2016 Bologna municipal election
{{Infobox election
| election_name = 2016 Bologna municipal election
| country = Italy
| type = presidential
| ongoing = no
| previous_election = 2011 Bologna municipal election
| previous_year = 2011
| next_election = 2021 Bologna municipal election
| next_year = 2021
| election_date = 5 and 19 June 2016
| 1blank = Popular vote (2nd)
| 2blank = Percentage (2nd)
| image1 = 185x185px
| candidate1 = Virginio Merola
| party1 = Democratic Party (Italy)
| alliance1 = Centre-left coalition (Italy)
| last_election1 = 102,560
| swing1 =
| popular_vote1 = 68,749
| percentage1 = 39.46%
| 1data1 = 83,907
| 2data1 = 54.64%
| image2 = 185x185px
| candidate2 = Lucia Borgonzoni
| party2 = Northern League
| alliance2 = Centre-right coalition (Italy)
| last_election2 = 51,642
| swing2 =
| popular_vote2 = 38,806
| percentage2 = 22.27%
| 1data2 = 69,660
| 2data2 = 45.36%
| title = Mayor
| before_election = Virginio Merola
| before_party = Democratic Party (Italy)
| after_election = Virginio Merola
| after_party = Democratic Party (Italy)
}}
Municipal elections were held in Bologna on 5 and 19 June 2016. The centre-left candidate Virginio Merola was elected mayor at the second round with 54.64% of votes.[http://www.ilrestodelcarlino.it/bologna/risultati-ballottaggio-merola-sindaco-1.2272898 Ballottaggio 2016, Merola confermato sindaco]
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 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.
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.
Parties and candidates
This is a list of the parties (and their respective leaders) which will participate in the election.
| class=wikitable style=text-align:left |
| colspan=2|Political force or alliance
!colspan=2|Constituent lists !Leader |
|---|
| rowspan="5" style="background-color:{{party color|Centre-left coalition}}"|
| rowspan=5 style="text-align:center;" |Centre-left coalition | bgcolor="{{party color|Democratic Party (Italy)}}" | | style="text-align:left;"| Democratic Party | rowspan=5 style="text-align:center;" |Virginio Merola |
| bgcolor="#CA226B" |
| style="text-align:left;"| Common City with Amelia |
| bgcolor="{{party color|Italian Socialist Party (2007)}}" |
| style="text-align:left;"| Bologna Alive |
| bgcolor="{{party color|Civic Choice}}" |
| style="text-align:left;"| Citizens for Bologna |
| bgcolor="{{party color|Italy of Values}}" |
| style="text-align:left;"| Bologna metropolitan hits the mark |
| rowspan="5" style="background:{{party color|Centre-right Coalition}};"|
| rowspan=5 style="text-align:center;" | Centre-right coalition | bgcolor="{{party color|Lega Nord}}" | | style="text-align:left;"| Northern League | rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;" | Lucia Borgonzoni |
| bgcolor="{{party color|Forza Italia (2013)}}" |
| style="text-align:left;"| Forza Italia |
| bgcolor="{{party color|European Choice}}" |
| style="text-align:left;"| United We Win |
| bgcolor="{{party color|Brothers of Italy}}" |
| style="text-align:left;"| Brothers of Italy |
| bgcolor="{{party color|Popular Area}}" |
| style="text-align:left;"| Let's take back Bologna |
| style="background-color:{{party color|Five Star Movement}}"|
| style="text-align:center;"| Five Star Movement | bgcolor="{{party color|Five Star Movement}}" | | style="text-align:left;"| Five Star Movement | style="text-align:center;"| Massimo Bugani |
| bgcolor="{{party color|Union of the Centre (2002)}}" |
| style="text-align:center;"| Popular Area | bgcolor="{{party color|Union of the Centre (2002)}}" | | style="text-align:left;"| Together Bologna | style="text-align:center;"| Manes Bernardini |
| style="background-color:{{party color|Left Ecology Freedom}}"|
| style="text-align:center;"| Left-wing coalition | bgcolor="{{party color|Left Ecology Freedom}}" | | style="text-align:left;"| Civic Coalition (incl. SEL and Possible) | style="text-align:center;"| Federico Martelloni |
| style="background-color:{{party color|Federation of the Greens}}"|
| style="text-align:center;"| Federation of the Greens | bgcolor="{{party color|Federation of the Greens}}" | | style="text-align:left;"| Federation of the Greens | style="text-align:center;"| Matteo Badiali |
| style="background-color:{{party color|Workers' Communist Party (Italy)}}"|
| style="text-align:center;"| Workers' Communist Party | bgcolor="red" | | style="text-align:left;"| Workers' Communist Party | style="text-align:center;"| Ermanno Lorenzoni |
| style="background-color:{{party color|The People of the Family}}"|
| style="text-align:center;"| The People of the Family | bgcolor="{{party color|The People of the Family}}" | | style="text-align:left;"| The People of the Family | style="text-align:center;"| Mirko De Carli |
| style="background-color:{{party color|Independent politician}}"|
| style="text-align:center;"| Justice Honor Freedom | bgcolor="{{party color|Independent politician}}" | | style="text-align:left;"| Justice Honor Freedom | style="text-align:center;"| Sergio Celloni |
Opinion polling
{{main|Opinion polling for the Italian local elections, 2016#Bologna}}
Results
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:left
|+ Summary of the 2016 Bologna City Council election results |
| colspan="11"|File:Consiglio Comunale Bologna.svg |
| rowspan=2 colspan="2"| Candidates
! colspan=2| 1st round ! colspan=2| 2nd round ! rowspan=2| Leaders ! rowspan=2| Parties ! rowspan=2| Votes ! rowspan=2| % ! rowspan=2| Seats |
|---|
| Votes
! % ! Votes ! % |
| bgcolor="{{party color|Centre-left coalition}}" rowspan=6|
| rowspan=6| Virginio Merola | rowspan=6 align=right| 68,772 | rowspan=6 align=right| 39.48 | rowspan=6 align=right| 83,907 | rowspan=6 align=right| 54.64 | rowspan=6 align=right| – | align=right| 60,066 | align=right| 35.46 | align=right| 21 |
| Common City with Amelia
| align=right| 4,917 | align=right| 2.90 | align=right| 1 |
| Federation of the Greens (A)
| align=right| 2,574 | align=right| 1.52 | align=right| – |
| Bologna Alive
| align=right| 1,416 | align=right| 0.84 | align=right| – |
| Citizens for Bologna
| align=right| 1,325 | align=right| 0.78 | align=right| – |
| Bologna metropolitan hits the mark
| align=right| 487 | align=right| 0.29 | align=right| – |
| bgcolor="{{party color|Centre-right coalition}}" rowspan=5|
| rowspan=5|Lucia Borgonzoni | rowspan=5 align=right| 38,807 | rowspan=5 align=right| 22.28 | rowspan=5 align=right| 69,660 | rowspan=5 align=right| 45.36 | rowspan=5 align=right| 1 | align=right| 17,376 | align=right| 10.26 | align=right| 3 |
| Forza Italia
| align=right| 10,614 | align=right| 6.27 | align=right| 2 |
| United We Win
| align=right| 4,176 | align=right| 2.47 | align=right| – |
| Brothers of Italy
| align=right| 4,073 | align=right| 2.40 | align=right|– |
| Let's take back Bologna
| align=right| 1,025 | align=right| 0.61 | align=right| – |
| bgcolor="{{party color|Five Star Movement}}" |
| Massimo Bugani | align=right| 28,889 | align=right| 16.59 | align=right| – | align=right| – | align=right| 1 | align=right| 28,115 | align=right| 16.60 | align=right| 3 |
| bgcolor="{{party color|Union of the Centre (2002)}}" |
| Manes Bernardini | align=right| 18,188 | align=right| 10.44 | align=right| – | align=right| – | align=right| 1 | align=right| 16,844 | align=right| 9.94 | align=right| 1 |
| bgcolor="{{party color|Left Ecology Freedom}}" |
| Federico Martelloni | align=right| 12,188 | align=right| 7.00 | align=right| – | align=right| – | align=right| 1 | Civic Coalition | align=right| 12,017 | align=right| 7.09 | align=right| 1 |
| bgcolor="{{party color|Federation of the Greens}}" |
| Matteo Badiali | align=right| 2,645 | align=right| 1.52 | align=right| – | align=right| – | align=right| – | align=right| 2,569 | align=right| 1.51 | align=right| – |
| bgcolor="{{party color|Workers' Communist Party (Italy)}}" |
| Ermanno Lorenzoni | align=right| 2,178 | align=right| 1.25 | align=right| – | align=right| – | align=right| – | align=right| 1,869 | align=right| 1.10 | align=right| – |
| bgcolor="{{party color|The People of the Family}}" |
| Mirko De Carli | align=right| 2,074 | align=right| 1.19 | align=right| – | align=right| – | align=right| – | align=right| 2,087 | align=right| 1.23 | align=right| – |
| bgcolor="{{party color|Independent politician}}" |
| Sergio Celloni | align=right| 446 | align=right| 0.26 | align=right| – | align=right| – | align=right| – | Justice Honor Freedom | align=right| 428 | align=right| 0.25 | align=right| – |
| bgcolor=ececec
| colspan="2"| Total | align=right| 174,187 | align=right| 100.00 | align=right| 153,567 | align=right| 100.00 | align=right| 4 | align=right| | align=right| 169,409 | align=right| 100.00 | align=right| 32 |
| style="text-align:left;" colspan="11"|Source: [https://elezionistorico.interno.gov.it/index.php?tpel=G&dtel=05/06/2016&tpa=I&tpe=C&lev0=0&levsut0=0&lev1=8&levsut1=1&lev2=13&levsut2=2&lev3=60&levsut3=3&ne1=8&ne2=13&ne3=130060&es0=S&es1=S&es2=S&es3=N&ms=S Ministry of the Interior] |
Notes: if a defeated candidate for Mayor obtained over 3% of votes, the mayoral candidate is automatically elected communal councilor (Borgonzoni, Bugani, Bernardini and Martelloni); see Italian electoral law of 1993 for Comuni. The candidate elected Mayor is not a member of communal council, but Merola votes in the communal council (see Italian electoral law 1993).
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