Modena 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.
Having reached the end of his second mandate, he will not be able to run again in the 2024 local elections Gian Carlo Muzzarellithe current mayor of a Democratic Party who ultimately decided to focus on the former regional councilor Massimo Mezzetti which will be supported by a broad coalition.
Within the centre-right the choice fell on the entrepreneur Luca Negrini. For the alternative left then on the field Claudio TonelliWhile Daniele Giovanardi he will be the candidate of Sovereign and Popular Democracy and Independence!, Gianni Alemanno’s movement. To complete the list of candidates there are Marco Meschiari of the 3V Movement and the civics Chiara Costetti And Maria Grazia Modena.
Let’s see them then timetables of opening and closing of polls, who are the candidates mayor in these Modena 2024 administrative elections, the lists in their support and how to vote according to the dictates of electoral law.
Modena administrative elections 2024: dates and times
The Modena 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 Modena
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 Modena 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 lists
In total they are seven candidates for mayor running in the Modena 2024 local elections: here’s who they are and which lists support them.
| Candidates | Lists | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| Chiara Costetti | Chiara Costetti Mayor | / |
| Daniele Giovanardi | Modena Change | / |
| Marco Meschiari | Truth 3V Freedom | / |
| Massimo Mezzetti | Pd, M5s, Modena Civica, Action, Avs, Piazza Futura, United for Modena | / |
| Maria Grazia Modena | Modena x Modena | / |
| Luca Negrini | Forza Italia, FdI, Lega, Luca Negrini Mayor | / |
| Claudio Tonelli | Modena Turn the page Popular Union | / |
The city of Modena it has always been considered a sort of left-wing fortress and, even during the 2024 local elections, the Democratic Party aims to maintain a dominance that has lasted for around eighty years.
After ten years under the banner of Gian Carlo Muzzarelli, the Democratic Party will now have to look ahead with the candidate that will be Massimo Mezzetti: in addition to the dems, with him there will also be the Green-Left Alliance, the Five Star Movement, Action, +Europa-Italia Viva, Modena Civica, and Piazza Futura.
Modena Volta Pagina, Unione Popolare and Possibile, which they have indicated as candidates, will go on their own Claudio Tonelli.
The centre-right has made its choice, with all the parties deciding to focus on the young entrepreneur in the June administrative elections Luca Negrini.
Also on the field Daniele Giovanardi, the brother of the former minister who will be the mayoral candidate of Marco Rizzo’s Sovereign and Popular Democracy and Independence! by Gianni Alemanno.
There are other candidates in these local elections in Modena Marco Meschiari of the 3V Movement, the lawyer Chiara Costetti and the cardiologist Maria Grazia Modena.
