List of mayors of Avellino

The mayor of Avellino is an elected politician who, along with the Avellino City Council, is accountable for the strategic government of Avellino in Campania, Italy.

Since 18 July 2025, the office has been held by the prefectural commissioner Giuliana Perrotta, following the no-confidence motion that led to the fall of the administration led by mayor Laura Nargi.^[1][2][3]

According to the Italian Constitution, the mayor of Avellino is member of the City Council.

The mayor is elected by the population of Avellino, 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 1995 the mayor is elected directly by Avellino'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 the seats for each party is determined proportionally.

However, if in the first round no candidate receives a majority, but the lists supporting a candidate different from the eventual runoff winner do; or a mayor is elected in the first round, but the lists supporting them do not receive at least 40% of votes, it will lead to an anatra zoppa (lame duck) situation, in which case the mayor will not have a majority of council on their side. This occurred in the 2018 elections, where Vincenzo Ciampi of the Five Star Movement won the runoff with 59.54% of the vote, but the M5S list supporting him only received 14.2% of the vote in the first round, while the lists supporting centre-left coalition's candidate Nello Pizza received 53.26% of the vote, thus they received a majority on the council.^[4] That eventually led to Ciampi losing a council vote of no confidence and resigning after only five months in office, and new elections being called in 2019.^[5]

From 1946 to 1995, the Mayor of Avellino was elected by the City Council.

Since 1995, under provisions of new local administration law, the Mayor of Avellino is chosen by direct election, originally every four then every five eyars.

Notes

• "Storia di Avellino: I Sindaci di Avellino". Retrieved 29 December 2018.