The 3 to 3 of this round of Regionals is characterized
by a strong protagonism of the elected presidents
, whose civic lists are even the first party in the Veneto of Luca Zaia and in the Liguria of Giovanni Toti.
But it is also a round
of useful voting
, decisive in Tuscany and Puglia where the separate vote of many M5s voters was significant.
The Vito Crimi Movement remains on modest thresholds, light years away from those of 2018 and 2019, while the Democratic Party not only files the great fear of losing Tuscany, but it turns out to be the first party with 34%, "eating" Italy Viva, stopped at 3.7% This is what emerges from the first projections based on a significant sample of polled seats, while the definitive data will only be available in the night.
The two regions whose result was politically "heavy" were Tuscany and Puglia, so far ruled by the center-left and in the balance according to the polls.
In fact, the surveys gave the center-right certainly winning in Veneto, Liguria and Marche, with the center-left able to maintain without uncertainty only Campania with Vincenzo De Luca.
Compared to the head-to-head that was expected between Giani and Ceccardi in Tuscany and between Emiliano and Fitto in Puglia, the projections gave Nicola Zingaretti a smile: the candidates of the Democratic Party are establishing themselves with a more marked detachment than expected on the antagonists of center right.
Emiliano is at 46.1% compared to Raffaele Fitto's 37%, while Eugenio Giani is at 47.2% against Susanna Ceccardi's 40.8%.
Pending the actual ballot
, the
split vote of many M5s voters seems to have been decisive
, who voted for the Movement's list but voted for the candidates with the most chance of victory, namely Emiliano and Giani, as president.
In fact, the candidates for Governors of M5s obtained fewer votes than the polls suggested: In Puglia Antonella Laricchia stood at 11.9%, 3-5 points less than expected, and in Tuscany Irene Galletti did not go beyond 7.1. %.
Moreover, in Puglia, the preference vote on the numerous candidates for the Regional Council of the 15 lists that supported Emiliano worked.
Indeed, those that explicitly referred to him, obtained 27.3%, 10 points more than the Democratic Party.
And here comes the speech of the President's lists.
In Veneto, the Zaia List is at 47.3%, annihilating Lega (14.9%), Fdi (8.3%) and FI (2.6%).
In Liguria, the Toti List rises to 22.1% compared to 16% for the Lega, 9.4% for Fdi and 4.3% for FI.
Figures that project the two governors on a national leadership dimension.
M5s is irrelevant in the victory or defeat of the Pd in five regions out of 6. In Liguria the M5s-Pd alliance on Ferruccio Sansa has failed to achieve its goal, and in Puglia and Tuscany the movement's solo race did not affect Emiliano and Giani.
On the other hand, in the Marche region, if 9.3% of the pentastellato Mercorelli had been added to 37.6% of the Dem Mangialardi, the game with Acquaroli (47.3%) would have been opened.
Among the parties with the most disappointing results, alongside Fi, is Italia Viva.
Renzi's party is stuck at 3.7% in his Tuscany, and the candidates for Governors have fared no better: Scalfarotto at 2% in Puglia, Massardo at 2.8% in Liguria, Sbrollini under 1% in Veneto.