Election in Turin
2021 Turin municipal election
|
← 2016 | 3 and 4 October 2021 (1st round) 17 and 18 October 2021 (2nd round) | |
|
Turnout | 331,566 · 48.1% (1st round) 290,632 · 42.1% (2nd round) |
---|
| | | Candidate | Stefano Lo Russo | Paolo Damilano | Party | Democratic Party | Independent | Alliance | Centre-left | Centre-right | First round | 140,200 43.9% | 124,347 38.9% | Second round | 168,997 59.2% | 116,322 40.8% | |
Mayor before election Chiara Appendino M5S | Elected Mayor Stefano Lo Russo PD | |
The 2021 Turin municipal election took place in Turin, Italy, on 3 and 4 October 2021, to elect the mayor and the 38 members of the Turin city council. Since no mayoral candidate won a majority of votes on the first round, a runoff was held on 17 and 18 October 2021.[1] The second round was won by the centre-left coalition candidate Stefano Lo Russo, member of the Democratic Party, who was officially inaugurated as the new mayor of Turin on 27 October 2021.[2][3] The incumbent mayor of Turin, Chiara Appendino of the Five Star Movement, did not run for re-election.[4]
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.[5]
Background
Centre-left primary election
Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Notes |
| Stefano Lo Russo | Democratic Party | 4.229 | 37,5% | [6] |
| Francesco Tresso | Independent | 3.932 | 34,9% | [7] |
| Enzo Lavolta | Democratic Party | 2.864 | 25,4% | [8] |
| Igor Boni | More Europe | 257 | 2,3% | [9] |
Total | 11.325 | 100 | |
Parties and candidates
This is a list of the parties and their respective leaders which took part in the election.[10]
Political force or alliance | Constituent lists | Candidate |
| Centre-right coalition | | League | Paolo Damilano |
| Brothers of Italy |
| Forza Italia (incl. UDC, PLI, PU, DC) |
| Beautiful Turin |
| Progress Turin |
| Yes TAV Yes Work – Renaissance |
| The People of Family |
| Centre-left coalition | | Democratic Party | Stefano Lo Russo |
| Lo Russo for Mayor (incl. DemoS, CD, IV, A, +E, RI, Volt, Monviso Civic List, Alliance for Turin) |
| Ecologist Left (SI, Pos) |
| Moderates |
| Turin Tomorrow |
| Art. 1 – PSI |
| Sganga coalition | | Five Star Movement | Valentina Sganga |
| Green Europe |
| D'Orsi coalition | | Common Left (PRC, SA, DemA) | Angelo D'Orsi |
| Italian Communist Party |
| Power to the People |
| Di Cristina coalition | | Communist Party | Giusi Greta Di Cristina |
| Turin Future City |
| Futura for the Common Goods | Ugo Mattei |
| Workers' Communist Party | Massimo Chiesi |
| 3V Movement | Paolo Alonge |
| Turin Environmental Movement (incl. 4th October Movement) | Roberto Salerno |
| Prohibition to Dismiss | Lorenzo Varaldo |
| Turin Capital of Europe – Stop ISEE | Emilio Mazza |
| Verra coalition | | Italexit | Ivano Verra |
| We Citizens |
| Balducci coalition | | Gay Party | Davide Betti Balducci |
| Animalist Party |
Declined candidates
Withdrew
Centre-left coalition
- Mauro Salizzoni, medic and regional councilor of Piedmont (since 2019)[11]
Declined
Centre-left coalition
Opinion polls
First round
Graphs are unavailable due to technical issues. There is more info on Phabricator and on MediaWiki.org. |
Date | Polling firm/ Client | Sample size | Sganga | Lo Russo | Damilano | Others | Undecided | Lead |
| | |
4 October 2021 | Election result | - | 9.0 | 43.9 | 38.9 | 8.2 | - | 5.0 |
12–15 Sep 2021 | Noto | 1,000 | 9.0 | 40.0 | 42.0 | 9.0 | 29.0 | 2.0 |
9–15 Sep 2021 | SWG | 1,000 | 9.0 | 42.0 | 42.0 | 7.0 | 21.0 | Tie |
6–11 Sep 2021 | Ipsos | 1,000 | 9.5 | 39.0 | 42.0 | 9.5 | 27.0 | 3.0 |
7–10 Sep 2021 | Quorum | 805 | 8.6 | 42.8 | 43.7 | 4.9 | 43.2 | 0.9 |
3–8 Sep 2021 | Quorum | 808 | 8.3 | 41.4 | 44.2 | 6.1 | 39.6 | 2.8 |
27–29 Aug 2021 | BiDiMedia | 809 | 11.1 | 38.9 | 41.6 | 8.4 | 23.0 | 2.7 |
3–5 Aug 2021 | Demopolis | 1,804 | 13.0 | 34.0 | 41.0 | 12.0 | 37.0 | 7.0 |
29 Jun–12 Jul 2021 | SWG | 1,600 | 8.0 | 43.0 | 44.0 | 5.0 | 22.0 | 1.0 |
25 Jun 2021 | Euromedia Research | 1,000 | 11.9 | 39.6 | 43.7 | 4.8 | — | 4.1 |
10–15 May 2021 | BiDiMedia | 1,337 | 12.6 | 38.2 | 40.1 | 9.1 | 30.0 | 1.9 |
Second round
Graphs are unavailable due to technical issues. There is more info on Phabricator and on MediaWiki.org. |
Damilano vs. Lo Russo
Date | Polling firm/ Client | Sample size | Damilano | Lo Russo | Abstain | Lead |
| |
9–15 Sep 2021 | SWG | 1,000 | 48.0 | 52.0 | — | 4.0 |
6–11 Sep 2021 | Ipsos | 1,000 | 48.0 | 52.0 | — | 4.0 |
7–10 Sep 2021 | Quorum | 805 | 47.4 | 52.6 | 44.9 | 5.2 |
3–8 Sep 2021 | Quorum | 808 | 46.9 | 53.1 | 47.8 | 6.2 |
27–29 Aug 2021 | BiDiMedia | 809 | 48.0 | 52.0 | — | 4.0 |
16 Jul 2021 | SWG | 1,600 | 48.0 | 52.0 | — | 4.0 |
25 Jun 2021 | Euromedia Research | 1,000 | 50.2 | 49.8 | 37.3 | 0.4 |
10–15 May 2021 | BiDiMedia | 1,337 | 47.0 | 53.0 | — | 6.0 |
Parties
Graphs are unavailable due to technical issues. There is more info on Phabricator and on MediaWiki.org. |
Date | Polling firm | Sample size | Centre-left | Centre-right | M5S-EV | Others | Lead |
PD | A | IV | +E | Volt | Mod | SI | Others | FdI | LSP | BT | FI | C! | Others | M5S | EV |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
4 October 2021 | Election result | - | 28.6 | 5.0 | 3.4 | 3.6 | 3.5 | 10.5 | 9.8 | 11.9 | 5.3 | 1.6 | 8.0 | 0.9 | 8.0 | 18.1 |
9–15 Sep 2021 | SWG | 1,000 | 25.9 | — | — | — | — | 3.8 | 3.2 | 8.3 | 10.7 | 19.4 | 2.1 | 8.3 | — | 1.5 | 7.6 | 1.6 | 7.6 | 6.5 |
6–11 Sep 2021 | Ipsos | 1,000 | 31.2 | 4.6 | 1.5 | — | 1.5 | 9.5 | 20.0 | 2.5 | 9.2 | — | 1.8 | 8.9 | 1.0 | 8.3 | 11.2 |
3–8 Sep 2021 | Quorum | 808 | 32.3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8.2 | 14.7 | 19.4 | — | 4.2 | — | 4.8 | 7.4 | 1.4 | 7.6 | 12.9 |
27–29 Aug 2021 | BiDiMedia | 809 | 26.5 | — | — | — | — | 3.4 | 3.4 | 6.3 | 15.8 | 13.4 | 4.5 | 3.7 | 1.5 | 1.9 | 9.2 | 2.2 | 8.2 | 10.7 |
29 Jun–12 Jul 2021 | SWG | 1,600 | 30.5 | 1.5 | 1.5 | — | — | 3.0 | 2.0 | 5.5 | 11.0 | 21.5 | 2.5 | 8.0 | — | — | 8.5 | — | 4.5 | 9.0 |
10–15 May 2021 | BiDiMedia | 1,337 | 23.2 | 2.7 | 2.5 | 1.5 | 0.8 | 3.1 | 2.2 | 1.8 | 15.4 | 14.7 | 5.0 | 3.9 | 0.6 | — | 12.7 | 1.9 | 9.0 | 7.8 |
5 June 2016 | Election result | - | 29.8 | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | 5.9 | DNP | 6.8 | 1.5 | 5.8 | DNP | 4.7 | DNP | 4.2 | 30.0 | DNP | 11.9 | 0.2 |
Results
Candidate | First round | Runoff | Seats | Parties | Votes | % | Seats |
Votes | % | Votes | % |
| Stefano Lo Russo | 140,200 | 43.86 | 168,997 | 59.23 | – | | Democratic Party | 85,890 | 28.56 | 17 |
| Lo Russo List | 15,013 | 4.99 | 2 |
| Ecologist Left | 10,807 | 3.59 | 2 |
| Moderates | 10,177 | 3.38 | 2 |
| Turin Tomorrow | 7,960 | 2.65 | 1 |
| Article One – PSI | 2,407 | 0.80 | – |
Total | 132,254 | 43.97 | 24 |
| Paolo Damilano | 124,347 | 38.90 | 116,322 | 40.77 | 1 | | Beautiful Turin | 35,658 | 11.86 | 4 |
| Brothers of Italy | 31,490 | 10.47 | 3 |
| League | 29,593 | 9.84 | 3 |
| Forza Italia – UDC – PLI | 15,951 | 5.30 | 2 |
| Turin Progress | 2,236 | 0.74 | – |
| The People of Family | 1,320 | 0.44 | – |
| Yes TAV Yes Work – Renaissance | 1,305 | 0.43 | – |
Total | 117,553 | 39.08 | 12 |
| Valentina Sganga | 28,785 | 9.01 | – | – | 1 | | Five Star Movement | 24,058 | 8.00 | 2 |
| Green Europe | 2,711 | 0.90 | – |
Total | 26,769 | 8.90 | 2 |
| Angelo d'Orsi | 8,095 | 2.53 | – | – | – | | Left in Common (PRC – DemA – SA) | 3,512 | 1.17 | – |
| Italian Communist Party | 1,838 | 0.61 | – |
| Power to the People | 1,656 | 0.55 | – |
Total | 7,006 | 2.33 | – |
| Ugo Mattei | 7,406 | 2.32 | – | – | – | | Futura | 6,975 | 2.32 | – |
| Francesco Ivano Verra | 2,677 | 0.84 | – | – | – | | Italexit | 2,353 | 0.78 | – |
| We Citizens | 240 | 0.08 | – |
Total | 2,593 | 0.86 | – |
| Davide Betti | 2,241 | 0.70 | – | – | – | | Gay Party | 1,336 | 0.44 | – |
| Italian Animalist Party | 775 | 0.26 | – |
Total | 2,111 | 0.70 | – |
| Greta Giusi Di Cristina | 2,123 | 0.66 | – | – | – | | Communist Party | 1,552 | 0.52 | – |
| Turin Future City | 454 | 0.15 | – |
Total | 2,006 | 0.67 | – |
| Paolo Alonge | 1,666 | 0.52 | – | – | – | | 3V Movement | 1,609 | 0.53 | – |
| Roberto Salerno | 910 | 0.28 | – | – | – | | Turin Environmental Movement | 792 | 0.26 | – |
| Lorenzo Varaldo | 545 | 0.17 | – | – | – | | Prohibition of Dismissing | 493 | 0.16 | – |
| Massimo Chiesi | 384 | 0.12 | – | – | – | | Workers' Communist Party | 360 | 0.12 | – |
| Emilio Mazza | 264 | 0.08 | – | – | – | | Turin Capital of Europe | 262 | 0,09 | – |
Total candidates | 319,643 | 100 | 285,319 | 100 | 2 | Total parties | 300,783 | 100 | 38 |
Total valid votes | 319,643 | 96.40 | 285,319 | 98.17 |
Blank or invalid ballots | 11,923 | 3.60 | 5,313 | 1.83 |
Turnout | 331,566 | 48.08 | 290,632 | 42.14 |
Eligible voters | 689,684 | 100.00 | 689,684 | 100.00 |
Source: Ministry of the Interior (first round Archived 2021-10-05 at the Wayback Machine, second round Archived 2022-01-03 at the Wayback Machine) |
See also
References
- ^ "Elezioni 2021, a Torino ballottaggio Lo Russo-Damilano - Piemonte". ANSA (in Italian). 4 October 2021. Retrieved 27 October 2021.
- ^ Jones, Gavin; Amante, Angelo (18 October 2021). "Centre-left wins Italian mayoral run-offs as right flounders". Reuters. Retrieved 27 October 2021.
- ^ Guccione, Gabriele (26 October 2021). "Torino, finisce l'era Appendino: Lo Russo si insedia a Palazzo civico". Corriere della Sera (in Italian). Retrieved 27 October 2021.
- ^ "Chiara Appendino non ci ripensa: non sarà candidata a sindaco di Torino". Agi (in Italian). 16 May 2021. Retrieved 27 October 2021.
- ^ "Ministero dell'Interno – Approfondimento". Ministero dell'Interno (in Italian). Retrieved 17 July 2020.
- ^ "Torino: primarie centrosinistra, si candida Lo Russo" (in Italian). ANSA. 16 October 2020. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
- ^ "Elezioni comunali a Torino, raccolta firme per il civico Tresso a casa Salizzoni. Ma il chirurgo: "Non sostengo nessuno alle primarie"" (in Italian). La Repubblica. 5 May 2021. Retrieved 8 May 2021.
- ^ "Pd, Enzo Lavolta formalizza la candidatura alle Primarie per la carica di sindaco di Torino" (in Italian). TorinoToday. 16 November 2020. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
- ^ "Igor Boni: "Il futuro sindaco? Dovrà dare speranza. E allearsi con Milano"" (in Italian). Corriere della Sera. 7 November 2020. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
- ^ Maestri, Pubblicato da Gabriele. "Torino, simboli e curiosità sulla scheda". Retrieved 2021-09-25.
- ^ "La lettera di rinuncia di Mauro Salizzoni alla corsa a sindaco" (in Italian). La Repubblica. 11 March 2021.
- ^ "Chiamparino: "Io candidato? Non esiste"" (in Italian). Corriere della Sera. 31 December 2020. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
- ^ "Guido Saracco rinuncia a candidarsi a sindaco di Torino per il centrosinistra" (in Italian). La Repubblica. 26 November 2020. Retrieved 2 January 2021.
- ^ "Appendino sciogliele riserve, non si ricandida" (in Italian). ANSA. 13 October 2020. Retrieved 2 January 2021.