Sunday 26 June 2 million citizens will return to vote for the ballot for the 2022 municipal elections. The mayors and councils of 65 municipalities will be elected, including 13 provincial capitals. Eyes focused above all on Verona and Lucca, matches that could affect the national political debate in view of the 2023 general elections.
Ballot 26 June: when do we vote and when does the counting begin?
As happened for the first round two weeks ago, Sunday June 26 polling stations will remain open from 7 in the morning to 23 in the evening. To vote you will have to go to your polling station with your electoral card and identification document in hand. The use of the mask is strongly recommended.
"Scrutiny operations will begin on the same day of Sunday 26 June, immediately after the closing of the voting operations, the verification of the number of voters and the other preliminary operations, the Ministry of the Interior.
Ballot June 26: where to vote?
As mentioned, 65 municipalities will participate in the ballot on 26 June, 59 in the regions with ordinary statute (of which 1 with less than 15.000 inhabitants), 6 in the regions with special statute (of which 1 with less than 15.000 inhabitants).
The largest cities are: Verona (202.638), Parma (146.939), Monza (98.073), Barletta (80.159), Lucca (79.634), Alessandria (73.657), Catanzaro (73.294) and Como (72.132). In the regions with special statutes, however, Gorizia is the municipality in the ballot with the highest number of voters (30.295) while Villafranca Sicula, in the province of Agrigento, is the one with the lowest number (1.407).
How do you vote in the June 26 ballot?
Compared to the first round, the procedure will be much easier. Voters will receive only one ballot paper which will contain the names of the two candidates who arrived in the second round of the 2022 municipal elections with their own linked lists. To vote, it will be sufficient to trace a mark on the rectangle within which the name of the chosen mayoral candidate is written.
Separate voting is not permitted in the ballot, ie it is not possible to vote for a candidate for the office of mayor and for a list not connected to him.
The key challenges in 7 cities
Quarrels within the same coalition, open-faced appearances or backroom deals. In these two weeks we have seen everything and its opposite, but the games for the June 26 ballots - at least the political ones - are now over. Everyone's attention is obviously focused on the 13 provincial capitals and in some of them it will be a final vote. Here are the most anticipated challenges:
Verona ballot: Tommasi vs Sboarina
Eyes on Verona where the match between the center-left candidate Damiano Tommasi (39,8% in the first round) and the outgoing mayor Federico Sboarina (32,7%) is very heated. Neither of the two candidates has sent the Municipality the registration of new lists in support of those of the first round: there will be 6 both for the former Roma footballer (supported by the PD) and for the candidate from Lega and FdI. After Sboarina's No, the attempt to formally establish a relationship with Tosi was definitively wrecked.
Lucca ballot: Pardini against Raspini
Controversy also in Lucca for the support of Casapound and the deniers of Marco Pardini, candidate of the center-right (34,3% in the first round). A support that even led to the exit from Forza Italia and from Elio Vito's parliament. Dissension also within Action: the candidate had given the indication of joining the centre-right, but the leader Carlo Calenda intervened directly to dissociate himself from this choice. Pardini will face the centre-left candidate Francesco Raspini, considered the favorite after obtaining 42,7% of the votes in the first round.
Parma ballot: War vs Vignali
The citizens of Parma will have to choose between Michele Guerra, outgoing councilor of the Pizzarotti junta, and former mayor Pietro Vignali, who already held the position between 2007 and 2011. On 12 June, Guerra obtained 44,18% of the preferences, doubling the his challenger Vignali (21,25%) supported by Lega and Fi. Meloni, who in the first round had come out supporting Costi, declared that she will support Vignali even without having formalized an appearance. However, Costi has decided not to take sides, a decision that could affect the outcome of the vote.
Alexandria ballot: Subscriber against Revigliasco
Another head-to-head in Alessandria, where Giorgio Abonante will compete for the centre-left and Gianfranco Cuttica, the outgoing mayor, for the centre-right. In the first round, the two candidates obtained 42,04% and 40,24% of the votes respectively. The outcome could depend on the choices of Action voters, who two weeks ago voted for Giovanni Barosini, who finished third with 14,64% of the preferences.
Cuneo ballot: Manassero vs Civallero
The challenge in Cuneo is a little more unbalanced, where Patrizia Manassero, supported by the Democratic Party, the Center for Cuneo, Crescere Insieme, Cuneo Solidale Democratica, starts from a large advantage over Franco Civallero, candidate of the centre-right. In the first round it ended 47% at 19,8%. In the Piedmontese city, the M5s said No to an alliance with the center-left.
Frosinone ballot: Mastrangeli vs Marzi
In Frosinone the candidate of the centre-right Riccardo Mastrangeli (49,26% in the first round) and that of the centre-left Domenico Marzi (39,13%) will face each other. Mauro Vicano, an Action candidate who stopped in the first round, will support Mastrangeli, meeting the criticisms of Francesco Boccia, head of the Regions and Local Authorities of the National Secretariat of the PD.
