2021 Bologna municipal election

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.{{cite web |title=Ministero dell'Interno – Approfondimento |url=https://www1.interno.gov.it/mininterno/export/sites/default/it/sezioni/sala_stampa/notizie/elezioni/app_notizia_20749.html |website=Ministero dell'Interno |accessdate=17 July 2020 |language=Italian}}

• Anna Ascani (PD), current Vicepresident of the Democratic Party (2019–today) and Undersecretary for Economic Development (2021–today)
• Stefano Bonaccini (PD), current President of Emilia-Romagna (2014–today){{cite news |title=Comunali, Lepore raggiunge le firme per le primarie: "Oltre 1.500 sottoscrizioni in tre giorni" |url=https://www.bolognatoday.it/politica/elezioni/elezioni-bologna-2021/matteo-lepore-raccolta-firma-primarie.html |access-date=14 May 2021 |agency=bolognatoday.it |date=14 May 2021 |language=Italian}}
• Emily Marion Clancy (SI), municipal councillor for Bologna (2016–today){{cite news |title=Primarie Bologna 2021, Conti: "Raccolte 1.500 firme". Coalizione civica sta con Lepore |url=https://www.ilrestodelcarlino.it/bologna/politica/primarie-conti-graffiti-1.6366421 |access-date=15 May 2021 |agency=Il Resto del Carlino |date=15 May 2021|language=Italian}}
• Giuseppe Conte (M5S), former Prime Minister (2018–2021)
• Valentina Cuppi (PD), current President of the Democratic Party (2020–today), mayor of Marzabotto (2019–today)
• Andrea De Maria (PD), Member of the Chamber of Deputies (2013–today), mayor of Marzabotto (1995–2004){{cite news |title=Comunali 2021, svolta nel Pd: De Maria sostiene Lepore |url=https://www.bolognatoday.it/politica/lepore-candidato-sindaco-bologna-pd-de-maria.html |access-date=18 April 2021 |work=BolognaToday |date=10 March 2021 |language=it}}
• Vasco Errani (Art.1), former President of Emilia-Romagna (1999–2014)
• Cathy La Torre (Independent), lawyer and LGBT activist, municipal councillor for Bologna (2011–2016){{cite news |title=Comunali Bologna, Cathy La Torre: "Avrei voluto sfidare Lepore, ma scelgo di stargli accanto" |url=https://www.bolognatoday.it/politica/cathy-la-torre-candidato-lepore.html |access-date=24 April 2021 |agency=bolognatoday.it |date=24 March 2021 |language=Italian}}
• Nicola Fratoianni (SI), current Secretary of Italian Left (2017–2019; 2021–today){{cite news |title=Accordo Lepore-Clancy, Fratoianni: "Facciamoli vincere, Bologna può diventare la capitale dell'innovazione sociale" |url=https://www.bolognatoday.it/politica/elezioni/elezioni-bologna-2021/accordo-lepore-clancy-fratoianni.html |access-date=18 May 2021 |agency=BolognaToday |date=17 May 2021 |language=it}}
• Enrico Letta (PD), current Secretary of the Democratic Party (2021–today) and former Prime Minister (2013–2014){{cite news |title=Primarie Bologna, Letta appoggia Lepore|url=https://www.ilrestodelcarlino.it/bologna/politica/primarie-letta-lepore-1.6344803 |access-date=12 May 2021 |agency=Il Resto del Carlino |date=10 May 2021 |language=it}}
• Virginio Merola (PD), current Mayor of Bologna (2011–today){{cite news |title=Elezioni sindaco 2021, endorsement Merola per Lepore: "Ha i numeri giusti" |url=https://www.bolognatoday.it/politica/elezioni-sindaco-2021-merola-lepore.html |access-date=18 April 2021 |work=BolognaToday |date=19 March 2021 |language=it}}
• Dario Nardella (PD), current Mayor of Florence (2014–today){{cite news |title=Primarie, il "renziano" Dario Nardella sceglie Lepore: "Forza Matteo, ti aspetto a Firenze da sindaco"|url=https://bologna.repubblica.it/cronaca/2021/05/18/news/primarie_nardella_lepore_renziani_spaccati_conti_bugani-301470084/ |access-date=18 May 2021 |work=La Repubblica |date=18 May 2021 |language=it}}
• Romano Prodi (Independent), former Prime Minister (1996–1998; 2006–2008){{cite news |title=Prodi: "Io al Quirinale? Non è il mio mestiere, mai super partes. Sconfissi Berlusconi perché non mi prese sul serio"|url=https://bologna.repubblica.it/cronaca/2021/05/29/news/prodi_io_al_quirinale_non_e_il_mio_mestiere_mai_super_partes_sconfissi_berlusconi_perche_non_mi_prese_sul_serio_-303285320/?ref=RHTP-VS-I287409039-P4-S1-T1 |access-date=29 May 2021 |agency=La Repubblica |date=29 May 2021 |language=it}}
• Peppe Provenzano (PD), current Deputy secretary of the Democratic Party (2021–today) and former Minister for Territorial Cohesion (2019–2021){{cite news |title=Elezioni Primarie, Pd: i big spingono Lepore. Letta: "Un ottimo sindaco"|url=https://www.ilrestodelcarlino.it/bologna/elezionicomunali/pd-i-big-spingono-lepore-letta-un-ottimo-sindaco-1.6482657/amp |access-date=17 June 2021 |agency=Il Resto del Carlino |date=15 June 2021 |language=it}}
• Mattia Santori (Independent), leader of the Sardines movement{{cite news |title=Primarie centrosinistra a Bologna, la Sardina Mattia Santori: "Isabella Conti dovrebbe stracciare la tessera di Italia Viva, la stimo ma personalmente voterò Lepore" |url=https://www.la7.it/laria-che-tira/video/primarie-centrosinistra-a-bologna-la-sardina-mattia-santori-isabella-conti-dovrebbe-stracciare-la-23-04-2021-377046 |access-date=25 April 2021 |agency=La7 |date=23 April 2021 |language=it}}
• Elly Schlein (GI), current Vicepresident of Emilia-Romagna (2020–today){{cite news |title=Bologna, primarie centrosinistra: Coalizione Civica e Coraggiosa sostengono Matteo Lepore |url=https://corrieredibologna.corriere.it/bologna/politica/21_maggio_15/bologna-primarie-centrosinistra-ufficiale-l-alleanza-lepore-coalizione-civica-115b6aa6-b594-11eb-904b-857ce6c53dca.shtml |access-date=18 May 2021 |agency=Corriere della Sera |date=15 May 2021 |language=Italian}}
• Nicola Zingaretti (PD), President of Lazio (2013–today) and former Secretary of the Democratic Party (2019–2021)

• Alberto Aitini (PD), municipal assessor for Bologna (2016–today){{cite news |title=Primarie Bologna 2021, siluro di Aitini: "Sto con Isabella Conti"|url=https://www.ilrestodelcarlino.it/bologna/politica/primarie-2021-aitini-conti-1.6335181 |access-date=8 May 2021 |work=Il Resto del Carlino |date=7 May 2021 |language=it}}
• Mauro Felicori (Independent), regional assessor of Culture (2020–today){{cite news |title=Primarie Bologna, l'endorsement dell'assessore Felicori: "Voto Isabella Conti"|url=https://bologna.repubblica.it/cronaca/2021/06/07/news/primarie_bologna_felicori-304552371/ |access-date=14 June 2021 |work=La Repubblica |date=7 June 2021 |language=it}}
• Gian Luca Galletti (CpE), Minister of Environment (2014–2018), member of the Chamber of Deputies (2006–2013){{cite news |title=Comunali Bologna, i centristi Tonelli e Galletti riaprono a sinistra: "Isabella Conti novità importante"|url=https://bologna.repubblica.it/cronaca/2021/04/15/news/comunali_tonelli_civici_galletti_conti_primarie_lepore_pd-296547851/ |access-date=5 May 2021 |work=La Repubblica |date=15 April 2021 |language=it}}
• Elisabetta Gualmini (PD), Member of the European Parliament (2019–today){{cite news |title=Altro che Roma e Torino, le primarie più interessanti sono a Bologna |url=https://www.lanazione.it/pecore-elettriche/primarie-bologna-1.6377171 |access-date=18 May 2021 |agency=La Nazione |date=18 May 2021 |language=Italian}}
• Marco Lombardo (PD), municipal assessor for Bologna (2016–today){{cite news |title=Conti-Lepore: la sindaca di San Lazzaro incassa l'appoggio di Lombardo. Pd invoca libertà di voto |url=https://www.bolognatoday.it/politica/elezioni/elezioni-bologna-2021/elezioni-conti-lepore-social-lombardo.html |access-date=22 April 2021 |work=BolognaToday |date=22 April 2021 |language=it}}
• Matteo Renzi (IV), member of the Senate of the Republic (2018–today), former Prime Minister (2014–2016)[https://corrieredibologna.corriere.it/bologna/politica/21_aprile_06/bologna-matteo-renzi-candida-isabella-conti-le-amministrative-32a36668-96d7-11eb-9062-f607427fe665.shtml Bologna, Matteo Renzi candida Isabella Conti per le amministrative], Corriere di Bologna
• Giampiero Veronesi (PD), Mayor of Anzola dell'Emilia (2014–today){{cite news |title="Sostengo Conti, per lei farei volantinaggio"|url=https://incronaca.unibo.it/archivio/2021/05/05/sostengo-conti-per-lei-faro-volantinaggio |access-date=6 May 2021 |work=incronaca.unibo.it |date=5 May 2021 |language=it}}

This is a list of the parties (and their respective leaders) which will participate in the election.{{Cite web|last=Maestri|first=Pubblicato da Gabriele|title=Bologna, simboli e curiosità sulla scheda|url=http://www.isimbolidelladiscordia.it/2021/09/bologna-simboli-e-curiosita-sulla-scheda.html|access-date=2021-09-25}}

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Notes: if a defeated candidate for Mayor obtained over 3% of votes, he/she is automatically elected communal councilor (Battistini); 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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