List of mayors of Novara

Mayor of Novara
Sindaco di Novara

Incumbent Alessandro Canelli (Lega Nord) since 21 June 2016
Appointer	Popular election
Term length	5 years, renewable once
Formation	1848
Website	Official website

The Mayor of Novara is an elected politician who, along with the Novara's City Council, is accountable for the strategic government of Novara in Piedmont, Italy. The current Mayor is Alessandro Canelli, a member of the right-wing populist party Lega Nord, who took office on 21 June 2016.^[1]^[2]

Overview

According to the Italian Constitution, the Mayor of Novara is a member of the City Council.

The Mayor is elected by the population of Novara, who also elects the members of the City Council, controlling the Mayor's policy guidelines and is able to enforce his resignation by a motion of no confidence. The Mayor is entitled to appoint and release the members of his government.

Since 1993 the Mayor has been elected directly by Novara's electorate: in all mayoral elections in Italy in cities with a population higher than 15,000, the voters express a direct choice for the mayor or an indirect choice voting for the party of the candidate's coalition. If no candidate receives at least 50% of votes, the top two candidates go to a second round after two weeks. The election of the City Council is based on a direct choice for the candidate with a preference vote: the candidate with the majority of the preferences is elected. The number of seats for each party is determined proportionally.

Italian Republic (since 1946)

City Council election (1946-1993)

From 1946 to 1993, the Mayor of Novara was elected by the City's Council.^[3]

	Mayor	Term start	Term end	Party
1	Camillo Pasquali	1946	1947	Italian Socialist Party
2	Ugo Porzio Giovanola	1947	1949	Italian Socialist Party
(1)	Camillo Pasquali	1949	1951	Italian Socialist Party
3	Giuseppe Giuliano Allegra	1952	1956	Christian Democracy
4	Alessandro Bermani	1956	1962	Italian Socialist Party
5	Cornelio Masciadri	1962	1967	Italian Socialist Party
6	Rinaldo Canna	1967	1970	Italian Democratic Socialist Party
7	Ezio Leonardi	1971	1978	Christian Democracy
8	Maurizio Pagani	1978	1981	Italian Democratic Socialist Party
9	Armando Riviera	1981	1991	Italian Socialist Party
10	Antonio Malerba	1991	1993	Italian Socialist Party

Direct election (since 1993)

Since 1993, under provisions of new local administration law, the Mayor of Novara is chosen by direct election.^[3]

	Mayor	Term start	Term end	Party
11	Sergio Merusi	20 June 1993	11 May 1997	Lega Nord
12	Giovanni Correnti	11 May 1997	13 May 2001	Democratic Party of the Left Democrats of the Left
13	Massimo Giordano	13 May 2001	5 June 2006	Lega Nord
13	Massimo Giordano	5 June 2006	30 March 2010	Lega Nord
14	Andrea Ballarè	30 May 2011	21 June 2016	Democratic Party
15	Alessandro Canelli	21 June 2016	Incumbent	Lega Nord

References

^ "Alessandro Canelli". Ministry of the Interior of Italy. Retrieved 16 March 2019.
^ "Comune di Novara. Elezioni comunali 5 giugno 2016". la Repubblica (in Italian). Retrieved 7 March 2019.
^ ^a ^b "Sindaci di Novara dall'Unità d'Italia (1860)". Retrieved 7 March 2019.