Rovigo 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.
He will still be on the field in the 2024 local elections Edoardo Gaffeothe current mayor of Rovigo who will be supported by the 5 Stars, with the Democratic Party having instead nominated Palmiro Franco Tosin.
The candidate is in the centre-right Valeria Citizen which will also be supported by Action, but they will also be there on the pitch Antonio Rossini, Ezio Conchi And Federico Frigato.
Let’s see them then timetables of opening and closing of polls, who are the candidates mayor in these administrative elections Rovigo 2024, the lists in their support and how to vote according to the dictates of electoral law.
Rovigo 2024 administrative elections: dates and times
The administrative elections Rovigo 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 Rovigo
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 Rovigo 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 six candidates for mayor running in the Rovigo 2024 local elections: here’s who they are and which lists they support.
| Candidates | Lists | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| Valeria Citizen | FdI, Lega, Forza Italia, Action, Citizen Mayor | / |
| Ezio Conchi | Change Rovigo | / |
| Federico Frigato | Rovigo is loved | / |
| Edoardo Gaffeo | M5s, Civica per Rovigo, Citizens’ Forum | / |
| Antonio Rossini | Alliance of Moderates and Us for Rovigo – We like it | / |
| Palmiro Franco Tosin | Pd, Democratic and Inclusive Civic | / |
In the 2019 local elections Edoardo Gaffeoan independent supported by the Democratic Party, managed to bring the center-left back to the leadership of Rovigo.
Five years later Gaffeo will be running again in the 2024 local elections supported by the 5 Star Movement, but the Democratic Party will go on its own with the lawyer Palmiro Franco Tosin as a candidate. The presence of Federico Frigato for Rovigo we love.
The centre-right – enlarged to Action for the occasion – has chosen to focus on the school manager Valeria Citizenbut the outgoing councilor will also be on the field Antonio Rossini and the lawyer Ezio Conchi.
