Cassì set to be Ragusa mayor, tight in Siracusa, Trapani

(ANSA) - ROME, MAY 29 - An independent mayoral candidate is set to become the new mayor of Ragusa while the race is too tight to call in two other big Sicilian cities that went to the polls Sunday and Monday, Siracusa and Trapani, according to exit polls.
    In the Ragusa municipal elections, outgoing Mayor Giuseppe Cassì - candidate of five civic lists - is ahead in the exit polls (Noto polls for Videoregione Sicilia) with a range between 59% and 63%. He is followed, in second place, by the centre-left candidate Riccardo Schinnà with a range between 18% and 22%.
    Another exit poll said Monday that the mayoral elections in Siracusa look set to go to a run-off in two weeks with no candidate set to get over 50% of the vote. Centre-right candidate Ferdinando Messina is ahead in the exit polls (Noto polls for Videoregione Sicilia) with a range between 24% and 28%. He is followed, in second place, by the centre-left candidate, with the 5-Star Movement (M5S) too, Renata Giunta with a range between 23% and 27%. Third place for the outgoing mayor Francesco Italia, candidate of some civic lists, with 20-24%.
    The race for mayor in Trapani is also tight with both the centre-right and centre-left candidates polling in the low to high 40% range, below the 50%+1 needed to win outright without going to a run-off in two weeks time. Centre-right candidate Maurizio Miceli is ahead in the exit polls (Noto polls for Videoregione Sicilia) with a range between 42% and 46%. He is followed, in second place, by the outgoing mayor Giacomo Tranchida - candidate of the centre-left - with a range between 38% and 42%. (ANSA).