At 15:00 the polls closed in Friuli-Venezia Giulia, where regional and 24 municipal elections were voted, including those in Udine and Sacile (Pordenone). The first exit polls began to circulate, published by some local media, which gave the outgoing governor, Massimiliano Fedriga, a center-right candidate between 61 and 65%. Massimo Moretuzzo (centre left) is between 28 and 32%, Alessandro Maran (third pole) between 3 and 5%, Giorgia Tripoli (free joint) between 2 and 4%. Thus, the alliance between the Democratic Party and the 5 Star Movement does not work: the first electoral setback for the new secretary Elly Schlein.
In recent days, the centre-right outgoing governor was already widely considered the likely winner. Fedriga’s main opponent was Massimo Moretuzzo, outgoing regional councilor and secretary of the Pact for Autonomy, chosen by the forces that gravitated around the Democratic Party and also supported by the list of the 5 Star Movement, effectively becoming the protagonist of the “wide field” in the region. The new regional council will consist of 48 councillors, two of which are the region’s president and the first unelected opponent. The other 46 seats are allocated to lists at regional level and then distributed, according to the proportional method, among candidates for councilors in the five constituencies into which the regional territory is divided: Trieste 9 councillors, Gorizia 5, Udine 17, Tolmezzo 3 , Pordenone 12 .
Source: IL Tempo
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