List of mayors of Naples

Re-established mayors (1943–present)

From 1943 to 1993, the Mayor of Naples was chosen by the City council. Since 1993, under provisions of new local administration law, the Mayor of Naples is chosen by popular election, originally every four, and later every five years:

Council elections (1946-1993)

After the Second World War, the first democratic election in Naples took place on November 10, 1946; for the first time since 1926 the inhabitants (men and women, without distinction) could vote their representatives in the City Council with the proportional system of vote.

In 1946 the conservatives parties of the monarchists and Christian democratics received the 53% of the votes and a big representation in the City Council; the Popular Democratic Front, which was composed by communists and socialists, received the 31% of the votes and didn't hav the majority in the City Council.

The same thing happened in the others elections (May 25, 1952; May 27, 1956; November 6, 1960; June 10, 1962); instead of the rest of Italy, in Naples the monarchists were very populars and obteined the majority in the City Council for more than 15 years.

In 1964 for the first time the Christian Democracy obteined the 34% of the votes and a strong majority in the City Council.

On 15 June 1975 the communists won the election and could form a coalition with the socialists for have the majority in the Council: the first communist mayor of Naples was Mauro Valenzi (who was re-elected after 1980's election).

The following is the number of seats of each party in the City Council after each election:

Mayoral and Council election, 1993

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

For the first time under the new electoral law citizens could vote directly the mayor; before this choice was made by the City Council. For the first time in the municipal political history there weren't parties like Christian Democracy, Italian Socialist Party or Italian Communist Party: the main parties were the Italian Social Movement and the Democratic Party of the Left.

The main candidates were Antonio Bassolino and Benito Mussolini's granddaughter Alessandra. However, there were a lot of others candidates from different parties.

On December 5, 1993, Bassolino won the election and became the first elected mayor of Naples.

Mayoral and Council election, 1997

The election took place on November 16.

The main candidates were Emiddio Novi, supported by Silvio Berlusconi's coalition Pole of Freedoms and by some Christian-democratic parties, and Antonio Bassolino, supported by Romano Prodi's coalition The Olive Tree.

Bassolino won the election with the 73% of the votes.

Mayoral and Council election, 2001

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

The main candidates were Antonio Martusciello, supported by Silvio Berlusconi's center-right coalition, and Rosa Russo Iervolino, supported by Francesco Rutelli's center-left coalition The Olive Tree.

Mayoral and Council election, 2006

The election took place on May 28–29.

The incumbent mayor Rosa Russo Iervolino won with the 57% of the votes.

Mayoral and Council election, 2011

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

The main candidates were the entrepreneur Gianni Lettieri, from Silvio Berlusconi's party People of Freedom, the prefect Mario Morcone, from Democratic Party, and the magistrate Luigi De Magistris, from Antonio Di Pietro's party Italy of Values.

In March 2011, Morcone was chosen as the candidate center-left coalition with the coalition primary elections. However, De Magistris decided to run without the support of the center-left coalition; he was supported by his party, Communist Refoundation Party and some civic lists.

On the first round Lettieri was ahead with the 37% of the votes, but on the second round De Magistris won the election with the 65% of the votes.

In these election Democratic Party obtained the worst result since 1993, People of Freedom failed once again to conquer the city and De Magistris became the first elected mayor of Naples from a left-wing party.

Mayoral and Council election, 2016

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

The main candidates were the incumbent mayor Luigi De Magistris, from Antonio Di Pietro's party Italy of Values, the entrepreneur Gianni Lettieri, near to Silvio Berlusconi's party Forza Italia and Valeria Valente, from Democratic Party.

Valente was chosen as the candidate center-left coalition with the coalition primary elections. One of Valente's opponents was former mayor Antonio Bassolino, who criticized the partecipation of centre-right voters to the primaries.

On the first round De Magistris was ahead with the 42% of the votes, and then won the second round with the 66% of the votes.