10 May 2012
Last updated at 17:20 GMT
The new mayor has said he will focus on improving tourism to the town
But, despite even his own family voting for the incumbent mayor, Mr Borsatti, a hotel owner, won the poll.
He only realised he had become mayor when people telephoned him, as he was watching football, to congratulate him.
"I find myself a mayor who didn't want to be a mayor," Mr Borsatti said.
"I wanted [former mayor] Gino [Bertolo] to win. Even my relatives voted for him.
"My daughter, my sister, my father and my mother - they all voted for him."
But in the poll, Mr Borsatti obtained 160 votes - securing almost 58% of the vote - compared to just 117 votes for his good friend, Mr Bertolo.
Mr Borsatti has said he has no plans to resign and intends to carry out his duties for the 507 people who make up the population of Cimolais, in Friuli Venezia-Giulia.
Though he had not given much thought to a political platform before the vote, now he is in office he has said that he will focus on promoting tourism to the area.
The former mayor has said it was an honour to take part in the vote.
"I wasn't upset... Something apparently unusual happened but it is nothing to joke about," Mr Bertolo said.copy : http://www.bbc.co.uk
The new mayor has said he will focus on improving tourism to the town
The new mayor of a mountain town in northern Italy has been voted in almost completely by accident.
Fabio Borsatti, 50, added his candidacy in Cimolais as a
last-minute favour to the mayor, worried not enough people would vote if
he stood unopposed.But, despite even his own family voting for the incumbent mayor, Mr Borsatti, a hotel owner, won the poll.
He only realised he had become mayor when people telephoned him, as he was watching football, to congratulate him.
"I find myself a mayor who didn't want to be a mayor," Mr Borsatti said.
"I wanted [former mayor] Gino [Bertolo] to win. Even my relatives voted for him.
"My daughter, my sister, my father and my mother - they all voted for him."
But in the poll, Mr Borsatti obtained 160 votes - securing almost 58% of the vote - compared to just 117 votes for his good friend, Mr Bertolo.
Mr Borsatti has said he has no plans to resign and intends to carry out his duties for the 507 people who make up the population of Cimolais, in Friuli Venezia-Giulia.
Though he had not given much thought to a political platform before the vote, now he is in office he has said that he will focus on promoting tourism to the area.
The former mayor has said it was an honour to take part in the vote.
"I wasn't upset... Something apparently unusual happened but it is nothing to joke about," Mr Bertolo said.copy : http://www.bbc.co.uk
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