The 2025 Italian local elections were held at the municipal level, where the first round were held between April and May and run-off rounds were held on 8 and 9 June of the same year, concurrently with the
five abrogative referendums.
In
Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol
Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol ( ; ; ), often known in English as Trentino-South Tyrol or by its shorter Italian name Trentino-Alto Adige, is an Regions of Italy#Autonomous regions with special statute, autonomous region of Italy, located in the ...
the elections will be held on 4 May. In the
Aosta Valley
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the elections will be held in the autumn. In the 4 municipalities voting in
Friuli-Venezia Giulia
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Friuli-Venezia Giulia has an area of and a ...
, the elections will be held on 13 and 14 April, with a possible run-off round on 27 and 28 April.
For municipalities that renewed the municipal council in 2020, the vote has been postponed to spring
2026
Predicted and scheduled events
* January 1 – Bulgaria is expected to adopt the euro and become the 21st member state of the eurozone.
* January 6 – The 2025 Jubilee will end on this day.
* February 5 – The New START Treat ...
: this delay is due to the postponement of the 2020 administrative elections to September, caused by the
COVID-19 pandemic
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. In ordinary regions, the consultations will only concern municipalities with early elections.
The municipal elections will take place in 468
comune
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s, of which there are 75 municipalities with a population greater than 15,000 inhabitants and 393 with a population lower. Among the higher municipalities, 9 are municipalities of which 3 are regional capitals.
Summary of Municipal Elections
Municipalities voting by region
Municipal elections in major municipalities
Following the first-round vote (25–26 May) in the 31 major municipalities:
Centre‑Left won in 9; Centre‑Right in 4; Right in 1; Others in 6; 13 municipalities proceeded to a runoff.
Municipal elections in provincial capitals
In provincial capitals, the center-left won in the first round in 2 cities,
Genoa
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and
Ravenna
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, while in 2 others,
Taranto
Taranto (; ; previously called Tarent in English) is a coastal city in Apulia, Southern Italy. It is the capital of the province of Taranto, serving as an important commercial port as well as the main Italian naval base.
Founded by Spartans ...
and
Matera
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, a runoff was needed.
In Matera, the outcome was ''anatra zoppa'' (Italian for "lame duck"): the elected mayor was from the centre-right coalition, but the lists supporting the centre-left candidate won a majority of votes in the first round, thus they have a majority of council seats.
Municipal elections
Aosta Valley
Aosta
Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol
Elections were held in 265 municipal councils in
Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol
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. Results shown correspond to the 38 higher municipalities including the two provincial capitals of
Bolzano
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and
Trent.
Regional Summary
Autonomous Province of Bolzano
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= Bolzano (provincial capital)
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''Candidates made official on March 18, 2025.''
The mayoralty flipped from the centre-left to the centre-right.
= Bruneck
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No coalitions were formed in the local election in Bruneck as all parties ran separately.
= Merano
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Autonomous Province of Trentino
Source of all results for Trentino Province:
* Round 1:
* Round 2 (
ballotage
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runoffs where applicable):
=
Trento
Trento ( or ; Ladin language, Ladin and ; ; ; ; ; ), also known in English as Trent, is a city on the Adige, Adige River in Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol in Italy. It is the capital of the Trentino, autonomous province of Trento. In the 16th ...
(provincial capital) =
''Candidates made official on March 19, 2025.''
= Aldeno
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= Altopiano della Vigolana
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= Arco
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Directly-elected Mayor
Party-list
= Avio
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Directly-elected Mayor
Party-list
= Baselga di Pinè
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= Borgo Valsugana
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Directly-elected Mayor
Party-list
= Brentonico
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Friuli-Venezia Giulia
Elections were held in 4 municipal councils in
Friuli-Venezia Giulia
Friuli-Venezia Giulia () is one of the 20 regions of Italy and one of five autonomous regions with special statute. The regional capital is Trieste on the Gulf of Trieste, a bay of the Adriatic Sea.
Friuli-Venezia Giulia has an area of and a ...
.
Regional Summary
Higher municipalities
= Pordenone
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= Monfalcone
=
The election in Monfalcone had high media coverage during the campaign period due to the presence of an Islamist municipal list called
Plural Italy led by candidate for mayor Bou Konate, a Senegalese Muslim. The list only missed winning a single council seat by a mere 0.06%, therefore barely missing the electoral threshold of 3%. The
League
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within the centre-right coalition won the election in a landslide with 70.87%.
Lower municipalities
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Nimis
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San Pier d'Isonzo
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Liguria
Regional Summary
Metropolitan City of Genoa
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= Genoa
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The election took place on the 25-26th of May, 2025 with
Silvia Salis winning.
= Orero
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= Rossiglione
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Province of Imperia
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Vallecrosia
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Province of Savona
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Sassello
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Emilia-Romagna
Ravenna
Puglia
Taranto
Basilicata
Matera
Sardinia
Nuoro
Veneto
Metropolitan City of Venice
= Santa Maria di Sala
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Provincial elections
Election of the Provincial Council
Election of the President of the Province
It is important to note that six Sicilian provinces were provisionally led from August 15, 2015 by an extraordinary commissioner via regional appointment and thus the 27th April election was to elect a new provincial president.
[https://pti.regione.sicilia.it/portal/page/portal/PIR_PORTALE/PIR_LaStrutturaRegionale/PIR_PresidenzadellaRegione/uffici_diretta_collaborazione_Presidente/Trasparenza/decreti_presidenziali/Decreti_presidenziali_anno2015/DP%2B537.pdf]
Summary of elected Provincial presidents
The Provincial presidents won by the ''centre-right'', ''centre-left'' and ''others'' category include each two presidents elected in
Sicily
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, previously governed as commissariats and therefore not binded to any coalition.
Metropolitan council elections
Summary of metropolitan councillors elected (in Sicily)
Notes
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