Palazzo San Giacomo, Naples' City Hall.

The mayor of Naples is an elected politician who, along with the Naples’s City Council of 40 members, is accountable for the strategic government of Naples.

Overview

According to the Italian Constitution, the mayor of Naples is a member of the City Council of Naples. The mayor and the other 40 city councillors (consiglieri comunali) are elected for a five years term by the Italian and EU citizens residing in Naples.

After the election, the mayor can appoint one vice mayor and up to 16 assessors; together they form the municipal government (giunta comunale) and they implement the municipal policies, which are determined and controlled by the City Council. The City Council has also the power to dismiss the mayor or any of the assessors with a motion of no confidence.

Since 1993, Italian mayors of municipalities of more than 15,000 inhabitants have been directly elected by their respective electorates. Voters can express their choice for the mayor and for a list of municipal councillors not necessarily supporting the same mayor-candidate (voto disgiunto). If no mayor-candidate receives a majority of votes, a run-off election is held two weeks later among the top two candidates. In the list choice, each voter can express one or two preferences for councillor candidates; in the case of two preferences, their gender must be different. The party and civic lists supporting the elected mayor are granted a majority of the City Council seats, divided proportionally to each list result, by means of a majority bonus; the remaining seats are then assigned proportionally to the opposition lists.

The official seat of the mayor and of the City Council is Naples' City Hall, Palazzo San Giacomo.

List

Kingdom of the Two Sicilies (1813–1861)

MayorTerm startTerm endAppointer
1Marino Carafa di Belvedere30 March 18137 February 1817Joachim I
Ferdinand I
2Michele de' Medici di Ottajano7 February 18176 June 1818
3Carlo Caracciolo7 June 18182 March 1821
4Francesco Tocco23 July 182129 December 1823
5Giuseppe Pignatelli30 December 182330 December 1829
Francis I
5Andrea Coppola1 January 183026 May 1830
6Troiano Spinelli27 May 183031 December 1835Ferdinand II
7Giuseppe Caracciolo1 January 183631 December 1838
8Nazario Sanfelice1 January 183920 December 1847
9Nazario Sanfelice16 July 184814 January 1857
10Giuseppe Pignone del Carretto27 January 18577 September 1860
Francis II
11Andrea Colonna di Stigliano8 September 186030 November 1860Vacant
12Giuseppe Colonna di Stigliano1 December 186017 March 1861

Notes

Kingdom of Italy (1861–1946)

MayorTerm startTerm endParty
1Giuseppe Colonna di Stigliano17 March 18618 May 1864Independent
2Rodrigo Nolli1 September 186526 November 1866Historical Right
3Fedele De Siervo27 November 186630 October 1867Historical Right
4Guglielmo Capitelli17 April 186824 September 1870Historical Right
5Paolo Emilio Imbriani25 September 187013 June 1872Historical Right
6Francesco Spinelli3 October 187213 November 1875Historical Right
7Antonio Winspeare14 November 187511 July 1876Historical Right
8Gennaro Sambiase Sanseverino12 July 187626 April 1878Historical Right
9Girolamo Giusso12 August 187617 May 1884Historical Right
10Nicola Amore17 May 188417 November 1889Historical Right
11Giuseppe Caracciolo20 November 188925 June 1891Historical Right
12Salvatore Fusco12 January 189217 July 1893Historical Left
13Carlo del Pezzo26 January 189417 February 1895Historical Right
14Emilio Capomazzi6 August 189623 July 1898Historical Right
15Celestino Summonte24 July 189810 November 1900Historical Left
16Luigi Miraglia30 November 190118 October 1903Historical Left
17Ferdinando Del Carretto di Novello19 October 190331 July 1914Historical Right
18Pasquale del Pezzo1 August 191430 April 1917Liberal Union
19Enrico Presutti1 May 191730 November 1922Liberal Union
20Alfredo Vittorio Russo1 December 192021 November 1922PNF
21Raffaele Angiulli22 November 192219 March 1926PNF
Fascist Podestà (1926-1943)
1Francesco Montuoso20 March 192630 November 1927PNF
2Dante Alamasi1 December 19275 January 1930PNF
3Giovanni De Riseis6 January 19306 April 1932PNF
4Lorenzo La Via di Sant'Agrippina7 April 193222 January 1934PNF
5Giovanni Niutta23 January 193410 July 1936PNF
6Giovanni Orgera11 July 19365 August 1943PNF
Allied occupation and Liberation (1943-1946)
22Giuseppe Solimene6 August 194314 April 1944Independent
23Gustavo Ingrosso15 April 19447 January 1945PDL
24Gennaro Fermariello8 January 19455 September 1946PdA

Italian Republic (1946–present)

From 1943 to 1993, the Mayor of Naples was elected by the City Council.

MayorTerm startTerm endPartyCoalitionElection
1Giuseppe Buonocore14 December 19461 March 1948PNMPNM • DC • PLI1946
2Domenico Moscati1 March 19489 July 1952DC
3Achille Lauro9 July 19526 January 1958PNM PMPPNM • MSI1952
PMP1956
4Nicola Sansanelli6 January 195812 February 1958PMP
-Special Prefectural Commissioner tenure (12 February 1958–4 February 1961)
(3)Achille Lauro4 February 196129 November 1961PDIUMPDIUM • DC • PLI1960
-Special Prefectural Commissioner tenure (29 November 1961–10 October 1962)
5Vincenzo Mario Palmieri10 October 196231 July 1963DCPDIUM • DC1962
6Ferdinando Clemente di San Luca31 July 196310 April 1964DC
-Special Prefectural Commissioner tenure (10 April 1964–27 January 1965)
(6)Ferdinando Clemente di San Luca27 January 196520 January 1966DCDC • PSI • PSDI1964
7Giovanni Principe20 January 196616 November 1970DC
8Gerardo De Michele16 November 19702 August 1974DCDC • PSI • PSDI • PRI1970
9Bruno Milanesi2 August 197427 September 1975DC
10Maurizio Valenzi27 September 197516 April 1983PCIPCI • PSI • PSDI1975
1980
-Special Prefectural Commissioner tenure (16 April 1983–31 January 1984)
11Francesco Picardi31 January 198430 April 1984PSDIDC • PSI • PSDI1983
12Vincenzo Scotti30 April 19846 August 1984DC
13Mario Forte6 August 198429 November 1984DC
14Carlo D'Amato29 November 198422 October 1986PSIDC • PSI • PSDI • PRI • PLI
-Special Prefectural Commissioner tenure (22 October 1986–29 July 1987)
15Pietro Lezzi29 July 19871 August 1990PSIDC • PSI • PRI • PLI1987
16Nello Polese1 August 19902 April 1993PSI
17Francesco Tagliamonte2 April 19936 August 1993DC1992
-Special Prefectural Commissioner tenure (6 August 1993–6 December 1993)

Notes

Direct election (since 1993)

Since 1993, under provisions of new local administration law, the Mayor of Naples is chosen by direct election, originally every four, and since 2001 every five years.

Mayor of NaplesTook officeLeft officePartyCoalitionElection
18Antonio Bassolino (b. 1947)6 December 199317 November 1997PDSAlliance of Progressives (PDS-PRC-FdV)1993
17 November 199724 May 2000The Olive Tree (PDS-PPI-PRC-FdV)1997
19Rosa Russo Iervolino (b. 1936)28 May 200130 May 2006DL PDThe Olive Tree (DS-DL-PRC-SDI-PdCI)2001
30 May 20061 June 2011The Olive Tree (DS-DL-PRC-SDI-PdCI)2006
20Luigi de Magistris (b. 1967)1 June 201120 June 2016IdV MA DemAIdV • FdS2011
20 June 201618 October 2021DemA • SI • PRC • FdV2016
21Gaetano Manfredi (b. 1964)18 October 2021IncumbentIndPD • M5S • EV • SI2021

Notes

Timeline

By time in office

RankMayorTotal time in office
1Luigi De Magistris10 years, 139 days
2Rosa Russo Iervolino10 years, 4 days
3Maurizio Valenzi7 years, 201 days
4Antonio Bassolino6 years, 170 days
5Achille Lauro6 years, 114 days
6Giovanni Principe4 years, 300 days
7Gaetano Manfredi4 years, 183 days
8Domenico Moscati4 years, 130 days
9Gerardo De Michele3 years, 259 days
10Pietro Lezzi3 years, 3 days
11Nello Polese2 years, 244 days
12Carlo D'Amato1 year, 327 days
13Ferdinando Clemente di San Luca1 year, 247 days
14Giuseppe Bonocore1 year, 78 days
15Bruno Milanesi1 year, 56 days
16Vincenzo Mario Palmieri294 days
17Francesco Tagliamonte126 days
18Mario Forte115 days
19Vincenzo Scotti98 days
20Francesco Picardi90 days
21Nicola Sansanelli37 days

Elections

Mayoral and City Council election, 1993

The election took place on two rounds: the first on 21 November, the second on 5 December 1993.

CandidatePartyCoalitionFirst roundSecond round
Votes%Votes%
Antonio BassolinoPDSPDS-PRC-RS-FdV-LR229,64941.62300,96455.65
Alessandra MussoliniMSI171,31531.05239,86744.35
Massimo CapraraDCDC-PSI-PSDI-PLI77,64314.07
Angelo SabatinoInd47,6488.64
Others25,4504.61
Eligible voters879,237100.00879,237100.00
Voted589,31167.03559,69663.66
Blank or invalid ballots37,59618,865
Total valid votes551,715540,831

Mayoral and City Council election, 1997

The election took place on 16 November 1997.

CandidatePartyCoalitionFirst round
Votes%
Antonio BassolinoPDSThe Olive Tree399,45472.92
Emiddio NoviFIPole for Freedoms138,40625.26
Others9,9061.81
Eligible voters861,455100.00
Voted587,28568.17
Blank or invalid ballots39,464
Total valid votes547,821

Mayoral and City Council election, 2001

The election took place in two rounds: the first on 13 May, the second on 27 May 2001.

CandidatePartyCoalitionFirst roundSecond round
Votes%Votes%
Rosa Russo IervolinoDLThe Olive Tree262,81848.82278,18352.91
Antonio MartuscielloFIHouse of Freedoms246,08945.71247,56447.09
Others29,4575.47
Eligible voters849,798100.00849,798100.00
Voted579,20468.16534,59062.91
Blank or invalid ballots40,8408,843
Total valid votes538,364525,747

Mayoral and City Council election, 2006

The election took place on 28–29 May 2006.

CandidatePartyCoalitionFirst round
Votes%
Rosa Russo IervolinoDLThe Olive Tree304,97557.20
Franco MalvanoFIHouse of Freedoms201,24237.74
Others26,9625.06
Eligible voters828,496100.00
Voted552,11066.64
Blank or invalid ballots18,931
Total valid votes533,179

Mayoral and City Council election, 2011

The election took place in two rounds: the first on 15–16 May, the second on 29–30 May 2011.

CandidatePartyCoalitionFirst roundSecond round
Votes%Votes%
Luigi De MagistrisIdVIdV-FdS128,30327.52264,73065.38
Gianni LettieriPdLPdL-FdS-NS-PID-PRI-LD-AdC179,57538.52140,20334.62
Mario MorconePDPD-SEL89,28019.15
Raimondo PasquinoUDCUDC-FLI-ApI45,4499.75
Clemente MastellaUDEUR10,1242.17
Roberto FicoM5S6,4411.38
Others7,0021.51
Eligible voters812,450100.00812,450100.00
Voted490,14260.33410,90750.58
Blank or invalid ballots23,9685,974
Total valid votes466,174404,933
Summary of the 2011 Naples City Council election results
Parties and coalitionsVotes%Seats
The People of Freedom (Il Popolo delle Libertà)PdL97,75223.85%8
Force of the South (Forza del Sud)FdS21,4285.23%1
We the South (Noi Sud)NS14,6583.58%1
Lettieri List (Lista Lettieri)LL12,5713.07%1
Others30,4907.43%0
Lettieri coalition (Centre-right)176,90143.16%11
Democratic Party (Partito Democratico)PD68,01816.59%5
Left Ecology Freedom (Sinistra Ecologia Libertà)SEL16,2833.97%0
Others8,6822.12%0
Morcone coalition (Centre-left)92,98322.68%5
Italy of Values (Italia dei Valori)IdV33,3208.13%15
Naples is Yours (Napoli è Tua)NT18,9024.61%8
Federation of the Left (Federazione della Sinistra)FdS15,0083.66%6
Others1,2920.32%0
De Magistris coalition (Left-wing)68,52216.72%29
Union of the Centre (Unione di Centro)UDC21,3355.21%2
Future and Freedom (Futuro e Libertà)FLI13,8073.37%1
Alliance for Italy (Alleanza per l'Italia)ApI6,0031.46%0
Others5,9041.44%0
Pasquino coalition (Centre)47,06911.48%3
Others24,4205.96%0
Total409,895100%48
Votes cast / turnout490,14260.33%
Registered voters812,450
Source:

Mayoral and City Council election, 2016

The election took place in two rounds: the first on 5 June and the second on 19 June 2016.

CandidatePartyCoalitionFirst roundSecond round
Votes%Votes%
Luigi De MagistrisDemADemA-SI-FdV-PRC-PCd'I-IdV172,71042.82185,90766.85
Gianni LettieriFI96,96124.0492,17433.15
Valeria ValentePDPD-AP-UDC-CD-Mod-PSI85,22521.13
Matteo BrambillaM5S38,8639.64
Marcello TagliatelaFdI5,1861.29
Others4,3361.08
Eligible voters788,291100.00788,291100.00
Voted426,60254.12283,54235.97
Blank or invalid ballots23,2915,461
Total valid votes403,311278,081
Summary of the 2016 Naples City Council election results
Parties and coalitionsVotes%Seats
De Magistris List (Lista De Magistris)LDM51,89613.79%10
Democracy and Autonomy (Democrazia e Autonomia)DemA28,5877.60%5
Naples in Common to the Left (Napoli in Comune a Sinistra)NCS19,9455.30%4
Federation of the Greens (Federazione dei Verdi)FdV11,3413.01%2
Others37,97110.08%3
De Magistris coalition (Left-wing)149,74039.80%24
Forza ItaliaFI36,1459.61%4
Lettieri List (Lista Lettieri)LL28,8697.67%2
Others27,3477.27%1
Lettieri coalition (Centre-right)92,36124.55%7
Democratic Party (Partito Democratico)PD43,79011.64%6
Popular Area (Area Popolare)AP7,5212.00%1
Others37,67510.01%0
Valente coalition (Centre-left)88,98623.65%7
Five Star Movement (Movimento Cinque Stelle)M5S36,3599.66%2
Others8,8172.35%0
Total376,263100%40
Votes cast / turnout426,60254.12%
Registered voters788,291
Source:

Mayoral and City Council election, 2021

The election took place on 3–4 October 2021.

CandidatePartyCoalitionFirst round
Votes%
Gaetano ManfrediIndPD-M5S-SI-EV218,07762.88
Catello MarescaIndFI-FdI-NcI-UDC75,89121.88
Antonio BassolinoIndA-PG28,4518.20
Alessandra ClementePaP19,3385.58
Others5,0501.45
Eligible voters776,751100.00
Voted366,37447.17
Blank or invalid ballots19,567
Total valid votes346,807

Deputy Mayor

The office of the Deputy Mayor of Naples was officially created in 1993 with the adoption of the new local administration law. The Deputy Mayor is nominated and eventually dismissed by the Mayor.

DeputyTerm startTerm endPartyMayor
1Ada Becchi16 December 199310 September 1994PDSBassolino
2Riccardo Marone21 September 199417 November 1997PDS DS
28 November 199728 May 2001
3Rocco Papa7 June 200130 May 2006DSIervolino
4Santangelo Sabatino19 June 20061 June 2011Ind
5Tommaso Sodano13 June 201116 June 2015PRCDe Magistris
6Raffaele Del Giudice19 June 201520 June 2016Ind
27 June 201625 October 2018
7Enrico Panini26 October 201812 January 2021DemA
8Carmine Piscopo12 January 202118 October 2021DemA
9Maria Filippone22 October 202116 July 2022IndManfredi
10Laura Lieto5 August 2022IncumbentInd

Notes

See also