Mayors and city councils were elected for the ordinary five-year terms, lasting till 2027.
[3] The voting system is used for all mayoral elections in Italy in the cities with a population higher than 15,000 inhabitants.
The winning candidate obtains a majority bonus equal to 60% of seats.
During the first round, if no candidate gets more than 50% of votes but a coalition of lists gets the majority of 50% of votes or if the mayor is elected in the first round but its coalition gets less than 40% of the valid votes, the majority bonus cannot be assigned to the coalition of the winning mayor candidate.
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.