Rome, 13 June 2022 – Mayors center-right in Genoa, Palermo and L’Aquila: the result of the municipal elections 2022 in the three regional capitalswhere it goes towards an election to the first round, with the first candidate exceeding the 50% threshold (40% in Sicily). As for the 22 provincial capitals interested yesterday by the session of administrative, the challenges of La Spezia, Catanzaro (center-right), Taranto (center-left), Messina (civic lists) seem to have already been decided. To the ballot of 26 June Alessandria, Parma, Verona Piacenza. The result in the other cities is still uncertain.
Mayors elected in the first round
Catanzaro – Ballot on the horizon in Catanzaro, where the first candidate, Valerio Donato (center-right), remains below 50%. In the second round he will challenge Nicola Fiorita, head of the center-left + M5s coalition.
Genova – The first outgoing citizen Marco Bucci he confirmed himself as mayor in the first round, winning more than 50% of the votes. Detached Ariel Dello Strologo (center left). Third place Mattia Crucioli, last Antonella Marras.
L’Aquila – Pierluigi Biondi of the center-right goes towards victory in the first round over Americo Di Benedetto (civic lists) and Stefania Pezzopane (center-left).
Spice – First round win for Pierluigi Pieracchini, candidate of the center-right in La Spezia. Back Piera Sommovigo (center left + M5s).
Messina – The civic candidate, also supported by the League, is moving towards the election in the first round, Federico Basile, considered the heir of Cateno De Luca, now a candidate for the presidency of the Sicilian Region. On the basis of partial ballot data Basile is at 47.7% (in Sicily 40% of the preferences are sufficient to be elected in the first round). The candidate of Forza Italia and the Brothers of Italy Maurizio Croce (center-right) and Franco De Domenico, candidate for mayor of the center-left are distant.
Palermo – Roberto Lagalla of the center-right is elected in the first round: in fact he obtained over 40% of the votes, a threshold useful for avoiding the ballot according to Sicilian regional law. Beat Franco Miceli (center left).
Taranto – In Taranto we are heading towards the immediate victory of the center-left candidate Rinaldo Melucci, who is also outgoing mayor. Sources of the Democratic Party say this, according to which the main challenger, Walter Musillo of the center-right, would be at a large disadvantage.
Capital municipalities in the ballot
Alexandria – In the Piedmontese capital there is a challenge between the Gianfranco Cuttica of Rovigliascocenter-right candidate, e Giorgio Angelo Abonanteof the center left.
Parma – The new mayor of Parma will most likely be decided in the ballot: on Sunday 26 the Parma citizens will be called to decide between Michele Guerracurrently leading the projections, and Pietro Vignalicenter-right candidate, about 20 points behind his opponent.
Verona – Verona is also heading towards the ballot: on June 26th they will compete Damiano Tommasithe former Roma player, candidate for the center-left e Federico Sboarina, at the helm of the center-right coalition. According to the latest projections, the two candidates are about ten points apart.
Piacenza – Very close challenge in Piacenza where Katia Tarasconi of the center-left is ahead of just a few points over the center-right opponent Patrizia Barbieri.
Municipalities still uncertain
With the counting operations still behind, the result of the vote in Asti, Cuneo, Como, Lodi, Monza, Belluno, Padua, Gorizia, Lucca, Pistoia, Frosinone, Rieti, Viterbo, Barletta, Oristano is still uncertain.