2011 Milan municipal election

2011 Milan municipal election

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Turnout	67.6% 0.1 pp (first round) 67.4% 0.2 pp (second round)[1]
Mayoral election
Candidate Giuliano Pisapia Letizia Moratti Party Independent People of Freedom Alliance Centre-left Centre-right 1st Round vote 315,862 273,401 Percentage 48.1% 41.6% 2nd Round vote 365,657 297,874 Percentage 55.1% 44.9%
Mayor before election Letizia Moratti PdL Elected mayor Giuliano Pisapia Independent
City Council election
All 48 seats in City Council 25 seats needed for a majority
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/– Centre-left Giuliano Pisapia 47.26 29 +6 Centre-right Letizia Moratti 43.28 17 −19 New Pole Manfredi Palmeri 4.59 1 +1 M5S Mattia Calise 3.43 1 +1 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.

Municipal elections were held in Milan on 15–16 and 29–30 May 2011 to elect the Mayor and the 48 members of the City Council, as well as the nine presidents and 359 councillors of the nine administrative zones in which the municipality is divided.

The incumbent Mayor of Milan Letizia Moratti was defeated by the left-wing lawyer Giuliano Pisapia, ending 18 years of right-wing rule in the city government.

As a result of the election, Pisapia was elected on the second round becoming the first leftist mayor of Milan after nearly 20 years. The centre-left coalition gained control of 29 seats in the City Council.^[2]