The polling stations for the regional elections in Abruzzo opened at 7am and will close this evening at 8pm. At the end the counting operations will begin.
Voting takes place in 305 municipalities: the total number of voters is 1,208,276 of which 592,041 men and 616,235 women out of a registered population of 1,275,950.
There are 1,634 polling stations, 13 of which are hospital locations.
The sections are in Chieti 460, L'Aquila 405, Pescara 396 and Teramo 373.
In the 2019 regional elections there were 53% voters, a sharp drop compared to the previous consultations, those of 2014, when 61.56 went to vote % of those entitled.
In the most recent elections, those of 2022, 63.99% of Abruzzo people went to the polls.
Five years ago Marsilio obtained 48.03% of the votes, his coalition 49.20%.
The center-left candidate, Giovanni Legnini, reached 31.29%;
his coalition, with 7 lists, reached 30.64%.
On that occasion, Sara Marcozzi for M5s also showed up who obtained 20.20%, and Stefano Flajani who got 0.48%.
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