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The 2012 Italian local elections were held on 6–7 May with a second round on 20–21 May. In Italy direct elections were held in 948 comuni: in each comune were chosen mayor and members of the City Council. Of the 948 comuni 28 were capoluoghi and only 176 had a population higher than 15000 inhabitants (10000 for Sicily).Citizens living in Italy who were 18 or over on election day were entitled to vote in the local council elections.