The center-left rejoices, the 5 Stars lose their main mayors and resist the pull of the Democratic Party in Naples and Bologna, the center-right collects the regional ones in Calabria and hopes in the ballot so as not to register a resounding defeat in the administrative offices.
Another significant figure, the record abstention , only 54.69% of those entitled went to the polls and in all the big cities the turnout is below 50%.
Three of the five main cities in the vote go to the Democratic Party in the first round. Beppe Sala was reconfirmed in Milan , and for the first time the center-left is imposed in the city without having to go to the ballot.
The outgoing mayor is reconfirmed with 57.73% of the votes, ahead of Luca Bernardo of the center-right with 31.97%. Gianluigi Paragone takes 2.99% and surpasses the pentastellata Layla Pavone, 2.7. As a list, the Democratic Party triples the votes of the League, a setback for the Northern League in the capital.
There is no story in Bologna , where the center-left candidate Matteo Lepore takes 61.9% of the votes, leaving Fabio Battistini of the center-right at 29.64%.
Even more overwhelming is the result of the Pd-M5S coalition in Naples , where Gaetano Mandredi (62.9%) overwhelms Catello Maresca (21.87%). The former dem mayor Antonio Bassolino, who runs with a civic list, stops at 8.19%. Then Alessandra Clemente, the candidate supported by the outgoing mayor Luigi De Magistris, who collects only 5.58%.
It goes to the ballot in the other two main cities. In Turin the dem candidate Stefano Lo Russo starts ahead (43.86%), that of the center-right Damilano is five points below (38.9%). Valentina Sganga, M5S candidate, collects 9%.
The match was very open in Rome , where Gualtieri from the center-left and Michetti from the center-right went to the ballot. Michetti starts three points ahead (30.15% against 27.03%), he is hunting the voters of Calenda and Raggi in view of what is the most important ballot to be held in two weeks. The leader of Action surpassed the first outgoing citizen by surprise, the result of which is a real flop. Calenda is at 19.82% when there are very few sections missing, Rays at 19.08%.
The center-right is consoled at the regional in Calabria. Clear victory for Forza Italia candidate Roberto Occhiuto, who with 54.46% of the votes succeeds Spirlì's interim, winning the elections made necessary by the tragic death of Jole Santelli. The center-left candidate Amalia Bruni stops at 27.68%, Luigi De Magistris at 16.17%.
The Democratic Party also acquires two parliamentarians by winning the supplementary in the colleges of Siena and Rome. The secretary Enrico Letta returns to Parliament, reaching almost 50% in Siena, beating the center-right candidate Tommaso Marrocchesi Marzi, standing at 37.83%. Andrea Casu (43.47%) is elected instead in the Roman college of Primavalle who defeats the center-right candidate Pasquale Calzetta (37.55%).
(Unioneonline / L)