Regional Elections in Italy See Lower Turnout

Polling stations have reopened in Veneto, Campania and Puglia, were around 11 and a half million voters are called to vote until Monday to choose governors and their respective regional councils. With a partial data recording on Sunday evening a notable drop in turnout in Veneto (almost 6 percent, compared to the 2020 session) and in Puglia (almost 4 percent), and a figure similar to that of the previous elections in Campania. The figures provided by Viminale at 11pm.

The first day of voting for the regional elections in campania ends with a significant drop in turnout. the voters recorded at 11pm, when data for around twenty sections out of 5,825 were missing, were 32.09% of those entitled to vote. Simultaneously occurring on Sunday, in the 2020 regional elections, 38.91% had voted. The figure for the city of Naples alone was better, where 30.03% voted against 32.64 five years ago. The polls will reopen tomorrow at 7am and close definitively at 3pm.

Declining turnout on the first of the two days of voting in Puglia for the regional elections: based on the data available on eligendo at 11 pm, 29.45% of those entitled to vote voted compared to 39.88% in the previous electoral round in 2020.

Turnout of 33.88% at 11pm for the Regional Elections in veneto. A drop of approximately 12.2% compared to 2020 when 46.13% was recorded, according to data available on Eligendo.

With these three Regions, a long electoral round ends which lasted for months and also saw the citizens of Marche and Val d’Aosta (28 September), Calabria (5 October) and Tuscany (12 October) called to the polls.

Turnout at 11pm: in Puglia at 29.45%, in Campania close to the 2020 figure, in Veneto at 33.88%

THE POINT

Around 11 and a half million voters are called to choose governors in Veneto, Campania and Puglia and their respective regional councils. With these three Regions a long electoral round comes to an end which lasted for months and also saw the citizens of Marche and Val d’Aosta (28 September), Calabria (5 October) and Tuscany (12 October) called to the polls.

On Monday at 3pm, when the polls close, it will be possible to draw conclusions in the challenge between the centre-right and the centre-left, without forgetting some showdowns internal to the two poles and also internal to the individual parties, like those of the outgoing governors Luca Zaia and Vincenzo De Luca. in Veneto and Campania, the two outgoing presidents have unsuccessfully pursued the attempt to introduce the possibility of th