Counting for the municipal elections is underway. There are 27 Sardinian centers that voted to choose the mayors and renew the municipal councils. Five those with more than 15 thousand inhabitants and with the possibility of a run-off (to be held on 22 and 23 June) if one of the candidates does not exceed 50% of the votes. In Cagliari, Massimo Zedda from Campo Largo has already won in the first round, beating Alessandra Zedda from the centre-right. In Alghero Raimondo Cacciotto of the centre-left does not wait and celebrates the victory against Marco Tedde with the polls open. Counting underway in Sinnai, Monserrato, Sassari.
The other centers voting : Onanì, Sarule, Bosa, Magomadas, Sini, Sorradile, Castelsardo, Illorai, Putifigari, Sorso, Calasetta, Esterzili, Genoni, Guasila, Samatzai, San Gavino Monreale, Sant'Anna Arresi. Five municipalities with a single candidate in which a quorum was reached : Giuseppe Fasolino was elected in Golfo Aranci, Alessio Seoni in Villagrande Strisaili, Francesco Carta in Ortueri, Quirico Meloni in Villanova Monteleone, Pantaleo Talloru in Serrenti.
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Massimo Zedda mayor of Cagliari, the first press conference: «An extraordinary success»
Massimo Zedda wins in Cagliari already in the first round and rejoices in the electoral headquarters of the campo largo, set up in the headquarters of the Berlinguer Foundation in via Emilia . «An extraordinary success: the city once again gives me support and a load of responsibility especially towards those who have lost hope. Day after day we will have to rebuild trust." To whom do you dedicate the victory? «To Giacomo Matteotti and Enrico Berlinguer».
Alessandra Zedda has just telephoned Massimo Zedda to congratulate him and wish him well. The gap is now too wide for the centre-right candidate. «Honor to the winner», he told Videolina : «We are convinced that we have been loyal and correct, I have always built and never destroyed. Morally, we are the winners, we fought against adversity, even against slander and unfair actions. The political forces of Cagliari have not shown that they love fair competition, the people of Cagliari do. Now we have hard work ahead of us. We will certainly carry out all the battles we want to carry out, we hope that there will be collaboration and that the new Zedda council will really do what it promised in the electoral campaign. We built a good team, thanks to those who ran with me: we knew it was tough but we weren't scared. The people of Cagliari wanted to give us a signal but we will try to give a new direction to the centre-right. We will do the good of this city, even in the minority."
It's done now, the celebrations have already begun in Alghero. By now the gap from his opponent is notable: Cacciotto of the centre-left does not wait and celebrates the victory with the polls open. 21 sections have already been scrutinized out of 52, with 6533 votes in his favor against Tedde's 5404. The new mayor in pectore arrived at the electoral headquarters with the regional councilor Piu, welcomed by applause and compliments from supporters and citizens. (Caterina Fiori)
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Sinnai, Maria Barbara Pusceddu elected
In Sinnai Maria Barbara Pusceddu of the wide field won, beating Aldo Lobina (civic) and Aurora Cappai (Forza Italia + civici).
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Monserrato, Locci at 39.7% (7 sections scrutinized)
The updates from Monserrato: with 7 sections out of 21 Locci 39.79%, Picciau 22.75%, Sanna 20.45%, Corda 17.02%. (Stefania Lapenna)
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Sassari, Mascia always ahead
With 42 of 140 sections scrutinized, Giuseppe Mascia of the wide field remains ahead in Sassari with 50.1%. Behind Nicola Lucchi, of the Civici, with 25.2%. Mariotti from the centre-right was only third with 17.1. Behind the two outsiders Brianda 4.7 and Paolopoli 2.7.
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Monserrato, Locci clearly ahead
In Monserrato the counting is proceeding slowly but from the first partial data the outgoing mayor Tomaso Locci seems to have a clear advantage, supported by the three civic lists Monserrato Libera, Monserrato Futura and Monserrato Metropolitana. In the first section that concluded the counting - number 8 of the school in via San Gavino - Locci is in the lead with 264 votes. Followed by Valentina Picciau (5 Star Movement, the Svolta-Progressisti and the civics Pauli Monserrato and Uniti per Monserrato) who received 87 preferences, third was the centre-right candidate Alberto Corda (Reformatori, Fratelli d'Italia and the civics Alleanza Sardegna and Civitas ) with 78 votes and followed by Efisio Sanna (supported by the Pd and the civic associations Now Sardinia and Culture is Freedom) with 67 preferences. The percentages after 4 sections: Locci 44.32%, Picciau 22.29%, Corda 16.54% and Sanna 16.85%. (Stefania Lapenna)
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Alghero, gap of over a thousand votes between Cacciotto and Tedde
At 5.50 pm, 53 percent of the votes of the Alghero citizens had been counted. Raimondo Cacciotto maintains a ten point gap over his political opponent Marco Tedde. About a thousand votes ahead. An upward trend for the 45 year old agronomist supported by Campo Largo and the centrists. In each of the sections scrutinized Cacciotto has prevailed so far, with the exception of the seat in the Pietraia district: here the residents preferred Marco Tedde. At the moment 6067 votes for Cacciotto against 5071 for Tedde. (Caterina Fiori)
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Bosa, Alfonso Marras elected
The final counts are being defined, but the Sardinian regional councilor Alfonso Marras who heads the "Bosa changes" list is the new mayor of Bosa. He obtained around 2000 votes compared to the mayoral candidate Giuseppe Ibba who, with the "Bosa, boy, we're here" list, trails him with 1400 votes and 32%. In third place is the "Cambia Bosa Cambia" list led by Alessandro Campus with 900 votes and 21%. (Serafino Corrias)
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Castelsardo, Maria Lucia Tirotto elected
In Castelsardo Maria Lucia Tirotto was elected mayor with 53.11%, beating Antonio Maria Capula who stopped at 46.89%.
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Sarule, Maurizio Sirca elected
In Sarule Maurizio Sirca was elected mayor, beating Paolo Ledda.
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Esterzili, Renato Melis elected
Renato Melis wins the elections in Esterzili with 68.22%. Isabella Boi stops at 31.78%.
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Samatzai, Enrico Cocco elected
In Samatzai Enrico Cocco was elected mayor with 52.37%, beating Nicola Piga who stopped at 47.63%.
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Calasetta, Antonello Puggioni elected
Antonello Puggioni wins the elections in Calasetta at the head of the RInascita Calasettana list. The advantage over the two competitors is clear when there is still one section left until the polls close. (Stefano Garau)
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In Cagliari the gap between the candidates is growing
More complete data arrives from the Cagliari sections. In addition to those on the two main challengers, the representatives in the polling stations are also communicating the percentages of the other three candidates in the running to Massimo Zedda's headquarters in via Emilia: when 16 out of 173 sections were closed, the former mayor of the capital sees the gap from Alessandra Zedda of the centre-right rises to just over two thousand preferences. Massimo Zedda would have already received 4,445 preferences (61.07%), Alessandra Zedda 2,491 (34.22%), Giuseppe Farris 234 (3.21%), Claudia Ortu 56 (0.77%) and Emanuela Corda 53 (0. 73%). In the meantime, the mayoral candidate with a clear advantage so far has arrived at the headquarters in Via Emilia: Zedda is currently following the counting in an office room on the top floor, together with representatives of the coalition. From what we learn, the slowness with which the data is uploaded onto the Municipality and Interior Ministry platform (only 5 sections out of 173 are official) could be due to doubts of interpretation in the counting of the ballots, in particular for the split vote.
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San Gavino Monreale, Stefano Altea elected
Stefano Altea is the new mayor of San Gavino Monreale with over 40 percent of the votes. The second most voted was the outgoing councilor Bebo Casu, then the outgoing vice mayor Nicola Ennas, both at the head of two civic bodies which, however, were not enough to stop the lawyer's progress. (Mariella Careddu)
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Putifigari, Antonella Contini elected
In Putifigari Antonella Contini was elected mayor with 61.55%, beating Giacomo Contini who stopped at 38.45%.
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Monserrato, Locci in clear advantage
In Monserrato the outgoing mayor Tomaso Locci has a clear advantage over his opponents. According to very partial data, when the counting of any seat is not officially closed, it is not excluded that it could aim for confirmation already in the first round.
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Genoni, Gianluca Serra elected
In Genoni Gianluca Serra was elected mayor with 89.66% of the votes, beating Benedetto Roccotelli who stopped at 10.34%.
The counting of ballots for the Sassari municipal elections is proceeding slowly. In via Wagner, the operational headquarters of the service, the first packages have arrived and we are proceeding with an initial counting which, for now, rewards the mayoral candidate Giuseppe Mascia, leader of the wide field, in the five sections examined, with a percentage of 50% of the votes preferences . A little further behind, Nicola Lucchi, standard-bearer of the Civics, at 26%. Behind them Gavino Mariotti, leading the field, with 16%. Bringing up the rear are the two outsiders Mariano Brianda, founder of the Constituent Assembly for Sassari, and Giuseppe Palopoli with the Wake Up Sassari list. (Emanuele Floris)
Counting finished in Golfo Aranci, 1,315 ballots scrutinized, the preferences of citizens in the Gallura town for the SìAmo Golfo Aranci Rudalza list, the only one running in support of Giuseppe Fasolino, go to the outgoing councilor, Giuseppe Langella, very loyal to the new mayor, who will sit for the sixth time on the benches of the City Council, already deputy mayor in the current council led by Mario Mulas, and who with 218 votes is the most voted among the twelve candidates. Followed by Mario Fasolino, with 215 votes, former commander of the local police, and Manuel Derosas, born in 1986, in his first political experience with 158 votes. Giuseppe Fasolino, who challenged abstentionism, yesterday beat the quorum in record time and will wear the tricolor sash for the third time, led his country for ten years, until 2019 when he flew to Cagliari where he was vice president of the Region and Councilor for Planning and is currently a minority councilor. (Tania Careddu)
The only commissioner municipality in the Oristano area once again has administrators democratically chosen by the citizens. Angelo Masia, 58 years old, who led the "Let's take back Magomadas" list, got the better of the outgoing mayor Emanuele Cauli, 51 years old, at the head of the "The country that dreams of Magomadas future project" list. The winner's list had 233 votes, that of the loser 156. (Serafino Corrias)
Still very partial data from Sinnai, where however a clear success is emerging for the Largo camp and for its mayoral candidate Barbara Pusceddu . In one of the most populous sections, number one, in via Perra, in the polling station closest to the town hall, out of 500 ballots counted, 310 would be for Pusceddu. In other sections the margin would be even more substantial. Optimism transpires from the centre-left coalition, where victory in the first round is now more than likely. An optimism justified by the very large gaps towards Aurora Cappai, the candidate supported by a civic center which however also includes the Forza Italia list. At the moment, in the center left, the list that seems to garner the most preferences is that of the Progressives, followed by the Democratic Party. Third, with a detachment, is the candidate Aldo Lobina, supported by only one list. (Marco Noce)
In Sant'Anna Arresi Paolo Dessì wins, with around 70 votes more than Maddalena Garau. (Fabio Murru)
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San Gavino, Stefano Altea at 40.7%
The counting is coming to a close in San Gavino Monreale where 87% of the ballots have been counted and Stefano Altea has achieved 40.7% of the preferences, Bebo Casu is at 34.9 and Nicola Ennas at 23.2. (Mariella Careddu)
The gap of around ten points between Raimondo Cacciotto and Marco Tedde, the two candidates for mayor of Alghero, remains constant as the counting operations continue in the 52 sections. At the moment, with around ten seats already closed, Cacciotto would have received around 4,600 preferences (55 percent), compared to Tedde's 3,700 (45 percent). In the Campo Largo headquarters, in via XX Settembre, candidates and supporters are watching the projection of the results with optimism and hope. Less enthusiasm, for now, and a prudential attitude, in the Forza Italia headquarters, in via Vittorio Emanuele, where the aspiring mayor Marco Tedde is following the counting operations in the company of his supporters. (Caterina Fiori)
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Illorai, Gianluca Grande elected
In Illorai Gianluca Grande was elected mayor with 55.44%: he beat Sebastiano Titino Cau who stopped at 44.56%.
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Bosa, more than half empty: Marras ahead of Ibba
More than halfway through the count, with 2,500 ballots counted out of a total of 4,400 voters, a solid victory is looming for the Sardinian regional councilor Alfonso Marras who heads the "Bosa Cambia" list, ahead with 47% of the votes compared to the mayoral candidate Giuseppe Ibba who with the "Bosa, boy we're here" list, the "Change Bosa Cambia" list led by Alessandro Campus follows in third place with 32% of the votes with 21%. A significant margin that should allow Marras to become mayor of the city of Temo. (Serafino Corrias)
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Guasila, elected Paola Casula, beat Giantonio Orrù
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From the polls: Massimo Zedda above 1,200 votes in Cagliari
The gap between Massimo Zedda and Alessandra Zedda rises to 1,265, as they compete for the position of mayor of Cagliari. The figure emerges from the data arriving from the polling stations to the staff gathered in the electoral headquarters of the campo largo, set up in the headquarters of the Berlinguer Foundation in via Emilia. The figure would result from the counting of twelve sections out of 173: Massimo Zedda would have 3,161 preferences against 1,896 for the centre-right candidate.
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Sassari, wide field ahead with Mascia
The candidate of the broad centre-left camp, Giuseppe Mascia, starts in the lead in the counting of the first electoral sections in Sassari. With 10% of the sections scrutinized, the unofficial data gives the exponent of the Democratic Party at 53.44% with 2,873 votes, followed by Nicola Lucchi (Civics) with 1,255 votes (23.34%), therefore the candidate of the centre-right , Gavino Mariotti with 857 preferences (15.94%). Followed by the candidate of the Constituent Assembly for Sassari, Mariano Brianda with 275 votes (5.12%) and finally Giuseppe Palopoli with Sassari awakened with 116 preferences (2.16%).
In the municipality of Castelsardo, Maria Lucia Tirotto of the "Ripartiamo Insieme" list is ahead, ahead in five out of six sections over the outgoing Antonio Maria Capula at the helm of "Castelsardo Bene Comune". Tirotto records an average of over one hundred votes more than his opponent, who is ahead in only one section. (Mariangela Pala)
Giampaolo Loi, a 67-year-old retired entrepreneur, is the new mayor of Sorradile. The "Sorradile a community that lives" list led the list, which prevailed with 141 preferences over the "United for Sorradile" list which saw Massimo Zaru as candidate for the position of mayor: 89 preferences for him. From the majority, Ferdinanda Putzolu, Paolo Mannu, Piera Fadda, Antonella Tatti, Leonardo Fadda and Stefano Carta were elected with Loi. Of the minority with Zaru Federica Campus, Giorgia Fadda, Fabrizio Obinu. (Alessia Orbana)
Between the two sides that presented themselves at the polls in the small town of Marmilla, the "Vivi Sini" list led by Andrea Carracoi, 30 years old, prevailed over the "Together for Sini" list led by Elio Simbula, 70 years old. The winner prevailed over his opponent by 57 votes. (Serafino Corrias)
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Second projection Cagliari, Massimo Zedda at 59.8%
In the second projection for the municipal elections of Cagliari, Massimo Zedda of the centre-left has 59.8%, while Alessandra Zedda of the centre-right has 34.6%. Giuseppe Farris follows, at 2.6%. These are the data from the Opinio Italia Consortium for Rai. The sample is 15%.
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Alghero, Cacciotto ahead with 52.46%
New partial data from Alghero: Raimondo Cacciotto ahead with 52.46% while Marco Tedde is at 47.54%. (Caterina Fiori)
An encore is looming for Federico Demelas , outgoing mayor of the Municipality of Sorso, who is doubling his opponent in the first six sections out of 13, Maria Giovanna Delrio . In the two days of voting, turnout was 57.17%, or 7,276 voters out of 12,754 voters. (Mariangela Pala)
Clara Michelangeli re-elected mayor of Onanì, beats her challenger Matteo Zoroddu. Her fourth term at the helm of the small town in the Nuoro area begins. (Marilena Orunesu)
The trend of the vote in the 52 sections of Alghero would see Raimondo Cacciotto in the lead with 54% of the preferences. The political opponent, Marco Tedde, is currently stuck at 45%. (Caterina Fiori)
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Cagliari, first data from the polls: Massimo Zedda ahead
An hour after the start of the count, there are still no data available on the official websites of the Municipality and the Interior Ministry. Instead, the first communications from the representatives at the polling stations arrive from those arriving at the electoral headquarters in Campo largo, in via Emilia in Cagliari. At the moment there would be seven sections scrutinized, including in the districts of San Michele, Mulinu Becciu and Quartiere del Sole. From the data, which are still too partial and not representative, the gap between Massimo Zedda of Campo Largo and Alessandra Zedda of the centre-right would be 800 votes , with 1,801 preferences for the former mayor, of the Progressives, and 1,011 for the challenger.
In the first projection for the municipal elections of Cagliari, Massimo Zedda of the centre-left has 58.6%, while Alessandra Zedda of the centre-right has 35.8%. Giuseppe Farris (CiviCa24) follows at 2.5%. Claudia Ortu (Potere al Popolo) is at 1.9% while Emanuela Corda (Alternativa) is not mentioned. The data comes from the Opinio Italia Consortium for Rai. The sample is 8%. The trend detected by the instant polls published yesterday at 11pm, immediately after the polls closed, therefore seems confirmed.
An hour after the start of the counting with less than 800 ballots counted, the first projections developed thanks to the data collected from the candidates in the eight polling stations of San Gavino Monreale put list number 2 led by Stefano Altea in the lead with 40% of the votes , followed closely by Bebo Casu's team which stands at around 36% and by Nicola Ennas at the head of list number 3 which for now is stuck at 23. (Mariella Careddu)
The counting begins in the 52 sections of Alghero . 23,095 voters (58.60% turnout) went to the polls over the weekend to choose the future mayor from among the candidacies of Raimondo Cacciotto (Campo largo – centrists) supported by eight lists: Alleanza Verdi Sinistra, Futuro Comune, Noi Let's reform Alghero, Città Viva, Democratic Party, Orizzonte Comune-Podemos, Alghero al Centro and Movimento 5 Stelle and Marco Tedde (Centre-right, civic, Sardista), supported by six lists: Fratelli d'Italia, Forza Italia, Lega, Psd'az , UDC-Pact for Alghero, First Alghero - DDI Action. (Caterina Fiori)
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In San Gavino there is a challenge between Casu, Ennas and Altea
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The counting that will present the town with the new mayor began promptly at 2pm in San Gavino. In the running are Bebo Casu, teacher, Stefano Altea, lawyer, and Nicola Ennas, consultant. There are eight sections in total in which voters have expressed their preferences for the succession to the outgoing Carlo Tomasi. (Mariella Careddu)
