Sant'Elpidio a Mare 2025 municipal elections, how to vote and sample ballot paper

Sant'Elpidio a Mare (Fermo), May 24, 2025 – The Municipality of Sant'Elpidio a Mare is, together with Osimo, the only other Municipality in the Marche region to go to the polls on May 25 and 26 for Municipal elections. The previous administration of Alessio Pignotti , elected in 2022, was distrusted in June 2024 and since then the Municipality has been under special administration. The leadership of the municipality was subsequently entrusted to the prefectural commissioner Alessandra de Notaristefani di Vastogirardi.

The candidates for mayor of Sant'Elpidio a Mare, from left: Gionata Calcinari, Mirco Romanelli, Rossano Orsili, Enrico Piermartiri

It's a four-horse race that will lead to the election of the new mayor and the new city council.

Centre-left coalition – candidate for mayor Mirco Romanelli with 3 lists supporting him: Primavera Sem, Avs Sinistra Italiana and Progetto Democratico).

Mixed coalition - candidate for mayor Rossano Orsili , supported by 8 lists: United for Orsili mayor, Together for Sem, Democrats for SEMpre, For Sem, We for Orsili, Democratic Participation, With Rossano Orsili, Popular Base).

Civic Coalition – candidate for mayor Enrico Piermartiri. He is supported by two lists: Risorgi Sem and Popolari e Democrati).

Center-right coalition – candidate for mayor Gionata Calcinari. There are 7 lists that support him: Citizens in the Municipality, Center-right for Sem, We Moderates, UDC-New PSI – Sem in Action, Civic Union, Brothers of Italy, League).

Polls will be open on May 25 from 7 a.m. to 11 p.m. and on May 26 from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m.

In Sant'Elpidio a Mare, there are 15 polling stations . It was necessary to identify an alternative location for polling stations 1 to 7 , in the main town (after the demolition and ongoing reconstruction of the Bacci complex), in the premises temporarily housing the 'Mazzoni' primary school in the Bartolucci building. The locations of all the other polling stations remain unchanged: 8 and 9 in the Piane Tenna primary school complex (for voters residing in Luce – Cretarola); 10 to 12 in the Casette d'Ete middle school; 13 to 15 in the Cascinare primary school (for voters residing in Bivio Cascinare, Cascinare and Castellano).

All Italian citizens who have turned 18 by the start date of the elections and who are residents of the municipality where the vote is being held can vote in the administrative elections. To vote, you must present your electoral card and a valid identity document at the polling station whose number is indicated on the ballot paper. Anyone who has lost or used up all the spaces on the ballot paper can request a duplicate from the Electoral Office of your municipality, which remains open for the entire duration of the voting operations.

The ballot paper given to the voter contains the names of the mayoral candidates in the order drawn and, under each of them, the symbols of the lists and parties that support them. The voter can express his or her preference in three ways: - by making a mark only on the symbol of a list or party (the vote goes to the list and the associated mayoral candidate); - by making a mark on the symbol of a list and a mark on the name of a mayoral candidate not associated with that list ( split vote ); - by making a mark only on the name of the mayoral candidate and not for the list or lists associated with him or her. - One or two preferential votes can be expressed, using the two lines next to the symbol of the chosen list or party. If two preferences are expressed, they must be for two candidates of different sexes from that list , under penalty of cancellation of the second preference.

The counting of votes will begin on May 26, immediately after the polls close.

If none of the four candidates receives a majority of votes (50% +1), the two candidates with the highest scores will go to a runoff on June 8 and 9. The referendum will also be held on that date.