Meloni celebrates victory in municipal elections; left holds onto Tuscany.

Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni's right-wing coalition emerged strengthened from the Italian municipal elections held on Sunday and Monday (25) in around 750 municipalities, with 18 provincial capitals in dispute. The two most significant results were the victory in Venice and the recapture of Reggio Calabria, which had been under center-left government for 12 years.

In Venice, the candidate from Fratelli d'Italia, pho, won in the first round with approximately 51% of the votes, according to information from the Ansa agency. In Reggio Calabria, Francesco Cannizzaro, of Forza Italy, obtained approximately two-thirds of the votes — a result described by the Italian press as unexpected in a city considered a stronghold of the left.

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The left holds Tuscany.

The center-left bloc retained control of Tuscany, with first-round victories in Prato and Pistoia, and also won in Avellino and Mantua. In Salerno, former Campania governor Vincenzo De Luca was elected mayor for the fifth time, with over 58% of the vote, running on seven different civic lists without the symbol of [the party]. Democratic party.

"Collapse of the center-right is postponed"

More than 6,6 million voters were called to the polls. Voter turnout was 60,06% — a drop of almost five percentage points compared to the previous election in 2020. This election is the last before the general elections scheduled for next year.

Meloni celebrated the results on social media: “And once again today, the much-anticipated collapse of the center-right is postponed until tomorrow.” The leader of the Democratic Party, Elly Schlein, stated that the result confirmed that the left is “competitive” before the general elections when it acts as a united bloc.

What do the results indicate?

The victory of the right in Reggio Calabria — a city in southern Italy and capital of Calabria — has significant symbolic value. The region is historically associated with the influence of the 'Ndrangheta mafia and the left-wing vote. Regaining it after more than a decade reinforces Meloni's narrative of national coalition consolidation before the 2027 election cycle.