List of mayors of Vercelli

The mayor of Vercelli is an elected politician who, along with the Vercelli's city council, is accountable for the strategic government of Vercelli in Piedmont, Italy. The current mayor is Roberto Scheda, a centre-right independent, who took office on 26 June 2024.

Mayor of Vercelli
Sindaco di Vercelli
Incumbent Roberto Scheda (centre-right independent) since 26 June 2024
Appointer	Popular election
Term length	5 years, renewable once
Website	Official website

Overview

According to the Italian Constitution, the mayor of Vercelli is a member of the city council.

The mayor is elected by the population of Vercelli, 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 Vercelli'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 Vercelli was elected by the City Council.

	Mayor		Term start	Term end	Party
1		Vittore Domiglio	1946	1947	Italian Communist Party
2		Francesco Ansaldi	1947	1949	Italian Communist Party
3		Mino Pretti	1949	1952	Christian Democracy
4		Giorgio Berzero	1952	1958	Christian Democracy
5		Giuseppe Franchino	1958	1962	Christian Democracy
(4)		Giorgio Berzero	1962	1963	Christian Democracy
6		Baldassarre Buffa	1963	1966	Christian Democracy
(3)		Mino Pretti	1966	1970	Christian Democracy
7		Carlo Boggio	1970	1975	Christian Democracy
8		Ennio Baiardi	1975	1983	Italian Communist Party
9		Ezio Robotti	1983	1985	Italian Communist Party
10		Fulvio Bodo	1985	1992	Italian Socialist Party

Direct election (since 1993)

Since 1993, under provisions of new local administration law, the Mayor of Vercelli is chosen by direct election.

	Mayor		Term start	Term end	Party
11		Mietta Baracchi Bavagnoli	30 June 1993	22 November 1994	Lega Nord
12		Gabriele Bagnasco	8 May 1995	28 June 1999	Federation of the Greens
			28 June 1999	28 June 2004
13		Andrea Corsaro	28 June 2004	8 June 2009	The People of Freedom Forza Italia
			8 June 2009	11 June 2014
14		Maura Forte	11 June 2014	12 June 2019	Democratic Party
(13)		Andrea Corsaro	12 June 2019	26 June 2024	Forza Italia
15		Roberto Scheda	26 June 2024	Incumbent	Centre-right independent

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