2021 Milan municipal election

Municipal elections took place in Milan, Italy, on 3 and 4 October 2021 to elect the Mayor and the 48 members of the City Council, as well as the nine presidents and 270 councillors of the nine administrative zones (municipi) in which the municipality is divided, each one having one president and 30 councillors.

2021 Milan municipal election

3–4 October 2021
Turnout47.7% Decrease 6.9 pp
Mayoral election
 
Candidate Giuseppe Sala Luca Bernardo
Party Independent[1] Independent
Alliance Centre-left Centre-right
Votes 277,478 153,637
Percentage 57.7% 32.0%

Mayor before election

Giuseppe Sala
Independent

Elected Mayor

Giuseppe Sala
Independent

City Council election

All 48 seats in City Council
25 seats needed for a majority
PartyLeader % Seats +/–
Centre-left Giuseppe Sala 56.96 31 +2
Centre-right Luca Bernardo 32.78 17 +2

Local elections in Italy are usually scheduled between 15 April and 15 June, however on 4 March 2021 the Italian government decided to postpone them to the autumn following a new spike of cases in the coronavirus pandemic.[2]

As a result, incumbent mayor Giuseppe Sala was re-elected for a second five-year term by a landslide.

Electoral system

The semipresidential voting system is used for all mayoral elections in Italy, in the cities with a population higher than 15,000 inhabitants, for the seventh time. 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.

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 losing party is determined proportionally, using D'Hondt seat allocation. Only coalitions with more than 3% of votes are eligible to get any seats.[3]

Background

Centre-left coalition

On 7 December 2020, the incumbent mayor Giuseppe Sala announced that he had chosen to run for re-election in 2021 for a second term in office.[4] Sala announced that he would present his electoral program and the lists of his coalition before the end of January,[5] ruling out a possible alliance with the Five Star Movement (M5S).[6] Sala also sought a reconciliation with Green Europe after the rupture following the cutting of the trees in the Bassini Park to make way for a new department of chemistry for the Politecnico di Milano. Spokeswoman Elena Grandi initially announced an autonomous candidacy with its own candidate for mayor, but ultimately they had a meeting with the outgoing mayor to discuss their support for his candidacy.[7]

On 12 March 2021 Sala joined the European Green Party.

Parties and candidates

This is a partial list of the major parties (and their respective leaders) which will participate in the election.[8]

Political force or alliance Constituent lists Candidate
Centre-left coalition Democratic Party Giuseppe Sala
Beppe Sala for Mayor (incl. Art.1, DemoS, VèP)
United Milan – The Left for Sala (incl. SI, èViva)
The Reformers – Let's work for Milan with Sala
(incl. IV, A, +E, CD, PRI, ALI, others)
Green Europe
Healthy Milan
Volt
Radical Milan with Sala
Centre-right coalition League Luca Bernardo
Brothers of Italy
Forza Italia
Luca Bernardo for Mayor
Popular Milan (incl. Rin., NcI)
European Liberal Party
Five Star Movement Layla Pavone
Mariani coalition Milan in Common (incl. PRC, Pos, RS) Gabriele Antonio Mariani
Civic EnvironmentaList
Goggi coalition Socialists of Milan (incl. PSI, others) Giorgio Goggi
Liberal Milan
Communist Party Alessandro Pascale
Power to the People Bianca Tedone
Gay Party Mauro Festa
Milan Starts Here Bryant Biavaschi
Paragone coalition Paragone for Mayor (incl. Italexit, Vox Italy, PdF) Gianluigi Paragone
Great North
Workers' Communist Party Natale Azzaretto
3V Movement Teodosio De Bonis
Italian Communist Party Marco Muggiani

Opinion polls

Candidates

First round

Date Polling firm/
Client
Sample size Sala Bernardo Pavone Others Undecided Lead
4 October 2021 Election result - 57.7 32.0 2.7 7.6 - 25.7
13–16 Sep 2021 SWG 1,200 51.0 38.0 4.0 7.0 17.0 13.0
13–15 Sep 2021 Winpoll 804 55.5 35.9 3.0 5.6 20.0
12–15 Sep 2021 Noto 1,000 48.0 36.5 4.0 11.5 27.0 11.5
7–13 Sep 2021 Ipsos 1,000 49.5 34.9 6.4 9.2 25.0 14.6
10–12 Sep 2021 BiDiMedia 809 48.1 39.2 4.0 8.7 21.0 8.9
6–11 Sep 2021 Tecné 2,000 47.0 41.0 5.0 7.0 42.0 6.0
7–10 Sep 2021 Quorum 805 50.9 37.0 5.6 6.5 47.4 13.9
3–8 Sep 2021 Quorum 804 51.4 37.2 4.6 6.7 47.0 14.2
25–27 Aug 2021 BiDiMedia 811 47.1 39.8 5.1 8.0 28.0 7.3
15–27 Jul 2021 Winpoll 800 48.3 39.6 3.4 8.7 8.7
17–26 Jul 2021 Ipsos 1,200 47.5 38.6 7.8 6.2 8.9
16–19 Jul 2021 Tecnè 1,000 44.0 44.0 6.0 6.0 43.0 Tie
13–16 Jul 2021 Demopolis 4,220 45.5 42.5 5.0 6.0 3.0
2–5 Jul 2021 Demetra 702 46.0 45.0 9.0 1.0
18–20 Jun 2021 Tecnè 800 44.0 45.0 7.0 4.0 45.0 1.0
14–20 Feb 2021 BiDiMedia 736 47.1 36.9 6.0 10.0 24.0 10.2

Second round

Sala vs. Bernardo

Date Polling firm/
Client
Sample size Sala Bernardo Undecided Lead
13–16 Sep 2021 SWG 1,200 57.0 43.0 13.0 14.0
13–15 Sep 2021 Winpoll 804 63.7 36.3 22.0 27.4
7–13 Sep 2021 Ipsos 1,000 60.0 40.0 30.0 20.0
10–12 Sep 2021 BiDiMedia 809 56.5 43.5 24.0 13.0
3–8 Sep 2021 Quorum 804 64.2 35.8 28.4
17–26 Jul 2021 Ipsos 1,200 56.1 43.9 12.2

Parties

Date Polling firm Sample size Centre-left Centre-right M5S PRC Others Undecided Lead
PD +EA EV Art.1-SI Other Lega FI FdI Other M5S Other PRC Other
4 October 2021 Election result - 33.9 4.0 5.1 1.6 12.4 10.7 7.1 9.8 5.2 2.8 1.0 0.6 5.9 - 21.5
13–16 Sep 2021 SWG 1,200 23.8 3.8 2.9 2.1 17.1 14.8 7.7 11.8 4.8 5.2 6.0 16.0 9.0
13–15 Sep 2021 Winpoll 804 26.3 2.8 21.9 14.4 8.1 9.6 8.6 3.7 4.6 11.9
7–13 Sep 2021 Ipsos 1,000 23.5 2.5 1.4 2.4 17.6 13.1 7.1 13.1 4.0 8.5 6.8 26.0 10.4
10–12 Sep 2021 BiDiMedia 809 24.6 5.9 1.4 2.6 11.3 15.4 6.5 15.6 4.1 4.1 2.2 1.0 5.0 41.0 9.0
3–8 Sep 2021 Quorum 804 27.6 22.6 14.1 7.9 11.3 3.6 3.4 1.1 8.5 45.8 13.5
25–27 Aug 2021 BiDiMedia 811 24.6 5.4 1.4 2.9 10.6 16.6 6.7 14.2 4.1 5.6 2.0 1.0 4.5 8.0
14–20 Feb 2021 BiDiMedia 736 20.0 5.6 2.6 2.0 15.2 14.8 10.2 9.8 3.6 6.4 4.1 5.7 24.0 5.2
5 June 2016 Election result - 29.0 DNP DNP 3.8 10.2 11.8 20.2 2.4 6.6 10.4 3.5 2.1 - 8.8

Results

Incumbent mayor Beppe Sala, supported by a centre-left coalition, was re-elected in the first round with about 58% of the vote. His main opponent, centre-right candidate Luca Bernardo, got 31% of the votes. The voter turnout was 47.7%, almost 7 percentage points less than in the latest municipal election.[9]

Summary of the 2021 Milan City Council election results
Mayoral candidates Votes  % Leaders
seats
Parties Votes  % Seats
Giuseppe Sala 277,478 57.73 Democratic Party 152,200 33.86 20
Beppe Sala for Mayor – We, Milan 41,135 9.15 5
Green Europe 19,281 5.11 3
The Reformers – Let's work for Milan with Sala 18,049 4.01 2
Healthy Milan 7,367 1.64 1
United Milan – The Left for Sala 7,012 1.56
Radical Milan with Sala 4,816 1.07
Volt 2,502 0.56
Total 256,075 56.96 31
Luca Bernardo 153,637 31.97 1 League 48,283 10.74 6
Brothers of Italy 43,889 9.76 5
Forza Italia 31,819 7.08 3
Luca Bernardo for Mayor 14,055 3.13 1
Popular Milan 8,367 1.86 1
European Liberal Party 970 0.22
Total 147,383 32.78 16
Gianluigi Paragone 14,366 2.99 Paragone for Mayor 12,366 2.75
Great North 608 0.14
Total 12,974 2.89
Layla Pavone 12,953 2.70 Five Star Movement 12,517 2.78
Gabriele Antonio Mariani 7,566 1.57 Milan in Common 4,648 1.03
Civic EnvironmentaList 2,527 0.56
Total 7,175 1.60
Giorgio Goggi 3,402 0.71 Socialists of Milan 1,984 0.44
Liberal Milan 838 0.19
Total 2,822 0.63
Bianca Tedone 2,750 0.57 Power to the People 2,752 0.57
Mauro Festa 2,201 0.46 Gay Party 2,103 0.47
Teodosio De Bonis 2,162 0.45 3V Movement 1,935 0.43
Marco Muggiani 1,385 0.29 Italian Communist Party 1,439 0.32
Alessandro Pascale 1,297 0.27 Communist Party 1,203 0.27
Bryant Biavaschi 859 0.18 Milan Starts Here 809 0.18
Natale Azzaretto 552 0.11 Workers' Communist Party 556 0.12
Total 480,608 100.00 1 449,563 100.00 47
Total valid votes 480,608 97.86
Blank or invalid ballots 10,533 2.14
Turnout 491,141 47.72
Eligible voters 1,029,232 100.00
Source: Ministry of the Interior Archived 2021-10-16 at the Wayback Machine
Popular vote
PD
33.86%
Lega
10.74%
FdI
9.76%
Sala list
9.15%
FI
7.08%
EV
5.11%
Reformists
4.01%
Bernardo list
3.13%
Others
17.16%
Popular vote (coalition)
Centre-left
56.96%
Centre-right
32.78%
Council Seats
PD
41.67%
Lega
12.50%
FdI
10.42%
Sala list
10.42%
FI
6.25%
EV
6.25%
Reformists
4.17%
Others
6.25%
Council Seats (coalition)
Centre-left
64.58%
Centre-right
35.42%

Results in municipi

Presidents and Councils

The 9 municipi

Following the 2021 election, all the nine municipi were gained by the centre-left coalition.

Table below shows the results for each municipio with the percentage for each candidate and president elected:

Municipio Centre-left Centre-right Others Elected President Party
votes  % votes  % votes  %
1 23,017 62.48 12,149 32.98 1,671 4.54 Mattia Ibrahim Abdu PD
2 27,427 55.36 18,637 37.60 3,488 7.04 Simone Locatelli PD
3 32,477 58.23 17,343 31.10 5,949 10.67 Caterina Antola PD
4 30,262 54.93 19,363 35.15 5,468 9.92 Stefano Bianco SS
5 22,938 54.66 14,988 35.71 4,041 9.63 Natale Carapellese PD
6 30,311 58.51 16,804 32.44 4,691 9.05 Santo Minniti PD
7 31,747 53.47 22,038 37.12 5,586 9.41 Silvia Fossati Ind
8 36,140 57.04 21,951 34.64 5,274 8.32 Giulia Pelucchi PD
9 31,661 53.82 21,878 37.19 5,286 8.99 Anita Pirovano SS

Source: Municipality of Milan - Electoral Service

Table below shows the seats for each coalition in every Municipal Council:

Municipio Centre-left Centre-right Others Total
1 21 9 30
2 18 12 30
3 21 9 30
4 18 11 1 30
5 18 11 1 30
6 18 10 2 30
7 18 11 1 30
8 18 11 1 30
9 18 11 1 30
Total 168 95 7 270

Source: Municipality of Milan - Electoral Service

See also

References

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