Even if it does not succeed in the en plein, in Sicily the center-right wins the challenge with the progressive area, with the Democratic Party that does not capitalize on the Schlein effect and the M5s that even on the island now has to deal with the decline in consensus, despite the commitment in the electoral campaign of Giuseppe Conte.
The majority that governs the country conquers Catania, where Enrico Trantino wins against Maurizio Caserta (center-left), giving him a gap of more than 30 percentage points, with the ballot still in progress.
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In Syracuse, the coalition sends to the ballot Ferdinando Messina, who will have to deal with the outgoing Francesco Italia (Third pole) while Renata Giunta, candidate of the progressives, is only third. In Ragusa reconfirms for the civic Giuseppe Cassì (about 60%), who puts behind Riccardo Schininà (Pd) around 19%, Giovanni Cultrera (center-right) with 12% and Sergio Firrinceli (M5s) with about 9%.
In Trapani the outgoing Giacomo Tranchida wins, supported by ten civic lists, some with candidates from Pd and Lega, parties that have renounced their symbol because they are split internally. A case that could now have consequences on the Schifani government, with the League councilor Mimmo Turano who failed to convince many of his to support Maurizio Miceli, a member of FdI and candidate of the rest of the center-right, who is around 30% of the preferences. Cateno De Luca is confirmed as the electoral star: arrived behind Renato Schifani at the Regional elections in Sicily last year, the leader of Sud chiama Nord who managed to elect two parliamentarians to the Chamber and the Senate, he is the new mayor in Taormina.
Discouragement in the progressive area. "We await the final results also out of respect for the many militants engaged in the polls in Sicily at this time. But if the first results were to be confirmed, we would be facing a real electoral catastrophe", comments Antonio Rubino, member of the national leadership of the Democratic Party.
"The center-right has given a good test throughout the national territory, this means that, to the test of the facts, the Meloni government holds up very well, indeed it has been rewarded by the Italians and must continue on this path". says the new mayor of Catania. Caserta admits defeat: "I called Trantino, the voters are always right".
In the 128 municipalities to vote in Sicily the turnout was 56.39 percent. A total of 756,144 citizens voted out of 1,340,983 eligible voters. (ANSA).
