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%.
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