Overview

• Claudio Corrarati, representing the centre-right, won the Bolzano mayoral runoff with 50.8% of the vote, defeating centre-left candidate Juri Andriollo.
• This marks the first time since World War II that Bolzano has elected a centre-right mayor, breaking decades of centre-left dominance.
• The Südtiroler Volkspartei (SVP), a key political force in South Tyrol, declared neutrality in the race, leaving its voters free to choose between the candidates.
• Voter turnout in Bolzano dropped to a record low of 42.8%, down nearly 10 percentage points from the first round of voting.
• In Merano, SVP candidate Katharina Zeller secured a decisive victory with 55% of the vote, reclaiming the mayoralty from the centre-right's Dario Dal Medico.