Bari 2024 administrative elections ballot. Polls open again for the second round, with date And timetables which have been defined for some time: we vote Sunday 23 June starting from 7 am and ending at 11 pm And Monday 24 June from 7am to 3pm.
The bare of votes will begin at 3pm on Monday 24 June, with the counting of the Bari 2024 elections which can be followed live and in real time below.
As the results of the first round have certified, to elect the next mayor of Bari a run-off will be necessary between Vito Leccese And Fabio Romitowith no affiliation having been signed with the other candidates.
Below are all official results of the mayoral candidates and lists present in these local elections in Bari, with all the updates on the ballot counting starting from 3pm on Monday.
Bari 2024 election ballot
The counting of the Bari 2024 administrative elections will start at 3pm on Monday 24 June. These are the results after counting 0 out of 345 sections.
| Candidate | Votes |
|---|---|
| Vito Leccese | / |
| Fabio Romito | / |
In the event of a perfect tie, the oldest candidate present on the ballot will be elected mayor.
Results of the first round of the Bari 2024 local elections
The counting of the votes of the Bari local elections 2024 it started at 2pm on Monday 10 June. These are the results officials after counting 345 out of 345 sections.
| Candidates | Lists | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| Michele Laforgia | Bari Common Good (4.21%), Laforgia Mayor (5.98%), Italian Communist Party (0.41%), Urban Generation (1.02%), M5s (5.96%), Bari Città d’ Europe (3.62%) | 21.75% |
| Vito Leccese | Pd (19.77%), Green Europe (1.34%), Leccese Mayor (5.30%), Progetto Bari (3.17%), Decaro for Bari (9.98%), With Leccese Mayor (6 .17%), We Popular (2.10%) | 48.02% |
| Sabino Mangano | Over (0.32%) | 0.34% |
| Fabio Romito | Romito Mayor (6.25%), Bari for Fabio Romito (2.23%), Forza Italia (3.67%), Brothers of Italy (11.13%), Liberals and Reformists-New Psi (0.71 %), We Moderates (1.04%), UDC-Italy First (4.31%), Agorà (0.14%), Mario Conca (0.27%), Young Pensioners and Invalids Together (0.135) | 29.12% |
| Nicola Sciacovelli | Sciacovelli mayor (0.55%), We for Bari-Italexit (0.23%) | 0.76% |
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.
Bari 2024 administrative elections: dates and times
The Bari local 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 run-off round for the local elections in Bari will instead 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 Bari
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 Bari 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 36 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.
The candidates
After ten years of Antonio Decaro’s administration, the center-left in Bari must look ahead in view of the local elections with the Democratic Party which, playing in advance, has indicated its candidate Vito Leccese.
On the centre-left, however, the presence of the lawyer must also be noted Michele Laforgia supported by the 5 Star Movement: after the chaos resulting from the judicial investigations, the primaries were ultimately canceled and both candidates remained in the field.
In the center-right there will be ten lists in support of Fabio Romitowith the other candidates in these elections in Bari being Sabino Mangano – the former city councilor who, after saying goodbye to the 5 Star Movement, will be in the field supported by the Oltre civic list – and the other former city councilor Nicola Sciacovelli.
