Italian Elections and Politics - 2023: Post-Berlusconism

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Sardinian regional elections were held on Sunday, no exit polls will be released, and the proper count will start at 7:00 CET of Monday. Turnout: 52.3% (-1.4% respect to 2019, even respect to 2014).

Meanwhile, Tajani is officially now the leader of Forza Italia, after being elected as Secretary(*) -and the single candidate who contested- on the party Congress hold also this weekend.

(*)Secretary, because well, the late Silvio will still be symbolically "Eternal President" of FI.

think tajani is ok with that he a monarchist

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So Todde won in the end! Amazing, wasn't expecting that.

I mean it should been because sardina is know for not reelecting it presidents

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If Marsilio loses that is a serious alarm sign for Meloni. Most likely he makes it through, but even a good performance by D'Amico would be encouraging news for the opposition (so long as Conte actually commits to the bit and stops wanting to dictate everything).

so what was the results a sign of?

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Time to discuss Basilicata. The region will vote for its next president and regional council on the 21st and 22nd of April, two weeks from now. The incumbent Vito Bardi (FI), as I had announced, is supported by a centre-right coalition with not just the parties of government but also Azione, Italia Viva and even some Sud Chiama Nord councillor candidates. On the other side, PD/M5S/AVS/+E and other centre-left microparties are running Piero Marrese (PD), mayor of Montalbano Jonico and president of Matera province. The only minor candidate is Eustachio Follia, regional coordinator of Volt; I personally find the concept of "Volt Basilicata" quite hilarious.

I was wondering how much Basilicata's quite lucrative petroleum industry (I've seen maps that put Potenza as the richest province in Southern Italy, although this seems to be a classic case of GDP and income telling two different stories) is figuring in the campaign, but I am finding little. Either way I would like to highlight the truly massive Green-Left scores in the municipalities of Viggiano, Corleto Perticara, Guardia Perticara and Gallicchio at the last national election.

In terms of polling, a few have been published and they all have Bardi ahead by 5 to 11 percentage points. FdI would be the most voted list, followed by the Democratic Party. A tried and true script.

how are the local elections shaping up to be?