Final sprint a Caltanissetta, Frost And Pachino for the mayoral elections. Runoffs are scheduled for tomorrow and Monday. In Caltanissetta the battle will be between Annalisa Maria Petitto and Walter Calogero Tesauro; in Gela, also in the Nisseno area, you will have to choose between Grazia Rita Cosentino and Giuseppe Terenziano Di Stefano; in Pachino, in the province of Syracuse, the candidates are Rosaria Fronterrè and Giuseppe Gambuzza. Polls open from 7am to 11pm and Monday from 7am to 3pm.
In the capital of Nisse the progressive camp has fallen apart. The M5s has already made it known that it has no affiliations with any political force. Cinquestelle voters “will be free to vote according to their conscience”, explained the regional coordinator for Sicily Nuccio Di Paola. The challengers, as mentioned, are the lawyers Walter Tesauro, 61 years old, and Annalisa Petitto, 46. In the first round Tesauro, supported by the centre-right, obtained 34.42%, supported among others by Forza Italia, Fratelli d’Italia , Lega-UDC, Christian Democracy. On the other hand Annalisa Petitto who starts from 30.82% and who built her candidacy with civic movements. Already a provincial leader of the Democratic Party, you convinced your former party colleagues to run on one of the seven civic lists, thus avoiding the symbol of the Democratic Party.
In Gela the run-off goes to Grazia Cosentino, 60 years old, with 32.87%; and Terenziano Di Stefano 43 years old, with 29.26%. Cosentino’s candidacy, supported by the centre-right, was born from a political agreement within the centre-right with the Italia viva party attached. For the first female candidate for mayor of Gela, no political affiliation for the second electoral round. The challenger is Terenziano Di Stefano. His name came out of a discussion between centre-left parties.
During voting operations, four turnout statistics will be published on the election.regione.sicilia.it portal: at 12.30pm, 7.30pm and 11.30pm tomorrow and at 3.30pm on Monday. The data for the polls which will begin on Monday, immediately after the polls close, will be available on the same site.
