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The 2012 Italian local elections were held on 6–7 May, with a second round on 20–21 May. In Italy, direct elections were held in 948 municipalities: in each municipality (comune) were chosen mayor and members of the City Council. Of the 948 municipalities, 28 were provincial capitals and only 176 had a population higher than 15,000 inhabitants (10,000 for Sicily).

Citizens living in Italy who were 18 or over on election day were entitled to vote in the local council elections. The deadline for voters to register to vote in the 6–7 May elections was midday on Tuesday 3 April 2012.

For the first time there weren't provincial elections around Italy because they were abolished by the Law n.3660 of 4 December 2011. Instead of a president, the provincial government would be entrusted to a Special Commissioner.

Other elections were taken on 10–11 June with a second round on 24–25 June in 65 municipalities of Sardinia: important cities like Alghero and Oristano chose their mayors and councils.

Total voter turnout on the first round was of 66.9%, lower than that of 2007; 667 municipalities in the first round had a mayor elected (except Sicily).

In Isernia, the result was an anatra zoppa case: Ugo De Vivo of centre-left coalition won the runoff, but the lists supporting him did not get a majority of votes, thus leaving him without a council majority.

## Voting System

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All mayoral elections in Italy in cities with a population higher than 15,000 use the same voting system. 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 at least 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. If the lists supporting a different candidate than the elected mayor receive a majority of votes, the outcome will be anatra zoppa: with the mayor and the majority of council being from different camps.

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.

## Results

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Majority of each coalition in 142 municipalities (comuni) with a population higher than 15,000:

Coalition | Comuni

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| Centre-left coalition | 82
| Centre-right coalition | 29
| Five Star Movement | 2
| Independents and others | 29

### Party results

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Party votes in 26 provincial capital municipalities:

Party  | Votes  | %

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| Democratic Party | 248,909  | 16.29
| The People of Freedom | 176,983  | 11.58
| Five Star Movement | 105,488  | 6.90
| Union of the Centre | 75,782  | 4.96
| Italy of Values | 68,290  | 4.47
| Left Ecology Freedom | 46,943  | 3.07
| Northern League | 41,388  | 2.71
Totals
with others | 1,528,047 | 100

### Mayoral election results

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Cities  | Population  | Incumbent mayor  | Party | Elected mayor  | Party

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L'Aquila | 72,511  | Massimo Cialente |  | Centre-left | Massimo Cialente |  | Centre-left
Catanzaro | 93,124  | Michele Traversa |  | Centre-right | Sergio Abramo |  | Centre-right
Parma | 186,690  | Pietro Vignali |  | Centre-right | Federico Pizzarotti |  | Five Star
Piacenza | 103,206  | Roberto Reggi |  | Centre-left | Paolo Dosi |  | Centre-left
Gorizia | 35,798  | Ettore Romoli |  | Centre-right | Ettore Romoli |  | Centre-right
Frosinone | 48,122  | Michele Marini |  | Centre-left | Nicola Ottaviani |  | Centre-right
Rieti | 47,774  | Giuseppe Emili  |  | Centre-right | Simone Petrangeli |  | Centre-left
Genoa | 607,906  | Marta Vincenzi |  | Centre-left | Marco Doria |  | Centre-left
La Spezia | 95,378  | Massimo Federici |  | Centre-left | Massimo Federici |  | Centre-left
Como | 85,263  | Stefano Bruni  |  | Centre-right | Mario Lucini |  | Centre-left
Monza | 122,712  | Marco Mariani  |  | Centre-right | Roberto Scanagatti |  | Centre-left
Isernia | 22,150  | Gabriele Melogli  |  | Centre-right | Ugo De Vivo |  | Centre-left
Alessandria | 94,974  | Piercarlo Fabbio  |  | Centre-right | Maria Rita Rossa |  | Centre-left
Asti | 76,534  | Giorgio Galvagno  |  | Centre-right | Fabrizio Brignolo |  | Centre-left
Cuneo | 55,714  | Alberto Valmaggia  |  | Centre-left | Federico Borgna |  | Centre
Brindisi | 89,780  | Domenico Mennitti  |  | Centre-right | Cosimo Consales |  | Centre-left
Lecce | 95,520  | Paolo Perrone |  | Centre-right | Paolo Perrone |  | Centre-right
Taranto | 203,257  | Ippazio Stefano |  | Centre-left | Ippazio Stefano |  | Centre-left
Trani | 53,940  | Giuseppe Tarantini  |  | Centre-right | Luigi Nicola Riserbato |  | Centre-right
Oristano | 31,630  | Angela Eugenia Nonnis  |  | Centre-right | Guido Tendas |  | Centre-left
Agrigento | 54,619  | Marco Zambuto |  | Centre | Marco Zambuto |  | Centre
Palermo | 686,722  | Diego Cammarata |  | Centre-right | Leoluca Orlando |  | Left-wing
Trapani | 68,346  | Girolamo Fazio  |  | Centre-right | Vito Damiano |  | Centre-right
Lucca | 84,939  | Mauro Favilla |  | Centre-right | Alessandro Tambellini |  | Centre-left
Pistoia | 90,288  | Roberto Berti |  | Centre-left | Samuele Bertinelli |  | Centre-left
Belluno | 36,599  | Antonio Prade  |  | Centre-right | Jacopo Massaro |  | Civic
Verona | 263,964  | Flavio Tosi |  | Centre-right | Flavio Tosi |  | Centre-right

### City councils

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City  |  | PD |  | PdL |  | M5S |  | LN |  | SEL |  | IdV |  | UDC |  | Others

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Alessandria | 10  | 5  | 2  | 0  | 1  | 1  | 1  | 8
Asti | 10  | 4  | 1  | 0  | 0  | 2  | 1  | 8
Cuneo | 2  | 0  | 0  | 1  | 0  | 1  | 5  | 18
La Spezia | 12  | 4  | 3  | 0  | 2  | 1  | 0  | 6
Genova | 12  | 4  | 4  | 0  | 2  | 3  | 4  | 7
Monza | 15  | 4  | 1  | 1  | 1  | 2  | 0  | 2
Como | 10  | 3  | 0  | 1  | 2  | 0  | 0  | 10
Verona | 6  | 1  | 2  | 5  | 1  | 0  | 1  | 17
Belluno | 3  | 1  | 1  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 23
Gorizia | 6  | 14  | 2  | 2  | 1  | 1  | 3  | 9
Parma | 5  | 0  | 20  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 1  | 2
Piacenza | 12  | 6  | 2  | 0  | 1  | 1  | 0  | 7
Lucca | 10  | 2  | 1  | 0  | 1  | 1  | 1  | 11
Pistoia | 14  | 5  | 2  | 0  | 1  | 1  | 0  | 6
Carrara | 8  | 1  | 2  | 0  | 1  | 0  | 0  | 9
Frosinone | 3  | 10  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 1  | 16
Rieti | 7  | 3  | 0  | 0  | 2  | 1  | 4  | 14
L'Aquila | 9  | 1  | 0  | 0  | 1  | 1  | 2  | 13
Isernia | 3  | 6  | 0  | 0  | 1  | 3  | 3  | 14
Brindisi | 6  | 3  | 0  | 0  | 2  | 0  | 3  | 14
Lecce | 4  | 10  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 16
Trani | 2  | 12  | 0  | 0  | 1  | 0  | 3  | 12
Taranto | 7  | 1  | 0  | 0  | 2  | 1  | 2  | 15
Oristano | 6  | 1  | 0  | 0  | 1  | 0  | 3  | 13
Palermo | 3  | 3  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 30  | 3  | 11
Agrigento | 2  | 5  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 4  | 19
Trapani | 3  | 5  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 22

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