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Monday 18 October 2021 14:10

Italy's centre-left win Rome, Turin mayoral run-offs

Raggi congratulates GualtieriĀ who is on track to be the next mayor of Rome.Centre-left candidates look set to win run-off mayoral elections in Rome and Turin, based on exit polls after voting stopped on Monday afternoon.The Opinio exit poll for state broadcaster RAI gave Rome's centre-left Partito Democratico (PD) candidate Roberto Gualtieri 59-63 per cent of the vote, against 37-41 per cent for his centre-right rival Enrico Michetti. The result is not yet official but Gualtieri - a former economy ministerĀ - is already speaking as the mayor of Rome. He thanked his opponents in the race and pledged to be a "mayor for all Romans." Gualtieri was backed in the run-off by Carlo Calenda, the liberal-centrist Azione leader who came third in the Rome mayoral race, withĀ support also from Giuseppe Conte, the former prime minister and leader of theĀ populist Movimento 5 Stelle (M5S). Rome elections: who will be the next mayor of Rome? Michetti, a lawyer and radio host, was put forward by the centrodestra alliance made up of the far-right Fratelli d'Italia (FdL) of Giorgia Meloni; the right-wing Lega of Matteo Salvini; and the centre-right Forza Italia of Silvio Berlusconi. In the first roundĀ earlier this month MichettiĀ took the lead in the polls -Ā without reaching the 50 per cent plus one required to win outright - however last week his campaign took a knock after he was forced to apologise over accusations of anti-Semitism. The capital's outgoing M5S mayor Virginia Raggi, who failed to make the run-off, could have supportedĀ Gualtieri or Michetti but chose not to endorse either candidate. On Monday afternoon she congratulatedĀ Gualtieri and said it wasĀ "an honour to be at the helm of this wonderful city" for the last five years. Meanwhile in Turin the centre-left Stefano Lo Russo (PD) looks set to beat the centre-right Paolo Damilano toĀ succeed mayor Chiara Appendino of the M5S. Italian cities vote to elect new mayors Mayoral run-offs were held in 65 towns and cities in Italy over the last two days but all eyes were on Rome and Turin where theĀ apparentĀ PD victories are set to follow centre-left wins in Milan, Naples and Bologna two weeks ago. The official election results are due to be announcedĀ this evening. Photo Leggo. Bravo @gualtierieurope, sarai un grande Sindaco! Bravi tutti, ora #Roma#GualtieriSindaco #ballottaggi2021 #18ottobre pic.twitter.com/qmPTEEEqQW ā€” Nicola Zingaretti (@nzingaretti) October 18, 2021

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Centre-left candidates look set to win run-off
mayoral elections
in Rome and Turin, based on exit polls after voting stopped on Monday afternoon. The Opinio exit poll for state broadcaster RAI gave Rome's centre-left Partito Democratico (PD) candidate Roberto Gualtieri 59-63 per cent of the vote, against 37-41 per cent for his centre-right rival Enrico Michetti. The result is not yet official but Gualtieri - a former economy ministerĀ - is already speaking as the mayor of Rome. He thanked his opponents in the race and pledged to be a "mayor for all Romans." Gualtieri was backed in the run-off by
Carlo Calenda
, the liberal-centrist Azione leader who came third in the Rome mayoral race, withĀ support also from Giuseppe Conte, the former prime minister and leader of theĀ populist Movimento 5 Stelle (M5S).
  • Rome elections: who will be the next mayor of Rome?
Michetti, a lawyer and radio host, was put forward by the centrodestra alliance made up of the far-right Fratelli d'Italia (FdL) of
Giorgia Meloni
; the right-wing Lega of Matteo Salvini; and the centre-right Forza Italia of Silvio Berlusconi. In the first roundĀ earlier this month MichettiĀ took the lead in the polls -Ā without reaching the 50 per cent plus one required to win outright - however last week his campaign took a knock after he was forced to apologise over
accusations of anti-Semitism
. The capital's outgoing M5S mayor
Virginia Raggi
, who failed to make the run-off, could have supportedĀ Gualtieri or Michetti but chose not to endorse either candidate. On Monday afternoon she congratulatedĀ Gualtieri and said it wasĀ "an honour to be at the helm of this wonderful city" for the last five years. Meanwhile in Turin the centre-left Stefano Lo Russo (PD) looks set to beat the centre-right Paolo Damilano toĀ succeed mayor Chiara Appendino of the M5S.
  • Italian cities vote to elect new mayors
Mayoral run-offs were held in 65 towns and cities in Italy over the last two days but all eyes were on Rome and Turin where theĀ apparentĀ PD victories are set to follow
centre-left wins in Milan
, Naples and Bologna two weeks ago. The official election results are due to be announcedĀ this evening. Photo Leggo. Bravo
@gualtierieurope
, sarai un grande Sindaco!
Bravi tutti, ora
#Roma
#GualtieriSindaco
#ballottaggi2021
#18ottobre
pic.twitter.com/qmPTEEEqQW
ā€” Nicola Zingaretti (@nzingaretti)
October 18, 2021
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