2021 Naples municipal election


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.

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.

Background

The center-left coalition did not nominate their candidate through a primary election, in order to avoid the same troubles that happened during the previous municipal primary election in Naples. Through the municipal secretary of the Democratic Party Marco Sarracino, the coalition sought an alliance with the Five Star Movement and Italian Left.

Parties and candidates

This is a list of the parties which participated in the election.

Potential and declined candidates

Potential

Centre-left coalition

Centre-right coalition

Declined

Centre-left coalition

Centre-right coalition

Opinion polls

Candidates

First round

DatePolling firm/
Client		Sample sizeClementeMarescaManfrediBassolinoOthersLead
DatePolling firm/
Client		Sample sizeOthersLead
-5.621.962.98.21.525.7
13–15 Sep 20211,0359.122.548.017.52.525.5
12–15 Sep 20211,0007.028.044.018.03.016.0
6–11 Sep 20211,00011.029.545.511.03.016.0
8–10 Sep 20218009.721.147.417.34.526.3
7–10 Sep 20218058.325.947.917.10.822.0
3–8 Sep 20218027.426.248.217.40.822.0
2 Sep 20216.029.046.015.04.017.0
10 Aug 20217.029.044.016.04.015.0
1 Jul 202120.723.540.28.96.716.7
23 Jun 20211,0008.230.641.613.85.811.0
18–20 Jun 20218008.031.042.013.06.011.0
14–16 Jun 202180014.223.340.417.24.917.1
1–2 Jun 20212,0006.038.043.06.07.05.0

Second round

Manfredi vs. Maresca
DatePolling firm/
Client		Sample sizeManfrediMarescaLead
DatePolling firm/
Client		Sample sizeLead
13–15 Sep 20211,03566.034.032.0
6–11 Sep 20211,00063.037.026.0
8–10 Sep 202180063.536.527.0
7–10 Sep 202180569.930.139.8
3–8 Sep 202180269.230.838.4
1 Jul 202155.244.810.4
14–16 Jun 202180062.637.425.2

Manfredi vs. Bassolino
DatePolling firm/
Client		Sample sizeManfrediBassolinoLead
DatePolling firm/
Client		Sample sizeLead
13–15 Sep 20211,03553.047.06.0
8–10 Sep 202180057.242.814.4
1 Jul 202172.827.245.6
14–16 Jun 202180056.343.712.6

Manfredi vs. Clemente
DatePolling firm/
Client		Sample sizeManfrediClementeLead
DatePolling firm/
Client		Sample sizeLead
13–15 Sep 20211,03568.032.036.0
8–10 Sep 202180067.831.236.6
1 Jul 202151.248.82.4

Bassolino vs. Maresca
DatePolling firm/
Client		Sample sizeBassolinoMarescaLead
DatePolling firm/
Client		Sample sizeLead
1 Jul 202145.154.99.8
14–16 Jun 202180052.247.84.4

Bassolino vs. Clemente
DatePolling firm/
Client		Sample sizeBassolinoClementeLead
DatePolling firm/
Client		Sample sizeLead
1 Jul 202138.861.222.4

Clemente vs. Maresca
DatePolling firm/
Client		Sample sizeClementeMarescaLead
DatePolling firm/
Client		Sample sizeLead
1 Jul 202155.344.710.6