The polls for the regional elections in Abruzzo opened at 7am and will close this evening at 11pm . At the end the counting operations will begin.

Voting takes place in 305 municipalities : the total number of voters is 1,208,276 of which 592,041 men and 616,235 women out of a registered population of 1,275,950.

There are 1,634 polling stations, 13 of which are hospital locations.

The sections are in Chieti 460, in L'Aquila 405, in Pescara 396 and in Teramo 373. In the 2019 regional elections there were 53% of voters, a clear drop compared to the previous consultations , those of 2014, when 61 went to vote, 56% of those entitled.

In the most recent elections, those of 2022, 63.99% of Abruzzo people went to the polls .

Five years ago Marsilio obtained 48.03% of the votes, his coalition 49.20%. The center-left candidate, Giovanni Legnini reached 31.29%; his coalition, with 7 lists, reached 30.64%. On that occasion, Sara Marcozzi for M5s also showed up and obtained 20.20%, and Stefano Flajani who received 0.48%.

The centre-right , in support of Marco Marsilio , is convinced that it can achieve a historic result: confirming an outgoing president at the helm of the Region . The centre-left , with a very wide field in support of Luciano D'amico , believes instead in a comeback considered almost impossible at the start of the competition thanks to the now well-known "Sardinia effect" , as many define it, which has ignited the spirits .

TURNOVER – At 7.40pm considering all 1634 sections, the turnout in Abruzzo was 43.93% compared to 43.01 in 2019 . In detail, in the province of Chieti the turnout was 40.47%, identical to 2019 at the same time; in L'Aquila it is 47.51% (in 2019 it was 44.56), +2.95%; in Pescara it is 44.45% (it was 43.98), +0.47%; in Teramo it is 44.67% (43.97 in 2019), +0.70%.

Considering the 12pm data, the increase was more than 2% compared to 2019 . In previous consultations the turnout at 12pm was 13.33%, today it is 15.80%, calculated on the basis of 1,415 sections out of a total of 1,634.

In detail, at 12.40 (source Eligendo), in the province of Chieti (calculated in 437 out of 460 sections) the turnout was 14.82% (in 2019 at the same time it was 13.08 in all sections); in L'Aquila (400 sections out of 405) it is 16.72% (compared to 12.96); in Pescara (all sections) it is 16.13% (it was 14.13); in Teramo (all 373 sections) it is 16.19 (in 2019 13.46).

(Unioneonline/vl)

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