Administrative and European elections are intertwined in the polls in the Arezzo area which open today at 3pm and will remain open until 11pm, when the first turnout data will be announced. The polls will reopen tomorrow morning at 7 am and will remain active until 11 pm. At that point the counting of the pink ballots needed to elect the new European Parliament will begin. The counting of the blue ballots for the elections of mayors and city councilors will begin on Monday 10th at 3pm.
The European elections
In the electoral manifesto that the people of Arezzo will be able to view before entering the booth (and which we attach below) there are 12 lists headed by the symbols of the parties, each list contains 15 names for a total of 180 candidates for the European Parliament. Of these, four are from the province of Arezzo. The mayor of the capital Alessandro Ghinelli which is included in the list of Forza Italia – Noi Moderati, Sergio DeCaprio, better known as Capitano Ultimo who ran with Cateno De Luca’s Libertà list, then there is Francesco Cappelletti the 31-year-old from Casentino who presents himself with the United States of Europe list (LibDem share) which unites various forces: Italia Viva and +Europa, but also LibDem, Psi, Radicali and L’ItaliaC’è. Then there is the lawyer Luciano Spigliantiniprovincial secretary of Arezzo of the Italian Republican Party, included in the PRI quota in the list of the Central Italy constituency of Action, the party founded by Carlo Calenda.
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From Meloni to Santoro, 12 lists and 180 candidates for the European Parliament: all the names
The local elections
There are 26 municipalities voting to elect mayors and their respective municipal councils. 59 the people, between men and women, who have decided to engage in electoral campaigns for the position of mayor, there are over 60 lists supporting them. There is one in 4 municipalities only one candidate for mayor these are Talla (Eleonora Ducci), Castiglion Fibocchi (Marco Ermini), Sestino (Franco Dori) and Ortignano Raggiolo (Emanuele Ceccherini). However, their re-election is not a given because they must win against two quorums established by law. At least 40% of those entitled to vote must go to vote and the candidate mayor’s list must obtain at least 50% of the valid votes.
24 out of 26 municipalities have one population of less than 15 thousand inhabitants, while Cortona and San Giovanni Valdarno exceed this threshold which consequently entails some different electoral rules. In fact, in these two cases it was possible to build coalitions, split voting is permitted and if one of the candidates does not exceed 50% + 1 of the valid votes, the run-off round takes place which is held two weeks later between the two aspiring mayors who have had the highest number of votes. In Cortona there are 5 candidates and 10 lists. In San Giovanni there are 4 aspiring first citizens and 9 lists.
A particular case is also that of Subbiano, a town in the lower Casentino of six thousand souls which has produced, this year too, well 5 candidates for mayor.
Casentino
Talla – Eleonora Ducci is running alone for the mayoral seat. All the names on the list
Poppi – Two-way race between Toni and Lorenzoni
Chiusi della Verna – It’s a two-way challenge between Tellini and Loddi
Ortignano Raggiolo – Here are the candidates
Bibbiena – Race for mayor between Vagnoli and Rossi. All the names of the candidates on the list
Subbiano – Five for the mayoral seat. The candidates and their lists
Pratovecchio Stia – Three-way challenge between Caleri, Santini and Agostini. All the names of the candidates on the lists
Castelfocognano – Ricci and Vannini will compete for the mayor’s seat. All the names on the lists
Castel San Niccolò – Elections: Fani runs against Fabiani
Chitignano – Female challenge in Chitignano between the outgoing mayor Valentina Calbi and Cinzia Santoni
Valdarno
San Giovanni Valdarno – Elections in San Giovanni Valdarno: 4 aspiring mayors, 9 lists
Bucine – Elections in Bucine: three lists in the field, all the names of the candidates
Loro Ciuffenna – In Loro Ciuffenna it was a three-way race
Terranuova Bracciolini – Chienni against Di Ponte, the names on the list
Castiglion Fibocchi – Elections in Castiglion Fibocchi: only one list in the field, here are the names of the candidates
Castefranco Piandiscò – Two lists, all the names of the candidates
Cavriglia – Degl’Innocenti O Sanni is running again, Butini challenges him
Valdichiana
Cortona – 145 names of candidates for the city council for the great electoral challenge of Cortona
Marciano della Chiana – All the names of the candidates for the city council
Lucignano – The lists with all the names for the city council
Foiano della Chiana – All the names of the candidates for the city council
Castiglion Fiorentino – The challenge between Agnelli and Brandi. All list names
Tiber Valley
Monterchi – All the names of the candidates for the city council
Pieve Santo Stefano – All the names of the candidates for the city council
Badia Tedalda – The challenge between Santucci and Barbieri. The two lists for the city council
Sestino – All the names of the candidates for the city council
