Administrative: Piedmont and Pescara on the right; center-left towards victory in Florence, Bergamo, Bari, Cagliari and Modena

The counting of votes for the local elections begins. There are 3,700 municipalities voting, some have already issued a verdict

ROME – Local elections, after the exit polls the first projections also arrive.

IN PIEDMONT, CIRIO WITH THE WIND IN POPPA < /h3>

Alberto Cirio firmly in the lead in the Piedmont regionals. The Opinio projection for Rai on 6% of the sample gives 53% of the votes to the outgoing president supported by the centre-right. Gianna Pentenero of the Democratic Party is far behind with 35.4%. Sarah Disabato of the 5 Star Movement is stuck at 9.1%, while 1.4% is the result of Francesca Frediani of PiemontePopolare.

IN FLORENCE, FUNARO AT 41.6%

On Florence, Opinio Italia for Rai (with a sample coverage of 6%) gives Sara Funaro, mayoral candidate of the Democratic Party and the centre-left, at 41.6%. Nine points behind ‘is the standard bearer of the centre-right, at 32.5%. Third place was Stefania Saccardi, from Italia Viva, at 6.1%, closely followed by Cecilia Del Re, in democratic Florence at 6%.

CENTRO-SINISTRA AHEAD TO BERGAMO WITH CARNIVALS

In Bergamo, the center-left ‘sees’ confirmation withElena Carnevali after Giorgio Gori’s season. The Opinio-Rai projection on 8% of the sample gives the candidate for mayor 56.3% of the votes. Andrea Pezzotta of the centre-right is behind at 40.4%. Vittorio Apicella of the 5 Star movement is at 3.3%.

CAGLIARI, THE LARGO FIELD OF MASSIMO ZEDDA IN NET ADVANTAGE

Counting for the administrative elections began at 2pm, which in Sardinia involves 27 municipalities. The spotlight is focused in particular on Cagliari, Sassari and Alghero, with the match in the island capital which is the followed by the exit polls curated for Rai by Opinio Italia. Based on the findings, for Massimo Zedda, candidate of the “wide field”, a clear victory is looming, and in the first round, with a percentage of preferences ranging from 59 to 63%. The center-right challenger, Alessandra Zedda, is far behind, given between 31% and 35%, very far behind the civic Giuseppe Farris, between 2.4% and 4.5%, and Claudia Ortu of Potere al Popolo, between 0, 5% and 2.5%. No data on the vote for Emanuela Corda from Alternativa.

IN BARI THE PD AHEAD BUT IT IS GOING TOWARDS BALLOT

First screening broadcast by the Opinio Italia Consortium for Rai. Sample coverage 7%. In the challenge for the mayor’s seat in Bari, Vito Leccese is in the lead with 46%. Followed by Fabio Romito with 32.4%; Michele Laforgia with 20.7% and Nicola Sciacovelli with 0.6%. We are therefore moving towards the run-off.

IN MODENA OPTIMISM OF THE CENTRE-LEFT

Optimism and also enthusiasm at Massimo Mezzetti’s electoral committee, in Corso Vittorio Emanuele II in Modena, where here and there there is already confidence in victory in the first round. Although the online counting for the capital, on the ministry and municipal websites, continues to take a little longer, the unofficial data arriving at the committee from the various polling stations is comforting, even more so after the result of the European elections in the city( where the Democratic Party confirmed itself as the first party with a boom of 38,131 votes, equal to 44.44%, followed at a distance by Fdi with 19,068 votes, equal to 22.23%). For example, at the Strada Canaletto electoral section, again according to the data that arrive informally, Mezzetti scores 58%, just as it is over 50% at the San Faustino polling station. Similar news emerges from the areas of Villaggio Zeta. Among the various exponents of the Democratic Party and the centre-left who arrived at Mezzetti’s committee, where the person concerned has not been seen for now, Andrea Bortolamasi, outgoing councilor for Culture, confirms “cautious optimism, given that the data arriving are absolutely comforting. But let’s wait, it’s still early, even if there is trust.”

A PESCARA RIGHT NEXT

First screening broadcast by the Opinio Italia Consortium for Rai. Sample coverage 8%. In the challenge for the mayor’s seat of Pescara the right is in the lead Carlo Masci with 51.2%. Followed by Carlo Costantini with 33.1%; Domenico Pettinari with 13.9% and Gianluca Fusilli with 1.8%.