2016 Rome municipal election

2016 Rome municipal election

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48 seats to the Rome municipal council 25 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party   Candidate Virginia Raggi Roberto Giachetti Party Five Star Movement Democratic Party Alliance Centre-left coalition Seats won 29 8 Popular vote 453,806 320,170 Percentage 35.25% 24.87% Popular vote (2nd) 770,564 376,935 Percentage (2nd) 67.15% 32.85%
First round results by municipi
Second round results by municipi
Mayor before election Ignazio Marino Democratic Party Elected Mayor Virginia Raggi Five Star Movement

Municipal elections were held in Rome in June 2016, following the resignation of the former Mayor of Rome Ignazio Marino.^[1] The first round of voting on 5 June producing no outright winner, resulting in a run-off election on 16 June between Virginia Raggi of the Five Star Movement (M5S) and Roberto Giachetti of the Democratic Party.^[1] Raggi won with two-thirds of the vote,^[2] and her party won a majority on the City Council of Rome with 29 of the 48 seats.^[3] The results were widely reported as a major breakthrough for the Five Star Movement, which had previously been seen as a protest party rather than a significant political force.^[4][5] At the same round of elections, M5S also won in the Turin elections.^[4]

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 election for the mayor or an indirect election 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.^[6]

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.^[6]

Parties and candidates[]

This is a list of the parties (and their respective leaders) which participated in the election.

Opinion polling[]

Results[]

Summary of the 5–19 June 2016 Rome City Council election results

Candidates		I round		II round		Leaders seats	Parties	Votes	%	Seats
		Votes	%	Votes	%
	Virginia Raggi	461,190	35.26	770,564	67.15	–	Five Star Movement	420,435	35.32	29
	Roberto Giachetti	325,835	24.91	376,935	32.85	1	Democratic Party	240,637	17.19	6
							Giachetti for Mayor	49,457	4.15	1
							More Rome – Democrats and Populars	17,378	1.46	–
							Radicals Federalists Lay Ecologists	14,165	1.19	–
							Lay Civic Socialists	7,716	0.64	–
							Federation of the Greens	5,827	0.49	–
							Italy of Values	3,085	0.25	–
	Giorgia Meloni	269,760	20.62	–	–	1	Brothers of Italy	146,054	12.27	4
							With Giorgia Meloni for Mayor	40,441	3.39	1
							League – Us with Salvini	32,175	2.70	–
							Italian Liberal Party	10,749	0.90	–
							Popular Federation for Freedom	4,146	0.34	–
	Alfio Marchini	143,829	10.99	–	–	1	Alfio Marchini for Mayor	56,686	4.76	2
							Forza Italia	50,842	4.27	1
							Popular Rome	15,453	1.29	–
							Storace List	7,391	0.62	–
							Christian Revolution	1,747	0.14	–
							Liberal Network	1,225	0.10	–
							Italian Building Site Movement	1,124	0.09	–
	Stefano Fassina	58,498	4.47	–	–	1	Left for Rome	46,774	3.93	–
							Fassina for Mayor	6,006	0.50	–
	Simone Di Stefano	14,865	1.13	–	–	–	CasaPound	14,118	1.18	–
	Alessandro Mustillo	10,371	0.79	–	–	–	Communist Party	9,917	0.83	–
	Dario Di Francesco	8,021	0.61	–	–	–	Talking Cricket List – No Euro	4,772	0.39	–
							Pensioners' Union	1,131	0.09	–
							Movement for Rome	1,032	0.08	–
							Centre League	719	0.06	–
							With Joy! Long Live Italy	281	0.02	–
	Mario Adinolfi	7,992	0.61	–	–	–	The People of Family	7,480	0.62	–
	Carlo Rienzi	2,760	0.21	–	–	–	Codacons	2,578	0.21	–
	Alfredo Iorio	2,641	0.20	–	–	–	Fatherland	2,576	0.21	–
	Fabrizio Verduchi	1,310	0.10	–	–	–	Christian Italy	1,185	0.09	–
	Michel Emi Maritato	873	0.06	–	–	–	Assotutela	878	0.07	–
Total		1,307,945	100.00	1,147,499	100.00	4		1,190,130	100.00	44
Source: Ministry of the Interior

Maps[]

The 10th municipi did not hold a municipal election, though it voted for the mayoral race.

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  Result by municipi of the first round of the mayoral election

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  Result by municipi of the second round of the mayoral election

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  Result of the first round of the municipal elections

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  Result of the second round of the municipal elections

See also[]

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References[]