Livorno 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.
After the success in the 2019 local elections in Livorno he will still be in the field Luca Salvettithe current centre-left mayor who will be supported by a coalition led by the Democratic Party.
The 5 Star Movement and Buongiorno Livorno which will present themselves together with will not be part of the coalition Valentina Barale as a candidate, the center-right will instead focus on Alessandro Guarducci and Rinascita Toscana on Giovanni Pezone.
To complete the list of six mayoral candidates in these elections in Livorno there are Costanza Vaccaro for Popular Alternative e Lorenzo Cosimi for the Italian Communist Party.
Here is a guide to the Livorno 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.
Livorno 2024 administrative elections: dates and times
The Livorno 2024 administrative elections 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 Livorno
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 Livorno 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 six candidates for mayor running in the Livorno 2024 local elections: here’s who they are and which lists they support.
| Candidates | Lists | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| Valentina Barale | Good morning Livorno, 5 Star Movement, Livorno Perspective, Different City, Communist Refoundation, Popular Livorno | / |
| Lorenzo Cosimi | Italian Communist Party | / |
| Alessandro Guarducci | FdI, Lega, Forza Italia, Guarducci Mayor | / |
| Giovanni Pezone | For Livorno Giovanni Pezone Mayor | / |
| Luca Salvetti | Pd, Avs, Pole of Reformists for the Future, Livorno Civica, Protagonists for the City | / |
| Costanza Vaccaro | Popular alternative | / |
The city of Livorno it has always been considered a sort of fortress of the left and, during the 2014 local elections, the victory of the 5 Star Movement with Filippo Nogarin made a lot of noise.
Five years ago, however, the centre-left managed to return to the helm of Livorno thanks to Luca Salvettiwith the current mayor who in the 2024 elections will be running for a second mandate supported by the Democratic Party, Italian Left, +Europa, Italia Viva, Psi and Livorno Civica.
The centre-left, however, will be fragmented given that the 5 Star Movement and Buongiorno Livorno will present themselves at the polls together as an alternative to the outgoing mayor with the candidate who will be Valentina Barale. Then there is also on the left Lorenzo Cosimi for the Italian Communist Party.
As for the centre-right, the coalition will present itself united in support of the journalist Alessandro Guarduccialso supported by some exponents of Action.
In view of the administrative elections in Livorno, the autonomists and sovereignists of Rinascita Toscana have announced the doctor’s candidacy for mayor Giovanni Pezonewhile Alternativa Popolare con will also be involved Costanza Vaccaro.
