Run-offs: the centre-right wins in Lecco, Arezzo and Macerata. Chieti, Trani and Agrigento go to the centre-left
In the 42 municipalities where a run-off was held, turnout stood at 52%, eight percentage points lower than in the first round (60.5%)
The centre-right has retained its hold in Arezzo and Macerata, and has won Lecco. The centre-left has held on to Chieti and Trani and has won Agrigento. These are the main results of the run-off elections in the six provincial capitals involved, out of a total of 42. The overall turnout was 52%, eight percentage points lower than in the first round (60.5%). Taking into account the total of 18 provincial capitals voting in this round of local elections, according to the figures, the centre-left has increased its number of mayors from 8 to 10 and the centre-right from 5 to 6, whilst the number of independent mayors or those backed by other parties has fallen from 5 to 2
In Arezzo, Marcello Comanducci (centre-right) has won. The centre-left candidate Vincenzo Ceccarelli, who trailed by 11.45 percentage points after the first round, was unable to close the gap. Comanducci won the run-off with over 55% of the vote. The centre-left’s comeback was complicated by the fact that independent candidate Marco Donati, who was also backed by Azione (over 20% of the vote in the first round), refused to give voting recommendations for the run-off. In Macerata, the outgoing centre-right mayor Sandro Parcaroli (who secured 49.96%, missing victory in the first round by 10 votes) prevailed in the second round over the centre-left candidate Gianluca Tittarelli, securing over 54%. In Chieti Giovanni Legnini (centre-left) is the new mayor. The former vice-president of the CSM – who was ahead in the first round with 47.2% – won the second round with 52.6%. His centre-right opponent, Cristiano Sicari, who in the run-off was also supported by an electoral alliance with the Northern League’s Mario Colantonio and independent candidate Alessandro Carbone, secured 47.5%.
The centre-left scored a clear victory in Agrigento, where Michele Sodano won with over 70% of the vote against his centre-right rival, Dino Alonge. In Agrigento, the centre-right presented a divided front in the first round and there was no alliance in the run-off. The League candidate Luigi Gentile (14% in the first round), also supported by the Christian Democrats and Noi Moderati, in fact rejected any political agreement. In Lecco, the outgoing centre-left mayor Mauro Gattinoni was defeated (48.2%) by his centre-right challenger Filippo Boscagli (51.8%), who was already ahead after the first round. In Trani , the centre-left secured victory with Marco Galiano (51.4%) over his centre-right rival Angelo Guarriello.
Of particular note is the clear victory of the centre-right in Vigevano (Pavia). Here, the centre-left candidate Rossella Buratti, who was leading after the first round with 34.3%, and Paolo Previde Massara, backed by Forza Italia but not by the rest of the centre-right (Fdi-Lega-Nm), who had instead chosen to support Riccardo Ghia, who came third with 21.45%. In fourth place was Furio Suvilla, the candidate backed by General Roberto Vannacci, who had achieved a surprise result (14.2%). Suvilla urged the people of Vigevano to cast blank or invalid ballots in the run-off: the Lega and Noi Moderati chose to leave their voters free to decide. Fratelli d’Italia, on the other hand, publicly backed Previde Massara. In the end, the centre-right candidate Previde Massara won with 57.3%
