2025 municipal elections in the province of Bergamo: polls open to choose the new mayors

Bergamo, May 25, 2025 – Here we are. A new round of elections is underway. Polls are open today, Sunday, May 25, from 7:00 to 23:00, and tomorrow, Monday, May 26, from 7:00 to 15:00 . There are 18 municipalities in Lombardy voting to choose the mayor and renew the Council , three in the province of Bergamo. This appointment is marked by a common denominator: none of these Administrations will expire naturally after the five years required by law. There are various reasons: political crises, resignations, sudden disappearances.

Calcinate

In Calcinate , in the Bergamo area, last February, Angelo Orlando was left alone, first by the majority and then by the minority. And it was precisely the latter's step back that averted a long receivership and allowed the Municipality to return to the May elections. The challenge will be a challenge within a challenge between former fellow administrators. In Calcinate there are three lists: Calcinate più, Calcinate al Centro and Lorena Boni. The first sees Angelo Orlando as its main candidate for mayor, winner of the last elections and ousted in February. The slogan chosen for the candidacy is a phrase by the actress Audrey Hepburn: "The greatest misery of certain people is to denigrate others to elevate themselves". The Calcinate al Centro list, on the other hand, supports Paola Taiocchi as its candidate for mayor, who together with the list sent the other two candidates to the public debate. The third list, Lorena Boni - Controcorrente per Calcinate supports Lorena Boni, who was an opposition councilor during the last mandate.

Canonica d'Adda

In Canonica d'Adda, in the Bergamo area, there is Marisa Amabile, chief of staff of the prefecture of Bergamo, after the mayor Riccardo Sonzogni and his majority had resigned a few months after taking office. There are two lists here: ColoriAMo Canonica and Canonica Civica. The candidate for mayor of the first is the architect Clara Previtali, already a candidate for the seat of mayor in 2024 and previously a minority city councilor. Paolo Arcari, tax consultant, former councilor and city councilor between 1995 and 2009, is the candidate of the Canonica Civica list.

Presolana Castle

In Castione della Presolana, in the Bergamo area, the administration, from August 2024, has been entrusted to Iole Galasso in the role of commissioner, following the resignation of Angelo Migliorati. Here, Leonardo La Rosa, who entered the Council last year with 'Community and Future', and Samantha Tagliaferri, at her first administrative experience, will compete.

The challenges in Lombardy

In Lombardy, the elections will involve 230,426 residents: 187,686 voters will be called to the polls between Sunday 25 and Monday 26 May in the 210 sections set up in the polling stations of the region. Without an absolute majority, there will be a runoff between the two mayoral candidates on 8 and 9 June. This eventuality will only concern four municipalities this year, the only ones with a population above 15 thousand inhabitants: Cernusco sul Naviglio and Rozzano in the province of Milan , Desio in the province of Monza and Brianza, and Saronno in the province of Varese . The other 14 Lombardy centers voting, however, will know the final result on the evening of 26 May: to wear the tricolor sash, in fact, one more vote will be enough.

The Decrees of the President of the Republic calling for five popular abrogative referendums with the convening of the related rallies for Sunday 8 and Monday 9 June 2025 were also published in the Official Journal of the Italian Republic no. 75 of 31 March 2025.