Elections in Naples
# Elections in Naples

Democratic elections have been held in Naples, Italy, since the collapse of Benito Mussolini's fascist regime. Today, all residents of Naples who are at least 18 years old and hold an EU citizenship are eligible to vote for the mayor and the 48 members of the city council. They also vote for the president and the 30 or 40 members of the municipal council in which they reside.

Since 1993, Italian mayors are elected directly. In the cities with a population higher than 15,000, voters can choose for a candidate for mayor and/or for a party or civic list that is not necessarily linked to the same mayor-candidate (panachage or voto disgiunto). If no candidate receives an absolute majority, the top two candidates go to a runoff election (ballottaggio) after two weeks. The city council and municipal council 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 stability.

Elections are normally scheduled every five years, usually between 15 April and 15 June. The last election was held in June 2016.

## Italian Republic (since 1946)

### City council election, 1946

The first democratic election after the fall of fascism took place on 10 November 1946.

After the Liberation of Naples in August 1943, Independent lawyer Giuseppe Solimene had been appointed as Provisional Mayor by the National Liberation Committee under approval of the United Nations military government. Between 1943 and 1946 the office had been filled by politicians from centre-left minor parties such as the liberal-socialist Action Party and the social-democratic Labour Democratic Party.

When the authority of the Italian government was restored in 1946, local elections in the whole country were called. Proportional representation and the Westminster system were the principles chosen for the restoration of municipal democracy in Italy.

For the first time, the inhabitants of the city, including men and women, without distinction, could vote for their representatives in the city council. The conservative and right-wing parties, such as the Monarchist National Party and Common Man's Front, received the combined majority of the votes and extensive representation in the city council, while the leftist alliance Popular Democratic Bloc, an alliance between the Communists, Socialists and centre-left minor parties, received just the 31% of the votes. However, the turnout of the election remains noted as extremely low.

| Parties | Parties | | Votes | % | Seats |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Popular Democratic Bloc | | 73,617 | 31.2 | 25 |
| | Common Man's Front | UQ | 46,851 | 19.8 | 16 |
| | Monarchist National Party | PNM | 44,484 | 18.8 | 15 |
| | Italian Liberal Party | PLI | 35,323 | 15.0 | 12 |
| | Christian Democracy | DC | 32,169 | 13.6 | 11 |
| | National Reconstruction Union | URN | 3,827 | 1.6 | 1 |
| Total | Total | | 236,271 | 100.0 | 80 |

Sunday 10 November 1946. Sources: La Stampa , 1946–1955 Local Elections (Italian), Electoral Archives of Naples (Italian)

**Notes**

* ↑ Alliance including PCI, PSIUP, PdA and PRI.

### City council election, 1952

The incumbent city council's mandate expired in November 1951; however, a new election was postponed to next spring. During the maintenance of the previous council, the national political situation had deeply changed during the previous six years. In 1951, Alcide De Gasperi's government changed the local electoral law to a block voting system, to ensure the leadership of its local administrations. Two thirds of the seats would be assigned to the winning coalition, abolishing proportional representation.

The election took place on 25 May 1952, resulting in the unexpected defeat of the Centrist Coalition, with a right-wing coalition formed by monarchists and neo-fascists obtaining the majority of votes. The monarchist and former fascist businessman Achille Lauro, who had received almost 140,000 preference votes, higher than any number of votes received by any candidate in a local election up to that point, was elected mayor on 9 July and formed an far-right executive composed by members of PNM and MSI.

| Coalitions and parties | Votes | % | +/- | Seats | +/- | Seats by party — Seats by coalition |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rightist Coalition | 213,384 | 42.6 | | 53 | | Seats by party — Seats by coalition |
| Monarchist National Party | 147,814 | 29.5 | 10.7 | 37 | 22 | Seats by party — Seats by coalition |
| Italian Social Movement | 59,117 | 11.8 | 11.8 | 15 | 15 | Seats by party — Seats by coalition |
| National Monarchist Front | 6,453 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1 | 1 | Seats by party — Seats by coalition |
| Centrist Coalition | 149,841 | 29.8 | | 14 | | Seats by party — Seats by coalition |
| Christian Democracy | 119,679 | 23.8 | 10.2 | 11 | | Seats by party — Seats by coalition |
| Italian Liberal Party | 20,531 | 4.1 | 10.9 | 2 | 10 | Seats by party — Seats by coalition |
| Italian Democratic Socialist Party | 7,648 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1 | 1 | Seats by party — Seats by coalition |
| Italian Republican Party | 1,983 | 0.4 | | 0 | | Seats by party — Seats by coalition |
| Leftist Coalition | 135,273 | 27.0 | | 13 | | Seats by party — Seats by coalition |
| Italian Communist Party | 107,916 | 21.5 | | 11 | | Seats by party — Seats by coalition |
| Italian Socialist Party | 15,075 | 3.0 | | 1 | | Seats by party — Seats by coalition |
| Pine List (Leftist Independents) | 12,282 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 1 | 1 | Seats by party — Seats by coalition |
| Others | 2,988 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0 | | Seats by party — Seats by coalition |
| Total | 501,426 | 100.0 | | 80 | | Seats by party — Seats by coalition |

Sunday 25 May 1952. Sources: La Stampa , 1946–1955 Local Elections (Italian), Electoral Archives of Naples (Italian)

### City council election, 1956

The occurrence of the 1956 election was anticipated by the effect of a new law which ordered a new legislature for a term of 4 years. A varying electoral system was additionally implemented; after Alcide De Gasperi's government had retired in 1953, the 1951 electoral law, based on a block voting system was restored.

In June 1953 the incumbent mayor Achille Lauro ran both as deputy and senator in the national election. Being elected in both the Chamber and the Senate, and despite having received more than 180,000 preference votes in the election for the Chamber of Deputies, he opted to remain in the Senate. However, in 1954, his election was invalidated, since he could not hold the offices of mayor and senator at the same time.

Due to his expulsion from the Senate and to his increasing popularity across Naples, in June 1954 Lauro founded a new monarchist party (People's Monarchist Party, PMP), breaking with the PNM's leader Alfredo Covelli. The new PMP party characterized itself for being closer to Christian Democracy, the support of which was necessary for Lauro to expand and enforce his political strength across the city.

The election, which took place on 27 May 1956, resulted in a landslide victory for Lauro's new monarchist party, with the Mayor himself obtaining more than 260,000 preference votes.

In 1958, after an inquiry sponsored by the national government, several administrative irregularities emerged and Lauro was ousted from the office, after the Zoli Cabinet nominated a special commissioner to rule the city.

| Parties | Parties | | Votes | % | +/- | Seats | +/- |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | People's Monarchist Party | PMP | 276,599 | 51.2 | 51.2 | 44 | 44 |
| | Italian Communist Party | PCI | 102,307 | 19.1 | 2.4 | 16 | 5 |
| | Christian Democracy | DC | 87,630 | 16.4 | 7.4 | 11 | 2 |
| | Italian Socialist Party | PSI | 23,765 | 4.4 | 1.3 | 3 | 2 |
| | Italian Social Movement | MSI | 16,936 | 3.2 | 8.6 | 2 | 13 |
| | Monarchist National Party | PNM | 10,306 | 1.9 | 27.6 | 1 | 36 |
| | Italian Liberal Party | PLI | 9,042 | 1.7 | 2.4 | 1 | 1 |
| | Italian Democratic Socialist Party | PSDI | 4,375 | 0.8 | 0.7 | 0 | 1 |
| | Others | | 3,405 | 0.6 | | 0 | |
| Total | Total | | 534,365 | 100.0 | | 80 | |

Sunday 27 May 1956. Source: La Stampa , Electoral Archives of Naples (Italian)

### City council election, 1960

In 1959 the two main monarchist parties (the PMP and PNM) merged into the new Italian Democratic Party, later the Italian Democratic Party of Monarchist Unity (PDIUM). Despite the political scandal that led to a long period of suspension of the democratic institutions of the city, the election, which occurred upon 6 November 1950, resulted in a new political success for the monarchists; their leader, Achille Lauro, was again elected mayor in January 1961, thanks to the support of the Christian Democracy party. However he was forced to resign after 11 months, due to a political crisis that again led to the suspension of the city council and to a snap election in June 1962.

| Parties | Parties | | Votes | % | +/- | Seats | +/- |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Italian Democratic Party of Monarchist Unity | PDIUM | 201,522 | 36.0 | 36.0 | 29 | 29 |
| | Christian Democracy | DC | 146,661 | 26.2 | 9.8 | 22 | 11 |
| | Italian Communist Party | PCI | 130,908 | 23.4 | 4.3 | 19 | 3 |
| | Italian Socialist Party | PSI | 34,152 | 6.1 | 1.7 | 5 | 2 |
| | Italian Social Movement | MSI | 23,226 | 4.1 | 0.9 | 3 | 1 |
| | Italian Liberal Party | PLI | 11,854 | 2.1 | 0.4 | 1 | |
| | Italian Democratic Socialist Party | PSDI | 11,181 | 2.0 | 1.2 | 1 | 1 |
| | Others | | 907 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0 | |
| Total | Total | | 560,441 | 100.0 | | 80 | |

Sunday 6 November 1960. Source: La Stampa , Electoral Archives of Naples (Italian)

### City council election, 1962

The snap election, which took place on 10 June 1962, resulted within PDIUM obtaining the largest number of votes, despite considerable losses. For the first time the Christian Democracy party emerged as a possible challenger for Lauro's political dominance. After the election, a new alliance between PDIUM and DC was formed. However, in 1964 another political crisis between the two coalition partners occurred and another snap election was called.

| Parties | Parties | | Votes | % | +/- | Seats | +/- |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Italian Democratic Party of Monarchist Unity | PDIUM | 176,780 | 31.0 | 5.0 | 25 | 4 |
| | Christian Democracy | DC | 158,828 | 27.8 | 1.6 | 23 | 1 |
| | Italian Communist Party | PCI | 119,594 | 20.9 | 2.5 | 17 | 2 |
| | Italian Socialist Party | PSI | 47,841 | 8.4 | 2.3 | 7 | 2 |
| | Italian Social Movement | MSI | 31,715 | 5.5 | 1.4 | 4 | 1 |
| | Italian Democratic Socialist Party | PSDI | 18,258 | 3.2 | 1.2 | 2 | 1 |
| | Italian Liberal Party | PLI | 15,421 | 2.7 | 0.6 | 2 | 1 |
| | Others | | 2,571 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0 | |
| Total | Total | | 571,008 | 100.0 | | 80 | |

Sunday 10 June 1962. Source: La Stampa , Electoral Archives of Naples (Italian)

### City council election, 1964

The snap election took place on 22 November 1964, with the Christian Democracy party becoming the largest party; the monarchists obtained their worst result ever in a local election in Naples during the election. On 27 January 1965, the first Neapolitan centre-left executive was formed and the Christian democrat Ferdinando Clemente di San Luca was elected mayor by an alliance that comprehended DC, PSI and PSDI.

| Parties | Parties | | Votes | % | +/- | Seats | +/- |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Christian Democracy | DC | 200,601 | 34.7 | 6.9 | 29 | 6 |
| | Italian Communist Party | PCI | 142,349 | 24.6 | 3.7 | 20 | 3 |
| | Italian Social Movement | MSI | 59,544 | 10.3 | 4.8 | 8 | 4 |
| | Italian Democratic Party of Monarchist Unity | PDIUM | 48,337 | 8.7 | 22.3 | 7 | 18 |
| | Italian Liberal Party | PLI | 46,307 | 8.0 | 5.3 | 6 | 4 |
| | Italian Socialist Party | PSI | 37,850 | 6.5 | 1.9 | 5 | 2 |
| | Italian Democratic Socialist Party | PSDI | 33,021 | 5.7 | 2.5 | 4 | 2 |
| | Italian Socialist Party of Proletarian Unity | PSIUP | 9,396 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1 | 1 |
| | Others | | 1,073 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0 | |
| Total | Total | | 578,478 | 100.0 | | 80 | |

Sunday 22 November 1964. Source: La Stampa , Electoral Archives of Naples (Italian)

### City council election, 1970

The election took place on 7 June 1970; this election, six years after the last, took place simultaneously with the first regional elections of Campania. The centre-left alliance was easily reconfirmed as the major political alliance in the city council.

| Parties | Parties | | Votes | % | +/- | Seats | +/- |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Christian Democracy | DC | 209,153 | 33.8 | 0.9 | 28 | 1 |
| | Italian Communist Party | PCI | 161,547 | 26.1 | 1.5 | 22 | 2 |
| | Italian Social Movement | MSI | 74,720 | 12.1 | 1.8 | 10 | 2 |
| | Italian Socialist Party | PSI | 45,655 | 7.4 | 0.9 | 6 | 1 |
| | Italian Democratic Socialist Party | PSDI | 43,326 | 7.0 | 1.3 | 5 | 1 |
| | Italian Liberal Party | PLI | 28,270 | 4.6 | 3.4 | 3 | 3 |
| | Italian Democratic Party of Monarchist Unity | PDIUM | 23,220 | 3.8 | 4.8 | 3 | 4 |
| | Italian Republican Party | PRI | 16,245 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 2 | 2 |
| | Italian Socialist Party of Proletarian Unity | PSIUP | 11,160 | 1.8 | 0.2 | 1 | |
| | Others | | 4,723 | 0.8 | 0.6 | 0 | |
| Total | Total | | 618,019 | 100.0 | | 80 | |

Sunday 7 June 1970. Source: La Stampa , Electoral Archives of Naples (Italian)

### City council election, 1975

The election took place on 15 June 1975.

Reflecting the national vote, the Italian Communist Party became, for the first time in history, the largest party within the city council, with 32% of electorate support. This extraordinary result led to the birth of the first red-giunta in the history of the city: a new coalition was formed by the leftist Socialist, Democratic-Socialist and Communist Party, while Maurizio Valenzi (PCI) was elected mayor on 27 September.

A notable fact in the election was the surge of the post-fascist Italian Social Movement.

| Parties | Parties | | Votes | % | +/- | Seats | +/- |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Italian Communist Party | PCI | 228,385 | 32.3 | 6.2 | 27 | 5 |
| | Christian Democracy | DC | 200,507 | 28.4 | 5.4 | 24 | 4 |
| | Italian Social Movement | MSI | 130,992 | 18.5 | 6.4 | 15 | 5 |
| | Italian Democratic Socialist Party | PSDI | 49,019 | 6.9 | 0.1 | 5 | |
| | Italian Socialist Party | PSI | 48,978 | 6.9 | 0.5 | 4 | 2 |
| | Italian Republican Party | PRI | 21,908 | 3.1 | 0.5 | 2 | |
| | Italian Liberal Party | PLI | 14,099 | 2.0 | 2.6 | 2 | 1 |
| | Proletarian Democracy | DP | 10,381 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1 | 1 |
| | Others | | 2,746 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0 | |
| Total | Total | | 707,015 | 100.0 | | 80 | |

Sunday 15 June 1975. Source: La Stampa , Electoral Archives of Naples (Italian)

### City council election, 1980

The election took place on 8 June 1980 and the Italian Communist Party was confirmed again as the largest party. However, the ruling left-wing coalition was not able to win more seats in the city council and assure a more stable majority. After a political crisis, a snap election was called in 1983.

| Parties | Parties | | Votes | % | +/- | Seats | +/- |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Italian Communist Party | PCI | 223,726 | 31.7 | 0.6 | 27 | |
| | Christian Democracy | DC | 178,854 | 25.4 | 3.0 | 21 | 3 |
| | Italian Social Movement | MSI | 157,167 | 22.3 | 3.8 | 18 | 3 |
| | Italian Socialist Party | PSI | 54,013 | 7.7 | 0.8 | 5 | 1 |
| | Italian Democratic Socialist Party | PSDI | 45,565 | 6.5 | 0.4 | 4 | 1 |
| | Italian Republican Party | PRI | 20,937 | 3.0 | 0.1 | 2 | |
| | Italian Liberal Party | PLI | 12,950 | 1.8 | 0.2 | 2 | |
| | Proletarian Democracy | DP | 7,054 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 1 | |
| | Others | | 5,179 | 0.8 | 0.4 | 0 | |
| Total | Total | | 705,445 | 100.0 | | 80 | |

Sunday 8 June 1980. Source: La Stampa , Electoral Archives of Naples (Italian)

### City council election, 1983

The snap election took place on 20 November 1983. Despite notable losses, the Italian Communist Party was confirmed again as the largest party. However, the Christian Democracy party managed to form a transitional centre-left coalition with socialists and social-democrats. In November 1984 a Pentapartito coalition was finally formed and the socialist Carlo D'Amato was elected mayor.

| Parties | Parties | | Votes | % | +/- | Seats | +/- |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Italian Communist Party | PCI | 181,745 | 27.0 | 4.7 | 23 | 4 |
| | Christian Democracy | DC | 163,777 | 24.3 | 1.1 | 20 | 1 |
| | Italian Social Movement | MSI | 140,542 | 20.8 | 1.5 | 17 | 1 |
| | Italian Socialist Party | PSI | 70,615 | 10.5 | 2.8 | 9 | 4 |
| | Italian Democratic Socialist Party | PSDI | 44,967 | 6.6 | 0.1 | 5 | 1 |
| | Italian Republican Party | PRI | 33,333 | 4.9 | 1.9 | 4 | 2 |
| | Italian Liberal Party | PLI | 14,818 | 2.2 | 0.4 | 1 | 1 |
| | Radical Party | PR | 8,981 | 1.3 | 1.3 | 1 | 1 |
| | Proletarian Democracy | DP | 6,416 | 0.9 | 0.1 | 0 | 1 |
| | Others | | 8,850 | 1.4 | 0.6 | 0 | |
| Total | Total | | 674,044 | 100.0 | | 80 | |

Sunday 20 November 1983. Source: La Stampa , Electoral Archives of Naples (Italian)

### City council election, 1987

Another snap election took place on 14 June 1987.

Despite a high degree of fragmentation and instability during the previous years, the Pentapartito coalition managed to obtain again the majority of the seats in the city council. Christian Democracy became the largest party.

| Parties | Parties | | Votes | % | +/- | Seats | +/- |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Christian Democracy | DC | 212,082 | 30.4 | 6.1 | 26 | 6 |
| | Italian Communist Party | PCI | 160,362 | 23.0 | 4.0 | 19 | 4 |
| | Italian Socialist Party | PSI | 106,772 | 15.3 | 4.8 | 14 | 5 |
| | Italian Social Movement | MSI | 70,723 | 10.2 | 10.6 | 8 | 9 |
| | Italian Democratic Socialist Party | PSDI | 45,671 | 6.6 | | 5 | |
| | Italian Republican Party | PRI | 38,188 | 5.6 | 0.7 | 4 | |
| | Radical Party | PR | 19,793 | 2.8 | 1.5 | 2 | 1 |
| | Italian Liberal Party | PLI | 18,071 | 2.6 | 0.4 | 1 | |
| | Proletarian Democracy | DP | 10,130 | 1.4 | 0.5 | 1 | 1 |
| | Others | | 15,260 | 2.1 | 0.7 | 0 | |
| Total | Total | | 697,092 | 100.0 | | 80 | |

Sunday 14 June 1987. Source: La Stampa , Electoral Archives of Naples (Italian)

### City council election, 1992

The election took place on 7 June 1992, resulting within a Christian democracy victory.

| Parties | Parties | | Votes | % | +/- | Seats | +/- |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | Christian Democracy | DC | 178,096 | 29.8 | 0.6 | 25 | 1 |
| | Italian Socialist Party | PSI | 116,904 | 19.5 | 4.2 | 16 | 2 |
| | Democratic Party of the Left | PDS | 75,972 | 12.7 | 9.3 | 10 | 9 |
| | Italian Social Movement | MSI | 55,256 | 9.2 | 1.0 | 7 | 1 |
| | Italian Republican Party | PRI | 37,567 | 6.3 | 0.7 | 5 | 1 |
| | Italian Liberal Party | PLI | 36,099 | 6.3 | 3.7 | 5 | 4 |
| | Italian Democratic Socialist Party | PSDI | 35,533 | 5.9 | 0.7 | 5 | |
| | Communist Refoundation Party | PRC | 24,346 | 4.1 | 4.1 | 3 | 3 |
| | Federation of the Greens | FdV | 15,317 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 2 | 2 |
| | The Network | LR | 11,579 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 1 | 1 |
| | Pannella List | LP | 9,525 | 1.6 | 1.6 | 1 | 1 |
| | Others | | 2,016 | 0.3 | 1.8 | 0 | |
| Total | Total | | 598,210 | 100.0 | | 80 | |

Sunday 7 June 1992. Source: La Stampa , Electoral Archives of Naples (Italian)

### Mayoral and city council election, 1993

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

Summary of the 1993 Naples city council election results :

| Parties and coalitions | Parties and coalitions | Parties and coalitions | Parties and coalitions | Votes | % | Seats |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | | Democratic Party of the Left (Partito Democratico della Sinistra) | PDS | 92,475 | 19.76% | 20 |
| | | Communist Refoundation Party (Rifondazione Comunista) | PRC | 41,453 | 8.86% | 8 |
| | | Federation of the Greens (Federazione dei Verdi) | FdV | 18,049 | 3.86% | 3 |
| | | Socialist Rebirth (Rinascita Socialista) | RS | 12,563 | 2.68% | 2 |
| | | The Network (La Rete) | LR | 9,763 | 2.09% | 2 |
| | | Others | | 6,497 | 1.39% | 1 |
| Bassolino coalition (Left-wing) | Bassolino coalition (Left-wing) | Bassolino coalition (Left-wing) | Bassolino coalition (Left-wing) | 180,800 | 38.62% | 36 |
| | Italian Social Movement (Movimento Sociale Italiano) | Italian Social Movement (Movimento Sociale Italiano) | MSI | 145,873 | 31.16% | 13 |
| | | Christian Democracy (Democrazia Cristiana) | DC | 46,730 | 9.98% | 6 |
| | | Italian Socialist Party (Partito Socialista Italiano) | PSI | 18,371 | 3.92% | 1 |
| | | Italian Democratic Socialist Party (Partito Socialdemocratico Italiano) | PSDI | 13,882 | 2.97% | 1 |
| | | Italian Liberal Party (Partito Liberale Italiano) | PLI | 6,333 | 1.35% | 0 |
| Caprara coalition (Quadripartito) | Caprara coalition (Quadripartito) | Caprara coalition (Quadripartito) | Caprara coalition (Quadripartito) | 85,316 | 18.23% | 8 |
| | Naples Alliance (Alleanza Napoli) | Naples Alliance (Alleanza Napoli) | AN | 31,818 | 6.80% | 3 |
| | Others | Others | | 24,295 | 5.19% | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 468,102 | 100% | 60 |
| Votes cast / turnout | Votes cast / turnout | Votes cast / turnout | Votes cast / turnout | 589,311 | 67.03% | |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | Registered voters | Registered voters | 879,237 | | |
| Source: Ministry of the Interior |||||||
| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Coalition | First round | First round | Second round | Second round |
| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Coalition | Votes | % | Votes | % |
| | Antonio Bassolino | PDS | PDS-PRC-RS-FdV-LR | 229,649 | 41.62 | 300,964 | 55.65 |
| | Alessandra Mussolini | MSI | | 171,315 | 31.05 | 239,867 | 44.35 |
| | Massimo Caprara | DC | DC-PSI-PSDI-PLI | 77,643 | 14.07 |
| | Angelo Sabatino | Ind | | 47,648 | 8.64 |
| | Others | | | 25,450 | 4.61 |
| Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | 879,237 | 100.00 | 879,237 | 100.00 |
| Voted | Voted | Voted | Voted | 589,311 | 67.03 | 559,696 | 63.66 |
| Blank or invalid ballots | Blank or invalid ballots | Blank or invalid ballots | Blank or invalid ballots | 37,596 | | 18,865 | |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 551,715 | | 540,831 | |

### Mayoral and city council election, 1997

The election took place on 16 November 1997.

Summary of the 1997 Naples city council election results :

| Parties and coalitions | Parties and coalitions | Parties and coalitions | Parties and coalitions | Votes | % | Seats |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | | Democratic Party of the Left (Partito Democratico della Sinistra) | PDS | 164,644 | 33.28% | 22 |
| | | Italian People's Party (Partito Popolare Italiano) | PPI | 44,438 | 8.98% | 5 |
| | | Communist Refoundation Party (Rifondazione Comunista) | PRC | 31,769 | 6.42% | 4 |
| | | Italian Renewal (Rinnovamento Italiano) | RI | 22,765 | 4.60% | 3 |
| | | The Network (La Rete) | LR | 18,698 | 3.78% | 2 |
| | | Others | | 57,063 | 11.53% | 6 |
| Bassolino coalition (Centre-left) | Bassolino coalition (Centre-left) | Bassolino coalition (Centre-left) | Bassolino coalition (Centre-left) | 339,377 | 68.61% | 42 |
| | | National Alliance (Alleanza Nazionale) | AN | 56,094 | 11.34% | 7 |
| | | Forza Italia | FI | 55,144 | 11.15% | 7 |
| | | Christian Democratic Centre (Centro Cristiano Democratico) | CCD | 25,480 | 5.15% | 3 |
| | | Others | | 9,295 | 1.88% | 1 |
| Novi coalition (Centre-right) | Novi coalition (Centre-right) | Novi coalition (Centre-right) | Novi coalition (Centre-right) | 146,013 | 29.52% | 18 |
| | Tricolour Flame (Fiamma Tricolore) | Tricolour Flame (Fiamma Tricolore) | MS-FT | 5,207 | 1.05% | 0 |
| | Others | Others | | 4,058 | 0.82% | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 494,655 | 100% | 60 |
| Votes cast / turnout | Votes cast / turnout | Votes cast / turnout | Votes cast / turnout | 587,285 | 68.17% | |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | Registered voters | Registered voters | 861,455 | | |
| Source: Ministry of the Interior |||||||
| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Coalition | First round | First round |
| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Coalition | Votes | % |
| | Antonio Bassolino | PDS | The Olive Tree | 399,454 | 72.92 |
| | Emiddio Novi | FI | Pole for Freedoms | 138,406 | 25.26 |
| | Others | | | 9,906 | 1.81 |
| Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | 861,455 | 100.00 |
| Voted | Voted | Voted | Voted | 587,285 | 68.17 |
| Blank or invalid ballots | Blank or invalid ballots | Blank or invalid ballots | Blank or invalid ballots | 39,464 | |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 547,821 | |

### Mayoral and city council election, 2001

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

| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Coalition | First round | First round | Second round | Second round |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Coalition | Votes | % | Votes | % |
| | Rosa Russo Iervolino | DL | The Olive Tree | 262,818 | 48.82 | 278,183 | 52.91 |
| | Antonio Martusciello | FI | House of Freedoms | 246,089 | 45.71 | 247,564 | 47.09 |
| | Others | | | 29,457 | 5.47 |
| Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | 849,798 | 100.00 | 849,798 | 100.00 |
| Voted | Voted | Voted | Voted | 579,204 | 68.16 | 534,590 | 62.91 |
| Blank or invalid ballots | Blank or invalid ballots | Blank or invalid ballots | Blank or invalid ballots | 40,840 | | 8,843 | |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 538,364 | | 525,747 | |

### Mayoral and city council election, 2006

The election took place on 28–29 May 2006.

| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Coalition | First round | First round |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Coalition | Votes | % |
| | Rosa Russo Iervolino | DL | The Olive Tree | 304,975 | 57.20 |
| | Franco Malvano | FI | House of Freedoms | 201,242 | 37.74 |
| | Others | | | 26,962 | 5.06 |
| Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | 828,496 | 100.00 |
| Voted | Voted | Voted | Voted | 552,110 | 66.64 |
| Blank or invalid ballots | Blank or invalid ballots | Blank or invalid ballots | Blank or invalid ballots | 18,931 | |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 533,179 | |

### 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.

| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Coalition | First round | First round | Second round | Second round |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Coalition | Votes | % | Votes | % |
| | Luigi De Magistris | IdV | IdV-FdS | 128,303 | 27.52 | 264,730 | 65.38 |
| | Gianni Lettieri | PdL | PdL-FdS-NS-PID-PRI-LD-AdC | 179,575 | 38.52 | 140,203 | 34.62 |
| | Mario Morcone | PD | PD-SEL | 89,280 | 19.15 |
| | Raimondo Pasquino | UDC | UDC-FLI-ApI | 45,449 | 9.75 |
| | Clemente Mastella | UDEUR | | 10,124 | 2.17 |
| | Roberto Fico | M5S | | 6,441 | 1.38 |
| | Others | | | 7,002 | 1.51 |
| Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | 812,450 | 100.00 | 812,450 | 100.00 |
| Voted | Voted | Voted | Voted | 490,142 | 60.33 | 410,907 | 50.58 |
| Blank or invalid ballots | Blank or invalid ballots | Blank or invalid ballots | Blank or invalid ballots | 23,968 | | 5,974 | |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 466,174 | | 404,933 | |

Summary of the 2011 Naples city council election results :

| Parties and coalitions | Parties and coalitions | Parties and coalitions | Parties and coalitions | Votes | % | Seats |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | | The People of Freedom (Il Popolo delle Libertà) | PdL | 97,752 | 23.85% | 8 |
| | | Force of the South (Forza del Sud) | FdS | 21,428 | 5.23% | 1 |
| | | We the South (Noi Sud) | NS | 14,658 | 3.58% | 1 |
| | | Lettieri List (Lista Lettieri) | LL | 12,571 | 3.07% | 1 |
| | | Others | | 30,490 | 7.43% | 0 |
| Lettieri coalition (Centre-right) | Lettieri coalition (Centre-right) | Lettieri coalition (Centre-right) | Lettieri coalition (Centre-right) | 176,901 | 43.16% | 11 |
| | | Democratic Party (Partito Democratico) | PD | 68,018 | 16.59% | 5 |
| | | Left Ecology Freedom (Sinistra Ecologia Libertà) | SEL | 16,283 | 3.97% | 0 |
| | | Others | | 8,682 | 2.12% | 0 |
| Morcone coalition (Centre-left) | Morcone coalition (Centre-left) | Morcone coalition (Centre-left) | Morcone coalition (Centre-left) | 92,983 | 22.68% | 5 |
| | | Italy of Values (Italia dei Valori) | IdV | 33,320 | 8.13% | 15 |
| | | Naples is Yours (Napoli è Tua) | NT | 18,902 | 4.61% | 8 |
| | | Federation of the Left (Federazione della Sinistra) | FdS | 15,008 | 3.66% | 6 |
| | | Others | | 1,292 | 0.32% | 0 |
| De Magistris coalition (Left-wing) | De Magistris coalition (Left-wing) | De Magistris coalition (Left-wing) | De Magistris coalition (Left-wing) | 68,522 | 16.72% | 29 |
| | | Union of the Centre (Unione di Centro) | UDC | 21,335 | 5.21% | 2 |
| | | Future and Freedom (Futuro e Libertà) | FLI | 13,807 | 3.37% | 1 |
| | | Alliance for Italy (Alleanza per l'Italia) | ApI | 6,003 | 1.46% | 0 |
| | | Others | | 5,904 | 1.44% | 0 |
| Pasquino coalition (Centre) | Pasquino coalition (Centre) | Pasquino coalition (Centre) | Pasquino coalition (Centre) | 47,069 | 11.48% | 3 |
| | Others | Others | | 24,420 | 5.96% | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 409,895 | 100% | 48 |
| Votes cast / turnout | Votes cast / turnout | Votes cast / turnout | Votes cast / turnout | 490,142 | 60.33% | |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | Registered voters | Registered voters | 812,450 | | |
| Source: Ministry of the Interior |||||||

### 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.

| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Coalition | First round | First round | Second round | Second round |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Candidate | Candidate | Party | Coalition | Votes | % | Votes | % |
| | Luigi De Magistris | DemA | DemA-SI-FdV-PRC-PCd'I-IdV | 172,710 | 42.82 | 185,907 | 66.85 |
| | Gianni Lettieri | FI | | 96,961 | 24.04 | 92,174 | 33.15 |
| | Valeria Valente | PD | PD-AP-UDC-CD-Mod-PSI | 85,225 | 21.13 |
| | Matteo Brambilla | M5S | | 38,863 | 9.64 |
| | Marcello Tagliatela | FdI | | 5,186 | 1.29 |
| | Others | | | 4,336 | 1.08 |
| Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | Eligible voters | 788,291 | 100.00 | 788,291 | 100.00 |
| Voted | Voted | Voted | Voted | 426,602 | 54.12 | 283,542 | 35.97 |
| Blank or invalid ballots | Blank or invalid ballots | Blank or invalid ballots | Blank or invalid ballots | 23,291 | | 5,461 | |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 403,311 | | 278,081 | |

Summary of the 2016 Naples city council election results :

| Parties and coalitions | Parties and coalitions | Parties and coalitions | Parties and coalitions | Votes | % | Seats |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| | | De Magistris List (Lista De Magistris) | LDM | 51,896 | 13.79% | 10 |
| | | Democracy and Autonomy (Democrazia e Autonomia) | DemA | 28,587 | 7.60% | 5 |
| | | Naples in Common to the Left (Napoli in Comune a Sinistra) | NCS | 19,945 | 5.30% | 4 |
| | | Federation of the Greens (Federazione dei Verdi) | FdV | 11,341 | 3.01% | 2 |
| | | Others | | 37,971 | 10.08% | 3 |
| De Magistris coalition (Left-wing) | De Magistris coalition (Left-wing) | De Magistris coalition (Left-wing) | De Magistris coalition (Left-wing) | 149,740 | 39.80% | 24 |
| | | Forza Italia | FI | 36,145 | 9.61% | 4 |
| | | Lettieri List (Lista Lettieri) | LL | 28,869 | 7.67% | 2 |
| | | Others | | 27,347 | 7.27% | 1 |
| Lettieri coalition (Centre-right) | Lettieri coalition (Centre-right) | Lettieri coalition (Centre-right) | Lettieri coalition (Centre-right) | 92,361 | 24.55% | 7 |
| | | Democratic Party (Partito Democratico) | PD | 43,790 | 11.64% | 6 |
| | | Popular Area (Area Popolare) | AP | 7,521 | 2.00% | 1 |
| | | Others | | 37,675 | 10.01% | 0 |
| Valente coalition (Centre-left) | Valente coalition (Centre-left) | Valente coalition (Centre-left) | Valente coalition (Centre-left) | 88,986 | 23.65% | 7 |
| | Five Star Movement (Movimento Cinque Stelle) | Five Star Movement (Movimento Cinque Stelle) | M5S | 36,359 | 9.66% | 2 |
| | Others | Others | | 8,817 | 2.35% | 0 |
| Total | Total | Total | Total | 376,263 | 100% | 40 |
| Votes cast / turnout | Votes cast / turnout | Votes cast / turnout | Votes cast / turnout | 426,602 | 54.12% | |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | Registered voters | Registered voters | 788,291 | | |
| Source: Ministry of the Interior |||||||
