2021 Milan municipal election

A two-round system is used for all mayoral elections in Italy, in the cities with a population higher than 15,000 inhabitants, for the seventh time. 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. 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 losing party is determined proportionally, using D'Hondt seat allocation. Only coalitions with more than 3% of votes are eligible to get any seats. ==Background==

Centre-left coalition On 7 December 2020, the incumbent mayor Giuseppe Sala announced that he had chosen to run for re-election in 2021 for a second term in office. Sala announced that he would present his electoral program and the lists of his coalition before the end of January, ruling out a possible alliance with the Five Star Movement (M5S). Sala also sought a reconciliation with Green Europe after the rupture following the cutting of the trees in the Bassini Park to make way for a new department of chemistry for the Politecnico di Milano. Spokeswoman Elena Grandi initially announced an autonomous candidacy with its own candidate for mayor, but ultimately they had a meeting with the outgoing mayor to discuss their support for his candidacy. On 12 March 2021 Sala joined the European Green Party. ==Parties and candidates==

This is a partial list of the major parties (and their respective leaders) which participated in the election. Monica Romano, a municipal councillor of the Democratic Party, became the first trans woman elected to political office in Milan in 2021. ==Opinion polls==

Candidates First round Second round Sala vs. Bernardo Parties ==Results==

Incumbent mayor Beppe Sala, supported by a centre-left coalition, was re-elected in the first round with about 58% of the vote. His main opponent, centre-right candidate Luca Bernardo, got 31% of the votes. The voter turnout was 47.7%, almost 7 percentage points less than in the latest municipal election. ==Results in municipi==

Presidents and Councils Following the 2021 election, all the nine municipi were gained by the centre-left coalition. Table below shows the results for each municipio with the percentage for each candidate and president elected: Source: Municipality of Milan - Electoral Service Table below shows the seats for each coalition in every Municipal Council: Source: Municipality of Milan - Electoral Service ==See also==