There are 37 Sicilian municipalities called to elect their administrative bodies in conjunction with the vote for the European elections. The voters called to the polls are 463,205 (out of over 4 million 600 thousand). In eight centers voting will be done using the proportional system, while in the remaining 29 municipalities the allocation of seats will be by majority vote. Caltanissetta is the only provincial capital to vote, with 5 candidates for mayor. Both centre-right and centre-left parties in some of the major voting municipalities support different candidates. The operations will take place on Saturday 8 June, from 3pm to 11pm, and Sunday 9 June, from 7am to 11pm. The counting will begin on Monday at 2pm.
Many civic lists support the candidates for mayor, who in many municipalities cannot be classified as centre-right or centre-left.
The challenges
In Gela (Caltanissetta) there are 5 running for the mayor’s seat: Grazia Cosentino is supported by the centre-right and Italia Viva, while the Democratic Party supports Giuseppe Di Stefano; Former regional PD deputy Miguel Donegani is also running, supported by a civic list.
In Castelvetrano (Trapani), voting after the capture and death of the mafia boss Matteo Messina Denaro, there are seven candidates for mayor including the outgoing Enzo Alfano, supported by the M5s but not by the PD which supports Marco Campagna, while 6 lists of the centre-right are focusing on Giovanni Lentini.
In Mazara del Vallo (Trapani) the outgoing Salvatore Quinci is running again, supported by 5 lists including FdI which distanced itself from the centre-right which nominated Vita Ippolito. The former president of the ARS and former mayor Nicola Cristaldi, a long-time exponent of the Sicilian Right, supported by 4 lists, is also back in the running.
In Corleone (Palermo) Pippo Cipriani, who was mayor twice in the period of the so-called Corleonese spring, is trying again, supported by the M5s and the centre-left, and the outgoing Nicolò Nicolosi is also trying again, with the support of parts of the centre-right, while Fdi and They support the candidate Walter Rà.
For the province of Palermo, the municipalities of Bagheria, Bompietro, Borgetto, Cinisi, Corleone, Monreale, Palazzo Adriano, Roccamena, San Mauro Castelverde are interested in the renewal of the mayor and city council.
For the province of Agrigento: Alessandria della Rocca, Caltabellotta, Campobello di Licata, Naro, Racalmuto, Sant’Elisabetta.
For the Nisseno area: Caltanissetta, Gela and Sommatino.
For the province of Catania: Aci Castello, Motta Sant’Anastasia, Ragalna, Zafferana Etnea.
For Messina: Brolo, Condrò, Falcone, Forza D’Agrò, Leni, Longi, Mandanici, Oliveri, Rometta, Spadafora.
For the province of Syracuse the only municipality of Pachino.
For the province of Trapani the municipalities of: Castelvetrano, Mazara del Vallo, Salaparuta and Salemi.
No municipalities voting in the provinces of Enna and Ragusa.
