New electoral blow and historic debacle of the Democratic Party, which loses the Tuscan strongholds of Siena (city symbol of the Mps case, where Bruno Valentini was narrowly beaten by Luigi De Mossi), Pisa (the new mayor is Michele Conti, chosen by Lega and Fdi, but also supported by Forza Italia) e Sponge (victory for Northern League Francesco Persiani over Pd candidate Alessandro Volpi, outgoing mayor). In Emilia the dem also lose the Municipality symbol of Imola for the benefit of the grillina Manuela Sangiorgi, who defeated the Democratic Party Carmen Cappello.
It couldn't get worse for the left, while the government wind is pushing the Northern League-led center-right and the M5S forward.
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The Democratic Party holds up to Ancona (reconfirmed Valeria Mancinelli), Teramo (city in which Gianguido D'Alberto beat Giandonato Morra of the centre-right) e Toast (where the new mayor is Riccardo Rossi, who started with a ten-point disadvantage), as well as in other towns in Puglia, but this is not enough to mitigate the defeat and counterbalance the loss of historic cities for the left.
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The center-right also advances a Ivrea (Stefano Sertoli prevailed in a comeback against Maurizio Perinetti of the Pd), Terni (triumph of Leonardo Latini, exponent of the Carroccio), Sondrio (victory to Marco Scaramellini) e Viterbo (where Giovanni Arena prevailed, supported by FI-FdI-Lega against a civic candidate from the same area). The Five Stars impose themselves by surprise ad Avellino with Vincenzo Ciampi. The former minister of Forza Italia, Claudio Scajola, wins at the head of a civic list ad Imperia.
Predictions denied in Sicily. TO Messina the civic candidate from the UDC area, Caetano De Luca, beat that of the centre-right, overturning the result of the first round. TO Ragusa – city administered by the grillini for the last five years – the M5S candidate Antonio Tringali was beaten by Giuseppe Cassì, supported by civic lists and by Fdi. The outgoing mayor had chosen not to run again. TO SIRACUSA Francesco Italia, from the centre-left, defeated Paolo Ezechia Reale, also from the centre-right.
Voter turnout was very low, below 50%, but the political verdict is unequivocal.
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