CALTANISSETTA – Ballot in the provinceto return to the polls on Sunday 23 and Monday 24 June to choose the mayor to govern the city, the people of Nisse and Gelesi.
Ballot in Caltanissetta between Tesauro and Petitto
In Caltanissetta competing for the seat of Palazzo del Carmine: Walter Tesauro and Annalisa Petitto. Walter Tesauro, 62 years old, lawyer, centre-right candidate, who in the first round obtained 10,052 votes (34.42%) is supported by the Forza Italia, Fratelli d’Italia, Lega-UDC, Christian Democracy, Azzurri for Caltanissetta-Tesauro lists mayor, Giovanna Candura-Let’s get back on track-Caltanissetta 2030, We Moderates.
The team of councilors who will accompany him to the ballot is the same one he announced during the first round of the elections: Calogero Adornetto Forza Italia, Guido Del Popolo on the mayor’s list, Gianluca Bruzzaniti and Toti Petrantoni for Fratelli D’Italia, Giovanna Candura vice mayor, Oscar Aiello Lega, Angelo Fasulo former mayor of Gela and Saverio Romano of Palermo both in Noi Moderati quota, Gero Valenza former mayor of Mussomeli in DC quota.
Annalisa Petitto, 46 years old, a lawyer and outgoing city councilor, obtained 9,000 votes (30.81%) in the first round. He is supported by seven lists: Future and Democratic Caltanissetta, CL Tutta la Vita Petitto mayor, Nisseno Pride, Together Petitto mayor, Hitting the mark with Totò Licata Petitto mayor, Ora Petitto mayor, Avanti Caltanissetta Petitto mayor. News for its list of councilors which is enriched with the presence of Angelo Failla who in the first round was among the candidates for mayor (1,634 votes or 5.59% of the preferences).
Other new entries are Paola Sanfilippo and Giancarlo Larocca, from the Caltanissetta Futura and Democratica list and Salvatore Alù, candidate from the Orgoglio Nisseno list. Confirmed are the deputy mayor Salvatore Licata and the councilors Alberto Calafato, Leyla Montagnino, Vincenzo Cancelleri and Carmelo Milazzo. No relation for the outgoing mayor Roberto Gambino, third in approval in the first round with 8167 votes or 28% of the preferences.
In Gela Cosentino and Di Stefano for the mayor’s seat
In Gela the ones competing for the mayor’s seat will be: for the centre-right the engineer Grazia Cosentino59 years old, supported by Lega, Italia Viva and Fratelli d’Italia, which in the first round obtained 32.87% of the preferences (11,625 votes), and the former deputy mayor Terenziano Di Stefano, 43 years old, at the head of a coalition with M5S, Action, Let’s start from scratch, Pd, PCI, Ideas in motion, South calls North and the two civic lists, Una good idea and Civico lab, which obtained 29.26% of preferences (10,348 votes). As regards the alliances, here too an agreement was found between Filippo Franzone, who had run for mayor and received 7% of the votes, and Terenziano Di Stefano. The candidate for Mayor Totò Scerra (23.45% of preferences) has decided to support Grazia Cosentino, a choice that has caused rifts within his political group. No official affiliation for candidate Miguel Donegani who only spoke about technical agreements.
Both candidates have decided to reshape their team of councillors. The candidate Grazia Cosentino enriches her team, among the new entries Nadia Gnoffo of Forza Italia, Vincenzo Cascino of the DC and Daniele Scicolone of Fratelli d’Italia, designated deputy mayor. Confirmed: Vincenzo Casciana Fratelli d’Italia, Nadia Di Francesco Italia viva, Carolina Varchi Fratelli d’Italia and Sara Duchetta.
The candidate Terenziano Di Stefano has added to his team the lawyer Viviana Altamore and Filippo Franzone, candidate for mayor in the first round. Changing of the guard for the autonomists: Valeria Caci takes over from Rosario Caci. Simone Morgana M5S, Giuseppe Arancio Dem, Giuseppe Favitta of the Communist Party and Luigi Di Dio for Melfa in Action have been confirmed.
