2016 Rome municipal election

Municipal elections were held in Rome in June 2016, following the resignation of the former Mayor of Rome Ignazio Marino.[1] The first round of voting on 5 June producing no outright winner, resulting in a run-off election on 16 June between Virginia Raggi of the Five Star Movement (M5S) and Roberto Giachetti of the Democratic Party.[1] Raggi won with two-thirds of the vote,[2] and her party won a majority on the City Council of Rome with 29 of the 48 seats.[3] The results were widely reported as a major breakthrough for the Five Star Movement, which had previously been seen as a protest party rather than a significant political force.[4][5] At the same round of elections, M5S also won in the Turin elections.[4]

2016 Rome municipal election
5 June and 19 June 2016
48 seats to the Rome municipal council
25 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party
 
Candidate Virginia Raggi Roberto Giachetti
Party Five Star Movement Democratic Party
Alliance Centre-left coalition
Seats won 29 8
Popular vote 453,806 320,170
Percentage 35.25% 24.87%
Popular vote (2nd) 770,564 376,935
Percentage (2nd) 67.15% 32.85%
First round results by municipi
Second round results by municipi
Mayor before election

Ignazio Marino
Democratic Party

 Elected Mayor

Virginia Raggi
Five Star Movement

Voting system

The voting system is used for all mayoral elections in Italy, in the city with a population higher than 15,000 inhabitants. Under this system voters express a direct election for the mayor or an indirect election 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.[6]

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.[6]

Parties and candidates

This is a list of the parties (and their respective leaders) which participated in the election.

Alliance Constituent lists Leader
Left-wing coalition Left for Rome (incl. SEL, PRC, PCdI, AET, POS and FaS) Stefano Fassina
Fassina for Mayor
Centre-left coalition Democratic Party Roberto Giachetti
Democrats and Populars (incl. UDC, CD and DemoS)
Federation of the Greens
Italy of Values
Radicals Federalists Lay Ecologists
Lay Civic Socialists
Five Star Movement Five Star Movement Virginia Raggi
Centre-right coalition Forza Italia Alfio Marchini
Marchini List
Popular Rome
Storace List
Right-wing coalition Brothers of Italy Giorgia Meloni
League – Us with Salvini
Italian Liberal Party
Popular Federation for Freedom (incl. PpI and New CDU)

Opinion polling
Main article: Opinion polling for the Italian local elections, 2016 § Rome

Results
Summary of the 5–19 June 2016 Rome City Council election results
Candidates I round II round Leaders
seats		 Parties Votes  % Seats
Votes  % Votes  %
Virginia Raggi 461,190 35.26 770,564 67.15 – Five Star Movement 420,435 35.32 29
Roberto Giachetti 325,835 24.91 376,935 32.85 1 Democratic Party 240,637 17.19 6
Giachetti for Mayor 49,457 4.15 1
More Rome – Democrats and Populars 17,378 1.46 –
Radicals Federalists Lay Ecologists 14,165 1.19 –
Lay Civic Socialists 7,716 0.64 –
Federation of the Greens 5,827 0.49 –
Italy of Values 3,085 0.25 –
Giorgia Meloni 269,760 20.62 – – 1 Brothers of Italy 146,054 12.27 4
With Giorgia Meloni for Mayor 40,441 3.39 1
League – Us with Salvini 32,175 2.70 –
Italian Liberal Party 10,749 0.90 –
Popular Federation for Freedom 4,146 0.34 –
Alfio Marchini 143,829 10.99 – – 1 Alfio Marchini for Mayor 56,686 4.76 2
Forza Italia 50,842 4.27 1
Popular Rome 15,453 1.29 –
Storace List 7,391 0.62 –
Christian Revolution 1,747 0.14 –
Liberal Network 1,225 0.10 –
Italian Building Site Movement 1,124 0.09 –
Stefano Fassina 58,498 4.47 – – 1 Left for Rome 46,774 3.93 –
Fassina for Mayor 6,006 0.50 –
Simone Di Stefano 14,865 1.13 – – – CasaPound 14,118 1.18 –
Alessandro Mustillo 10,371 0.79 – – – Communist Party 9,917 0.83 –
Dario Di Francesco 8,021 0.61 – – – Talking Cricket List – No Euro 4,772 0.39 –
Pensioners' Union 1,131 0.09 –
Movement for Rome 1,032 0.08 –
Centre League 719 0.06 –
With Joy! Long Live Italy 281 0.02 –
Mario Adinolfi 7,992 0.61 – – – The People of Family 7,480 0.62 –
Carlo Rienzi 2,760 0.21 – – – Codacons 2,578 0.21 –
Alfredo Iorio 2,641 0.20 – – – Fatherland 2,576 0.21 –
Fabrizio Verduchi 1,310 0.10 – – – Christian Italy 1,185 0.09 –
Michel Emi Maritato 873 0.06 – – – Assotutela 878 0.07 –
Total 1,307,945 100.00 1,147,499 100.00 4 1,190,130 100.00 44
Source: Ministry of the Interior
Popular vote
M5S
 
 35.32%
PD
 
 17.20%
FdI
 
 12.27%
LM
 
 4.71%
FI
 
 4.23%
RtR
 
 4.15%
SxR
 
 3.93%
MS
 
 3.40%
Lega
 
 2.71%
Others
 
 12.08%
Mayor (1st round)
Raggi
 
 35.25%
Giachetti
 
 24.87%
Meloni
 
 20.64%
Marchini
 
 10.97%
Fassina
 
 4.47%
Di Stefano
 
 1.14%
Others
 
 2.66%
Mayor (2nd round)
Raggi
 
 67.15%
Giachetti
 
 32.85%

Maps

The 10th municipi did not hold a municipal election, though it voted for the mayoral race.

  • Result by municipi of the first round of the mayoral election
  • Result by municipi of the second round of the mayoral election
  • Result of the first round of the municipal elections
  • Result of the second round of the municipal elections

See also
  • Municipal elections in Rome

References
  1. Rosie Scammell, "Rubbish on the streets, corruption in the air: Rome looks for a clean-up candidate", The Guardian, 12 June 2016
  2. "Five Star Movement candidate Virginia Raggi could become Rome's mayor". The Age. 5 June 2016. Retrieved 11 June 2016.
  3. "Comunali [Scrutini] Comune di ROMA - Elezioni del 19 giugno 2015 (ballottaggio)". Dipartimento per gli Affari Interni e Territoriali. Ministero Dell'Interno. Archived from the original on 30 June 2016. Retrieved 20 June 2016.
  4. Rosie Scamell (20 June 2016). "Anti-establishment candidates elected to lead Rome and Turin". The Guardian. Retrieved 20 June 2016.
  5. John Phillips (20 June 2016). "Rome elects first female mayor in breakthrough for Five Star Movement". The Telegraph. Retrieved 20 June 2016.
  6. "ELEZIONI AMMINISTRATIVE 2016 - IL DOSSIER" (PDF). Ministry of Interior. Retrieved 20 June 2016.
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