The municipal elections in Naples took place on 3 and 4 October 2021. The incumbent Mayor of Naples was Luigi de Magistris of Democracy and Autonomy, who won the 2016 Naples municipal election.
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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.[1]
Background
The center-left coalition will not nominate their candidate through the primary election in order to avoid the same troubles that happened during the last municipal primary election in Naples.[2] Through the municipal secretary of the Democratic Party, the coalition is seeking for an alliance with the Five Star Movement and Italian Left.[3][4]
Parties and candidates
This is a list of the parties (and their respective leaders) which will participate in the election.[5]
| Political force or alliance | Constituent lists | Candidate | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bassolino coalition | Bassolino x Naples | Antonio Bassolino | ||
| With Naples | ||||
| Naples is Naples | ||||
| Gay Party | ||||
| Action | ||||
| Clemente coaliion | Alessandra Clemente for Mayor (incl. DemA, PRC, PCI, PdS) | Alessandra Clemente | ||
| Naples 20 30 | ||||
| Power to the People | ||||
| Centre-left coalition | Democratic Party | Gaetano Manfredi | ||
| Five Star Movement | ||||
| Solidarity Naples Left (incl. Art.1, SI, PSI) | ||||
| Us Campanians for the City | ||||
| Democratic Centre | ||||
| Green Europe | ||||
| Moderates | ||||
| Democratic Republicans | ||||
| Manfredi List | ||||
| Azzurri – We the South – Napoli Viva | ||||
| Free Naples | ||||
| For People and the Community | ||||
| Now Naples | ||||
| Centre-right coalition | European Liberal Party | Catello Maresca | ||
| Brothers of Italy | ||||
| Forza Italia | ||||
| Cambiamo! | ||||
| Us with Italy – AdC – Neapolitan Renaissance | ||||
| Being Naples | ||||
| Naples Capital (incl. PdF, LSA, SeF) | ||||
| Neapolitan Pride | ||||
| 3V Movement | Giovanni Moscarella | |||
| August 24th Movement | Rosa Solombrino | |||
| Naples on the move – No alliances | Matteo Brambilla | |||
Potential and declined candidates
Potential
Centre-left coalition
- Umberto De Gregorio, President of the Ente Autonomo Volturno[6]
- Gennaro Migliore, Member of the Chamber of Deputies since 2013[6]
- Nicola Oddati, municipal assessor for Naples (2006–2011)[6]
Centre-right coalition
Others
Declined
Centre-left coalition
- Vincenzo Amendola, Minister of European Affairs (2019–2021)[8]
- Roberto Fico, President of the Chamber of Deputies since 2018[9]
Centre-right coalition
Opinion polls
Candidates
First round
| Date | Polling firm/ Client | Sample size | Clemente | Maresca | Manfredi | Bassolino | Others | Lead |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 October 2021 | Election result | - | 5.6 | 21.9 | 62.9 | 8.2 | 1.5 | 25.7 |
| 13–15 Sep 2021 | BiDiMedia | 1,035 | 9.1 | 22.5 | 48.0 | 17.5 | 2.5 | 25.5 |
| 12–15 Sep 2021 | Noto | 1,000 | 7.0 | 28.0 | 44.0 | 18.0 | 3.0 | 16.0 |
| 6–11 Sep 2021 | Ipsos | 1,000 | 11.0 | 29.5 | 45.5 | 11.0 | 3.0 | 16.0 |
| 8–10 Sep 2021 | Winpoll | 800 | 9.7 | 21.1 | 47.4 | 17.3 | 4.5 | 26.3 |
| 7–10 Sep 2021 | Quorum | 805 | 8.3 | 25.9 | 47.9 | 17.1 | 0.8 | 22.0 |
| 3–8 Sep 2021 | YouTrend | 802 | 7.4 | 26.2 | 48.2 | 17.4 | 0.8 | 22.0 |
| 2 Sep 2021 | Demopolis | — | 6.0 | 29.0 | 46.0 | 15.0 | 4.0 | 17.0 |
| 10 Aug 2021 | Opinio Italia | — | 7.0 | 29.0 | 44.0 | 16.0 | 4.0 | 15.0 |
| 1 Jul 2021 | Lab2101 | — | 20.7 | 23.5 | 40.2 | 8.9 | 6.7 | 16.7 |
| 23 Jun 2021 | Tecnè | 1,000 | 8.2 | 30.6 | 41.6 | 13.8 | 5.8 | 11.0 |
| 18–20 Jun 2021 | Tecnè | 800 | 8.0 | 31.0 | 42.0 | 13.0 | 6.0 | 11.0 |
| 14–16 Jun 2021 | Winpoll | 800 | 14.2 | 23.3 | 40.4 | 17.2 | 4.9 | 17.1 |
| 1–2 Jun 2021 | Noto | 2,000 | 6.0 | 38.0 | 43.0 | 6.0 | 7.0 | 5.0 |
Second round
Manfredi vs. Maresca
| Date | Polling firm/ Client | Sample size | Manfredi | Maresca | Lead |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13–15 Sep 2021 | BiDiMedia | 1,035 | 66.0 | 34.0 | 32.0 |
| 6–11 Sep 2021 | Ipsos | 1,000 | 63.0 | 37.0 | 26.0 |
| 8–10 Sep 2021 | Winpoll | 800 | 63.5 | 36.5 | 27.0 |
| 7–10 Sep 2021 | Quorum | 805 | 69.9 | 30.1 | 39.8 |
| 3–8 Sep 2021 | YouTrend | 802 | 69.2 | 30.8 | 38.4 |
| 1 Jul 2021 | Lab2101 | — | 55.2 | 44.8 | 10.4 |
| 14–16 Jun 2021 | Winpoll | 800 | 62.6 | 37.4 | 25.2 |
Manfredi vs. Bassolino
| Date | Polling firm/ Client | Sample size | Manfredi | Bassolino | Lead |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13–15 Sep 2021 | BiDiMedia | 1,035 | 53.0 | 47.0 | 6.0 |
| 8–10 Sep 2021 | Winpoll | 800 | 57.2 | 42.8 | 14.4 |
| 1 Jul 2021 | Lab2101 | — | 72.8 | 27.2 | 45.6 |
| 14–16 Jun 2021 | Winpoll | 800 | 56.3 | 43.7 | 12.6 |
Manfredi vs. Clemente
| Date | Polling firm/ Client | Sample size | Manfredi | Clemente | Lead |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13–15 Sep 2021 | BiDiMedia | 1,035 | 68.0 | 32.0 | 36.0 |
| 8–10 Sep 2021 | Winpoll | 800 | 67.8 | 31.2 | 36.6 |
| 1 Jul 2021 | Lab2101 | — | 51.2 | 48.8 | 2.4 |
Bassolino vs. Maresca
| Date | Polling firm/ Client | Sample size | Bassolino | Maresca | Lead |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Jul 2021 | Lab2101 | — | 45.1 | 54.9 | 9.8 |
| 14–16 Jun 2021 | Winpoll | 800 | 52.2 | 47.8 | 4.4 |
Bassolino vs. Clemente
| Date | Polling firm/ Client | Sample size | Bassolino | Clemente | Lead |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Jul 2021 | Lab2101 | — | 38.8 | 61.2 | 22.4 |
Clemente vs. Maresca
| Date | Polling firm/ Client | Sample size | Clemente | Maresca | Lead |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Jul 2021 | Lab2101 | — | 55.3 | 44.7 | 10.6 |
Parties
| Date | Polling firm | Sample size | Left-wing | Centre-left | Centre-right | Centre | Others | Undecided | Lead | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| DemA | Other | PD | M5S | EV | IV | Art.1-SI | Other | FI | FdI | Lega | Other | A | Other | ||||||
| 13–15 Sep 2021 | BiDiMedia | 1,035 | 4.5 | 4.8 | 14.4 | 13.8 | 1.8 | 4.4 | — | 15.4 | 3.4 | 7.6 | 2.6 | 8.7 | 2.2 | 13.3 | 3.1 | 22.0 | 0.6 |
| 6–11 Sep 2021 | Ipsos | 1,000 | 6.5 | 5.3 | 17.4 | 18.6 | 13.3 | 5.3 | 7.1 | 3.5 | 14.2 | 8.0 | 0.8 | — | 1.2 | ||||
| 8–10 Sep 2021 | Winpoll | 800 | 10.9 | 18.7 | 15.5 | 2.6 | 9.7 | 5.6 | 7.4 | 2.9 | 6.3 | 3.2 | 12.7 | 4.5 | 34.0 | 3.2 | |||
| 3–8 Sep 2021 | YouTrend | 802 | 5.3 | 15.4 | 28.0 | 10.5 | 3.9 | 7.8 | 6.4 | 5.3 | 11.3 | 6.2 | 54.5 | 12.6 | |||||
| 23 Jun 2021 | Tecnè | 1,000 | 8.1 | 17.8 | 15.8 | 9.6 | 7.7 | 12.2 | 6.7 | 3.9 | 11.6 | 6.1 | 45.4 | 2.0 | |||||
| 14–16 Jun 2021 | Winpoll[permanent dead link] | 800 | 13.5 | 19.0 | 16.2 | 2.2 | 1.7 | 2.0 | 0.5 | 7.3 | 10.9 | 6.7 | — | 1.0 | 14.8 | 4.2 | 40.0 | 5.7 | |
| 5 June 2016 | Election result | - | 7.6 | 32.2 | 11.6 | 9.7 | DNP | DNP | DNP | 12.0 | 9.6 | 1.2 | DNP | 15.0 | DNP | 1.0 | - | 1.9 | |
Results
| Mayoral candidates | Votes | % | Leaders seats | Parties | Votes | % | Seats | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gaetano Manfredi | 218,087 | 62.88 | – | Democratic Party | 39,904 | 12.20 | 6 | |||
| Manfredi List | 32,451 | 9.92 | 5 | |||||||
| Five Star Movement | 31,805 | 9.73 | 5 | |||||||
| Azzurri – We the South – Naples Alive | 17,791 | 5.44 | 2 | |||||||
| Free Naples | 15,053 | 4.60 | 2 | |||||||
| Us Campanians | 13,164 | 4.03 | 2 | |||||||
| Solidary Naples | 12,596 | 3.85 | 2 | |||||||
| Now Naples | 12,307 | 3.76 | 1 | |||||||
| Green Europe | 10,496 | 3.21 | 1 | |||||||
| Democratic Centre | 9,800 | 3.00 | 1 | |||||||
| Moderates | 8,408 | 2.57 | 1 | |||||||
| People and Community | 6,006 | 1.84 | 0 | |||||||
| Democratic Republicans | 5,646 | 1.76 | 0 | |||||||
| Total | 215,427 | 65.88 | 28 | |||||||
| Catello Maresca | 75,891 | 21.88 | 1 | Forza Italia | 21,691 | 6.63 | 3 | |||
| Brothers of Italy | 14,404 | 4.41 | 1 | |||||||
| Maresca for Mayor | 9,175 | 2.81 | 1 | |||||||
| Naples Capital (PdF – LSA – Others) | 8,494 | 2.60 | 1 | |||||||
| Cambiamo! | 8,291 | 2.54 | 1 | |||||||
| Us with Italy – Alliance of the Centre | 3,066 | 0.94 | 0 | |||||||
| Neapolitan Pride | 2,605 | 0.80 | 0 | |||||||
| European Liberal Party | 572 | 0.17 | 0 | |||||||
| Total | 68,298 | 20.89 | 7 | |||||||
| Antonio Bassolino | 28,451 | 8.20 | 1 | Bassolino for Naples | 13,562 | 4.15 | 1 | |||
| With Naples | 4,097 | 1.25 | 0 | |||||||
| Action | 1,483 | 0.45 | 0 | |||||||
| Naples is Naples | 1,414 | 0.43 | 0 | |||||||
| Gay Party | 930 | 0.28 | 0 | |||||||
| Total | 21,486 | 6.57 | 1 | |||||||
| Alessandra Clemente | 19,338 | 5.58 | 1 | Alessandra Clemente for Mayor | 10,564 | 3.23 | 1 | |||
| Power to the People | 4,358 | 1.33 | 0 | |||||||
| Naples 2030 | 2,450 | 0.75 | 0 | |||||||
| Total | 17,372 | 5.31 | 1 | |||||||
| Matteo Brambilla | 2,162 | 0.62 | – | Naples on the Move | 1,960 | 0.70 | 0 | |||
| Giovanni Moscarella | 1,810 | 0.52 | – | 3V Movement | 1,516 | 0.46 | 0 | |||
| Rossella Solombrino | 1,078 | 0.31 | – | August 24th Movement | 921 | 0.28 | 0 | |||
| Total | 346,807 | 100.00 | 3 | 326,990 | 100.00 | 37 | ||||
| Total valid votes | 346,807 | 94.66 | ||||||||
| Blank or invalid ballots | 19,567 | 5.34 | ||||||||
| Turnout | 366,374 | 47.17 | ||||||||
| Eligible voters | 776,751 | 100.00 | ||||||||
| Source: Ministry of the Interior Archived 2021-10-16 at the Wayback Machine | ||||||||||