• Regional, large turnout in Emilia Romagna at 58.8%. In Calabria at 35.5%
  • Leading Bonaccini in Emilia with 50.9%. Santelli in Calabria with 52.9%

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January 27, 2020 The day after the vote in Emilia Romagna and Calabria, the image of Italian politics has changed profoundly. Emilia Romagna is the first heavy defeat for Salvini in a regional election.

Despite his great personal commitment, Salvini, the League and the candidate of the Center Right, Lucia Bergonzoni, do not get the confidence of the voters, they stop at 44% of the votes. They also forgive Bibbiano, and it was she who came to the Senate wearing a T-shirt with the words "let's talk about Bibbiano".

The confirmation of Stefano Bonaccini, who takes over 50% of the votes, is good for the PD. Given by defeat from the polls, it is confirmed as the first party in the region with 32.7%, one point more than the League. (Brothers of Italy 9.4%, Cinquestelle Movement 4.8%).

Bonaccini attributed his victory to having managed to recover the abstention vote. Above all, he thanks those five boys and the thousands of people who brought to the square: "An immense thank you to the Sardine Movement", are the first words he pronounces on the election night. This victory "is a lesson for the future", he said, "we forgot to be in the square, to be more among people".

Bonaccini also won votes outside the center-left coalition; the disjointed vote of the Five Stars, but also of the voters of the center-right parties, is significant. The center-left coalition, in fact, wins less consensus than the candidate president, stopping at 47%. Inverted ratio for the center-right, which with 46.6% has more votes than the candidate for president.

The five-star landslide does not stop, returning to the values ​​of 10 years ago: Simone Benini stands at 3.5% with the party at 5.1%.

Matteo Salvini has lost, the 5 stars have imploded, Luigi Di Maio has resigned and the Democratic Party has returned to winning: this is how the situation for Nicola Zingaretti is presented today, who no longer has to fear for the majority