The 2013 Italian local elections were held on different dates; most on 26–27 May, with a second round on 9–10 June.
Of the 720 municipalities, 20 were provincial capitals and only 171 had a population higher than 15,000 inhabitants (10,000 for Sicily).
[2] There weren't provincial elections around Italy because of their abolition (also in Sicily, since 2012), except for Friuli-Venezia Giulia: in this region citizens elected a new president and a new Provincial Council in Province of Udine.
All mayoral elections in Italy in cities with a population higher than 15,000 use the same voting system.
This gives a result whereby the winning candidate may be able to claim majority support, although it is not guaranteed.