The turnout at 12pm for the by-elections of the Chamber in constituency 5 Reggio Calabria-Locri was 3.43%. The data, published on the Eligendo portal of the Interior Ministry (at 1.13pm), includes all 487 sections. In the previous consultation, at the same time, 11.87% of voters had voted. The Ministry of the Interior portal specifies that on that occasion voting took place on a single day, with turnout recorded three times.
The four candidates
Four candidates are competing for the seat. The center-right supports Fabio Roscioli, lawyer and national director of Forza Italia. Francesco Antonio Benedetto, known as Frank, cardiologist and former municipal councilor of Reggio Calabria, runs for the center-left. Domenico Giannetta, regional councilor and former member of Forza Italia, is the candidate of Futuro Nazionale, the movement led by Roberto Vannacci, participating for the first time in elections with his own symbol. Francesco Toscano, president of Democrazia Sovrana Popolare and already candidate for the presidency of the Calabria Region, completes the race.
Benedetto voted
The broad candidate in the House by-election, Frank Benedetto, voted this morning at 10 in the
section 22 set up in the Principe di Piemonte elementary school, in the historic center of Reggio.
Benedetto is the only one of the 4 candidates to be able to vote for Fabio Roscioli, supported by the centre-right, does not reside in Calabria, while the other two competitors, Domenico Giannetta for National Future with Vannacci and Francesco Toscano for Popular Sovereign Democracy reside in the Reggio area but in Municipalities that do not fall within the constituency interested in the vote, the first in Oppido Mamertina and the second in Gioia Tauro.
How to vote and who gets elected
To vote you must show up at the polling station with your voter card and a valid identity document. The names of the four candidates and their respective symbols are shown on the ballot paper. The person who collects the highest number of votes is elected: neither a run-off nor the achievement of an absolute majority is foreseen.