List of mayors of Brescia

The Mayor of Brescia is an elected politician who, along with the Brescia's City Council, is accountable for the strategic government of Brescia in Lombardy, Italy.

Mayor of Brescia Sindaco di Brescia
Incumbent Emilio Del Bono since 12 June 2013
Style	No title, courtesy or style
Reports to	Brescia City Council
Seat	Palazzo della Loggia
Appointer	Electorate of Brescia
Term length	5 years, renewable once
Formation	2 March 1860
Salary	€ 5.929,83 per month
Website	Official website

The current Mayor is Emilio Del Bono (PD), elected on 9–10 June 2013[1] and re-elected for a second term on 10 June 2018.[2]

Overview

According to the Italian Constitution, the Mayor of Brescia is a member of the City Council.

The Mayor is elected by the population of Brescia, who also elects the members of the City Council, the legislative body which checks the Mayor's policy guidelines and is able to enforce his resignation by a motion of no confidence. The Mayor is entitled to appoint and release the members of his executive.

Since 1994 the Mayor is elected directly by Brescia's electorate: in all mayoral elections in Italy in cities with a population higher than 15,000 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. 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 on the base of a majority bonus system.

Podestà

Palazzo della Loggia is the seat of the Mayor of Brescia

Main entrance to the building

Kingdom of Italy (1807-1814)

	Podestà	Term start	Term end	Appointer
1	Gaetano Maggi di Gradella	1807	1808	Napoleon I of France
2	Tommaso Balucanti	1808	1813
3	Pietro Ducco	1813	1816

Kingdom of Lombardy-Venetia (1815-1859)

	Podestà	Term start	Term end	Appointer
4	Count Francesco Maggi di Gradella	1816	1819	Francis I of Austria
5	Roberto Corniani	1819	1825
6	Count Giovanni Calini	1825	1829
7	Count Bartolomeo Fenaroli Avogadro	1829	1838
8	Faustino Feroldi	1838	1847	Ferdinand I of Austria
9	Angelo Averoldi	1847	1849
10	Count Luigi Maggi	1849	1855	Franz Joseph I of Austria
11	Alessandro Pirlo	1855	1856
(9)	Angelo Averoldi	1856	1859
12	Diogene Valotti	1859	1860	Victor Emmanuel II of Italy

Mayors

Kingdom of Italy (1860-1946)

Tartarino Caprioli was the first Mayor of Brescia in 1860

Giuseppe Bonardi was the first reformist Mayor of the city, heading three executives (1880; 1883–84; 1885–95)

Girolamo Orefici was the first Mayor whose executive had the external support of socialists and republicans (1906–12)

	Mayor	Term start	Term end	Party
Mayors appointed by the King (1860-1889)
1	Tartarino Caprioli	March 1860	April 1860	Right
2	Nicola Zoppola	April 1860	March 1861	Right
3	Diogene Valotti	March 1861	July 1862	Right
4	Paolo Baruchelli	July 1862	January 1863	Right
5	Giovanni Battista Formentini	January 1863	March 1863	Right
6	Gaetano Facchi	March 1863	March 1867	Right
(5)	Giovanni Battista Formentini	March 1867	November 1872	Right
7	Giuseppe Salvadego	November 1872	November 1874	Right
(5)	Giovanni Battista Formentini	November 1874	February 1880	Right
8	Giuseppe Bonardi	February 1880	September 1880	Left
9	Antonio Barbieri	September 1880	December 1882	Left
10	Arturo Finardi	December 1882	September 1883	Left
(8)	Giuseppe Bonardi	September 1883	September 1884	Left
11	Francesco Caprioli	September 1884	July 1885	Right
(8)	Giuseppe Bonardi	July 1885	November 1889	Left
Mayors elected by the City Council (1889-1926)
(8)	Giuseppe Bonardi	18 November 1889	11 May 1895	Left
12	Vincenzo Bettoni-Cazzago	11 May 1895	9 August 1898	Right
13	Carlo Fisogni	9 August 1898	18 August 1902	Right
14	Federico Bettoni-Cazzago	18 August 1902	9 March 1905	Left
(12)	Vincenzo Bettoni-Cazzago	9 March 1905	1 December 1906	Right
15	Girolamo Orefici	1 December 1906	26 October 1912	Left
16	Paolo Cuzzetti	26 October 1912	12 July 1914	Left
17	Dominatore Mainetti	12 July 1914	17 July 1919	Liberal
18	Arturo Reggio	17 July 1919	19 November 1920	Liberal
19	Luigi Gadola	19 November 1920	30 March 1923	Independent
-	Special commissioners	30 March 1923	16 December 1926
Fascist Podestà (1926-1945)
1	Pietro Calzoni	December 1926	January 1933	PNF
2	Osvaldo Bolis	January 1933	March 1933	PNF
3	Fausto Lechi	March 1933	March 1937	PNF
4	Renato Pascucci	March 1937	September 1937	PNF
5	Pietro Bersi	September 1937	February 1943	PNF
6	Innocente Dugnani	February 1943	May 1944	PFR
7	Ruggero Friggeri	May 1944	April 1945	PFR
Liberation (1945-1946)
20	Guglielmo Ghislandi	1 May 1945	30 April 1946	PSI

Republic of Italy (since 1946)

From 1946 to 1994 the Mayor of Brescia was elected by the City Council.

Bruno Boni (1918–1998) has been the longest serving Mayor of the city, in office for nearly 27 years from 1948 to 1975.

	Mayor	Term start	Term end	Party	Coalition	Election
1	Guglielmo Ghislandi	30 April 1946	16 June 1948	PSI	CLN	1946
2	Bruno Boni	16 June 1948	15 May 1975	DC	DC  • PSI  • PCI (1948–49) DC  • PLI  • PSDI (1949–65) DC  • PSI  • PSDI (1965–75)	1951 1956 1960 1964 1970
3	Cesare Trebeschi	15 May 1975	14 October 1985	DC	DC  • PSI  • PSDI  • PRI	1975 1980
4	Pietro Padula	14 October 1985	12 August 1990	DC	DC  • PSI  • PSDI  • PRI  • PLI	1985
5	Gianni Boninsegna	12 August 1990	15 September 1991	DC	DC  • PSI  • PRI  • PLI	1990
-	Goffredo Sottile	15 September 1991	27 January 1992	-	Special commissioner[lower-alpha 1]
6	Gianni Panella	27 January 1992	27 September 1992	PSI	DC  • PSI  • PLI	1991
7	Paolo Corsini	27 September 1992	13 June 1994	PDS	DC  • PDS  • PSI  • FdV
-	Roberto Frassinet	13 June 1994	25 July 1994	-	Special commissioner[lower-alpha 2]
-	Romano Fusco	25 July 1994	5 December 1994	-	Special commissioner

Notes

1. Nominated by the Prefect after the City Council failed to elect a new Mayor.
2. Nominated by the Prefect after the Mayor and the members of the City Council resigned in order to hold a new election under the provision of the new local electoral law.

Since 1994, under provisions of the new local electoral law (Law 25 March 1993, n. 81), the Mayor of Brescia is chosen by direct election, originally every four and since 1998 every five years.

	Mayor		Term start	Term end	Party	Coalition		Election
8		Mino Martinazzoli (1931–2011)	5 December 1994	14 December 1998	PPI		PDS • PPI	1994
(7)		Paolo Corsini (b. 1947)	14 December 1998	10 June 2003	DS PD		The Olive Tree (DS-PPI-SDI-FdV)	1998
			10 June 2003	8 March 2008[lower-alpha 1]			The Olive Tree (DS-DL-SDI-FdV)	2003
9		Adriano Paroli (b. 1962)	17 April 2008	12 June 2013	PdL		PdL • LN • UDC	2008
10		Emilio Del Bono (b. 1965)	12 June 2013	14 June 2018	PD		PD • SEL and leftist lists	2013
			14 June 2018	Incumbent[lower-alpha 2]			PD • SI and leftist lists	2018

Notes

1. Resigned in order to participate to the national general elections. The deputy mayor held the office till a new municipal election was called.
2. Current term will expire in June 2023.

Timeline

By time in office

Rank	Mayor	Political Party	Total time in office	Terms
1	Bruno Boni	DC	26 years, 333 days	6
2	Paolo Corsini	PDS / DS	10 years, 346 days	3
3	Cesare Trebeschi	DC	10 years, 152 days	2
4	Emilio Del Bono	PD	7 years, 235 days	2
5	Adriano Paroli	PdL	5 years, 56 days	1
6	Pietro Padula	DC	4 years, 304 days	1
7	Mino Martinazzoli	PPI	4 years, 9 days	1
8	Guglielmo Ghislandi	PSI	2 years, 47 days	1
9	Gianni Boninsegna	DC	1 year, 34 days	1
10	Gianni Panella	PSI	244 days	1

Elections

City Council elections, 1946–1991

Number of votes for each party:

Election	DC	PCI	PSI	PLI	PRI	PSDI	MSI	LN	Others	Total
31 March 1946	32,678 (43.6%)	17,534 (23.4%)	19,511 (26.1%)	2,902 (3.9%)	2,248 (3.0%)	-	-		-	74,873
27 May 1951	36,693 (43.7%)	13,437 (16.0%)	12,769 (15.2%)	2,168 (2.6%)	1,376 (1.6%)	6,756 (8.1%)	6,732 (8.0%)		3,700 (4.4%)	83,901
27 May 1956	43,004 (46.2%)	13,948 (15.0%)	15,970 (17.2%)	3,126 (3.4%)	-	5,801 (6.2%)	6,249 (6.7%)		4,887 (5.2%)	92,985
6 November 1960	46,360 (44.5%)	17,235 (16.6%)	18,391 (17.8%)	5,338 (5.1%)	1,088 (0.4%)	6,648 (6.5%)	6,745 (6.6%)		2,294 (2.2%)	104,099
22 November 1964	47,372 (41.1%)	21,181 (18.4%)	13,516 (11.7%)	13,372 (11.6%)	1,856 (0.7%)	8,657 (7.5%)	6,752 (5.7%)		3,668 (3.2%)	115,260
7 June 1970	52,460 (39.6%)	26,131 (19.7%)	14,124 (10.6%)	9,992 (7.5%)	4,393 (3.3%)	12,469 (9.4%)	7,712 (5.8%)		5,305 (4.0%)	132,588
15 June 1975	56,204 (38.5%)	39,793 (27.3%)	19,797 (13.6%)	6,553 (4.5%)	5,329 (3.6%)	7,361 (5.0%)	9,109 (6.2%)		887 (0.6%)	145,932
8 June 1980	55,194 (39.1%)	37,070 (26.2%)	16,198 (11.5%)	6,536 (4.6%)	5,386 (3.8%)	7,751 (5.5%)	8,490 (6.0%)		4,648 (3.2%)	141,273
12 May 1985	55,541 (38.0%)	36,262 (24.8%)	18,825 (12.9%)	5,517 (3.8%)	7,951 (5.4%)	4,560 (3.1%)	9,690 (6.6%)		7,833 (5.4%)	146,179
6 May 1990	46,588 (32.5%)	23,939 (16.7%)	18,776 (13.1%)	2,784 (1.9%)	5,305 (3.7%)	2,450 (1.7%)	3,823 (2.7%)	29,892 (20.4%)	11,601 (8.1%)	143,309
24 November 1991[lower-alpha 1]	34,410 (24.3%)	13,377[lower-alpha 2] (9.5%)	14,609 (10.3%)	4,733 (3.3%)	7,842 (5.5%)	2,274 (1.6%)	5,287 (3.7%)	34,482 (24.4%)	24,302 (17.2%)	141,316

Notes

1. First snap election ever.
2. As Democratic Party of the Left (PDS).

Number of seats in the City Coucl for each party:

Election	DC	PCI	PSI	PLI	PRI	PSDI	MSI	LN	Others	Total
31 March 1946	22	12	13	2	1	-	-		-	50
27 May 1951	28	6	5	2	1	3	3		2	50
27 May 1956	25	8	9	1	-	3	3		1	50
6 November 1960	24	8	9	2	-	3	3		1	50
22 November 1964	21	9	6	6	-	4	3		1	50
7 June 1970	21	10	5	4	1	4	3		2	50
15 June 1975	21	14	6	2	2	2	3		-	50
8 June 1980	21	14	6	2	2	2	3		-	50
12 May 1985	20	13	7	2	2	1	3		2	50
6 May 1990	16	9	7	1	2	-	1	11	3	50
24 November 1991[lower-alpha 1]	13	5[lower-alpha 2]	5	1	3	-	2	14	7	50

Notes

1. First snap election ever.
2. As Democratic Party of the Left (PDS).

Mayoral and City Council election, 1994

The election took place on two rounds: the first on 20 November, the second on 4 December 1994.

Summary of the 1994 Brescia City Council election results   Parties and coalitions Votes % Seats Democratic Party of the Left (Partito Democratico della Sinistra) PDS 22,606 20.39 11 Italian People's Party (Partito Popolare Italiano) PPI 22,227 20.05 10 Others 8,656 7.81 3 Martinazzoli coalition (Centre-left) 53,489 48.25 24 Lega Nord LN 17,416 15.71 6 Forza Italia FI 13,416 12.10 4 Gnutti coalition (Centre-right) 30,832 27.81 10 National Alliance (Alleanza Nazionale) AN 13,460 12.14 4 Communist Refoundation Party (Rifondazione Comunista) PRC 8,647 7.80 2 Others 4,430 3.99 0 Total 110,858 100.00 40 Votes cast / turnout 141,623 86.10 Registered voters 164,490 Source: Ministry of the Interior

Candidate Party Coalition First round Second round Votes % Votes % Mino Martinazzoli PPI PDS-PPI 55,905 41.14 65,899 56.47 Vito Gnutti LN Pole of Freedoms 36,365 26.76 50,799 43.53 Viviana Beccalossi AN 16,236 11.95 Angelo Rampinelli Rota Ind 14,085 10.37 Fausto Manara PRC 11,203 8.24 Others 2,093 1.55 Eligible voters 164,490 100.00 164,490 100.00 Voted 141,623 86.10 122,396 74.41 Blank or invalid ballots 5,736 5,698 Total valid votes 135,887 116,698

Mayoral and City Council election, 1998

The election took place on two rounds: the first on 29 November, the second on 13 December 1998.

Summary of the 1998 Brescia City Council election results   Parties and coalitions Votes % Seats Democrats of the Left (Democratici di Sinistra) DS 12,520 13.13 9 Italian Democratic Socialists (Socialisti Democratici Italiani) SDI 10,338 10.84 7 Italian People's Party (Partito Popolare Italiano) PPI 8,142 8.54 5 Federation of the Greens (Federazione dei Verdi) FdV 2,110 2.21 1 Others 5,785 6.06 2 Corsini coalition (Centre-left) 38,895 40.78 24 Forza Italia FI 18,310 19.20 7 National Alliance (Alleanza Nazionale) AN 11,869 12.45 3 Others 1,559 1.63 0 Dalla Bona coalition (Centre-right) 31,738 33.28 10 Lega Nord & allies LN 18,495 19.39 5 Communist Refoundation Party (Rifondazione Comunista) PRC 3,488 3.66 1 Others 2,755 2.88 0 Total 95,371 100.00 40 Votes cast / turnout 124,360 77.07 Registered voters 161,358 Source: Ministry of the Interior

Candidate Party Coalition First round Second round Votes % Votes % Paolo Corsini DS The Olive Tree 49,606 41.77 50,422 53.13 Giovanni Dalla Bona FI Pole for Freedoms 39,098 32.92 44,486 46.87 Cesare Galli LN 23,453 19.75 Lamberto Lombardi PRC 3,560 3.00 Others 3,043 2.56 Eligible voters 161,358 100.00 161,358 100.00 Voted 124,360 77.07 97,884 60.66 Blank or invalid ballots 5,600 2,976 Total valid votes 118,760 94,908

Mayoral and City Council election, 2003

The election took place on two rounds: the first on 25–26 May, the second on 8–9 June 2003.[lower-alpha 1]

Summary of the 2003 Brescia City Council election results   Parties and coalitions Votes % Seats Democrats of the Left (Democratici di Sinistra) DS 16,245 17.57 9 The Daisy (La Margherita) DL 10,172 11.00 6 Italian Democratic Socialists (Socialisti Democratici Italiani) SDI 5,094 5.51 3 Federation of the Greens (Federazione dei Verdi) FdV 1,758 1.90 1 Others 12,433 13.45 5 Corsini coalition (Centre-left) 45,702 49.44 24 Forza Italia FI 11,999 12.98 5 National Alliance (Alleanza Nazionale) AN 8,207 8.88 4 Union of the Centre (Unione di Centro) UDC 3,570 3.86 1 Others 6,156 6.65 1 Beccalossi coalition (Centre-right) 29,932 32.37 11 Lega Nord & allies LN 11,175 12.75 4 Communist Refoundation Party (Rifondazione Comunista) PRC 3,008 3.25 1 Others 2,027 2.19 0 Total 92,444 100.00 40 Votes cast / turnout 120,013 77.14 Registered voters 155,570 Source: Ministry of the Interior

Candidate Party Coalition First round Second round Votes % Votes % Paolo Corsini DS The Olive Tree 54,866 47.14 59,368 53.73 Viviana Beccalossi AN House of Freedoms 37,305 32.05 51,129 46.27 Cesare Galli LN 18,990 16.32 Marco Lombardi PRC 2,775 2.38 Others 2,448 2.11 Eligible voters 155,570 100.00 155,570 100.00 Voted 120,013 77.14 112,471 72.30 Blank or invalid ballots 3,629 1,974 Total valid votes 116,384 110,497

Notes

1. Under the provisions of the new local administration law (Legislative Decree 18 August 2000, n. 267), which reintroduced the five years term for City Councils and directly-elected Mayors, the election would have been scheduled for December 2003. Nonetheless since 1999 local elections in Italy have always taken place between April and June. For this reason the 2003 election was anticipated on 25–26 May that year.

Mayoral and City Council election, 2008

The election took place on 13–14 April 2008, the same date of the national general election.

Summary of the 2008 Brescia City Council election results   Parties and coalitions Votes % Seats The People of Freedom (Il Popolo della Libertà) PdL 28,985 28.32 14 Lega Nord LN 16,222 15.85 8 Union of the Centre (Unione di Centro) UDC 3,939 3.85 2 Others 2,448 2.40 0 Paroli coalition (Centre-right) 51,594 50.41 24 Democratic Party (Partito Democratico) PD 28,594 27.94 12 Rainbow Left (Sinistra Arcobaleno) SA 3,651 3.57 1 Italy of Values (Italia dei Valori) IdV 2,824 2.76 1 Others 2,576 2.52 0 Del Bono coalition (Centre-left) 37,645 36.78 14 Brescia for Passion (Brescia per Passione) BpP 6,477 6.33 2 Others 6,641 6.49 0 Total 102,357 100.00 40 Votes cast / turnout 123,205 84.91 Registered voters 145,103 Source: Ministry of the Interior

Candidate Party Coalition First round Votes % Adriano Paroli PdL PdL-LN-UDC 61,011 51.39 Emilio Del Bono PD PD-SA-IdV 42,460 35.77 Laura Castelletti BpP 7,835 6.60 Others 7,410 6.25 Eligible voters 145,103 100.00 Voted 123,205 84.91 Blank or invalid ballots 4,489 Total valid votes 118,716

Mayoral and City Council election, 2013

The election took place on two rounds: the first on 26–27 May, the second on 9–10 June 2013.

Summary of the 2013 Brescia City Council election results   Parties and coalitions Votes % Seats Democratic Party (Partito Democratico) PD 21,254 27.38 13 Brescia for Passion (Brescia per Passione)[lower-alpha 1] BpP 4,555 5.87 3 Del Bono List (Lista Del Bono) 4,095 5.28 2 At Work with Brescia (Al Lavoro con Brescia) SEL 3,564 4.59 2 Others 1,504 1.94 0 Del Bono coalition (Centre-left) 34,972 45.06 20 The People of Freedom (Il Popolo della Libertà) PdL 11,180 14.40 5 X Civic Brescia (X Brescia Civica) XBC 7,463 9.62 3 Lega Nord LN 6,724 8.66 2 Brothers of Italy (Fratelli d'Italia) FdI 2,132 2.75 0 Union of the Centre (Unione di Centro) UDC 1,942 2.50 0 Others 1,212 1.57 0 Paroli coalition (Centre-right) 30,653 39.49 10 Five Star Movement (Movimento Cinque Stelle) M5S 5,238 6.75 1 Civic Platform (Piattaforma Civica) PC 4,904 6.32 1 Others 1,847 2.39 0 Total 77,614 100.00 32 Votes cast / turnout 92,950 65.55 Registered voters 141,795 Source: Ministry of the Interior

Candidate Party Coalition First round Second round Votes % Votes % Emilio Del Bono PD PD-SEL-FdV-PSI 34,373 38.07 46,850 56.53 Adriano Paroli PdL PdL-LN-SC-UDC-FdI-PP 34,323 38.01 36,027 43.47 Francesco Onofri PC 6,711 7.43 Laura Gamba M5S 6,588 7.30 Laura Castelletti BpP 6,247 6.92 Others 2,058 2.28 Eligible voters 141,795 100.00 141,795 100.00 Voted 92,950 65.55 84,048 59.27 Blank or invalid ballots 2,650 1,171 Total valid votes 90,300 82,877

Notes

1. Officially endorsed the centre-left candidate only on the second round.

Mayoral and City Council election, 2018

The election took place on 10 June 2018.

Summary of the 2018 Brescia City Council election results   Parties and coalitions Votes % Seats Democratic Party (Partito Democratico) PD 26,864 34.62 15 Del Bono List (Lista Del Bono) 5,177 6.67 2 Brescia for Passion (Brescia per Passione) BpP 4,320 5.57 2 Left in Brescia (Sinistra a Brescia) SI 2,511 3.23 1 Others 2,312 2.96 0 Del Bono coalition (Centre-left) 41,184 53.08 20 Lega Nord LN 18,758 24.17 7 Forza Italia FI 5,867 7.56 3 Brothers of Italy (Fratelli d'Italia) FdI 2,560 3.29 1 Union of the Centre (Unione di Centro) UDC 750 0.96 0 The People of Family (Il Popolo della Famiglia) PdF 586 0.75 0 Others 1,450 1.86 0 Vilardi coalition (Centre-right) 29,971 38.62 11 Five Star Movement (Movimento Cinque Stelle) M5S 4,340 5.59 1 Others 2,092 2.67 0 Total 77,587 100.00 32 Votes cast / turnout 83,276 57.40 Registered voters 145,064 Source: Ministry of the Interior

Candidate Party Coalition First round Votes % Emilio Del Bono PD PD-SI-FdV-PSI 44,237 53.86 Paola Vilardi FI FI-LN-UDC-FdI-PdF 31,294 38.10 Guido Ghidini M5S 4,478 5.45 Others 2,118 2.55 Eligible voters 145,064 100.00 Voted 83,276 57.40 Blank or invalid ballots 1,137 Total valid votes 82,127

References

1. "Loggia 2013: il nuovo sindaco è Emilio Del Bono". Giornale di Brescia. 10 June 2013. Retrieved 13 November 2018.
2. "Del Bono sindaco al primo turno con il 54%: ecco tutti i risultati di Brescia". BSnews.it. 11 June 2018. Retrieved 13 November 2018.