According to the latest projections by the Opinio Italia consortium for Rai, Marco Bucci, candidate of the center-right, leads the preferences in Liguria with 48.5%, while Andrea Orlando, representative of the center-left, follows with 47.4%. Nicola Morra of the left is at 1%. Another survey showed Bucci at 48.8% and Orlando at 47.3%, with Morra still at 1%. In a third projection, Bucci reached 49.5%, while Orlando obtained 47%, and Morra fell to 0.9%. The coalitions see the center-right at 48.5% and the center-left at 47.9%. Analyzing the parties individually, the Democratic Party is in first place followed by Brothers of Italy and the list of Bucci president. Another analysis conducted by Swg for La7 confirms Bucci with a consensus of 49.6% against Orlando’s 47.3%. The sum of the other candidates stands at 3.1%.

Data already available at 3:00 p.m. from the Eligendo portal of the Ministry of the Interior shows that voter turnout was 45.96%, down from 53.42% in the previous elections in 2020. An initial Swg poll indicated Bucci in a range from 46% to 50%, while Orlando is between 45% and 49%. Other candidates are estimated between 4% and 6%. Despite the drop in voter turnout reported by the Ministry of the Interior (46.06%), provisional data from about half of the sections (748 out of a total of 1,785) have fueled expectations.

Candidates Marco Bucci and Andrea Orlando are following the count live from their offices: Bucci from Palazzo Tursi in Genoa and Orlando from La Spezia before going to Genoa to follow the developments at the Sala Superba in the Eastern Market. Finally, according to information collected in the evening hours by the Ministry of the Interior through Eligendo, the overall turnout was around 34.68%, with significant variations in the various Ligurian provinces: Genoa recorded a turnout of 37.34%, Savona of 31.55%, La Spezia of 35.6% and Imperia of 27.15%.