2016 Naples municipal election

Municipal elections were held in Naples on 5 June 2016.

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 participated in the election.

		Leader
Left-wing coalition	Democracy and Autonomy (DeMa)	Luigi de Magistris
	Naples in Common to the Left (incl. SEL, PRC, PCdI, AET, Pos)
	Federation of the Greens (FdV)
	Italy of Values (IdV)
	Civic lists
Centre-left coalition	Democratic Party (PD)	Valeria Valente
	Popular Naples (NP)
	Citizens for Naples (CpN)
	Union of the Centre (UdC)
	Italian Socialist Party (PSI)
	Liberal Popular Alliance – Autonomies (ALA)
	Italian Republican Party – Italian Liberal Party (PRI–PLI)
Five Star Movement	Five Star Movement (M5S)	Matteo Brambilla
Centre-right coalition	Forza Italia (FI)	Gianni Lettieri
Centre-right coalition	Civic lists	Gianni Lettieri
Right-wing coalition	Brothers of Italy (FdI)	Marcello Taglialatela
Right-wing coalition	Naples Our Land (NTN)	Marcello Taglialatela

Opinion polling

Results

Summary of the 2016 Naples City Council election results
Candidates		I round		II round		Leaders seats	Parties	Votes	%	Seats
Candidates		Votes	%	Votes	%	Leaders seats	Parties	Votes	%	Seats
	Luigi de Magistris	172,710	42.82	185,907	66.85	–	De Magistris for Mayor	51,896	13.79	10
							Democracy and Autonomy	28,587	7.60	5
							Naples in Common to the Left	19,945	5.30	4
							The City with de Magistris	13,413	3.56	2
							Federation of the Greens	11,341	3.01	2
							Ce Simme Sfasteriati	5,958	1.58	1
							Democratic Republicans	4,276	1.14	–
							Italy of Values	4,248	1.13	–
							Common Good with de Magistris	3,243	0.86	–
							Mo! Autonomist Naples	3,179	0.84	–
							Meridionalists	1,858	0.49	–
							Party of the South	1,796	0.48	–
	Gianni Lettieri	96,961	24.04	92,174	33.15	1	Forza Italia	36,145	9.61	3
							Lettieri for Mayor	28,869	7.67	2
							Naples for Capital	12,374	3.29	1
							Making the City	6,541	1.74	–
							Young People on the Run	3,929	1.04	–
							Italy 20.50	1,778	0.47	–
							Pensioners of Europe	763	0.20	–
							Christian Revolution	761	0.20	–
							Joint Enterprise	705	0.19	–
							Construction and State	496	0.13	–
	Valeria Valente	85,225	21.13	–	–	1	Democratic Party	43,790	11.64	5
							Popular Naples	7,521	2.00	1
							Citizens for Naples	6,891	1.83	–
							#NapoliVale	6,649	1.77	–
							Democratic Centre	6,394	1.70	–
							Liberal Popular Alliance – Autonomies	5,361	1.42	–
							Union of the Centre	4,104	1.09	–
							Moderates	3,333	0.89	–
							National Elaboratory	2,565	0.68	–
							Italian Socialist Party	1,677	0.45	–
							Italian Liberal Party – Italian Republican Party	701	0.19	–
	Matteo Brambilla	38,863	9.64	–	–	1	Five Star Movement	36,359	9.66	1
	Marcello Taglialatela	5,186	1.29	–	–	–	Brothers of Italy	4,829	1.28	–
	Marcello Taglialatela	5,186	1.29	–	–	–	Naples Our Land	282	0.07	–
	Luigi Mercogliano	1,489	0.37	–	–	–	The People of Family	1,416	0.38	–
	Martina Alboreto	1,207	0.30	–	–	–	Brothers of the Italian People	1,021	0.27	–
	Nunzia Amura	1,082	0.27	–	–	–	Communist Party	765	0.20	–
	Paolo Prudente	331	0.08	–	–	–	Workers' Communist Party	291	0.08	–
	Domenico Esposito	257	0.06	–	–	–	Life Quality	213	0.06	–
Total		403,311	100.00	278,081	100.00	3		376,263	100.00	37
Source: Ministry of the Interior

According to the Italian electoral law 1993 for the municipalities, if a defeated candidate for mayor obtained over 3% of the votes, the mayoral candidate is automatically elected communal councillor (Lettieri, Valente and Brambilla); the elected mayor is not a member of municipal council, but De Magistris votes in the municipal council.

Popular vote

DMS			13.79%
PD			11.63%
M5S			9.66%
FI			9.60%
PN			7.67%
DemA			7.59%
NCS			5.30%
The City			3.56%
NC			3.28%
FdV			3.01%

Mayor (1st round)

De Magistris			42.82%
Lettieri			24.04%
Valente			21.13%
Brambilla			9.63%
Taglialatela			1.28%

Mayor (2nd round)

De Magistris			66.85%
Lettieri			33.15%

References