Virginia Raggi will become Rome's first female leader, in a victory seen as a blow to Prime Minister Matteo Renzi and his centre-left Democratic Party (PD).
PD has secured Italy's financial capital, Milan, and Bologna.
The results could give anti-globalist Five Star a platform for parliamentary elections due in 2018, observers say.
Italy local elections were held in two stages, with a first round a fortnight ago and the second round on Sunday.
Ms Raggi, a 37-year-old lawyer who was little known just a few months ago, was on course to win two-thirds of the vote, defeating the PD candidate, Roberto Giachetti.
"I will be a mayor for all Romans. I will restore legality and transparency to the city's institutions after 20 years of poor governance. With us a new era is opening," she said.
Ms Raggi will find a city mired in debts of more than €13bn (£10bn; $15bn) - twice its annual budget.
Romans are frustrated by potholes, piles of rubbish and serious deficiencies in public transport and housing, the BBC's James Reynolds reports from the Italian capital....http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-36569410
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