2021 Milan municipal election

Municipal elections will be held in Milan in 2021 to elect the Mayor of Milan and the 48 members of the City Council.

2021 Milan mayoral election
April/June 2021[1]
Mayor before election

Giuseppe Sala

 Elected Mayor

TBD

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

Incumbent Mayor Giuseppe Sala will run for a second term in office.[2]

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.[3]

Background

Centre-left coalition

On 7 December 2020, the incumbent mayor Giuseppe Sala announced that he had chosen to run for re-election in 2021 for a second term in office. Sala announced that he would present his electoral program and the lists of his coalition before the end of January,[4] ruling out a possible alliance with the Five Star Movement (M5S).[5] Sala also sought a reconciliation with Green Europe after the rupture following the cutting of the trees in the Bassini Park to make way for a new department of chemistry for the Politecnico di Milano. Spokeswoman Elena Grandi initially announced an autonomous candidacy with its own candidate for mayor, but ultimately they had a meeting with the outgoing mayor to discuss their support for his candidacy.[6]

Centre-right coalition

On 1 January 2021, Roberto Rasia Dal Polo, a milanese manager close to the League's leader Matteo Salvini, announced his disposability to become the centre-right coalition candidate for the mayoral election.[7] The coalition has not yet officially announced its mayoral candidate.

Parties and candidates

This is a partial list of the major parties (and their respective leaders) which will participate in the election.

Political force or alliance Constituent lists Candidate Notes
Centre-left coalition
Democratic Party
Giuseppe Sala
Beppe Sala Mayor [8]
United Milan (incl. Art.1 and ÈViva) [9]
Green Europe [10]
More Europe–Action–RI [11][12][13]
Volt Italia [14]
Centre-right coalition
 League
TBD
Brothers of Italy
Forza Italia
Ideal Milan [15]
Five Star Movement
TBD
Milan in Common
TBD
 [16]
Concrete Milan
TBD
 [17]

Potential and declined candidates

Center-right coalition
  • Simone Crolla[18]
  • Federica Olivares[19]
  • Roberto Rasia Dal Polo[20]
  • Luigi Santa Maria[21]

Five Star Movement
  • Gianluca Corrado[22]

Center-right coalition

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 after 14 days from first round.
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  22. "Comunali a Milano, Gianluca Corrado: «Noi Cinquestelle mai con Sala, la sua è una città per ricchi»" (in Italian). Leggo. 11 January 2021. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
  23. "Gabriele Albertini sul prossimo sindaco di Milano: "Il mio erede? Solo Silvio Berlusconi. Se avesse voglia..."" (in Italian). Libero (newspaper). 11 January 2021. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
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