Bergamo administrative elections 2024: everything is ready for the municipal elections which will be merged for the first round of the European elections as already happened five years ago for a sort of election day.
He won’t be on the field Giorgio Gori in the Bergamo 2024 local elections: the current mayor of the Democratic Party has in fact almost reached the end of his second consecutive mandate at Palazzo Frizzoni and is running for the European elections.
In total there will be three candidates in the elections in Bergamo. The Democratic Party indicated this in the former congresswoman Elena Carnevali their candidate for mayor. The 5 Stars will go on their own to support Vittorio Apicellawhile the center-right has chosen to focus on Andrea Pezzotta.
Here is a guide to the Bergamo 2024 administrative elections with all the at your placeThe timetables of the seats, who are the candidates mayor, the lists in their support and how to vote according to the dictates of electoral law.
Bergamo administrative elections 2024: dates and times
The Bergamo local elections 2024 will be held on Saturday 8th and Sunday 9th June regarding the first round. As mentioned, at the same time we will also vote for the European elections and in Piedmont for the regional elections.
These are the timetables opening and closing of polls for the 2024 local elections.
- Saturday 8th: from 3pm to 11pm
- Sunday 9th: from 7am to 11pm
The counting of votes of the first round of the local elections will begin at 2pm on Monday 10th June.
The possible turn of ballot for the local elections it will be held on Sunday 23 June from 7am to 11pm and on Monday 24 June from 7am to 3pm.
How to vote in the local elections in Bergamo
For elect the mayor and, at the same time, the town Councilthe voter in the local elections has three voting options:
- put an X on the symbol of the list, thus also assigning the vote to the candidate for Mayor;
- put an X only on the name of the aspiring mayor (in this case no vote will be assigned to the list);
- put an X on the list and write the surname of the councilor candidate you prefer.
In local elections, split voting is permitted: it means that the voter can cross out the name of the mayoral candidate he prefers and also put an X on a list that supports a different candidate.
In municipalities with over 15,000 inhabitants it is also possible to assign the double gender preference: just write the surnames of the two candidates of different sexes belonging to the same list.
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 Bergamo 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.
Candidates and lists
In total they are three mayoral candidates running in the Bergamo 2024 local elections: here’s who they are and which lists they support.
| Candidates | Lists | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| Vittorio Apicella | 5 Star Movement | / |
| Elena Carnevali | Democratic Party, Gori for Carnevali, Elena Carnevali Mayor, Bergamo Insieme, Bergamo Europea, Futura | / |
| Andrea Pezzotta | League, Brothers of Italy, Forza Italia, Pezzotta Mayor | / |
In the Bergamo 2024 administrative elections Elena Carnevalia former member of parliament and former councilor in the city, was chosen by the Democratic Party as an aspiring mayor of the centre-left.
The 5 Star Movement will go on its own and has chosen the professor as its candidate Vittorio Apicellawith the center-right supporting the lawyer in a compact manner Andrea Pezzotta.
