It is in the late afternoon that the winner, Eugenio Giani, arrives at the PD headquarters in Novoli. Happy and greeted by applause: “Thank you, I’m excited and moved – he says from the stage – Tuscany won. In these days it was the San Gimignano pact that was the real figure I considered: 186 mayors supported me by signing that pact. The presence on the territory made me feel strong of a result that makes me mayor among the mayors “. Then he claims victory by disengaging himself from political sponsors, and between the lines, even if he does not name him, is Matteo Renzi: “There is the energy inside me to know that Giani is Giani: a 60-year-old man who lives and works for the territory. Expertise prevailed over ignorance. An extraordinary result in Florence, in Siena with over 51%, and in Prato. When I was for the closure of the campaign in Piazza Santissima Annunziata we were the Tuscany that spoke to the Tuscans with the historical values of that square. On the other side, in Piazza della Repubblica, instead an opposite choice, with a square that is experienced only in passing. That evening I understood the spirit of the “cursed Tuscans”. Thanks also to Nicola Zingaretti, which has followed me since November 28, 2019. It’s an extraordinary result “. Giani made his wife Angela, the secretary of the Democratic Party Bonafè and the mayor Nardella go up on stage for thanks. Also present was Bonaccini, governor of Emilia Romania, and the councilor for health Stefania Saccardi, for the Renzians. “One of the best days of my life” concludes Giani.
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After all, as soon as the polling stations closed, the hands of the exit polls immediately jumped to his side without hesitation, “the second-hand safe of the left” as the actor Paolo Hendel joked on the stage in Piazza Santissima Annunziata in Florence on the evening it closed the electoral campaign of the center left. And immediately afterwards, the Swg projections for La 7 also gave the center-left candidate 4 points ahead of Ceccardi: 46.3% against 42.3%. Thus, despite the uncertainties and fears of the eve, Giani, a long-time politician, (“When I was three he was already in the city council” he never stopped stressing Susanna Ceccardi in the electoral campaign) beat the European parliamentarian, the first mayor Lega Nord in Tuscany at Cascina, the candidate chosen by Salvini’s coalition to change the color of Tuscany. Failed mission. Bonafé continues: “It is also a success for the Democratic Party, which should confirm itself as the first party in the region with over 30%. The same result that it achieved in the European elections last year, when we had Italia Viva, Action and a part of LEU. It is an important result, we are satisfied. It was a complicated and contestable election “.
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The provisional results. When 532 out of 3,937 seats were counted, Giani held 47.9% against Ceccardi’s 41.45%, M5s’ Irene Galletti 6.2%, Tommaso Fattori’s 2.1% (Tuscany on the left). For the others: Catello Salvatore (Communist Party) 1%, Marco Barzanti (Italian Communist Party) 0.7%, Tiziana Vigni (V3 Movement Freedom of choice) 0.4.
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Turnout
The first definitive figure is that of the turnout, which stands at 62.6%. Five years ago, in 2015, when Enrico Rossi was reconfirmed for the second term, he stopped at 48.74%. 1,870,516 out of 2,987,881 eligible voters. In Florence 65.2% of the voters went to the vote. In Siena, 65.82%. In Pisa 62.88%. 64.86% in Prato. In Grosseto city 61.24%. Pistoia 62.89%. In Lucca 55.29% of the voters. In Livorno 56.38% while in Arezzo 67.81%. In Massa 56.76% and Carrara 53.36%
Regionali, M5s, Galletti protests with Rai: “Electoral silence violated”
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The counting of the municipalities (in Tuscany there were 9 municipalities called to renew the municipal council and the mayor) will begin only tomorrow at 9 but for some municipalities there are already the first data. According to what emerges from the Opinio Italia exit polls for Rai, Alessandro Ghinelli of the center-right would be ahead with a percentage between 46.5 and 50.5% in Arezzo.
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