European and municipal elections: voter turnout at 11pm in Abruzzo
After the first day of voting, at 11pm on Saturday 8 June the turnout in Abruzzo for the European elections stood at 12.71%. In Pescara for the municipal elections the turnout reached 17.53%. In Montesilvano 16.65% voted. The highest turnout was in Giulianova: 22.82% of those entitled to vote.
Sunday 9 June polling stations reopened from 7am to 11pm.
In the Adriatic capital there are 4 candidates for mayor, 14 lists: the outgoing Carlo Masci, centre-right, Carlo Costantini, centre-left, Domenico Pettinari, Civic Coalition and Gianluca Fusilli, United States of Europe. Given the possible run-off round as for centers with over 15 thousand inhabitants, the ballot for the administrative elections is blue. For municipal elections, split voting is possible.
The second most populous city in Abruzzo voting is Montesilvano: here the challengers are Ottavio De Martinis, outgoing mayor for the centre-right and Fabrizio D’Addazio, candidate of the centre-left.
Another municipality with over 15,000 inhabitants is Giulianova, where the challenge is four-way: Jwan Costantini, outgoing mayor; Alberta Ortolani; Romolo Lanciotti and Daniele Di Massimantonio.
In Abruzzo, the provincial territory with the highest number of municipalities voting for local elections is Chieti: 50. In the province of L’Aquila there will be voting in 8 municipalities. In the Pescarese area, elections will be held in 17 municipalities. 23 cities in the province of Teramo are affected.
Naturally, for the European elections all 305 centers in the region will be called to vote. Our broadcaster, as per tradition, will give space to the results in real time.
From 11pm on Sunday the European elections will be counted, but there will also be exit polls for the municipal elections. The counting for the local elections will begin from 2.00pm on Monday.
Real-time updates on Rete8 (channel 10 of digital terrestrial) and on our website www.rete8.it with the electoral marathon starting from 10.45pm on Sunday and from 1.45pm on Monday.
