Elections in Milan
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Since 1993 Italian mayors are directly elected. In all the cities with a population higher than 15,000 the voters express a choice for a mayor-candidate and/or for a party or civic list, not necessarily linked to the same mayor-candidate (voto disgiunto). If no mayor-candidate receives an absolute majority, the top two candidates go to a runoff election (ballottaggio) after two weeks. The City Council and Municipalities Councils elections are based on a proportional system with preferences: for each list, the candidates with the most preferences are elected proportionally to the seats assigned to the list, with the lists supporting the elected mayor being granted around 60% of the total seats to guarantee governability.
Elections are scheduled every five years, usually between 15 April and 15 June. The last election was held in 2021.
Elections during the Kingdom of Italy (1861–1946)
City Council election, 1889
The election took place on 10 November 1889.
Comprehensive group | Votes | Seats | |
---|---|---|---|
Liberal-conservatives | 50 | ||
Democrats and radicals | 30 | ||
Total | 80 |
Sunday 10 November 1889
City Council election, 1895
The election took place on 10 February 1895.
Comprehensive group | Votes (first / last candidate) |
Seats | |
---|---|---|---|
Liberal-conservatives and clericals | 14,673 / 13,531 | 64 | |
Democrats, radicals and socialists | 15,651 / 13,485 | 16 | |
Total | 80 |
Sunday 10 February 1895
City Council election, 1899
The election took place on 11 June 1899.
Comprehensive group | Votes (first / last candidate) |
Seats | |
---|---|---|---|
Democrats, radicals and socialists | 19,234 / 18,123 | 38 | |
Liberal-conservatives and clericals | 14,255 / 13,359 | 42 | |
Total | 80 |
Sunday 11 June 1899
City Council election, 1905
The election took place on 29 January 1905.
Comprehensive group | Votes (first / last candidate) |
Seats | |
---|---|---|---|
Liberal-conservatives | 19,074 / 18,637 | 30 | |
Democrats, radicals and socialists | 18,468 / 17,570 | 27 | |
Clericals | 18,279 / 17,488 | 23 | |
Total | 80 |
Sunday 29 January 1905
City Council election, 1911
The election took place on 22 January 1911.
It was the first municipal election which involved the complete renewal of the City Council after six years. Elections which brought to a partial renewal of the City Council were held in 1907 and in 1910.
Comprehensive group | Votes (first / last candidate) |
Seats | |
---|---|---|---|
Liberal-conservatives | 16,953 / 15,451 | 64 | |
Socialists | 18,469 / 9,808 | 16 | |
Democrats | 9,594 / 8,286 | 0 | |
Total | 80 |
Sunday 22 January 1911.
City Council election, 1914
The election took place on 14 June 1914.
It was the first municipal election held by
In a huge blow for the traditional moderate and liberal groups which had dominated both national and milanese political system for more than 50 years, the socialists were able to win the super-majority of seats in the City Council granted by the local electoral law for the first time in history and their leader, Emilio Caldara, became the first socialist Mayor of a major Italian city.
Due to the mechanism of the majoritarian electoral system, which granted a representation in the City Council just for the majority party and for the party which came second in the election, both the radicals and the republicans didn't obtain a single seat.
Comprehensive list | Votes | % | Seats | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Italian Socialist Party | 34,596 | 45.6 | 64 | ||
Liberal-clerical Bloc
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32,876 | 41.4 | 16 | ||
Italian Radical Party | 8,750 | 11.7 | 0 | ||
Italian Republican Party | 900 | 1.3 | 0 | ||
Total | 80 |
Sunday 14 June 1914.
City Council election, 1920
Last election before the rise of the fascist regime took place on 7 November 1920.
The election was originally scheduled to take place in June 1918 but was postponed due to the First World War. In March 1919 Benito Mussolini had founded in Milan the political organization Fasci Italiani di Combattimento, which was incorporated in an ultra-conservative coalition formed also by the liberals and the nationalists led by Enrico Corradini, and other right-wing forces.
Despite the intense violent activity of the fascist paramilitary groups during the electoral campaign, the socialists were able to retain the majority in the City Council for a few votes.
Comprehensive list | Votes | % | Seats | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Italian Socialist Party | 67,349 | 50.6 | 64 | ||
National Bloc | 65,748 | 49.4 | 16 | ||
Total | 80 |
Sunday 7 November 1920.
City Council election, 1922
The last democratic election after the rise of the fascist regime took place on 10 December 1922.
It was a
The Fasci Italiani di Combattimento incorporated an ultra-conservative coalition formed also by the liberals and the Italian People's Party, and other right-wing forces. Following the intense violent activity of the fascist paramilitary groups during the electoral campaign, the Centre-right coalition was able to gain the majority in the City Council face to the leftists forces which were divided by their leadership struggles.
Senator
Comprehensive list | Votes | % | Seats | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
National Bloc | 87,368 | 57.4 | 64 | ||
Unitary Socialist Party | 45,254 | 29.8 | 15 | ||
Italian Socialist Party | 17,259 | 11.3 | 1 | ||
Italian Communist Party | 2,288 | 1.5 | - | ||
Total | 80 |
Sunday 10 December 1922.
Elections during the Italian Republic (since 1946)
City Council election, 1946
The first democratic election after the fall of fascism took place on 7 April 1946.
After the defeat of the
After the clear socialist victory, Greppi was confirmed Mayor by the City Council, and an executive board of municipal unity was formed: the alliance between PSIUP, DC and PCI ruled Milan as it ruled Italy at time.[2]
Parties | Votes | % | Seats | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Italian Socialist Party of Proletarian Unity | PSIUP | 225,383 | 36.2 | 29 | ||
Christian Democracy | DC | 167,316 | 26.9 | 22 | ||
Italian Communist Party | PCI | 155,140 | 24.9 | 20 | ||
National Democratic Union | UDN | 45,864 | 7.3 | 6 | ||
Italian Republican Party-Action Party | PRI-PdA | 19,168 | 3.1 | 2 | ||
Local Traders List | 9,931 | 1.6 | 1 | |||
Total | 622,702 | 100.0 | 80 |
Sunday 7 April 1946. Sources: La Stampa , Unimi , 1946–1955 Local Elections (Italian)
City Council election, 1951
The second post-war election took place on 27 May 1951.
Political situation had deeply changed during the previous five years. A new
In 1951
The centrist incumbent coalition obtained an absolute majority with 53% of suffrages, which was changed into a 66% of seats by the electoral mechanism. However Greppi, who had unsuccessfully called for a coalition of socialist unity between the PSDI and the PSI, lost the support of the DC. Virgilio Ferrari, a social-democratic activist, was elected Mayor on 25 June.[3]
Coalitions and parties | Votes | % | +/- | Seats | +/- | Seats by party — Seats by coalition |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Centrist Coalition | 412,246 | 53.2 | 53 | |||
Christian Democracy | 238,693 | 30.8 | 3.9 | 30 | 8 | |
Italian Democratic Socialist Party | 111,185 | 14.3 | 14.3 | 15 | 15 | |
Italian Liberal Party | 49,299 | 6.4 | 0.9 | 6 | ||
Italian Republican Party | 13,069 | 1.7 | 1.4 | 2 | ||
Leftist Coalition | 291,796 | 37.8 | 21 | |||
Italian Communist Party | 179,894 | 23.3 | 1.6 | 13 | 7 | |
Italian Socialist Party | 109,097 | 14.1 | 22.1 | 8 | 7 | |
Others (civic list) | 2,805 | 0.4 | 1.2 | 0 | 1 | |
Italian Social Movement | 50,454 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 4 | 4 | |
Monarchist National Party | 23,956 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 2 | 2 | |
Total | 778,452 | 100.0 | = | 80 | = |
Sunday 27 May 1951. Sources: La Stampa , Unimi
City Council election, 1956
The election took place on 27 May 1956.
For this election there was a different electoral system: after
Christian Democracy obtained the 30% of suffrages, while the Socialist Party came second with the 20% of the votes, gaining 6% more than the 1951 election. Virgilio Ferrari was confirmed Mayor by the majority of the City Council.
Parties | Votes | % | +/- | Seats | +/- | |||
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Christian Democracy | DC | 261,610 | 30.1 | 0.7 | 25 | 5 | ||
Italian Socialist Party | PSI | 173,813 | 20.1 | 6.0 | 16 | 8 | ||
Italian Communist Party | PCI | 158,818 | 18.3 | 5.0 | 15 | 2 | ||
Italian Democratic Socialist Party | PSDI | 103,175 | 11.9 | 2.4 | 10 | 5 | ||
Italian Liberal Party | PLI | 53,501 | 6.3 | 0.1 | 5 | 1 | ||
Italian Social Movement | MSI | 50,827 | 5.9 | 0.6 | 4 | |||
Monarchist National Party | PNM | 35,171 | 4.1 | 1.1 | 3 | 1 | ||
Italian Republican Party | PRI | 13,407 | 1.2 | 0.5 | 0 | 2 | ||
Others (civc list) | 15,721 | 2.0 | 1.6 | 2 | 2 | |||
Total | 866,043 | 100.0 | = | 80 | = |
Sunday 27 May 1956. Source: La Stampa
City Council election, 1960
The election took place on 6 November 1960.
This election was anticipated by the effect of a new law which ordered a new 4 years-term legislature.
Parties | Votes | % | +/- | Seats | +/- | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Christian Democracy | DC | 288,030 | 29.9 | 0.3 | 25 | |||
Italian Socialist Party | PSI | 199,728 | 20.7 | 0.6 | 17 | 1 | ||
Italian Communist Party | PCI | 195,521 | 20.3 | 2.0 | 17 | 2 | ||
Italian Democratic Socialist Party | PSDI | 101,703 | 10.5 | 1.4 | 8 | 2 | ||
Italian Liberal Party | PLI | 78,488 | 8.4 | 2.2 | 6 | 1 | ||
Italian Social Movement | MSI | 63,156 | 6.5 | 0.6 | 5 | 1 | ||
Italian Democratic Party of Monarchist Unity | PDIUM | 24,858 | 2.3 | 1.8 | 2 | 1 | ||
Italian Republican Party | PRI | 10,201 | 1.1 | 0.1 | 0 | |||
Others (civc list) | 2,513 | 0.3 | 1.7 | 0 | 2 | |||
Total | 964,198 | 100.0 | = | 80 | = |
Sunday 6 November 1960. Source: La Stampa
City Council election, 1964
The election took place on 22 November 1964.
The election was characterized by the incredible surge of the
Despite the huge loss by the left-wing parties, a center-left coalition was formed again and Pietro Bucalossi (PSDI), who succeeded Cassinis in February 1964, was confirmed Mayor by the majority of the City Council.
Parties | Votes | % | +/- | Seats | +/- | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Christian Democracy | DC | 257,653 | 24.0 | 5.8 | 20 | 5 | ||
Italian Communist Party | PCI | 236,013 | 21.9 | 1.6 | 18 | 1 | ||
Italian Liberal Party | PLI | 226,895 | 21.1 | 13.0 | 17 | 11 | ||
Italian Socialist Party | PSI | 171,334 | 15.9 | 4.8 | 13 | 4 | ||
Italian Democratic Socialist Party | PSDI | 90,790 | 8.4 | 2.1 | 7 | 1 | ||
Italian Social Movement | MSI | 54,011 | 5.0 | 1.5 | 4 | 1 | ||
Italian Socialist Party of Proletarian Unity | PSIUP | 22,022 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1 | 1 | ||
Italian Democratic Party of Monarchist Unity | PDIUM | 10,000 | 0.9 | 1.4 | 0 | 2 | ||
Others (civc list) | 6,613 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 0 | ||||
Total | 1,075,381 | 100.0 | = | 80 | = |
Sunday 22 November 1964. Source: La Stampa
City Council election, 1970
The election took place on 7 June 1970.
This election took place after six years from the last and simultaneously with the first regional elections of Lombardy.
Parties | Votes | % | +/- | Seats | +/- | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Christian Democracy | DC | 291,902 | 26.3 | 2.3 | 22 | 2 | ||
Italian Communist Party | PCI | 254,069 | 22.8 | 0.9 | 19 | 1 | ||
Italian Socialist Party | PSI | 157,200 | 14.1 | 1.8 | 12 | 1 | ||
Italian Liberal Party | PLI | 123,082 | 11.1 | 10.0 | 9 | 8 | ||
Italian Democratic Socialist Party | PSDI | 116,202 | 10.4 | 2.0 | 8 | 1 | ||
Italian Social Movement | MSI | 74,395 | 6.7 | 1.7 | 4 | |||
Italian Republican Party | PRI | 53,745 | 4.8 | 4.8 | 4 | 4 | ||
Italian Socialist Party of Proletarian Unity | PSIUP | 33,216 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | ||
Italian Democratic Party of Monarchist Unity | PDIUM | 8,009 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0 | |||
Total | 1,111,731 | 100.0 | = | 80 | = |
Sunday 7 June 1970. Source: La Stampa
City Council election, 1975
The election took place on 15 June 1975.
Similarly to the national vote, the Italian Communist Party became for the first time in history the first party with the 30% of the votes. This extraordinary result led to the birth of the first red-giunta in the history of the city: the new coalition was formed by the leftist Socialist and Communist Party, while Aldo Aniasi was reconfirmed Mayor. In 1976, after Aniasi's resignation, the socialist Carlo Tognoli was elected Mayor.
A notable fact in the election was the surge of the post-fascist Italian Social Movement, which became the fourth party with the 7% of the votes.
Parties | Votes | % | +/- | Seats | +/- | |||
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Italian Communist Party | PCI | 354,603 | 30.4 | 7.6 | 25 | 6 | ||
Christian Democracy | DC | 313,855 | 26.9 | 0.6 | 22 | |||
Italian Socialist Party | PSI | 172,558 | 14.8 | 0.7 | 12 | |||
Italian Social Movement | MSI | 84,087 | 7.2 | 0.5 | 6 | 2 | ||
Italian Democratic Socialist Party | PSDI | 73,889 | 6.3 | 4.1 | 5 | 3 | ||
Italian Republican Party | PRI | 70,050 | 6.0 | 1.2 | 4 | |||
Italian Liberal Party | PLI | 53,617 | 4.6 | 7.1 | 3 | 6 | ||
Proletarian Democracy | DP | 43,524 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 3 | 3 | ||
Total | 1,166,183 | 100.0 | = | 80 | = |
Sunday 15 June 1975. Source: La Stampa
City Council election, 1980
The election took place on 8 June 1980.
For the second time the Italian Communist Party was the first party with the 26% of the votes.
Parties | Votes | % | +/- | Seats | +/- | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Italian Communist Party | PCI | 284,329 | 26.5 | 3.9 | 22 | 3 | ||
Christian Democracy | DC | 283,428 | 26.4 | 0.5 | 22 | |||
Italian Socialist Party | PSI | 210,504 | 19.6 | 4.9 | 16 | 4 | ||
Italian Social Movement | MSI | 70,767 | 6.6 | 0.6 | 5 | 1 | ||
Italian Liberal Party | PLI | 65,428 | 6.1 | 1.5 | 5 | 2 | ||
Italian Democratic Socialist Party | PSDI | 53,036 | 4.9 | 1.4 | 4 | 1 | ||
Italian Republican Party | PRI | 47,522 | 4.4 | 1.6 | 3 | 1 | ||
Proletarian Democracy | DP | 29,209 | 2.7 | 1.0 | 2 | 1 | ||
Proletarian Party for the Communism | PPC | 16,395 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1 | 1 | ||
Total | 1,071,883 | 100.0 | = | 80 | = |
Sunday 8 June 1980. Source: La Stampa
City Council election, 1985
The election took place on 12 May 1985.
Another time the Italian Communist Party was narrowly confirmed as the first party in the city with the 24% of the votes. Despite it came first, the Communist Party didn't have enough seats in the City Council to confirm again a left-wing with the Socialist Party, which instead decided to form a new centre-left majority with the Christian Democracy and other small centrist parties.
Carlo Tognoli was reconfirmed Mayor, but resigned in December 1986.
Parties | Votes | % | +/- | Seats | +/- | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Italian Communist Party | PCI | 266,259 | 24.9 | 1.6 | 21 | 1 | ||
Christian Democracy | DC | 256,455 | 24.0 | 2.4 | 20 | 2 | ||
Italian Socialist Party | PSI | 211,372 | 19.8 | 0.2 | 16 | |||
Italian Republican Party | PRI | 105,796 | 9.9 | 5.5 | 8 | 5 | ||
Italian Social Movement | MSI | 81,873 | 7.7 | 1.1 | 6 | 1 | ||
Italian Liberal Party | PLI | 37,662 | 3.5 | 2.6 | 3 | 2 | ||
Proletarian Democracy | DP | 34,329 | 3.2 | 0.5 | 2 | |||
Italian Democratic Socialist Party | PSDI | 31,811 | 3.0 | 1.9 | 2 | 2 | ||
Federation of Green Lists | 27,533 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 2 | 2 | |||
Others | 14,867 | 1.4 | 1.4 | 0 | ||||
Total | 1,067,957 | 100.0 | = | 80 | = |
Sunday 12 May 1985. Source: La Stampa
City Council election, 1990
The election took place on 6 May 1990.
The election was characterized by a huge level of political fragmentation. Traditional parties suffered some considerable losses, while new-born movements gained some seats in the City Council and made very difficult the possibility to form a stable coalition to govern the city.
The newborn regionalist Lega Nord became the fourth party with the 13% of the votes.
Parties | Votes | % | +/- | Seats | +/- | |||
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Christian Democracy | DC | 204,954 | 20.7 | 3.3 | 17 | 4 | ||
Italian Communist Party | PCI | 194,264 | 19.6 | 5.0 | 16 | 5 | ||
Italian Socialist Party | PSI | 192,145 | 19.4 | 0.4 | 16 | |||
Lega Nord | LN | 128,312 | 13.0 | 13.0 | 11 | 11 | ||
Italian Republican Party | PRI | 58,377 | 5.9 | 4.0 | 5 | 3 | ||
Federation of Green Lists | 41,986 | 4.2 | 1.6 | 3 | 1 | |||
Italian Social Movement | MSI | 36,610 | 3.7 | 4.0 | 3 | 3 | ||
Pensioners' Party | PP | 34,963 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 3 | 3 | ||
Italian Liberal Party | PLI | 26,401 | 2.7 | 0.8 | 2 | 1 | ||
Rainbow Greens | VA | 19,951 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 1 | 1 | ||
Italian Democratic Socialist Party | PSDI | 16,352 | 1.6 | 1.4 | 1 | 1 | ||
Proletarian Democracy | DP | 16,051 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1 | 1 | ||
Antiprohibitionists on Drugs | 15,351 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1 | 1 | |||
Others | 5,283 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 0 | ||||
Total | 990,097 | 100.0 | = | 80 | = |
Sunday 6 May 1990. Source: La Stampa
Mayoral and City Council election, 1993
Mayoral and City Council election, 1997
Mayoral and City Council election, 2001
Mayoral and City Council election, 2006
Mayoral and City Council election, 2011
Mayoral and City Council election, 2016
Mayoral and City Council election, 2021
(right-wing nationalism) Fratelli d'Italia 50/80 Lega 20/80 Forza Italia 10/80
(left-wing communism) Partito Democratico 0/80 Movimento 5 Stelle 0/80 Alleanza Verdi e Sinistra 0/80
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