Official results of the Cremona 2024 administrative elections: the counting of the municipal elections ended without a winner, with the election of the mayor postponed to the run-off between Alessandro Portesani And Leonardo Virgil which will be held on Sunday 23 and Monday 24 June.
As regards the liststhe most voted in the Cremona 2024 elections was that of PD (23.12%), followed by Brothers of Italy (22.14%) e Making Cremona Active (7.17%).
Below are all official results of the mayoral candidates and lists present in these administrative elections in Cremona, with all the information on the dates, times and regulations of ballot.
Results of the Cremona 2024 administrative elections
The counting of the votes of the Cremona administrative elections 2024 it started at 2pm on Monday 10 June. These are the results officials after the counting of 76 out of 76 sections. The final turnout was 58.73%, down compared to 2019.
| Candidates | Lists | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| Maria Vittoria Ceraso | Today for Tomorrow (4.40%) | 4.64% |
| Angelo Frigoli | Communist Alternative (1.18%) | 1.23% |
| Ferruccio Giovetti | Safety and Common Sense for Cremona (3.53%) | 3.64% |
| Alessandro Portesani | Brothers of Italy (22.14%), Forza Italia (7.04%), League (6.32%), News in Cremona (7.13%), Pensioners Party (0.72%) | 43.19% |
| Paolo Tacchini | 5 Star Movement (3.81%), Cremona Cambia Musica (1.41%) | 5.36% |
| Leonardo Virgil | Pd (23.12%), Cremona sei tu (7.00%), Fare Nuova Cremona Attiva (7.17%), Left for Cremona (4.96%) | 41.94% |
By virtue of the fact that none of the mayoral candidates obtained an absolute majority in the first round, a ballot between the two most voted which will be held in two weeks.
Cremona administrative elections 2024: dates and times
The Cremona 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 Cremona
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 Cremona 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
With the exception of Oreste Perri’s parenthesis between 2009 and 2014, since the so-called Second Republic existed in Cremona, local elections have always been won by a centre-left which now would like to repeat the same in 2024.
To provide a sort of continuity after Gianluca Galimberti’s two mandates, the Democratic Party has chosen to focus on the current deputy mayor Andrew Virgil which will also be supported by the left but not by the 5 Star Movement, with the five stars who have nominated Paolo Tacchini.
Instead, the candidate will be in the center-right Alessandro Portesanithe president of the Il Cerchio coop who decided to take the field in the local elections at the helm of the civic list Novità a Cremona and then also found the support of the coalition parties.
Communist Alternative is also in the field with Angelo Frigoliwhile in the list of street numbers there is the presence of Maria Vittoria Ceraso and of Ferruccio Giovetti.
