The time has come ballots 2023. Sunday 28 and Monday 29 May in 41 Municipalities there will be a return to voting to elect the new mayor and the Municipal Council. There will be 7 capitals in which there will be a return to the polls, 3 of which in Tuscany: Ancona, Brindisi, Massa, Pisa, Siena, Terni, and Vicenza. To these will also be added the first round of municipal elections on the two major islands. In Sicily we vote in 128 Municipalities, 15 of which have over 15 inhabitants. The most important? Catania, Ragusa, Syracuse and Trapani. In Sardinia, on the other hand, 39 Municipalities will be called to vote, 2 of which have over 15 inhabitants: Assemini (Cagliari) and Iglesias (South Sardinia).
Ballots 2023: the summary of the previous episodes
On 14 and 15 May, 595 Italian Municipalities were held administrative elections. Of these, 41 will go to the ballot, an important vote also from a national point of view which will help to understand the balance after the arrival of Elly Schlein at the helm of the PD and also the approval in favor of the centre-right government 8 months before the general elections.
Speaking of the capital municipalities, at the moment, the result of the match is 4 to 2 for the centre-right which won in Imperia, Latina, Sondrio and Treviso, while the centre-left managed to conquer Brescia and Teramo. The ballots will therefore be essential to understand if the opposition parties are starting to gain ground.
Ballots 2023: where and when to vote
The challenges not to be missed will therefore be those of Ancona, Brindisi, Massa, Pisa, Siena, Terni, and Vicenza. We will vote Sunday 28 May from 7 to 23 e Monday 29 May from 7 to 15. The polls will begin immediately after the polls close.
Ballots 2023: how do you vote and how is the mayor elected?
In the municipalities the citizens will receive the ballot only one card with containing the name and surname of the candidates for the office of statutory auditor, written inside the specific rectangle under which the symbols of the linked lists are reproduced. As he explains the Interior Ministry "the vote is expressed by tracing a sign on the rectangle within which the name of the chosen candidate is written".
To vote you must go to your polling station with the electoral card it's a identity card (valid even if expired). The seat membership is indicated on the electoral card where the number and location of the section to which one is assigned, the constituency and the district to which they belong are located.
Once the voting operations have been completed, the counting will take place and the winning candidate will be elected mayor the most votes. In the event of a tie, the candidate linked to the list or group of lists for the election of the municipal council that has achieved the highest total electoral figure wins. With the same electoral figure, the older of the two challengers is proclaimed mayor.
The ballot in the 7 provincial capitals
All eyes will be focused on the 7 provincial capitals. Particular attention will be paid to the three Tuscan cities, where the Democratic Party will try to recover the ground lost in the last administrations, reconquering the municipalities of what has always been "its" Region:
Ancona
In the only regional capital to vote, the ballot will be between Daniele Silvetti (center-right) and Ida Simonella (Pd and Third Pole). In the first round, Silvetti obtained 45,1% of the votes, SImonella 41,3%. The center-right candidate has reached an agreement with Marco Battino of Ripartiamo dai bambini (948 votes, 2,1%), while Simonella has not reached an agreement. It will be essential to understand who will receive the votes of Francesco Rubini from the left-wing list Altra Idea di Città (6,1% and 2.660 votes) and Enrico Sparapani (M5S, 3,6%). Roberto Rubegni, Europa Verde (1,7% and 735 votes), instead declared: Our natural area is the centre-left”.
Toast
In Brindisi the challenge is between Pino Marchionna (centre-right 44% in the first round) and Roberto Fusco (centre-left and M5S, 33,3% in the first round). In the Apulian city, the balance will be the voters who in the first round voted for the center-right civic Pasquale Luperti (12,5%) and for the outgoing mayor Riccardo Rossi (10,1%).
Sponge
The race is between Francesco Persiani, outgoing mayor supported by Lega, Forza Italia and civic lists (35,4% in the first round), and Enzo Ricci, supported by Pd and Alleanza Verdi Sinistra (29,95%). The first was disheartened by Fdi which 7 days ago brought its own candidate Marco Guidi to the polls (19,9%). And it is precisely on these divisions that the centre-left candidate is counting on his comeback.
Pisa
In Pisa the ballot arrived for a handful of votes. Indeed, in the first round, the center-right candidate Michele Conti obtained 49,96% of the votes, while Paolo Martinelli (Pd and M5S) stopped at 41,12%. The support of the left of Ciccio Auletta, candidate of a city in the municipality and popular union, expression of the radical left (7,2%) could be decisive.
Siena
Two women in challenge and very open game: Nicoletta Fabio (center-right) and Anna Ferretti (Pd and Italian Left). In the first round, Fabio obtained 30,5% of the votes, Ferretti 28,7%. The two candidates are trying everything to win the votes of the 3 candidates excluded from the second round: Fabio Pacciani (civic lists 22,65%), Massimo Castagnini (Italia viva, 7,19%) and Emanuele Montomoli (6,79 %).
Terni
Orlando Masselli (centre-right) against Stefano Bandecchi (Popular Alliance and civic lists). In the city already governed by the centre-right, the centre-left is out of the picture. In the first round, Masselli obtained 35,8% of the votes, against 28,1 for Bandecchi.
Vicenza
The outgoing mayor Francesco Rucco (centre-right, 46,2%) seeks reconfirmation against the candidate of the centre-left Giacomo Possamai (44,1%).
Elections in Sicily and Sardinia: eyes on Catania
In Sicily there are 128 Municipalities called to vote for the first round of local elections. Any ballots in towns with more than 15 inhabitants are set for Sunday 11 and Monday 12 June. Voting will also take place in Trinacria for two days: Sunday from 7 to 23 and Monday from 7 to 15. Eyes are focused above all on the 4 provincial capitals: Catania, Ragusa, Trapani and Syracuse.
The most important challenge will be that of capital of Etna currently led by the extraordinary commissioner Piero Mattei. There are seven candidates for mayor, all men:
- Maurizio Caserta (Pd, M5s, Verdi-Left, List for Catania, Con Bianco for Catania, It's time for the people),
- Enrico Tarantino (Brothers of Italy, Lega, Forza Italia, Tarantino mayor, Italy first, Us with Sicily, Grande Catania, Christian Democracy),
- Vincenzo Drago (Democratic Socialism PSDI),
- Giuseppe Libera (Catanese popular movement),
- Gabriele Savoca (South calls North and De Luca for Catania),
- Giuseppe Giuffrida (Catania resources)
- Lanfranco Zappalà (Lanfranco Zappalà).
Challenge 4 in Ragusa between Giuseppe Cassì (Peppe CasSÌndaco, De Luca for Cassì, Ragusa Terra Madre, Ragusa Futura and Ragusa Prossima), Giovanni Cultrera (Fratelli d'Italia, Lega, Forza Italia, Ragusa in Movimento and Insieme). Riccardo Schininà (Pd, Demos Generation, + Ragusa, Pact for Ragusa and the Territory) – Sergio Firrincieli (M5s list We are the Community). Even 8 candidates in Syracuse, 4 in Trapani.
in Sardinia, there will be 39 municipalities that will vote, two of which have over 15 inhabitants: assemini (Cagliari) and Churches (South Sardinia). In both cases three candidates challenge each other.
