On Saturday 8 and Sunday 9 June Forlì votes in the European elections and to elect the mayor and the 32-member city council. With its 117 thousand inhabitants Forlì is the most important municipality in Romagna called to the administrative vote. The polls are open on Saturday 8 June from 3pm to 11pm and Sunday 9 June from 7am to 11pm. The counting is scheduled for 2pm the following day.
For the European elections there are a total of 89,637 voters, of which 42,995 are male and 46,642 are female. The total number of those entitled to vote for the local elections is 91,342, of which 43,878 males and 47,464 females.
The difference is due to the inclusion of AIRE citizens resident in European Union countries who vote at consulates in EU countries for the European elections, while for the administrative elections they have to go to the polling stations in Forlì.
We remind you that for the European Parliament elections we vote with the proportional system but with a threshold of 4%. While for the administrative elections in the municipalities there is a double system. In municipalities with over 15,000 inhabitants – and therefore also in Forlì – voting is done with the double-round majority system: if in the first round no candidate obtains 50% plus one of the votes (i.e. the absolute majority) voting returns two weeks later for the run-off between the two candidates best placed in the first round. This is exactly what happened in the last administrative session.
The possible run-off round for the direct election of the mayor of the Municipality of Forlì will take place on Sunday 23 June from 7.00 to 23.00 and on Monday 24 June from 7.00 to 15.00.
HOW TO VOTE
European elections. Each voter can vote for only one list by placing a mark on the mark of the chosen list or in the rectangle containing this mark. Each voter can express up to a maximum of three preference votes for candidates on a list. In the case of multiple preferences expressed, these must concern candidates of different sex, under penalty of cancellation of the second and third preferences. The preferential vote can be expressed for candidates included in the voted list. The preference vote is expressed by writing the name and surname or only the surname of the preferred candidates included in the same list.
Administrative elections. There are three voting possibilities. 1) you can only draw a mark on the symbol of a list, thus assigning your preference to the marked list and to the mayoral candidate supported by the latter 2) you can draw a mark on the symbol of a list, simultaneously drawing a mark on the name of a mayoral candidate not connected to the voted list: by doing so you obtain the so-called ‘disjoint vote’ 3) you can draw a mark only on the name of the mayoral candidate, thus voting only for the mayoral candidate and not for the list or lists linked to the latter. Each voter can express one or two preference votes for municipal councillors, for no more than two candidates included in the list he voted for. If two preferences are expressed, they must concern candidates of different sexes from the same list, under penalty of cancellation of the second preference. The candidate who obtains the absolute majority of valid votes (at least 50% plus one) is elected mayor in the first round. If no candidate reaches this threshold, voting will return on 23 and 24 June to choose between the two candidates who obtained the highest number of votes in the first round (runoff). In the second round, the candidate who obtains the highest number of votes is elected mayor.
FIVE YEARS AGO
In 2019, the current mayor Gian Luca Zattini (centre-right coalition) won the ballot by just over 3,000 votes. Zattini obtained 27,207 votes and 53.1% of the votes. His centre-left challenger Giorgio Calderoni recovered something compared to the 1st round but stopped at 46.9% with 24,056 votes.
In the first round, 5 aspiring mayors showed up with 13 lists. Gian Luca Zattini supported by Lega, Forlì Cambia civic list, Forza Italia, Fratelli d’Italia and Il Popolo della Famiglia obtained 45.8%. Giorgio Calderoni supported by PD, and four civic lists Fiducia Collaborazione Comunità, Forlì solidale e verde, Forlì bene comune and Forlìlife had 37.2%. Daniele Vergini candidate from the 5 Star Movement obtained 10.8%. Marco Ravaioli with Forlì Sicura it stopped at 3.2% while Veronica San Vicente Capanaga at 3.0% with the L’Alternativa per Forlì list.
The individual lists had this result: in first place the PD with 27.5% of the votes, followed by the League with 24.2%, the M5S with 10.8% and the civic list of Zattini Forlì Cambia with 10 ,6%. All the others away. Today’s leading Italian party, Fratelli d’Italia obtained only 3.0%. This gives an idea of how much the country’s political orientation has changed in these 5 years.
THE 2024 ELECTIONS
On this occasion we have one less mayoral candidate (4 instead of 5) and two less lists (11 instead of 13).
The mayor in office Gian Luca Zattini former DC leader and former mayor of Meldola, he is looking for an encore supported by five lists which essentially propose the exact same line-up as in 2019:
- League
- Brothers of Italy
- Forza Italia
- La Civica – Forlì Cambia
- The People of the Family
The main challenger is Graziano Rinaldini dwell-known retired cooperative manager, indicated by the PD and supported by a broad coalition of four lists that brings together Dem, Psi, Five Star, Green Alliance and Left, exponents of +Europa, Italia Viva e Azione and the secular world that does not are recognized in their choice to support Zattini and have joined the RinnoviAmo Forlì civic list:
- Democratic party
- Greens and Left Alliance
- 5 Star Movement
- RinnoviAmo Forlì
The two outsiders who complete the picture are Vito Botticella candidate on the list of Italian Communist Party And Maria Ileana Acqua candidate from the list Let’s count on it which looks to the anti-vax world which has received the support of Alemanno’s Independence Movement.
THE LISTS THAT SUPPORT GIAN LUCA ZATTINI
LEAGUE SALVINI PREMIER
BROTHERS OF ITALY
GO ITALY
CIVICA – FORLÌ CHANGES
THE PEOPLE OF THE FAMILY
THE LISTS THAT SUPPORT GRAZIANO RINALDINI
DEMOCRATIC PARTY
GREEN AND LEFT ALLIANCE
5 STAR MOVEMENT
LET’S RENEW FORLÌ
THE LIST THAT SUPPORTS VITO BOTTICELLA
ITALIAN COMMUNIST PARTY
THE LIST THAT SUPPORTS MARIA ILEANA ACQUA
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USEFUL INFORMATION FOR VOTING
WHO CAN VOTE – All Italian citizens who have reached the age of 18 by and including 9 June can vote in the elections of members of the European Parliament due to Italy; citizens of other member countries of the Union who have obtained registration on the specific electoral list added for the European Parliament (the request for registration on the added list must be submitted by 11/03/2024); Italian voters residing in other member states of the European Union who do not intend to vote for the candidates of the state in which they reside
All Italian citizens who have turned 18 by and including 9 June can vote in the elections for the Mayor and the City Council; citizens who are members of the European Union who have obtained registration in the specific electoral list added for the renewal of the bodies of the Municipality of residence and by 30 April 2024.
DOCUMENTS FOR VOTING – In order to vote it is necessary to present the electoral card and an identity document, even if expired, as long as it is regular in every other respect and ensures precise identification of the voter.
THE ELECTORAL CARD – In the event of a card with no spaces left, loss or deterioration of the same, the citizen can personally request a new card at the Electoral Office by submitting the request for a duplicate of the electoral card and any authorization to collect it. The service is free.
EXTRAORDINARY OPENINGS OF THE ELECTORAL OFFICE FOR ISSUANCE OF ELECTORAL CARDS: Saturday 8 June 2024: 8.30am – 11.00pm and Sunday 9 June 2024: 7.00am – 11.00pm
WHERE YOU VOTE – You vote in the polling station indicated on the electoral card, of the section to which the voter belongs. All locations are free of architectural barriers. There are 108 electoral sections in the Municipality of Forlì.
