Overview

• About three million eligible voters will cast ballots Sunday and Monday under a system that elects a president outright above 40% or sends the top two to an Oct. 26 runoff.
• The candidates are incumbent Eugenio Giani for a broad center-left coalition, Alessandro Tomasi for the center-right, and Antonella Bundu for the Toscana Rossa left list.
• Split-ticket voting is allowed, and council ballots permit one or two preferences with a gender alternation rule for two preferences.
• The Democratic Party has locked in key names using a blocked list and widened third-term derogations to protect prominent regional figures.
• Giorgia Meloni and other center-right leaders have issued late appeals to boost turnout, as the Lega contends with internal friction over list choices tied to Roberto Vannacci.