The 5 Star Movement is the first party in the province of Foggia at the European elections. With 46,117 votes, equal to 23.73%, once the counting is completed, it gains 120 preferences more than Fratelli d’Italia at 23.67%. The third force is the Democratic Party at 23.57% (45,814 votes).
Going against the trend of a disappointing result at a national level, the land of former Prime Minister Giuseppe Conte confirms itself as a Cinquestelle fiefdom.
In the capital city, the M5S leads the Melonians by nine percentage points and reaches 31.91% (12,533 votes). The vote of the city of Foggia is a driving force for the Cinquestelle which impose themselves only in seven other centers of the province: Carapelle, Carlantino, Motta Montecorvino, San Giovanni Rotondo, San Marco La Catola, Sant’Agata di Puglia and the town of the leader Volturara Appula ( 64.46%).
The outgoing Foggia MEP Mario Furore with three certain seats in the Southern Constituency and one in the balance can already pack his bags for Brussels. The Capitanata alone brings him 16,025 preferences. President Conte, who has already called the MEP from Foggia during the night, can console himself in his native land.
The Democratic Party wins in Accadia, Carpino, Casalnuovo Monterotaro, Casalvecchio di Puglia, Castelnuovo della Daunia, Celenza Valfortore, Celle di San Vito, Ischitella, Manfredonia, Monte Sant’Angelo, Monteleone di Puglia, Orsara di Puglia, Panni, Pietramontecorvino, Rodi Garganico , Roseto Valfortore, San Marco in Lamis, Troia, Vieste.
Fratelli d’Italia is the first party in Alberona, Ascoli Satriano, Biccari, Bovino, Cagnano Varano, Candela, Castelluccio dei Sauri, Castelluccio Valmaggiore, Cerignola, Chieuti, Deliceto, Faeto, Isole Tremiti, Lucera, Mattinata, Ordona, Orta Nova, Poggio Imperiale, Rocchetta Sant’Antonio, San Nicandro Garganico, San Paolo di Civitate, San Severo, Serracapriola, Stornarella, Torremaggiore, Vico del Gargano, Volturino and Zapponeta.
In Lesina, a lagoon municipality led by the current provincial commissioner of the League, Primiano Di Mauro, and adopted land of the former MEP Massimo Casanova, Salvini’s party prevails with 31.20% (469 votes), followed by Fratelli of Italy at 21.42% (322 preferences), Forza Italia third. The League is also the leading party in Peschici with 26.92% and in Stornara (43.53%).
It is the Democratic Party that conquers Puglia with 33.57%, leading the entire Southern constituency with 24.36%. The Decaro effect with 348,583 preferences in his region is also felt in Capitanata where the Dems are celebrating the election of the mayor of Bari.
