2021 Turin municipal election

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2021 Turin municipal election
← 2016 3 and 4 October 2021 (1st round)
17 and 18 October 2021 (2nd round)
Turnout331,566 · 48.1% (1st round)
290,632 · 42.1% (2nd round)
  Stefano Lo Russo 2021 (cropped).jpg Paolo Damilano (cropped).jpg
Candidate Stefano Lo Russo Paolo Damilano
Party Democratic Party Independent
Alliance Centre-left Centre-right
First round 140,200
43.9% 		124,347
38.9%
Second round 168,997
59.2% 		116,322
40.8%
Mayor before election

Chiara Appendino
M5S

Elected Mayor

Stefano Lo Russo
PD

The 2021 Turin municipal election took place in Turin, Italy, on 3 and 4 October 2021, to elect the mayor and the 38 members of the Turin city council. Since no mayoral candidate won a majority of votes on the first round, a runoff was held on 17 and 18 October 2021.[1] The second round was won by the centre-left coalition candidate Stefano Lo Russo, member of the Democratic Party, who was officially inaugurated as new mayor of Turin on 27 October 2021.[2][3]

The incumbent mayor of Turin, Chiara Appendino of the Five Star Movement, did not run for re-election.[4]

Electoral system[]

The voting system is used for all mayoral elections in Italy, in the 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.[5]

Background[]

Centre-left primary election[]

Candidate Party Votes % Notes
Stefano Lo Russo Democratic Party 4.229 37,5% [6]
Francesco Tresso Independent 3.932 34,9% [7]
Enzo Lavolta Democratic Party 2.864 25,4% [8]
Igor Boni More Europe 257 2,3% [9]
Total 11.325 100

Parties and candidates[]

This is a list of the parties (and their respective leaders) which will participate in the election.[10]

Political force or alliance Constituent lists Candidate
Centre-right coalition League Paolo Damilano
Brothers of Italy
Forza Italia (incl. UDC, PLI, UP, DC)
Beautiful Turin
Progress Turin
Yes TAV Yes Work – Renaissance
The People of Family
Centre-left coalition Democratic Party Stefano Lo Russo
Lo Russo for Mayor (incl. DemoS, CD, IV, Az, +Eu, RI, Volt, Monviso Civic List, Alliance for Turin)
Ecologist Left (SI, Pos)
Moderates
Turin Tomorrow
Art. 1 – PSI
Sganga coalition Five Star Movement Valentina Sganga
Green Europe
D'Orsi coalition Common Left (PRC, SA, DemA) Angelo D'Orsi
Italian Communist Party
Power to the People
Di Cristina coalition Communist Party Giusi Greta Di Cristina
Turin future city
Futura for the Common Goods Ugo Mattei
Workers' Communist Party Massimo Chiesi
3V Movement Paolo Alonge
Turin environmental movement (incl. 4 October Movement) Roberto Salerno
Prohibition to dismiss Lorenzo Varaldo
Turin Capital of Europe – Stop ISEE Emilio Mazza
Verra coalition Italexit Ivano Verra
We Citizens
Balducci coalition Gay Party Davide Betti Balducci
Animalist Party

Opinion polls[]

First round[]

Date Polling firm/
Client 		Sample size Sganga Lo Russo Damilano Others Undecided Lead
12–15 Sep 2021 Noto 1,000 9.0 40.0 42.0 9.0 29.0 2.0
9–15 Sep 2021 SWG 1,000 9.0 42.0 42.0 7.0 21.0 Tie
6–11 Sep 2021 Ipsos 1,000 9.5 39.0 42.0 9.5 27.0 3.0
7–10 Sep 2021 Quorum 805 8.6 42.8 43.7 4.9 43.2 0.9
3–8 Sep 2021 Quorum 808 8.3 41.4 44.2 6.1 39.6 2.8
27–29 Aug 2021 BiDiMedia 809 11.1 38.9 41.6 8.4 23.0 2.7
3–5 Aug 2021 Demopolis 1,804 13.0 34.0 41.0 12.0 37.0 7.0
29 Jun–12 Jul 2021 SWG 1,600 8.0 43.0 44.0 5.0 22.0 1.0
25 Jun 2021 Euromedia Research 1,000 11.9 39.6 43.7 4.8 N/A 4.1
10–15 May 2021 BiDiMedia 1,337 12.6 38.2 40.1 9.1 30.0 1.9

Second round[]

Damilano vs. Lo Russo

Date Polling firm/
Client 		Sample size Damilano Lo Russo Abstain Lead
9–15 Sep 2021 SWG 1,000 48.0 52.0 N/A 4.0
6–11 Sep 2021 Ipsos 1,000 48.0 52.0 N/A 4.0
7–10 Sep 2021 Quorum 805 47.4 52.6 44.9 5.2
3–8 Sep 2021 Quorum 808 46.9 53.1 47.8 6.2
27–29 Aug 2021 BiDiMedia 809 48.0 52.0 N/A 4.0
16 Jul 2021 SWG 1,600 48.0 52.0 N/A 4.0
25 Jun 2021 Euromedia Research 1,000 50.2 49.8 37.3 0.4
10–15 May 2021 BiDiMedia 1,337 47.0 53.0 N/A 6.0

Parties[]

Date Polling firm Sample size Centre-left Centre-right M5S-EV Others Lead
PD Az IV +Eu Volt Mod SI Others FdI Lega BT FI C! Others M5S EV
9–15 Sep 2021 SWG 1,000 25.9 N/A N/A N/A N/A 3.8 3.2 8.3 10.7 19.4 2.1 8.3 N/A 1.5 7.6 1.6 7.6 6.5
6–11 Sep 2021 Ipsos 1,000 31.2 4.6 1.5 N/A 1.5 9.5 20.0 2.5 9.2 N/A 1.8 8.9 1.0 8.3 11.2
3–8 Sep 2021 Quorum 808 32.3 N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 8.2 14.7 19.4 N/A 4.2 N/A 4.8 7.4 1.4 7.6 12.9
27–29 Aug 2021 BiDiMedia 809 26.5 N/A N/A N/A N/A 3.4 3.4 6.3 15.8 13.4 4.5 3.7 1.5 1.9 9.2 2.2 8.2 10.7
29 Jun–12 Jul 2021 SWG 1,600 30.5 1.5 1.5 N/A N/A 3.0 2.0 5.5 11.0 21.5 2.5 8.0 N/A N/A 8.5 N/A 4.5 9.0
10–15 May 2021 BiDiMedia 1,337 23.2 2.7 2.5 1.5 0.8 3.1 2.2 1.8 15.4 14.7 5.0 3.9 0.6 N/A 12.7 1.9 9.0 7.8

Potential and declined candidates[]

Potential[]

Five Star Movement[]

Others[]

Withdrew[]

Center-left coalition[]

  • Mauro Salizzoni, medic and regional councilor of Piedmont (since 2019)[11]

Declined[]

Center-left coalition[]

  • Sergio Chiamparino, President of Piedmont (2014–2019) and Mayor of Turin (2001–2011)[12]
  • Guido Saracco, Rector of Politecnico of Turin since 2018[13]

Five Star Movement[]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ "Elezioni 2021, a Torino ballottaggio Lo Russo-Damilano - Piemonte". ANSA (in Italian). 4 October 2021. Retrieved 27 October 2021.
  2. ^ Jones, Gavin; Amante, Angelo (18 October 2021). "Centre-left wins Italian mayoral run-offs as right flounders". Reuters. Retrieved 27 October 2021.
  3. ^ Guccione, Gabriele (26 October 2021). "Torino, finisce l'era Appendino: Lo Russo si insedia a Palazzo civico". Corriere della Sera (in Italian). Retrieved 27 October 2021.
  4. ^ "Chiara Appendino non ci ripensa: non sarà candidata a sindaco di Torino". Agi (in Italian). 16 May 2021. Retrieved 27 October 2021.
  5. ^ "Ministero dell'Interno – Approfondimento". Ministero dell'Interno (in Italian). Retrieved 17 July 2020.
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  9. ^ "Igor Boni: "Il futuro sindaco? Dovrà dare speranza. E allearsi con Milano"" (in Italian). Corriere della Sera. 7 November 2020. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
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  11. ^ "La lettera di rinuncia di Mauro Salizzoni alla corsa a sindaco" (in Italian). La Repubblica. 11 March 2021.
  12. ^ "Chiamparino: "Io candidato? Non esiste"" (in Italian). Corriere della Sera. 31 December 2020. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
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  14. ^ "Appendino sciogliele riserve, non si ricandida" (in Italian). ANSA. 13 October 2020. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
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