After five days of suspense and eight rounds of voting, Sergio Mattarella was finally re-elected President of the Italian Republic on Saturday 29 January 2022. This was a surprising result given that Mario Draghi, the current President of the Italian Council (since February 2021), was widely considered the favourite in this race. And that the outgoing President did not want to run for another term,
Econostrum reports.
Sergio Mattarella (80 years old) will therefore remain in the Quirinal Palace in Rome, the official residence of the Head of State, for seven more years.
This election has been a rocky one. There have been many twists and turns, from Silvio Berlusconi's short-lived candidacy to the last-minute fantasy candidacy of actor and pornographic film producer Rocco Siffredi, who claimed to have "done more good for this country than any other politician in history.
Having announced that he did not wish to be re-elected, Sergio Mattarella came first or second in all eight rounds. This is due to the particular indirect and secret voting system that does not require formal candidacy. The 1009 electors (deputies, senators, regional delegates) therefore gave at least one vote to more than thirty politicians.