Centre left wins seven cities, but centre right takes big prizes in local elections

(ANSA) - ROME, MAY 26 - The centre left won seven of the 18 Italian cities up from grabs in Sunday and Monday's round of local elections, with Premier Giorgia Meloni's coalition taking three, civic-independent candidates taking two and six set for run-off votes, the final results showed on Tuesday. But the centre right took the big prizes, holding Venice and taking Reggio Calabria and Crotone. In Venice, Simone Venturini beat the Andrea Martella to retain the lagoon city for centre-right afte...

By ANSA