2008 Rome municipal election

Following the fall of Prodi's government in January 2008,[1] Veltroni, as national secretary of the newborn Democratic Party (PD), was chosen to run as the main candidate for the centre-left coalition in the April snap general election and resigned to concentrate on the national campaign.[2]

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.

For municipi the voting system is the same, not referred to the mayor but to the president of the municipio.

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.

This is a list of the major parties (and their respective leaders) which participated in the election.

Summary of the 2008 Rome City Council and Mayoral election results

Candidates		1st round		2nd round		Leader's seat	Parties		Votes	%	Seats
		Votes	%	Votes	%
	Gianni Alemanno	675,111	40.73	783,725	53.66	–		The People of Freedom	559,559	36.58	35
								Alemanno for Mayor	18,734	1.22	1
								The People of Life	10,194	0.67	–
								Movement for Autonomy	9,185	0.60	–
								The Voice of Consumers	5,196	0.34	–
								Italian Republican Party	3,308	0.22	–
								Total	606,176	39.62	36[lower-alpha 1]
	Francesco Rutelli	759,252	45.80	676,850	46.34	Y		Democratic Party	520,723	34.04	17
								The Left – The Rainbow	69,079	4.52	2
								Italy of Values	50,704	3.31	1
								Rutelli List	41,880	2.74	1
								Under30 for Rutelli	11,486	0.75	–
								Bonino List	10,427	0.68	–
								Moderates for Rome	7,470	0.49	–
								Democratic Union for Consumers	2,699	0.18	–
								Total	714,468	46.70	21
	Francesco Storace	55,041	3.32	–	–	–		The Right – Tricolour Flame	51,614	3.37	1
	Luciano Ciocchetti	52,055	3.14	–	–	–		Union of the Centre	50,682	3.31	1
	Serenetta Monti	43,966	2.65	–	–	–		Friends of Beppe Grillo	40,389	2.64	–
	Franco Grillini	13,604	0.82	–	–	–		Socialist Party	11,413	0.75	–
	Michele Baldi	13,002	0.78	–	–	–		Baldi List	11,913	0.78	–
	Mario Baccini	12,179	0.73	–	–	–		The White Rose	11,659	0.76	–
	Dario Di Francesco	12,041	0.73	–	–	–		Forza Roma	4,911	0.32	–
								Talking Cricket List	4,895	0.32	–
								Avanti Lazio	1,792	0.12	–
								Total	11,598	0.76	–
	Armando Morgia	8,724	0.53	–	–	–		Critical Left	8,207	0.54	–
	Susanna Capristo	5,011	0.30	–	–	–		Workers' Communist Party	4,608	0.30	–
	David Gramiccioli	3,556	0.21	–	–	–		Dolphin National Movement	3,309	0.22	–
	Pietro De Stefani	2,699	0.16	–	–	–		Pensions and Work	1,883	0.12	–
								The Green Thing	673	0.04	–
								Total	2,556	0.17	–
	Umberto Calabrese	1,342	0.08	–	–	–		My Italy	1,279	0.08	–
Total		1,657,583	100.00	1,460,575	100.00	1			1,529,871	100.00	59
Eligible voters		2,347,502	100.00	2,347,502	100.00
Did not vote		618,215	26.34	865,707	36.88
Voted		1,729,287	73.66	1,481,795	63.12
Blank or invalid ballots		71,704	4.14	21,220	1.43
Total valid votes		1,657,583	95.86	1,460,575	98.57
Source: Ministry of the Interior

Notes

Table below shows the results for each municipio with the percentage for each coalition on the first round:

Table below shows the results for each municipio with the percentage for each coalition on the second round:

Source: Municipality of Rome - Electoral Service