We go to ballot. After the latest update on the scrutiny of the 4 sections “blocked” for consultations at the Municipality of LecceAdriana Poli Bortone and Carlo Salvemini they will have to challenge each other again.
We will soon publish votes and percentages but the outcome is this: at the moment there is no winner.
What happen
Throughout the very long day of Monday, the former senator’s preferences rose and fell from the 50 percent threshold: one vote more than half of the consensus and the centre-right candidate would have won in the first round.
But this did not happen. At a certain point the counting of ballots had stopped due to anomalies found in four polling stations. And everything froze. With the 98 sections scrutinized out of 102 in total, Adriana Poli Bortone had stopped at 24,749 votes, or 49.64%. While her ten lists had totaled 24,136 preferences, or 50.03%. While Carlo Salvemini with 23,430 of him stood at 47%.
While his 9 lists had received 23,151 votes, i.e. 47.99%. In the next few hours – but there is still no certainty – the electoral commission could finish the scrutiny of the other three sections and decree the existence of the consultations. The possibility of a run-off on 23 and 24 June between Poli Bortone and Salvemini is increasingly likely.
