Prato administrative elections 2024: the engines are warming up in view of the municipal elections which will be merged for the first round of the European and regional elections in Piedmont as already happened five years ago for a sort of election day.
Having now almost reached the end of his second mandate, the current mayor Matteo Biffoni will not be able to run again in the 2024 local elections, with Democratic party who decided to focus on Ilaria Bugetti.
The center-right has chosen Gianni Cenni to try to wrest Prato from the Democratic Party, with the third party having instead nominated itself Mario Daneri while the entrepreneur will also be in the field Jonathan Targetti.
With i surveys who are already trying to hypothesize the outcome of the vote, here is a guide to the Prato 2024 administrative elections with the date of the vote, the possible ones candidates mayor and the dictates of electoral law with which the citizens will elect their next first citizen.
Prato 2024 administrative elections: the date
In 2019 the local elections in Prato were held on May 26th. On the same day the polls opened throughout Italy for the European elections and in Piedmont also for the regional elections.
As decided by the Council of Ministers, it was decided for a merger also in 2024: the first round of the administrative elections in Prato will thus be held on Saturday 8th and Sunday 9th June.
As per the regulations, any ballot it will be held two weeks later on Sunday 26 June, but it remains to be seen whether there will be a double day of voting for the second round as well.
The electoral law
There electoral law of local elections in Italy it is majority-based when it comes to the election of the mayor, while the distribution of councilors takes place in a proportional manner.
Being Lawn a municipality with more than 15,000 inhabitants, if no candidate in the first round obtains an absolute majority then a ballot between the two most voted. If there is a perfect head-to-head tie, the oldest candidate will be elected mayor.
To guarantee the formation of a solid majority and consequently substantial governability, the winning mayoral candidate will be added to the lists linked to the candidate awarded 60% of the seats; the remaining seats on the Council will then be assigned to the other lists in a proportional manner through the “D’Hondt method”.
When the seats are divided, the total number of seats will be elected 32 councilors excluding the mayor, all lists and groups of lists of candidates who have passed the threshold will be admitted barrier threshold 3% of valid votes.
As regards the voting methods, in municipalities with more than 15,000 inhabitants, separate voting is permitted, with the voter being able to express up to two preferences while maintaining the gender equality (a man and a woman).
The candidates
The city of Lawn it has always been considered a sort of fortress of the left and, even during the 2024 administrative elections, the Democratic Party aims to maintain a dominance that has essentially lasted since 1946 with the exception of the five-year period led by Roberto Cennai between 2009 and 2014.
After ten years of Biffoni’s administration, the Democratic Party chose the regional councilor as its candidate Ilaria Bugetti which will also be supported by the 5 Star Movement.
The so-called third pole will run separate from the centre-left: Italia Viva, Azione and the Socialist Party will in fact support the engineer Mario Daneri. The left is also divided: Paola Battagliari she is the candidate of Alternativa Beni Comuni e Fulvio Castellani of the Italian Communist Party.
Everything has also been decided in the centre-right, with the mayoral candidate of the coalition who will be the lawyer Gianni Cenni in the Fratelli d’Italia area for some time. The Italian Social Movement will also be involved Massimo Nigro.
The great news of these administrative elections in Prato is represented Jonathan Targettithe entrepreneur who has been carrying out a sort of opposition to the Biffoni administration on social media for some time.
The polls
In view of the Prato 2024 local elections, Winpoll created on December 3 a electoral poll on behalf of Scenari Politici.
- Third Pole 6%
- 5 Star Movement 8%
- Centre-right 39%
- Centre-left 47%
As can be seen from the poll, at the moment in Prato the centre-left would be clearly ahead without however managing to exceed the threshold of an absolute majority.
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