Potenza administrative elections 2024: polls open for these municipal elections which are combined – as regards the first round – with the European and regional elections in Piedmont for a sort of election day.
In total there are five candidates running in the local elections in Potenza. The outgoing mayor Mario Guarente will not stand again, with the center-right having chosen to focus on Francesco Fanelli.
The center-left is divided: the Democratic Party without a symbol will support Vincenzo Telesca5 Stars instead Pierluigi Smaldone While Francesco Giuzio will be the candidate of Basilicata Possibile. To complete the huge pool of aspiring first citizens there is Maria Grazia Marino for People’s Strength.
Let’s see them then timetables of opening and closing of polls, who are the candidates mayor in these administrative elections Potenza 2024, the lists in their support and how to vote according to the dictates of electoral law.
Potenza administrative elections 2024: dates and times
The Potenza administrative elections 2024 will be held on Saturday 8th and Sunday 9th June regarding the first round. As mentioned, at the same time we will also vote for the European elections and in Piedmont for the regional elections.
These are the timetables opening and closing of polls for the 2024 local elections.
- Saturday 8th: from 3pm to 11pm
- Sunday 9th: from 7am to 11pm
The counting of votes of the first round of the local elections will begin at 2pm on Monday 10th June.
The possible turn of ballot for the local elections it will be held on Sunday 23 June from 7am to 11pm and on Monday 24 June from 7am to 3pm.
How to vote in the local elections in Potenza
For elect the mayor and, at the same time, the town Councilthe voter in the local elections has three voting options:
- put an X on the symbol of the list, thus also assigning the vote to the candidate for Mayor;
- put an X only on the name of the aspiring mayor (in this case no vote will be assigned to the list);
- put an X on the list and write the surname of the councilor candidate you prefer.
In local elections, split voting is permitted: it means that the voter can cross out the name of the mayoral candidate he prefers and also put an X on a list that supports a different candidate.
In municipalities with over 15,000 inhabitants it is also possible to assign the double gender preference: just write the surnames of the two candidates of different sexes belonging to the same list.
The electoral law
There electoral law of local elections in Italy it is majority-based when it comes to the election of the mayor, while the distribution of councilors takes place in a proportional manner.
Being Power a municipality with more than 15,000 inhabitants, if no candidate in the first round obtains an absolute majority then a ballot between the two most voted. If there is a perfect head-to-head tie, the oldest candidate will be elected mayor.
To guarantee the formation of a solid majority and consequently substantial governability, the winning mayoral candidate will be added to the lists linked to the candidate awarded 60% of the seats; the remaining seats on the Council will then be assigned to the other lists in a proportional manner through the “D’Hondt method”.
When the seats are divided, the total number of seats will be elected 32 councilors excluding the mayor, all lists and groups of lists of candidates who have passed the threshold will be admitted barrier threshold 3% of valid votes.
Candidates and times
In total they are there are five mayoral candidates running in the Potenza 2024 local elections: here’s who they are and which lists support them.
| Candidates | Lists | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| Francesco Fanelli | Fdi, Forza Italia, Lega, Noi Moderati, Potenza civica-Fanelli mayor, Together for Potenza-We love Potenza, Lucanian Pride-La Vera Basilicata | / |
| Francesco Giuzio | Basilicata Possible | / |
| Maria Grazia Marino | Strength of the People | / |
| Pierluigi Smaldone | M5s, Power Returns, New City | / |
| Vincenzo Telesca | Let’s unite for Potenza-Telesca mayor, The Power of Citizens-Democratic Power; Together for Potenza, Basilicata Common House, Potenza Prima | / |
In the 2019 local elections, the Northern League member Mario Guarente, thanks to a victory in the run-off by just 200 votes, became the new mayor of Potenza. Five years later the mayor opted to take a step back, leaving the field to Francesco Fanellivice-president of the outgoing regional council.
Without its own symbol due to internal divisions, the Democratic Party ultimately nominated the outgoing lawyer and city councilor as a candidate Vincenzo Telescawhile the other councilor Pierluigi Smaldoneelected in 2019 from the ranks of the Potenza Città Giardino list, will also be on the field supported by the 5 Star Movement.
The third centre-left candidate in these elections in Potenza is Francesco Giuzio for Basilicata Possibile, with Maria Grazia Marino who instead is the aspiring mayor of Forza del Popolo.
