Elections

Municipalities, centre-left confirmed in Trento. Bolzano to the ballot with the centre-right in the lead

Turnout down ten points in Trentino and five in South Tyrol

5 May 2025

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Il sindaco uscente di Trento di centrosinistra, Franco Ianeselli, confermato dopo il primo turno ANSA/u.s. Ianeselli

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Key points

Trento stays with the centre-left
Ballot in Bolzano
Falling turnout

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In Trento, the outgoing mayor, the former secretary of the provincial CGIL, Franco Ianeselli, is reconfirmed in the first round (as happened five years ago), in Bolzano, the centre-right has a real chance of electing the mayor: the outgoing municipal councillor Claudio Corrarati will have the advantage in the runoff in a fortnight' time.

Trento remains with the centre-left

Trento therefore remains with the centre-left. Ianeselli is going towards reconfirmation with over 54% of the consensus, doubling the centre-right candidate Ilaria Goio who stopped at 25.4%. The PD confirmed itself as the first party in the capital (24.8% of votes), while Fratelli d'Italia reached 14.3% and the League stopped at 4.3%.

Ballot in Bolzano

In Bolzano, as mentioned, there will be a runoff on 18 May between the outgoing municipal councillor Juri Andriollo (27.3%) and, for the centre-right, Claudio Corrarati (36.2%), who for many years headed the South Tyrolean CNA. The Svp will tip the scales with 16.1%.

Südtiroler Volkspartei remains the leading party in Bolzano, followed by Fratelli d'Italia with (15.4%) and La Civica (12.9%), while the Partito democratico follows in fourth place with 12.6%. In previous elections, the Svp with 14.8% was followed by the Lega with 13.2% - which lost 8.2% of the vote in this election round - and the Pd with 12.6%, which remains stable. Then came Fratelli d'Italia, which doubled its consensus, and La Civica, which increased by 4.6%.

Also decisive for the final result will be the voting indications that will come from La Civica: "The votes are not ours but the voters', let them decide," said Angelo Gennaccaro. At the regional level Gennaccaro governs with Svp and the centre-right, at the municipal level so far with Svp and the centre-left. "Even in the past we have never given any indication of voting," recalls the regional councillor, who as mayoral candidate achieved 12.51 per cent of the vote.

Falling turnout

Turnout plummeted almost everywhere. In Bolzano only 52.16% of voters went to the polls, while in 2020, when voting took place over two days, it was 60.65%. Even more significant was the drop in Trento, where turnout plummeted from 60.98% to 49.93%. At provincial level, however, 60.0% voted in South Tyrol (440 out of 441 sections) compared to 65.4% five years ago, and in Trentino 54.53% compared to 64.08%.

Ianeselli: reappointment in Trento in first round not taken for granted

"Being reconfirmed in the first round was not a foregone conclusion," commented Ianeselli. On absenteeism, he said, "We can't just talk about it when voting and then forget about it.

Corrarati: nine points are not a few

"Certainly looking at the results, we have achieved an important balance as a centre-right coalition. Nine points of difference are not few,' said the mayoral candidate of the centre-right in Bolzano Corrarati. 'Now,' he added, 'clearly everything starts with a new game, and on this we will try to ensure that the trust that has been placed in us by the citizens can once again be placed at the heart of our political path, and above all we thank those who placed their trust in us in the first round.