Elections in Bergamo, 164 municipalities voting. And there are those who are seeking a fourth term

They will be 600 thousand the people of Bergamo called to vote in four weeks to renew their mayor. With more enthusiasm, one presumes, than they will for the European Parliament. The deadline for submitting the lists in the 164 municipalities to vote was 1pm on Saturday 11 May 2024, when the race for Bergamo officially began, the other four municipalities have over 15 thousand inhabitants which in the event of a lack of an absolute majority could go to the ballot and down to the small mountain villages. Several municipalities arrive at the vote without a mayor: in Ambivere, Pagazzano and Comun Nuovo the mayor resigned and was replaced by the prefectural commissioner. Then there are Lenna, Scanzorosciate and Onore, whose mayors were elected to the Regional Council and in recent months the Municipality has been governed by their deputies. In 35 towns the mayor will no longer be able to stand for re-election because at the end of his second term, but based on the new rules linking re-elections and the number of inhabitants, 14 mayors are aiming for a third term and 17 even a fourth. Voting will take place from 2pm to 10pm on Saturday 8 June and from 7am to 11pm on Sunday 9 June. The counting for the European elections will begin immediately, while the names of the first mayors will have to wait until Monday afternoon.