2016 Milan municipal election

Municipal elections were held in Milan on 5 and 19 June 2016 to elect the Mayor of Milan and the 48 members of the City Council.

2016 Milan mayoral election
5 and 19 June 2016[1]
Turnout54.6% (first round)
51.8% (second round)
 
Candidate Giuseppe Sala Stefano Parisi
Party Democratic Party Forza Italia
Alliance Centre-left coalition Centre-right coalition
1st Round vote 224,156 219,218
Percentage 41.7% 40.8%
2nd Round vote 264,481 247,052
Percentage 51.7% 48.3%
Result of second round voting by Milan municipalities. Red municipalities are those with most votes for Sala and Azure those for Parisi.
Mayor before election

Giuliano Pisapia

 Elected Mayor

Giuseppe Sala

Councillors and presidents of the 9 administrative zones of the city were also decided in these elections.

Incumbent Mayor Giuliano Pisapia choose not to run for re-election for a second term in office.[2]

Background

Centre-left primary election

On 22 March 2015, the incumbent mayor Giuliano Pisapia announced that he had chosen not to run for re-election in 2016 for a second term in office. Following Pisapia's decision, the ruling centre-left coalition decided to call an open primary election to choose a new single mayoral candidate.[3]

Four people registered to be candidates in this election: Giuseppe Sala, business executive and Milan Expo 2015 CEO;[4] Francesca Balzani, deputy mayor, responsible for Budget in the Milan's municipal government and former MEP;[5] Pierfrancesco Majorino, responsible for Social Equalities in the municipal government of the city;[6] Antonio Iannetta, former president of UISP (Italian Sport Union for Everyone).

The election took place on 6–7 February 2016:

Candidate Party Votes %
Giuseppe Sala PD 25,600 42.33
Francesca Balzani PD 20,516 33.92
Pierfrancesco Majorino PD 13,916 23.01
Antonio Iannetta Independent 443 0.73
Total 60,475 100.00

Total voters: 60,900

Centre-right candidacy

On 10 February 2016, Stefano Parisi, former City manager of Milan (1997-2001), announced his acceptance to become the centre-right coalition candidate for the mayoral election, a role proposed to him by the former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi.[7] Parisi is also the former CEO of the telecommunication company Fastweb; Parisi in last 2015 was the manager of Corrado Passera's early mayoral campaign for their party, Unique Italy: Passera retired to run for Major when Parisi resigned after a meeting with Berlusconi.

Others

On 8 November 2015, the anti-establishment Five Star Movement choose its own candidate with a closed primary election. The 52 yo unemployed activist Patrizia Bedori was chosen as official mayoral candidate. On that date no official data were provided by the movement.[8] However, on 12 March 2016 Bedori stepped down from the candidacy, saying tearful during an assembly that she wasn't the right person to represent the movement. Afterwards on 24 March 2016 with a closed virtual primary on the web, the Five Star Movement choose its new candidate, Gianluca Corrado, who received 632 votes out of 876.[9]

Voting system

The voting system is used for all mayoral elections in Italy of cities with a population higher than 15,000. 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 at least 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.

For the zones the voting system is the same, not referred to the mayor but to the president of the zones.

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 major parties (and their respective leaders) which participated in the election.

Political party or alliance Constituent lists Candidate
Centre-left coalition
Democratic Party
Giuseppe Sala
We, Milan
Left for Milan
Italy of Values
Centre-right coalition
 Forza Italia
Stefano Parisi
Lega Nord
Brothers of Italy
New Centre-Right
Unique Italy
Pensioners' Party
Five Star Movement
Gianluca Corrado
Milan in Common
Basilio Rizzo
Italian Radicals
Marco Cappato

Opinion polling
Further information: Opinion polling for the Italian local elections, 2016 § Milan

Results
Candidate Coalition or party First round Second round
Votes % Votes %
Giuseppe Sala Centre-left (PD) 224,156 41.69 264,481 51.70
Stefano Parisi Centre-right (FI) 219,218 40.77 247,052 48.30
Gianluca Corrado M5S 54,099 10.06 N/A
Basilio Rizzo MiC 19,143 3.56 N/A
Marco Cappato RI 10,104 1.88 N/A
Niccolò Mardegan PdF 6,018 1.12 N/A
Natale Azzaretto PCdL 2,220 0.41 N/A
Luigi Santambrogio PSI 1,483 0.28 N/A
Maria Teresa Baldini Ind 1,143 0.21 N/A
Eligible voters 1,006,701 100.0 1,006,701 100.0
Did not vote 456,507 45.35 485,214 48.20
Voted 550,194 54.65 521,487 51.80
Blank or invalid ballots 12,610 2.30 9,954 1.90
Total valid votes 537,584 97.70 511,533 98.10

Summary of the 2016 Milan City Council election results

 
Parties and coalitions Votes % Seats
Democratic Party (Partito Democratico) PD 145,93328.9722
We, Milan (Noi, Milano) NM 38,6747.685
Left for Milan (Sinistra per Milano) SpM 19,2813.832
Italy of Values (Italia dei Valori) IdV 3,4540.690
Sala coalition (Centre-left) 207,34241.1629
Forza Italia FI 101,80220.219
Lega Nord LN 59,31311.774
New Centre-Right (Nuovo Centro-Destra) NCD 15,8033.141
Brothers of Italy (Fratelli d'Italia) FdI 12,1972.420
Pensioners' Party (Partito Pensionati) PP 2,1640.430
Others 15,2153.021
Parisi coalition (Centre-right) 206,49440.9915
Five Star Movement (Movimento Cinque Stelle) M5S 52,37610.403
Milan in Common (Milano in Comune) MiC 17,6353.501
Italian Radicals (Radicali Italiani) RI 9,3901.860
Others 10,4842.080
Total 503,721100.0048
Votes cast / turnout 516,33151.28
Registered voters 1,006,701
Source: Municipality of Milan - Electoral Service

Note: if a defeated candidate for Mayor obtained over 3% of votes, he/she is automatically elected city councilor.

The candidate elected Major is not a member of the City Council, but has the right to vote in the City Council; if Stefano Parisi will resign, his seat in the City Council will pass to Riccardo De Corato (former Deputy Major, 1997-2011), first candidate of Brothers of Italy (FdI), because this list is the first list in the coalition under the electoral threshold.

Popular vote
PD
 
 28.97%
FI
 
 20.20%
LN
 
 11.77%
M5S
 
 10.39%
NM
 
 7.67%
SpM
 
 3.82%
MiC
 
 3.50%
NCD
 
 3.13%
Others
 
 10.55%
Council Seats
PD
 
 45.83%
FI
 
 18.75%
NM
 
 10.42%
LN
 
 8.33%
M5S
 
 6.25%
SpM
 
 4.12%
MiC
 
 2.1%
NCD
 
 2.1%
Others
 
 2.1%
Popular vote (coalition)
Centre-left
 
 41.16%
Centre-right
 
 40.99%
M5S
 
 10.06%
MiC
 
 3.56%
Council Seats (coalition)
Centre-left
 
 60.42%
Centre-right
 
 31.25%
M5S
 
 6.25%
MiC
 
 2.10%

Results by municipio

Presidents
The 9 municipi

After the 2011 election, all nine municipi were governed by the center-left. Following the 2016 election, five were gained by the center-right coalition and four by the center-left.

Table below shows the results for each municipio with the percentage for each coalition:

Municipio Centre-left Centre-right M5S Others Elected President Party
1 45.2 41.3 6.1 6.4 Fabio Luigi Arrigoni PD
2 38.5 43.1 11.6 6.9 Samuele Piscina LN
3 43.7 38.8 9.6 7.8 Caterina Antola PD
4 41.2 41.6 10.5 6.8 Paolo Guido Giancarlo Maria Bassi LN
5 40.7 41.0 11.8 8.4 Alessandro Bramanti NCD
6 41.7 40.2 11.5 6.7 Santo Minniti PD
7 39.7 42.3 11.4 6.6 Marco Bestetti FI
8 42.6 40.2 11.0 6.1 Simone Zambelli SI
9 38.9 40.9 12.9 7.2 Giuseppe Antonio Lardieri FI

Source: Municipality of Milan - Electoral Service

Second round

Table below shows the results of the votes for mayoral candidates on the second round in each municipio:

Municipio Giuseppe Sala Stefano Parisi Turnout
1 21,966
(52.6%)		 19,808
(47.4%)		 50.7%
2 25,527
(49.6%)		 25,948
(50.4%)		 51.8%
3 32,367
(55.0%)		 26,452
(45.0%)		 54.2%
4 30,506
(51.4%)		 28,801
(48.6%)		 52.0%
5 23,936
(52.2%)		 21,929
(47.8%)		 50.7%
6 29,941
(52.5%)		 27,074
(47.5%)		 50.7%
7 32,701
(50.2%)		 32,386
(49.8%)		 52.1%
8 35,041
(50.9%)		 33,735
(49.1%)		 52.1%
9 32,402
(51.1%)		 31,016
(48.9%)		 51.4%

References
  1. According to the Italian Law, the first round of local elections in Italy must always be held on a sunday between 15 April and 15 June. The second round must always be held on a sunday after 14 days from first round.
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  5. Oriana Liso (December 16, 2015). "Milano, la vicesindaco Balzani si candida". La Repubblica. Retrieved December 24, 2015.
  6. Oriana Liso (December 22, 2015). "Primarie Milano, Majorini ce l'ha fatta". La Repubblica. Retrieved December 24, 2015.
  7. Sergio Rame (February 10, 2016). "Parisi in campo a Milano: sarà lui il candidato del centrodestra". Il Giornale. Retrieved February 23, 2016.
  8. Luca De Vito (November 8, 2015). "Milano, I grillini hanno scleto". La Repubblica. Retrieved April 17, 2016.
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