Benevento is expected to return to the polls in spring 2027 to elect its mayor and city council. No official date has been set, but the discussion is already underway about when the vote could fall and whether it might coincide with national elections in a single election day.

The city is among the significant Italian municipalities expected to vote in the 2027 administrative cycle, giving the Benevento contest relevance beyond the Sannio area.

Why spring 2027

Benevento last voted in the second half of 2021. Municipalities that voted in that postponed cycle, after COVID-related electoral delays, are scheduled to complete their five-year term and return to the polls in spring 2027.

That timing places Benevento inside the ordinary administrative voting window, identified as running from 15 April to 15 June 2027. The government has not yet fixed the exact first-round date within that window.

The dates under discussion

Three Sundays — 30 May, 6 June and 13 June 2027 — have been discussed as possible first-round dates, particularly in connection with a potential election day combining local and parliamentary votes.

These are possibilities, not confirmed dates. The final choice will depend on a government decision, and on whether a combined election day goes ahead.

A combined municipal and parliamentary election remains politically discussed but is not established. Voters should therefore treat the election-day scenario as an open hypothesis rather than a decision.

What a runoff would mean

Benevento, as a municipality with more than 15,000 inhabitants, may hold a runoff two weeks after the first round if no mayoral candidate obtains an outright majority.

The timing of any runoff will depend on the official first-round date and subsequent electoral decisions. Once the first round is formally called, the runoff date follows automatically under the applicable two-week rule.

For readers following the campaign, this means the election could extend over two Sundays: a first round in late May or June, and a possible second round two weeks later.

What is not yet known

Several key elements remain undefined:

  • The official first-round date for Benevento has not been fixed.
  • It is not confirmed whether municipal and parliamentary elections will be combined.
  • Candidate lists, coalitions and local campaign platforms are not yet established in the sources available.

As 2027 approaches, the next formal step to watch for is the government decree setting the administrative election date, which will clarify both the first round and any runoff, and whether Benevento will vote on a shared election day.