The 1946 Italian local elections were the first after the fall of fascism in Italy, leading to the re-establishment of all municipal administrations, after the municipalities had been run by mayors and temporary councils appointed by the AMGOT in the South and by the CLN in the North. Voters were able to elect the city councils of 5,722 municipalities for the first time since 1926.
The first turn of municipal elections was held on 10 March (436 municipalities), 17 March (1,033 municipalities), 24 March (1,469 municipalities), 31 March (1,560 municipalities) and 7 April (1,139 municipalities). The second turn of elections was held on 6 October (272 municipalities), 13 October, 20 October (286 municipalities), 27 October (188 municipalities), 3 November, 10 November, 17 November and 24 November.
The municipal elections of 10 March were the first in which women could vote and be able to stand as candidates.
The electoral law enacted by Legislative Decree No. 1 of 1946 established a proportional representation system based on the D'Hondt method for municipalities with more than 30,000 inhabitants, while providing for a multi-member majoritarian system with limited voting â restricted to four-fifths of the seats â for all others.
Results summary of 434 municipalities.
Results summary of 1,008 municipalities.
Results summary of 1,459 municipalities.
In 7 municipalities there was no prevalence of any party.
Results summary of 1,505 municipalities.
Results summary of 1,141 municipalities.
In 5 municipalities there was no prevalence of any party.