2016 Turin municipal election

2016 Turin municipal election

5 June 2016 (first round) 19 June 2016 (second round)
Turnout	397,811 · 57.18% ( 9.35 pp) 378,586 · 54.41% (N/A)
First party Second party   Candidate Chiara Appendino Piero Fassino Party Five Star Movement Democratic Party Alliance Centre-left Last election 4.97% 56.66% Seats before 2 24 Seats won 24 11 Seat change 22 13 Popular vote 118,273 202,764 160,023 168,880 Percentage 30.92% 54.56% 41.83% 45.44% Swing 25.65 pp New 14.62 pp N/A
Mayor before election Piero Fassino Democratic Party Elected mayor Chiara Appendino Five Star Movement

Municipal elections were held in Turin, Piedmont, on 5 June 2016 to elect the mayor of Turin and the 38 members of the City Council of Turin. Chiara Appendino, the candidate of the Five Star Movement (M5S), was elected after defeating the incumbent mayor Piero Fassino in the runoff election on 19 June. As a centre-left coalition stronghold that always elected a centre-left mayor since direct elections began in 1993, Fassino (who finished first in the first round by a comfortable margin) was considered the frontrunner and Appendino's win was an upset. Appendino's win also marked the first win for the M5S in a major Italian city and occurred during a wave of mayoral victories by the M5S in the 2016 Italian local elections.^[1][2][3] The results were widely reported as a major breakthrough for the M5S, which had previously been seen as a protest party rather than a significant political force.^[4]

Voting system

The voting system for the office of mayor of Turin 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, the top two candidates go to a second round after two weeks. As a result, the winning candidate can claim majority support, although it is not guaranteed. The election of the City Council of Turin is based on a direct choice for the candidate with a preference vote and the candidate with the majority of the preferences is elected. The number of the seats for each party is determined proportionally.^[5]

Political parties and political candidates

Among the main candidates and coalitions that took part to the election were left-wing, centre-left, centrist, centre-right, and right-wing coalitions, plus the M5S.^[6]

Opinion polling

Results

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

Candidate		First round		Second round		Leader's seats	Political party or party list	Votes	%	Seats
		Votes	%	Votes	%
	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	Y	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	–	–	Y	Northern League	20,769	5.79	1
							Brothers of Italy	5,259	1.47	–
							Morano list	4,983	1.39	–
	Osvaldo Napoli	20,349	5.32	–	–	Y	Forza Italia	16,684	4.65	–
							Let's Save the Ophthalmic	2.435	0.68	–
							A Dream for Turin	567	0.16	–
	Roberto Rosso	19,334	5.05	–	–	Y	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	–
	Giorgio Airaudo	14,166	3.70	–	–	Y	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 the 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

Notes

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

See also

• 2016 Rome municipal election
• Civic list (Italy)
• Elections in Turin
• Opinion polling for the 2016 Italian local elections

References