11,629	1.14	–
							Roman Republic	7,940	0.78	–
							Pirate Rome	715	0.07	–
	Alfonso Luigi Marra	14,307	1.19	–	–	–	Talking Cricket List – No Euro	6,552	0.64	–
							Forza Roma	1,416	0.14	–
							No to the closure of hospitals	1,304	0.13	–
							Environmental Animalists	1,004	0.10	–
							Pensions and Dignity	995	0.10	–
							Let's halve the salary for politicians	901	0.09	–
							Long Live Italy	450	0.04	–
							Justicialist Front	134	0.01	–
							Italic League	129	0.01	–
	Simone Di Stefano	7,166	0.60	–	–	–	CasaPound	6,295	0.62	–
	Gianguido Saletnich	2,044	0.17	–	–	–	New Force	1,780	0.17	–
	Alessandro Bianchi	2,006	0.17	–	–	–	Rome Project	1,831	0.18	–
	Giovanni Palladino	1,800	0.15	–	–	–	Free and Strong Populars	1,593	0.16	–
	Luca Romagnoli	1,795	0.15	–	–	–	Tricolour Flame	1,556	0.15	–
	Fabrizio Verduchi	1,074	0.09	–	–	–	Christian Italy	855	0.08	–
	Gerardo Valentini	996	0.08	–	–	–	Italian Building Site Movement	975	0.10	–
	Edoardo De Blasio	974	0.08	–	–	–	Italian Liberal Party	837	0.08	–
	Matteo Corsini	843	0.07	–	–	–	Rome Revives	624	0.06	–
	Angelo Novellino	809	0.07	–	–	–	Royal Italy	618	0.06	–
	Armando Mantuano	775	0.06	–	–	–	Militia Christi	632	0.06	–
	Stefano Tersigni	624	0.05	–	–	–	Rome capital city is yours	571	0.06	–
	Valerio De Masi	406	0.03	–	–	–	New Italy Party	347	0.03	–
Total		1,203,335	100.00	1,039,373	100.00	3		1,018,911	100.00	45
Source: Ministry of the Interior

Municipi election[]

Reduced from 19 to 15 in March 2013, 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.

In this election all 15 municipi were won by the center-left coalition, composed by Democratic Party and Left Ecology Freedom.

Table below shows the results for each municipio with the percentage for each coalition on the first round:

Table below shows the results for each municipio with the percentage for each coalition on the second round:

Source: Municipality of Rome - Electoral Service

References[]