Polls open today and tomorrow, 8 and 9 Junefor the administrative elections and Europeans. The formula is that of election day with all citizens called to elect the Italian representatives to Parliament European. In the Salerno area – the Campania province with the most municipalities at the polls – there is also voting in 47 municipalities to elect the new mayor and the new city council.
Polling stations open today from 3pm to 11pmWhile Sunday it will be possible to vote from 7am to 11pm. Then the night of the vote. However, the possible shift is scheduled for Sunday 23rd and Monday 24th ballot, in the event that no candidate obtains the majority of votes, for the four municipalities with more than 15 thousand inhabitants (Baronissi, Sarno, Nocera Superiore, Capaccio Paestum). They will be able to go to the polls for the European elections in the 1,160 sections open across the territory 955,326 votersof which 490,101 women and 465,225 men, while for the administrative elections there are 237 sections and 203,522 those entitled to vote, of which 103,214 women and 100,308 men.
TO STRASBOURG
Eleven Salerno candidates are in the field for the European Parliament, seven men and four women. The national secretary of the PSI is there Enzo Maraio leader in the Southern constituency for United States of Europe, the senator of the M5s Felicia Gaudianothe provincial secretary of Action, Gigi Casciellothe outgoing European parliamentarian Lucia Vuolo And Isabella Adinolfi on the Forza Italia list, the former mayor of Pagani Alberico Gambinoprovincial coordinator of Fratelli d’Italia e Dante Santoro for the League. Then there are those from Salerno by birth or adoption, such as journalists, in the running Lucia Annunziata Pd leader in the South constituency e Michele Santoro candidate with his Peace Earth Dignity list, the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Antonio Tajanihonorary citizen of Vietri sul Mare, leader of Forza Italia and finally, the Irpinian Maurizio Sibiliopro rector of the University of Salerno.
THE ADMINISTRATIVES
In the municipalities, however, there are those who will have to deal with multiple opponents, see the candidates in Sarno, Nocera Superiore, Capaccio Paestum and Baronissi, where there will be a challenge between several aspiring mayors, and those who have already won, because they are the only candidate, but only if half of those entitled to vote will vote, for a game to be played against abstentionism. Several outgoing people are trying the race again starting from Franco Alfieri, Mimmo Volpe, Sonia Alfano, Savior Angelo Iannuzzi, the mayor of Valle dell’Angelo, the smallest municipality in Campania by number of residents: 294 inhabitants and 196 voters. As for the main challenges, it remains to be seen how it will end in Baronissi where they will compete for the tricolor armband Anna Petta, Marco Picarone, Antonio Siniscalco And Alberta Casaburi.
The municipality of the Irno Valley is the only one where the centre-right, divided throughout the territory, has united in support of the candidacy of Seneschalwhile the center-left was divided, after the stop of the Democratic Party Picarone and the decision to bet everything on Petta. The challenge in Sarno fra is also interesting Vincenzo Sirica, Giovanni Cocca And Francesco Squillante and in Nocera Superiore where there are four candidates: Rosario Danisi, Enrico Bisogno, Gaetano Montalbano And Gennaro D’Acunzi. As for Capaccio Paestum the president of the Province, Franco Alfieriwhich is attempting an encore with five civic lists, will have to contend with the candidate of Fratelli d’Italia, Emanuele Sica and with Carmine Caramante.
THE SYMBOLS
Few i party symbols presented, with the exception of the four most important municipalities, where on the ballots there will be the lists of Pd, Fdi, Psi, Fi and Noi Moderati. He runs without the symbol of the Democratic Party Alfieri. In no particular order, the centre-right. In Nocera, the town of the provincial secretary Giuseppe FabricatoreFdi does not present the symbol, but presents its people in the civics of Enrico Bisognowhile Forza Italia and Noi Moderati instead support the candidacy of Gaetano Montalbano. In Baronissi Fdi and Fi find a balance, while in Sarno Fdi finds itself with Noi Moderati in support Nock. In the 47 municipalities called to renew the municipal councils, in the weekend’s electoral round, there are a total of 99 candidates for the tricolor band of which 17 women and 82 men. Less than 20 percent. That is, not even two out of every 10 candidates.
WOMEN
With the fairer sex remaining relegated to appearances on the lists for compliance with pink quotas. Running for the tricolor band are: Carmela Riccio in Atrani, Concetta Amatooutgoing mayor, in Casaletto Spartano, Annamaria Cerbone in Castelnuovo Cilento, Genoese Rose in Castiglione del Genovesi, Antonella Marchese in Furore, Flora Santoro in Salento, Carmela Zuottolo And Margherita Oliva in San Marzano sul Sarno, Maria Citro in Minori, Claudia Desideri in Valle dell’Angelo, Emilia Senatore in Vietri sul Mare. Then there are the outgoing mayors who are aiming for an encore starting from Sonia Alfano in San Cipriano Picentino, Maria Teresa Scarpa to Gioi, Maria Antonietta Scelza in Salvitelle.
The ten aspiring mayors of Bellosguardo, Caggiano, Casalbuono, Caselle in Pittari, Cuccaro Vetere, Gioi, Torchiara, Omignano, Ottati, San Pietro al Tanagro will have to deal not with preferences, but with abstentionism. Which they have already won, because there is only one list and only one candidate, but only if 50% of voters vote. They try the race again, thanks to the decree that removed the limit on the number of mandates in centers with between 5 thousand and 15 thousand inhabitants, the mayors Mimmo Volpe in Bellizzi and ed Andrea Reale in Minori. They aim to still wear the tricolor band, furthermore, Salvatore Angelo Iannuzzi (Valley of the Angel), Francesco Bianco (Torraca), Michele Marmo (Saint Rufus), Nicola Cammarano (Rofrano), Gabriele De Marco (Salento), Angelo Serra (Laureana Cilento) e Vincent Paolillo (Perdifumo), in the saddle since 2011, lost with no confidence in 2023 two years after taking office for his third mandate.
