From today we vote, from today it applies. The spotlights go out, the voices of the gods, until yesterday bombastic, fade away candidatesto give space, with half a day available, to voters who will be able to express their opinion with a ballot and pencil vote. An electoral campaign that saw a Bari the open and final clash between the three major protagonists, namely the two candidates of the split centre-left and that of the centre-right.
From the accusations hurled by the outgoing mayor at a center-right who lacks courage, to the resentful response with a promise to take legal action, to end with the latest amazing proposals pulled out of the hat such as the municipal minimum income or the night mayor. But the noise of the previous days now gives way to the silence of reflection. From this afternoon and for the whole day tomorrow all Apulian people will be able to go to the polling stations to express their vote and preference for the European elections. But people also vote in municipal elections, in total 62 municipalities in Puglia.
The other eight municipalities to vote
In the province of Bari, voting takes place not only in the regional capital, but also in 8 other municipalities: Gioia del Colle, Putignano, Rutigliano, Santeramo in Colle, municipalities with over 15 thousand inhabitants and then Turi, Binetto, Bitritto and Cellamare, below the threshold of 15 thousand as well as Trinitapoli in the Bat. Furthermore, in Bari there is also a vote to renew the positions of councilors and presidents of the 5 municipalities.
Five candidates in Bari
Remaining in Bari we have 850 candidates for the city council plus the 5 mayoral candidates. There are 333 councilor candidates and 4 presidents for Municipality 1, the largest and most populous, 341 plus 4 presidential candidates for Municipality 2, for Municipality 3 there are 198 plus 3 presidential candidates, for Municipality 4 there are 166 and 3 presidential candidates, for Municipality 5, 176 councilors and 3 presidents. So for the 5 Municipalities we have 1,214 candidates for councilors and 17 candidates for the 5 presidencies. Total: 1,231 people. If you add them to the 850 city council candidates plus the 5 mayoral candidates, they make an army of 2,086 candidates. As far as the city council is concerned, there are mayoral candidates Fabio Romito for the centre-right, Vito Leccese and Michele Laforgia for the centre-left, Sabino Mangano and Nicola Sciacovelli, civic. Ten lists support Romito: Fratelli d’Italia, Forza Italia, the two lists of the mayoral candidate, namely Bari for Fabio Romito and Romito Sindaco, Noi Moderati and Udc-Prima l’Italia, the Liberals, Pensioners list, Mario Conca for Bari, Agora. Supporting Leccese: Pd, Progetto Bari, Leccese mayor, Decaro per Bari, Con, Europa Verde, Noi Popolari. With Laforgia: Laforgia mayor, Bari city of Europe, Urban Generation, Bari Common Good, 5 Star Movement, Italian Communist Party. Two lists support the candidate Sciacovelli: Sciacovelli mayor who we like and Noi per Bari Italexit. Finally Mangano with the Oltre list.
Voting is not just in Bari. In Gioia del Colle the outgoing mayor Giovanni Mastrangelo (centre-right), Giuseppe Procino (centre-left) and Daniela De Mattia (5 Star Movement and Pro.di.Gio.) are facing each other. In Putignano Luciana Laera, outgoing mayor, will have to deal with Gianluca Rospi and Michele Vinella. In Rutigliano Antonella Nacherlilla (centre-right) will have as opponents Roberto Romagno (Moderates) and Giuseppe Valenzano (Pd and 5 Star). For Santeramo in Colle the outgoing Vincenzo Casone (Pd and 5 civics) will face Nunzio Zeverino (FI and 3 civics), Maria Antonietta Panarea (Centre-left and 5 Stars) and Teresa Paradiso (UDC, Fdi and 3 civics). In municipalities with less than 15 thousand inhabitants, two candidates for mayor in Bitritto, Binetto, Cellamare and Turi, three in Trinitapoli.
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