The recent regional elections of this year in Italy confirmed the political balance between the two blocs: the left maintains its presence in the south, while the right maintains its dominance in the north. According to the first opinion polls at the polls for the elections held between Sunday and the Moon, the left coalition will maintain the regions of Campania and Puglia, regions where the center of power has traditionally been strong, while the government will continue to rule in the northern Veneto region, one of its most solid fiefdoms.
Nearly 13 million Italians were called to vote in these three regions, and the comics were considered a new pulse between the leadership of Giorgia Meloni, which rules the country, and the opposition, which seeks an alliance in the regional elections, which is the difference between the national elections, from which they came separately in recent times. These votes were particularly important because they were the last major votes cast at the ballot box before the general election at the beginning of 2027, and for that reason they became a representative thermometer of the national political climate. But there were no surprises, and expectations were fulfilled: these areas would continue to be in the hands of the same parties, without changing the current balance of power.
Meloni’s extreme parties, Hermanos d’Italia, Matteo Salvini’s League, and Antonio Tajani’s Forza Italia, make up the conservative bloc, which seeks to compete in a coalition as well as national elections and which currently boasts power. While the Democratic Party and the 5-Star Movement are ahead with support for other small formations.
The southern region of Campania, of which Naples is the capital, has been under left-wing rule without interruption for the past decade. According to opinion polls broadcast by public broadcaster Rai, progressive candidate Roberto Fico, from the 5-Star Movement and former president of the House of Representatives, will emerge with between 56% and 60% of the votes.
I will therefore succeed the current President of Campania, Vincenzo De Luca, a veteran of the Democratic Party who has maintained an openly conflicted relationship with Prime Minister Meloni, with many clashes and confrontations. Unfortunately, Di Luca was unable to present himself as over the maximum for successive spells. Fico was elected as a candidate after long negotiations between the national leadership of the two parties. Fico’s nomination could demonstrate efforts by the main opposition parties to build a conceivably strong progressive coalition at the national level, according to analysts. Today, many national political figures participated in the campaign launch event in Campania, such as Elie Schlein, Secretary General of the Democratic Party, and Giuseppe Conte, leader of the 5 Star Movement. His attendance was considered a rehearsal in preparation for the upcoming general elections and the opening of 2026, which will be the year before the elections.
In Puglia, the ballot boxes also showed that the mayoral candidate and mayor of Bari, Antonio Decaro, won a major victory that could reach 68% of the votes, against businessman Luigi Lubuono, who is supported by the government and who will receive about 30% of the support.
The northern Veneto region will continue to be in the hands of the right, with the victory of its candidate Alberto Stefani, who will score between 59% and 63% of the votes. He will then be succeeded at the forefront of the regional government by the distinguished President Luca Zaia, one of the most influential barons in Salvini’s party.
It was the last of a series of elections in seven major regions of Italy that were celebrated this fall and is a prelude to the fourth and penultimate year of Meloni’s legislative term. The government’s rights coalition consists of 13 provinces, while the left maintains control of six.
Participation in these marches was low, despite the fact that polling stations have been open for two days and the media in the three regions are slightly less than 44% of the electoral census, compared to the 57% recorded in the previous regional marches.