2016 Turin municipal election

Municipal elections were held in Turin, northern Italy, in May 2016. Chiara Appendino, the candidate of the Five Star Movement, was elected after defeating former mayor Piero Fassino in the runoff.

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 will participate in the election.^[1]

		Leader
Left-wing coalition	Turin in common (incl. SEL, PRC, PCdI, AET and FaS)	Giorgio Airaudo
	Turin environment (Possible – Green Italia)
	Civic list
Centre-left coalition	Democratic Party (PD)	Piero Fassino
	Moderates
	Civic lists
Five Star Movement	Five Star Movement (M5S)	Chiara Appendino
Centrist coalition	Rosso for Mayor (incl. CoR)	Roberto Rosso
	Union of the Centre – Popular Area (UDC–AP)
	Democratic Alliance (AD)
	Moderates in Revolution (MIR)
Centre-right coalition	Forza Italia (FI)	Osvaldo Napoli
Centre-right coalition	Civic lists	Osvaldo Napoli
Right-wing coalition	Northern League (LN)	Alberto Morano
Right-wing coalition	Brothers of Italy (FdI)	Alberto Morano

Opinion polling[]

Results[]

Summary of the 5–19 June 2016 Turin City Council election results
Candidates		I round		II round		Leaders seats	Parties	Votes	%	Seats
Candidates		Votes	%	Votes	%	Leaders seats	Parties	Votes	%	Seats
	Chiara Appendino	118,273	30.92	202,764	54.56	–	Five Star Movement	107,680	30.01	24
	Piero Fassino	160,023	41.84	168,880	45.44	1	Democratic Party	106,818	29.77	8
							Moderates	21,307	5.94	1
							Fassino list	14,898	4.15	1
							Left for the City	7,253	2.02	–
	Alberto Morano	32,103	8.39	–	–	1	Northern League	20,769	5.79	1
							Brothers of Italy	5,259	1.47	–
							Morano list	4,983	1.39	–
		20,349	5.32	–	–	1	Forza Italia	16,684	4.65	–
							Let's save the Ophthalmic	2.435	0.68	–
							A Dream for Turin	567	0.16	–
		19,334	5.05	–	–	1	Rosso list	11,339	3.16	–
							Union of the Centre – Popular Area	5,114	1.43	–
							Pensioners' Union	1,568	0.44	–
							Democratic Alliance	409	0.11	–
							Moderates in Revolution	321	0.09	–
		14,166	3.70	–	–	1	Turin in common	10,115	2.82	–
							Turin environment (Possible – Green Italia)	2,244	0.63	–
							Pensioners and Disabled	1,077	0.30	–
	Gianluca Noccetti	5,251	1.37	–	–	–	Piedmont Padanian League	2,937	0.82	–
							4-Legged Friends	1,321	0.37	–
							Forza Toro	484	0.13	–
							Unemployed. Precarious and Exiled	363	0.10	–
							Motorist list	98	0.03	–
	Marco Rizzo	3,323	0.87	–	–	–	Communist Party	3,192	0.89	–
	Marco Racca	2,082	0.54	–	–	–	CasaPound	1,985	0.55	–
	Vitantonio Colucci	2,032	0.53	–	–	–	The People of Family	1,996	0.56	–
	Mario Cornelio Levi	1,337	0.35	–	–	–	Italy of Values	1,327	0.37	–
	Anna Battista	980	0.26	–	–	–	It's enough!	927	0.26	–
	Pier Carlo Devoti	915	0.24	–	–	–	The Square	1.089	0.30	–
	Roberto Usseglio	690	0.18	–	–	–	New Force	672	0.19	–
	Alessio Ariotto	628	0.16	–	–	–	Workers' Communist Party	615	0.17	–
	Lorenzo Varaldo	584	0.15	–	–	–	Abrogation!	546	0.15	–
	Guglielmo Del Pero	433	0.11	–	–	–	We are Turin	413	0.12	–
Total		382,503	100.00	371,644	100.00	5		358,805	100.00	35
Source: Ministry of the Interior

According to the Italian electoral law of 1993 for the Municipalities, if a defeated candidate for mayor obtains over 3% of votes, the mayoral candidate is automatically elected communal councillor (on this case: Fassino, Morano, Napoli, Rosso and Airaudo). The candidate elected mayor votes on communal council, but is not a member of it.

Popular vote

M5S			29.96%
PD			29.78%
M			5.94%
LN			5.77%
FI			4.65%
PF			4.15%
RS			3.40%
TC			2.81%

Mayor (1st round)

Fassino			41.83%
Appendino			30.92%
Morano			8.39%
Napoli			5.31%
Rosso			5.05%
Airaudo			3.70%

Mayor (2nd round)

Appendino			54.56%
Fassino			45.44%

References[]

^ A. Grandi (27 April 2016).Turin mayoral election redraws political boundaries between left and right. Il Sole 24 Ore.

[1] A. Grandi (27 April 2016).Turin mayoral election redraws political boundaries between left and right. Il Sole 24 Ore.

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