Polling stations open Sunday 14th and Monday 15th May for the 2023 administrative elections in many Italian municipalities. An electoral passage that is also a text on the state of health of the parties seven months after the start of the legislature, after the elections in Lazio and Lombardy and the regional and administrative consultations in Friuli Venezia Giulia.
From the 7th to the 23rd of Sunday and from the 7th to the 15th of Monday there will be voting in 598 Municipalities of Regions with ordinary status. In Sicily and Sardinia (128 and 37 municipalities) the vote will take place on the 28th and 29th of May. Altogether we are more than 700 centers. Ninety-one Municipalities with more than 15,000 inhabitants, including 17 provincial capitals called upon to renew municipal councils: Vicenza, Treviso, Sondrio, Brescia, Imperia, Siena, Massa, Pisa, Latina, Terni, Brindisi, Teramo, Catania, Siracusa, Ragusa and Trapani. ancona it is the only regional capital that will renew the city council and council.
Of the 17 provincial capitals, eight outgoing governments are led by the centre-right (Vicenza, Treviso, Sondrio, Imperia, Siena, Massa, Pisa, Ragusa); five center-left (Ancona, Brindisi, Brescia, Teramo, Trapani), two are managed by a prefectural commissioner (Latina and Catania) and one by Azione (Siracusa). The center-right led by Giorgia Meloni dreams of “wrestling” some feuds like Ancona from the center-left and intends to confirm the outgoing administrations.
The governing coalition awaits confirmation in the “fiefdoms” of Treviso and Sondrio, where Mario Conte and Marco Scaramellini are recandidates. More unknowns weigh on the reappointments of Francesco Rucco in Vicenza and Michele Conti in Pisa. Still in Tuscany, in Massa, the center-right appears divided: the outgoing mayor Francesco Persiani, this time is supported only by the lists of Forza Italia and Lega, while Fratelli d’Italia supports the race of councilor Marco Guidi, alongside Noi Moderati and New Psi. Another complicated square for the coalition is Terni, where, due to pressure from the FdI, the outgoing center-right mayor, Leonardo Latini, did not reappear and Orlando Masselli was a candidate. Split coalition, among the smallest towns in Lombardy also in Cologno Monzese: the League (together with two civic lists) presents itself with Dania Perego, former councilor and wife of regional councilor Riccardo Pase; The brothers from Italy and Forza Italia, on the other hand, are nominating Giuseppe Di Bari, also a former councilor.
On the other front, the center-left, and the secretary of the dem in particular, is betting on the Udine effect: in the Friulian city, just over a month ago, the very strong coalition that also included the M5s and the Pd won all the chances. In fact, in administrative elections, the coalition is the obligatory path to the second round. And that is the objective that Elly Schlein and Giuseppe Conte aim for: to overcome the first round to meet together at the polls. A scheme with which they hope to win the right in many municipalities, mainly Latina and Ancona.
Source: IL Tempo
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