Rome municipal election, 2013
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Municipal elections were held in Rome on 26–27 May 2013 and a second round was held on 9–10 June, at the same time as other Italian local elections.
The outgoing Mayor of Rome, Gianni Alemanno (PdL), stood for election for a second term as mayor. The center-left candidate, heart surgeon Ignazio Marino was chosen by a multi-party primary election on 7 April 2013. Control of the 15 municipi of the Italian capital was decided in the election. The number of municipi had been cut down from 19 in March 2013. Also 48 Councillors were elected to Rome City Council (Italian: Assemblea Capitolina).
As a result of the election, Ignazio Marino was elected with a large majority and his center-left coalition controls 29 seats against for the center-right coalition.
On 8 October 2015, Marino resigned amidst an expense scandal.[1] New elections for the Mayor of Rome are expected in 2016.
Background
Despite Alemanno had repeatedly stated its intention to hold primary elections to choose the candidate of the center-right coalition, on 2 September 2012 he announced his candidacy as mayor of Rome.[2]
On the contrary, the center-left coalition decided to hold the primary election on 7 April 2013 to decide its mayoral candidate.[3] There were 6 main candidates: 5 from Democratic Party and one from Left Ecology Freedom.[4]
Among the most popular candidates there were Ignazio Marino, heart surgeon and senator, who was candidate in the 2009 Democratic Party leadership election, David Sassoli, journalist and MEP since 2009, and Paolo Gentiloni, former Minister of Communication (2006-2008) in the Prodi II Cabinet. On 7 April Marino won the election and became the official candidate of the center-left coalition.
| Candidates | votes (%) |
|---|---|
| Ignazio Marino | 51 |
| David Sassoli | 28 |
| Paolo Gentiloni | 14 |
| Patrizia Prestipino | 2 |
| Gemma Azumi | 2 |
| Mattia Di Tommaso | 1 |
Voting System
The voting system is used for all mayoral elections in Italy, in the city with a population higher than 15,000 nhabintants. 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.
For municipi the voting system is the same, not referred to the mayor but to the president of the municipio.
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.
Results
| Rome Mayoral Election Results 2013[5] | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name | Party | 1st Round (May 25–26) | % | 2nd Round (June 9–10) | % | |||
| Ignazio Marino | Democratic Party (PD) | 512,720 | 42.6 | 664,490 | 63.9 | |||
| Gianni Alemanno | People of Freedom (PDL) | 364,337 | 30.3 | 374,883 | 36.1 | |||
| Marcello De Vito | Five Star Movement (M5S) | 149,665 | 12.4 | |||||
| Alfio Marchini | Independent | 114,169 | 9.5 | |||||
| Rome Council Election 2013 - Parties[6] | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coalition | votes | % | seats | Party | votes | % | seats | |
| Center-left (Marino) | 433,714 | 42.6 | 29+1 | Democratic Party Left Ecology Freedom Democratic Centre Greens Italian Socialist Party Others (1) | 267,605 63,728 14,735 6,299 5,853 75,494 | 26.3 6.2 1.4 0.6 0.6 7.4 | 19 4 1 - - 5 | |
| Center-right (Alemanno) | 323,272 | 31.7 | 11 | People of Freedom Brothers of Italy The Right-Tricolour Flame Others (3) | 195,749 60,375 13,256 53,892 | 19.2 5.9 1.3 5.1 | 7 2 - 2 | |
| Five Star Movement (De Vito) | 130,635 | 12.8 | 3 | Five Star Movement | 130,635 | 12.8 | 3 | |
Municipi election
Reduced from 19 to 15 in March 2013, municipi are governed by a president and a council of four members who are elected by its residents every five years. The municipi frequently cross the boundaries of the traditional, non-administrative divisions of the city.
In this election all 15 municipi were won by the center-left coalition, composed by Democratic Party and Left Ecology Freedom.[7]
References
- ↑ http://www.theguardian.com/world/2015/oct/08/rome-mayor-resigns-amid-expenses-scandal-ignazio-marino
- ↑ http://www.ilgiornale.it/news/interni/alemanno-repubblica-hic-manebimus-optime-e-si-ricandida-834347.html
- ↑ http://www.paesesera.it/Politica/Bersani-Primarie-a-Roma-Ma-certo-che-si-faranno
- ↑ http://www.pdroma.net/2013/03/primarie-roma-bene-comune-la-lista-dei-candidati-alle-presidenze-dei-municipi/
- ↑ http://elezioni.interno.it/comunali/scrutini/20130526/index.html#comunali/scrutini/20130526/G120700900.htm
- ↑ http://elezioni.interno.it/comunali/scrutini/20130526/index.html#comunali/scrutini/20130526/G120700900.htm
- ↑ http://elezioni.interno.it/comunali/scrutini/20130526/index.html#comunali/scrutini/20130526/G120700900.htm