Cremona, 8 June 2024 – It is six-way race in Cremona in administrative elections scheduled today tomorrow, June 9th. In the city that was the birthplace of Antonio Stradivari and Ugo Tognazzi, 56,458 (of which 29,450 women and 26,139 men) were called to vote (out of a total of residents as of 31 December of 70,845). There are 230 newly eighteen-year-olds voting for the first time (108 females and 122 males). Seventy-six voting sections are planned. In the shadow of Torrazzo the center-left has governed since 2014. Five years ago Gianluca Galiberti won the run-off with 55.9% of the vote over Salvatore Carlo Malvezzi, candidate of the centre-right. Aspiring to take up Galimberti’s baton are, in this session, Andrea Virgilio, Alessandro Portesani, Paola Tacchini, Ferruccio Giovetti, Maria Vittoria Ceraso and Angelo Frigoli.
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2024 municipal elections in Cremona and its province, the municipalities and the mayoral candidates
Six candidates for mayor in Cremona. Andrew Virgil 51 years old, for the centre-left, Alessandro Portesani 41 years old, for the centre-right, Paola Tacchini of 51 years for the Five Star Movement, the civics Ferruccio Giovetti 63 years old and Maria Vittoria Ceraso 51 years old, and Angelo Frigoli 54 year old supported by the Communist Alternative party.
Virgilio, an educator by profession, is the current deputy mayor and municipal councilor with responsibilities for Territory and Heritage. He is supported by four electoral formations: the civic list “Cremona sei tu”, the PD, “Left for Cremona – Civil Energy” and “Making New Cremona active”.
During the election campaign, Andrew Virgil he declared that he wanted to open a new political season without subordination compared to the past and said he was convinced that a city can only grow if it gives space to the protagonism of its citizens. In his program, the energy transition stands out with public transport vehicles destined to become zero emissions. Then also expansion of the “30 zones”, support for the Fair, attention to the welfare of residents.
During the election campaign, Alessandro Portesani focused on the theme of urban safety, prefiguring the presence of new agents who are close to the people. It intends to strengthen the monitoring of the city’s free zones to resolve situations of severe degradation and create an active network for legality and safety.
In the weeks leading up to the vote, Paola Tacchini revealed that she was driven to run for office by the desire to improve the environmental situation of Cremona, “one of the most polluted cities in Europe”. Yes to photovoltaics on roofs or already built areas, to renewable energy communities and decarbonisation.
Giovetti promises «more funds, more police, more protection for citizens, but also night-time closures of vending machines, new video surveillance systems and a review of the restricted traffic zone.”
The proposal of Maria Vittoria Ceraso wants to place itself at the center of the two centre-right and centre-left camps. A voting alternative with moderate ideas. Among the main objectives of the program put young people at the centre.
In the program by Angelo Frigoli the attention to the female world stands out (with interventions to reduce the wage gap as well as to increase the number of places available in affordable nursery and nursery schools). Extreme attention to dilapidated school buildings, precariousness in the world of work and the lack of public housing.
Not just the capital city: there are others 86 Municipalities to vote for the election of their mayor, Saturday 8th and Sunday 9th June. But they all have it less than 15 thousand inhabitants.
