2013 Rome municipal election

Municipal elections were held in Rome on 26–27 May and 9–10 June 2013 to elect the Mayor of Rome and 48 members of the City Council, as well as the fifteen presidents and more than 400 councillors of the 15 municipi in which the municipality is divided.

2013 Rome mayoral election

26–27 May 2013 (first round)
9–10 June 2013 (second round)
Turnout52.8% Decrease 20.9 pp (first round)
45.0% Decrease 7.8 pp (second round)
 
Candidate Ignazio Marino Gianni Alemanno
Party Democratic Party People of Freedom
Alliance Centre-left Centre-right
1st Round vote 512,720 364,337
Percentage 42.6% 30.3%
2nd Round vote 664,490 374,883
Percentage 63.9% 36.1%

Mayor before election

Gianni Alemanno
PdL

Elected Mayor

Ignazio Marino
PD

In March 2013 the City Council cut down the number of municipi of the city from 19 to 15, reorganizing the local administrative areas. Also the number of the members of the City Council was reduced from 60 to 48.

The outgoing Mayor Gianni Alemanno (PdL) stood in the election for a second term. The centre-left coalition candidate, heart surgeon Ignazio Marino (PD), was chosen by a multi-party primary election on 7 April 2013. Since none of the candidates obtained the majority of votes on the first round, a second round vote was held on 9–10 June 2013. As a result, Ignazio Marino was elected mayor by a landslide.

The elections saw about 400,000 votes less than the previous municipal elections with one of the lowest turnout ever registered in Rome.

Background

Despite Alemanno had repeatedly stated its intention to hold primary elections to choose the candidate of the centre-right coalition, on 2 September 2012 he announced his intention to run for a second term as Mayor of Rome.[1]

Centre-left primary election

The centre-left coalition decided to hold the primary election on 7 April 2013 to decide its mayoral candidate.[2] There were 6 main candidates: five from Democratic Party and one from Left Ecology Freedom.[3]

Among the most popular candidates there were Ignazio Marino, heart surgeon and senator, who was candidate in the 2009 Democratic Party leadership election; David Sassoli, journalist and MEP since 2009; and Paolo Gentiloni, former Minister of Communication in the Prodi II Cabinet. On 7 April Marino won the election and became the official candidate of the centre-left coalition.

Candidate Supported by Votes (%)
Ignazio Marino PD 51%
David Sassoli PD 28%
Paolo Gentiloni PD 14%
Patrizia Prestipino PD 2%
Gemma Azumi SEL 2%
Mattia Di Tommaso PD 2%
Total 100.00

Voting System

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 the 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.

Parties and candidates

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

Political party or alliance Constituent lists Candidate
Left-wing coalition Left for Rome Sandro Medici
Roman Republic
Pirate Party
Centre-left coalition Democratic Party Ignazio Marino
Left Ecology Freedom
Federation of the Greens
Democratic Centre
Italian Socialist Party
Marino for Mayor
Five Star Movement Marcello De Vito
Marchini coalition Marchini for Mayor Alfio Marchini
Let's Change with Rome
Centre-right coalition The People of Freedom Gianni Alemanno
Brothers of Italy
The Right
Others

Results

Summary of the 2013 Rome City Council and Mayoral election results
Candidates 1st round 2nd round Leader's
seat
Parties Votes  % Seats
Votes  % Votes  %
Ignazio Marino 512,720 42.61 664,490 63.93 Democratic Party 267,605 26.26 19
Marino for Mayor 75,494 7.41 5
Left Ecology Freedom 63,728 6.25 4
Democratic Centre 14,735 1.45 1
Federation of the Greens 6,299 0.62
Italian Socialist Party 5,853 0.57
Total 433,714 42.57 29
Gianni Alemanno 364,337 30.28 374,883 36.07 checkY The People of Freedom 195,749 19.21 7
Brothers of Italy 60,375 5.93 2
Citizens for Rome 50,239 4.93 2
The Right 13,256 1.30
Italian Union Movement 2,036 0.20
Italian Blues 1,617 0.16
Total 323,272 31.73 11
Marcello De Vito 149,665 12.44 checkY Five Star Movement 130,635 12.82 3
Alfio Marchini 114,169 9.49 checkY Alfio Marchini for Mayor 76,203 7.48 2
Let's Change with Rome 3,404 0.33
Total 79,607 7.81 2
Sandro Medici 26,825 2.23 Left for Rome 11,629 1.14
Roman Republic 7,940 0.78
Pirate Rome 715 0.07
Total 20,284 1.99
Alfonso Luigi Marra 14,307 1.19 Talking Cricket List – No Euro 6,552 0.64
Forza Roma 1,416 0.14
No to the closure of hospitals 1,304 0.13
Environmental Animalists 1,004 0.10
Pensions and Dignity 995 0.10
Let's halve the salary for politicians 901 0.09
Long Live Italy 450 0.04
Justicialist Front 134 0.01
Italic League 129 0.01
Total 12,885 1.26
Simone Di Stefano 7,166 0.60 CasaPound 6,295 0.62
Gianguido Saletnich 2,044 0.17 New Force 1,780 0.17
Alessandro Bianchi 2,006 0.17 Rome Project 1,831 0.18
Giovanni Palladino 1,800 0.15 Free and Strong Populars 1,593 0.16
Luca Romagnoli 1,795 0.15 Tricolour Flame 1,556 0.15
Fabrizio Verduchi 1,074 0.09 Christian Italy 855 0.08
Gerardo Valentini 996 0.08 Italian Building Site Movement 975 0.10
Edoardo De Blasio 974 0.08 Italian Liberal Party 837 0.08
Matteo Corsini 843 0.07 Rome Revives 624 0.06
Angelo Novellino 809 0.07 Royal Italy 618 0.06
Armando Mantuano 775 0.06 Militia Christi 632 0.06
Stefano Tersigni 624 0.05 Rome capital city is yours 571 0.06
Valerio De Masi 406 0.03 New Italy Party 347 0.03
Total 1,203,335 100.00 1,039,373 100.00 3 1,018,911 100.00 45
Eligible voters 2,359,119 100.00 2,359,119 100.00
Did not vote 1,113,192 47.19 1,296,227 54.95
Voted 1,245,927 52.81 1,062,892 45.05
Blank or invalid ballots 42,592 3.54 23,519 2.26
Total valid votes 1,203,335 96.46 1,039,373 97.74
Source: Ministry of the Interior

Municipi election

Reduced from 19 to 15 in March 2013, municipi are governed by a president and a council who are elected by its residents every five years. The municipi frequently cross the boundaries of the traditional, non-administrative divisions of the city.

In this election all 15 municipi were won by the centre-left coalition.

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

Municipio Centre-left Centre-right Elected President Party
XII 50.2 27.1 Cristina Maltese PD

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

Municipio Centre-left Centre-right Elected President Party
I 65.8 34.2 Sabrina Alfonsi PD
II 62.4 37.6 Giuseppe Gerace PD
III 64.4 35.6 Paolo Emilio Marchionne PD
IV 66.6 33.4 Emiliano Sciascia PD
V 66.7 33.3 Gianmarco Palmieri PD
VI 60.7 39.3 Marco Scipioni PD
VII 67.7 32.3 Susana Ana Maria Fantino SEL
VIII 69.7 30.3 Andrea Catarci SEL
IX 61.2 38.8 Andrea Santoro PD
X 64.6 35.4 Andrea Tassone PD
XI 65.7 34.3 Maurizio Veloccia PD
XIII 55.3 44.7 Valentino Mancinelli PD
XIV 61.4 38.6 Valerio Barletta PD
XV 50.8 49.2 Daniele Torquati PD

Source: Municipality of Rome - Electoral Service

References

  1. "Alemanno zittisce Repubblica e si ricandida al Campidoglio". 3 September 2012. Retrieved 2 March 2018.
  2. "Bersani: "Primarie a Roma? Ma certo che si faranno" / Politica - Nuovo Paese Sera". www.paesesera.it. Archived from the original on 17 August 2013. Retrieved 26 January 2022.
  3. "7 aprile 2013 – Primarie "Roma Bene Comune": LE LISTE DEI CANDIDATI | Partito Democratico Roma". Archived from the original on 2013-08-07. Retrieved 2013-08-17.
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