Milan municipal election, 2016

Milan mayoral election, 2016

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Turnout	54.6% and 51.8%
Nominee Giuseppe Sala Stefano Parisi Party Democratic Party Forza Italia 1st Round vote 224,156 219,218 Percentage 41.7% 40.8% 2nd Round vote 264,481 247,052 Percentage 51.7% 48.3%
Result of second round voting by Milan municipalities. Red municipalities are those with most votes for Sala and Azure those for Parisi.
Mayor before election Giuliano Pisapia Elected Mayor Giuseppe Sala

Giuliano Pisapia

Giuseppe Sala

Municipal elections were held in Milan on 5 and 19 June 2016 to elect the Mayor of Milan and the 48 members of the City Council.

Councillors and presidents of the 9 administrative zones of the city were also decided in these elections.

Incumbent Mayor Giuliano Pisapia has chosen not to run for re-election for a second term in office.

On 22 March 2015, the incumbent mayor Giuliano Pisapia announced that he had chosen not to run for re-election in 2016 for a second term in office. Following Pisapia's decision, the ruling center-left coalition decided to call an open primary election to choose a new single mayoral candidate.

Four people registered to be candidates in this election: Giuseppe Sala, business executive and Milan Expo 2015 CEO;Francesca Balzani, current deputy mayor, responsible for Budget in the Milan's municipal government and former MEP;Pierfrancesco Majorino, current responsible for Social Equalities in the municipal government of the city;Antonio Iannetta, former president of UISP (Italian Sport Union for Everyone).

The election took place on 6–7 February 2016:

Total voters: 60,900

On 10 February 2016, Stefano Parisi, former City manager of Milan (1997-2001), announced his acceptance to become the center-right coalition candidate for the mayoral election, a role proposed to him by the former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi. Parisi is also the former CEO of the telecommunication company Fasteweb; Parisi in last 2015 was the manager of Corrado Passera's early majoral campaign for their party, Italia Unica: Passera retired to run for Major when Parisi resigned after a meeting with Berlusconi.