Overview
- Polls opened Sunday and will stay open until Monday afternoon for runoffs in 41 municipalities above 15,000 inhabitants, with voting hours set Sunday 07:00–23:00 and Monday 07:00–15:00.
- The six provincial capitals in play are Agrigento, Arezzo, Chieti, Lecco, Macerata and Trani, with matchups including Michele Sodano vs Dino Alonge in Agrigento, Vincenzo Ceccarelli vs Marcello Comanducci in Arezzo, Giovanni Legnini vs Cristiano Sicari in Chieti, Mauro Gattinoni vs Filippo Boscagli in Lecco, Sandro Parcaroli vs Gianluca Tittarelli in Macerata, and Marco Galiano vs Angelo Guarriello in Trani.
- Several contests are razor‑close and unpredictable — notably Lecco, Arezzo and Trani — while Macerata reached the runoff by a margin of ten votes and a Parcaroli request for a recount was rejected by the regional administrative court (TAR).
- Local civic lists and third‑party candidacies remain decisive: Vannacci‑linked Futuro Nazionale’s 14% in Vigevano could swing that race, and some parties have chosen to leave supporters free or to urge blank ballots rather than make formal endorsements.
- Early returns show a sharp drop in turnout from the first round, Sardinia is voting first round in reported totals of 148–149 communes, and an exceptional tie in Mandatoriccio forced an unusual runoff in a town below the usual size threshold, all of which parties will use to gauge strategy for 2027.