When you vote
On Saturday 8th and Sunday 9th June we will vote for elections European elections, but polls are also open for those 3715 Italian municipalities that must elect mayors and for the regional ones in Piedmont. Polls open from Saturday at 3.00pm to 11.00pm and then on Sunday 9th from 7.00am to 11.00pmthe time when the counting and the first ones will begin exit poll. Sunday night will continue with the scrutiny and the European projectionswhich we will also follow live on RaiNews.itwhile for the results of the municipal elections and the Piedmont region we will have to wait until 2pm on Monday 10th. Any runoffs, scheduled only for municipalities with more than 15 thousand inhabitants, will be held on 23 and 24 June. Only 228 administrations among those voting have more than 15 thousand inhabitants and, due to the new electoral law, a run-off is not foreseen even for the Piedmont region.
The European elections
On Saturday 8 and Sunday 9 June Italy will also vote in the European elections: more than 47 million Italian citizens can go to the polls, including 2.7 million new voters according to Eurostat, that is, boys and girls who were still minors 5 years ago. They belong to Italy 76 seats of the 720 expected for the new Eurochamber. The Parliament that will emerge from the elections, that of the tenth legislature (2024-2029), will have 15 more MEPs compared to the last mandate. As a general rule, the number of MEPs is decided before each election on the basis of the most recent demographic data: no less than 6 and no more than 96 seats for each EU country, with a total that cannot exceed 750 MEPs plus to the President (which among other things coincides with the composition of the European Parliament before Brexit). In Italy there are five European electoral constituencies: that is, the regions are aggregated into 5 areas to which a number of seats is assigned based on the resident population: 20 for north-western Italy (Valle d’Aosta, Piedmont, Liguria, Lombardy), 15 for north-eastern Italy (Trentino-Alto Adige, Veneto, Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Emilia-Romagna), 15 for central Italy (Tuscany, Umbria, Marche, Lazio), 18 for southern Italy (Abruzzo, Molise, Campania, Puglia, Basilicata , Calabria), 8 for insular Italy (Sicily, Sardinia). Each political party or group can present in its list a maximum number of candidates equal to that assigned to the electoral constituency and voters can choose among the candidates present in the lists of their constituency of residence.
Which municipalities are voting?
Of the 7,896 Italian municipalities they are 3,715 administrations that renew mayors and city councilors. In the list there are also 29 provincial capitals, of which 6 are regional capitals. In the first list we find: Ascoli Piceno, Avellino, Bari, Bergamo, Biella, Cagliari, Caltanissetta, Campobasso, Cremona, Ferrara, Florence, Forlì, Lecce, Livorno, Modena, Pavia, Perugia, Pesaro, Pescara, Potenza, Prato, Reggio Emilia , Rovigo, Sassari, Verbania, Vercelli and Vibo Valentia. While the regional capitals include Bari, Cagliari, Campobasso, Florence, Perugia and Potenza.
Read the in-depth analysis on the challenges in the regional capitals
The elections in Piedmont
In Piedmont, as well as for the municipal elections, scheduled in 799 municipalities, there will be voting to elect the new regional president. There are five aspiring governors and in all, thirteen lists and five related lists are presented, for a total of over 500 candidates; but only one in ten will be able to take a seat in the Regional Council. Since the regional electoral law has been modified, which no longer provides for a run-off round, the candidate who receives the highest number of votes will be elected.
Where to follow the results of the European elections, the municipal elections and the Piedmont region
On June 9th and 10th Public Service will be busy with its own newspapers and in-depth programs in following the European elections, the Piedmont regional elections and the municipal elections for the main capitals (Florence, Bari, Cagliari, Perugia, Potenza, Campobasso, Pescara, Bergamo, Caltanissetta). In collaboration with the Consorzio Opinio Italia Rai will communicate the first “Exit Polls” starting from 11.00 pm on 9 June, relating to the percentage votes obtained by the individual lists for the European elections, by the candidates for president of Piedmont and by the candidates for mayor in each of the 9 municipalities. The first “Screenings” they will instead be available from midnight for the European elections only. On Monday 10 June, with the start of the counting for the election of the Piedmont Regional Council and for that of the municipalities, the projections relating to the percentage votes obtained by the candidates for President of the Piedmont Region and by the related coalitions, from the lists for the Piedmont regional elections, from the candidates for mayor in each of the 9 municipalities and the related coalitions and from the lists in each of the 9 municipalities.
On Rainews.it, in addition to the data that will be automatically updated by the Interior Ministry and the European Parliament, it will be possible to follow the news of the electoral marathon live without interruptions: from estimates to real data, on the Rai information portal there will be constant updates of that what happens in Italy and in the 27 Member States minute by minute.
