The Pd beats the center-right by 5 to 2, wins in Tuscany, Umbria, Marche and Puglia and conquers Campania (even if it will have to face the gauntlet of the Severino law for the governor De Luca) but bitterly loses Liguria due to the fratricidal divisions on the left and suffers a predictable but resounding defeat in Veneto.
Matteo Renzi conquers 5 Regions but a divided Democratic Party and clearly not in step with its leader stops its driving force and calls for frank internal reflections and a showdown in the party. The center-right loses Campania but wins an unexpected victory in Liguria with Giovanni Toti and wins hands down in Veneto: the Lega flies and Fi collapses even if it conquers a region like Liguria. The 5 Star Movement achieves its best result in the administrative elections.
According to the projections of the Piepoli institute, on a national scale, the Pd is the first party with 23,7% of the votes, in second place is the M5S with 18%, in third place the Lega with 12,5%. in fourth place Forza Italia with 10,7% and then Fratelli d'Italia with 4,2% and Popular Area with 3,5%.
Abstention was devastating, reducing voters to 52,2% (final figure), down more than 11 percentage points from five years ago.
The Regionals have their own particular electoral mechanism and, especially if partial, they are not comparable with the last European ones and must be taken with a grain of salt also for their national projections but yesterday's vote will open reflections and strong debates also in the light of the new rules of the game introduced by the Italicum. At present, the ballot would take place between the Democratic Party and the grillini.
But let's see the definitive results of regional elections.
CAMPANIA - Vincenzo De Luca (PD) he won with 41,1%, ahead of Stefano Caldoro (Forza Italia) with 38,4% and Valeria Ciarambino (M5S) with 17,6%.
LIGURIA - John Toti (Forza Italia) wins with 34,4%, ahead of Raffella Paita (Pd) with 27,8% and Alice Salvatore (M5S) with 24,8%.
VENETO – He wins hands down Luca Zaia (Northern League) with 50,1% ahead of Alessandra Moretti (Pd) with 22,7% and the mayor of Verona Flavio Tosi with 11,9%.
TUSCANY - Enrico rossi (Pd) wins with 48%, ahead of Lega's Claudio Borghi with 20% and Giacomo Giannarelli (M5S) with 15%.
UMBRIA - Catiuscia Marini (Pd) wins with 42,8%, ahead of Claudio Ricci (Forza Italia) with 39,3% and Andrea Liberati (M5S) with 14,3%.
MARCHE - Luca Ceriscioli (Pd) wins with 41,1%, ahead of Gianni Maggi (21,8%) and Francesco Acquaroli (Lega Nord) with 19%.
PUGLIA - Michele Emiliano (PD) he won hands down, reaching 47,1%, ahead of Antonella Laricchia (M5S) with 18,4%, at the photo finish with Francesco Schittulli from Fitti with 18,3% (non-definitive data).
