Overview

• Polling runs Sunday 07:00–23:00 and Monday 07:00–15:00 under rules that ban split-ticket voting and allow two gender-balanced preferences, with counting to start immediately after polls close.
• The three-way race features incumbent Roberto Occhiuto backed by a broad centre-right, Pasquale Tridico supported by a centre-left and Five Star alliance, and outsider Francesco Toscano of Democrazia Sovrana Popolare.
• The election was called a year early after Occhiuto resigned in July when he was placed under investigation in a corruption inquiry, though he stayed in office pending the vote.
• Parties brace for very low participation, with a real risk turnout slips below 40% compared with 44.3% in 2021, exacerbated by many registered voters living outside the region.
• National figures flooded the campaign trail, with Giuseppe Conte appearing with Tridico, Elly Schlein joining by video, and Arianna Meloni and Matteo Salvini stumping for Occhiuto.