That the wind turned in his favor was already clear two weeks ago when he finished the first round in the lead. The sober electoral campaign and the divisions of the center right did the rest. The former footballer Damiano Tommasi is the new mayor of Verona. As a civic candidate who did not want to make speeches with party leaders, he brought together the center-left and led it to victory in a city that had been run by the center-right for fifteen years.
Defeated the outgoing mayor Federico Sboarina, exponent of the Brothers of Italy also supported by the League. He did not succeed in making an appearance with the former Northern League player Flavio Tosi, who moved to Forza Italia. Tommasi obtained 53.4 per cent of the votes, against Sboarina’s 46.6 per cent.
The center left, two weeks ago, he had lost Genoa, Palermo and L’Aquila in the first round. On the second he won clearly by reconquering cities where he had not ruled for years. 65 municipalities, 13 provincial capitals, two million voters who for more than half did not show up were called to the ballot. Seven mayors go to the center-left, 4 to the center-right and 2 to the civic lists. The turnout stopped at around 42% at the national level, higher in cities where competition was most intense, such as Verona, 46.8%.
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TO Parma Michele Guerra, 40, former councilor in the council of the former grillino Federico Pizzarotti was elected. Katia Tarasconi, of the Democratic Party, was elected a Piacenza. Also to Alexandria wins the candidate of the Democratic Party Giorgio Abonante. Nicola Fiorita is the mayor of Catanzaro, where the center left had not won for 11 years. Vittoria, surprisingly, also a Monza with Paolo Pilotto. Sesto San Giovanni remains in the center with Roberto di Stefano. Mario Pardini of the center-right is the mayor of Lucca. Riccardo Mastrangeli wins in Frosinone, Rodolfo Ziberna in Gorizia. They beat the opponents of the center-left Alessandro Rapinese with a civic list in Como and Chiara Frontini in Viterbo.
The Democratic Party rejoices with the secretary Letta. According to the dem it is a result that strengthens the government. «At the end of the party linearity and seriousness win. We win because responsibility is more important than everything. The wide field was made fun of, the ironies turned against those who made them because this strategy pays off ». The center-right pays internal divisions and recriminations. For Fratelli d’Italia weighs the defeat of Verona, on Berlusconi that of Monza and for the Lega the municipalities lost in the North.
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Source: Vanity Fair
