The municipal elections in

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took place on 3 and 4 October 2021. The incumbent

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was Luigi de Magistris of

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, who won the 2016 Naples municipal election.

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.

Background

The center-left coalition did not nominate their candidate through a primary election, in order to avoid the same troubles that happened during the previous municipal primary election in Naples. Through the municipal secretary of the Democratic Party Marco Sarracino, the coalition sought an alliance with the

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and

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Parties and candidates

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

Potential and declined candidates

Potential

Centre-left coalition

* Umberto De Gregorio, President of the Ente Autonomo Volturno * Gennaro Migliore, Member of the

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since 2013 * Nicola Oddati, municipal assessor for Naples (2006–2011)

Centre-right coalition

* Gianluigi Cimmino, CEO of Yamamay and Carpisa * Sergio Rastrelli, lawyer * Riccardo Monti, manager

Others

Declined

Centre-left coalition

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, Minister of European Affairs (2019–2021) *

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of the

since 2018

Centre-right coalition

Danilo Iervolino Danilo Iervolino (born 2 April 1978) is an Italian businessman who is the owner of Salernitana. Early life Iervolino attended the Parthenope University of Naples in Italy. Career Iervolino founded the Università degli Studi Pegaso. Personal l ...

, President of UniPegaso

Opinion polls

Candidates

First round

Second round

Manfredi vs. Maresca Manfredi vs. Bassolino Manfredi vs. Clemente Bassolino vs. Maresca Bassolino vs. Clemente Clemente vs. Maresca

Electoral system

Background

Parties and candidates

Potential and declined candidates

Potential

Centre-left coalition

Centre-right coalition

Others

Declined

Centre-left coalition

Centre-right coalition

Opinion polls

Candidates

First round

Second round

Parties

Results

See also

References