date, candidates and card. The voting guide

Turin, 4 June 2024 – The election weekend is approaching, but in Piedmont we don’t just vote for the European elections. The next Saturday 8th and Sunday 9th JuneIn fact, Piedmontese citizens will be called to the polls to renew the council and the president of the regional council. Let’s see how, what and when to vote.

The polls in Piedmont will be open from 3pm to 11pm on Saturday 8 June and from 7am to 11pm on Sunday 9 June, at the same time as European elections and to those municipal.

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The voter will be given a single green ballot with the list of names of the five presidential candidates and the lists that support them. The information is divided as follows: on the right there is the name and surname of the presidential candidate and the mark of the relevant regional list; if, however, the candidate presents a connection with multiple constituency lists, then he/she and her/his regional list will be found in the center of the rectangle, including all the marks of the connected lists.

Piedmont, the mock-up of the ballot paper

You can vote for a party that supports a presidential candidate, for the president alone, both for the presidential candidate and for a party that supports him, as well as with split vote.

You can vote for a party that supports a presidential candidate by placing an “X” on the party symbol, expressing up to two preferences for the candidates on the list, a man and a woman. In this case, the vote will also be counted in favor of the presidential candidate linked to the regional list.
You can vote for only one president by drawing the “X” on the name of the presidential candidate or on the symbol next to his name; in doing so, the vote cast will be counted for the presidential candidate and for his regional list.
You can vote for a candidate and also for the party that supports him by placing two “Xs”: one on the name of the presidential candidate or on the symbol next to his name, the other on the symbol of the party that supports him. In this way, the vote will be counted. The vote will be counted for the presidential candidate and also for the party. Here too, up to two preferences can be expressed for the candidates, as long as they are a man and a woman.
You can vote separately and express up to two preferences for candidates on the list, a man and a woman, by placing two “Xs”: one on the name of the presidential candidate or on the symbol next to his name, the other on the symbol of a party not connected to his coalition. Split voting allows you to vote for a presidential candidate and for a party that is not part of his coalition.

According to the electoral law, the candidate with the most votes at the polls will be elected president of the Region and his coalition will be awarded a majority prize, guaranteeing 55% of the seats in the regional council. The same percentage can arrive at 64% if the winning candidate obtains 60% of the votes.

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Alberto Cirio he is the outgoing governor of Piedmont. He is part of the centre-right and is supported by Forza Italia, Fratelli d’Italia, Lega, Noi moderato, Cirio civic list president. He is 51 years old; lawyer and entrepreneur, he was provincial councilor in Cuneo, regional councilor and European parliamentarian. The centre-right exponent, whose main challenger is the PD candidate Gianna Pentenero, is aiming for a second mandate.
Gianna Pentenero, 59 years old, is the current Labor councilor of Turin. She is a centre-left candidate and is supported in the elections by the Democratic Party, the Left Green Alliance, the United States of Europe, the environmentalist and solidarity civic list and the president Pentenero civic list. You are an educator by profession, before holding the role of councilor for safety and employment policies in Turin, you were regional councilor for education and training in the Bresso and Chiamparino councils.
Sarah Disabato she is instead the candidate of the 5 Star Movement; party that, in the regional elections in Piedmont, runs alone with its list. Disabato is 35 years old and is a regional councilor and outgoing group leader of the M5s. In the past you were a municipal councilor in Collegno.
Francesca Frediani, 50 years old, is supported by the Piemonte Popolare list. She is a No Tav activist and, in her political curriculum, there are two mandates in the regional council: one with the M5s and the other with the Unione Popolare.
Alberto Costanzo, 62 years old, is the candidate supported by Libertà, the front of the leader of the ‘South calls North’ party Cateno De Luca. Costanzo is a lawyer, former Alleanza Nazionale and Italexit, twice candidate for mayor in Casale Monferrato.

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