There are almost 9 million (8,932,634 to be exact), about a fifth of the total, the Italian citizens who will be called to the polls in the next administrative offices on Sunday 12 June: the vote will involve a total of 980 municipalities which together have a resident population of 10,280,902 inhabitants, about one sixth of the national total. This is what emerges from an elaboration for the Adnkronos of Centro Studi Local Entities (CSEL), which also highlights how those affected by the upcoming electoral round are, for the most part, small municipalities: as many as 85% of these bodies ( 837) has in fact less than 15 thousand inhabitants. Among the remaining 143 most populous administrations, only 26 are capital municipalities. The Region with the highest number of municipalities in the vote is Lombardy (128), followed by Sicily (120), Piedmont (93), Campania (90), Veneto (86), Calabria (75), Sardinia (65), Lazio (53), Apulia (50), Abruzzo (49), Friuli Venezia Giulia (33), Tuscany (28), Basilicata (22), Emilia Romagna (21), Liguria (20), Molise (18), Marche ( 17), Umbria (7), Valle d’Aosta (4). Trentino Alto Adige closes the circle, with only one municipality called to the polls, on 29 May. Today the Italian municipalities are entrusted to an army of 126,640 administrators. The hope of many is that the participation of women in public life will certainly be strengthened compared to the current scenario. To date, fewer than 43 thousand women sit in the Italian councils and municipal councils, just under half of the men who occupy approximately 66% of the available seats. A percentage that increases further if we look at top positions. Currently only 1,156 municipalities are led by a mayor. In 85% of cases, the reins of the municipal administrations were therefore entrusted to men. There are also few young administrators. Only one out of 10 mayors fall into the under 40 category. If this analysis is also extended to councilors and councilors, the number of those elected who are under 40 years old rises to 33,861, just under 27% of the total. The data processing of the Ministry of the Interior, carried out for Adnkronos by Centro Studi Local Entities, globally shows that only one out of 3 of the public administrators currently in office is graduated (39,415 out of 126,640). This percentage rises to 48% if the analysis is limited to the auditors who count, among their ranks, 3,470 graduates, 65 of whom also have other qualifications and post-graduate specializations. There are 21 mayors who are still in elementary school and 151 who appear to have interrupted their studies after secondary school. The Csel analysis also highlights a composite picture of the work carried out by those who have chosen to dedicate part of their professional life to the management of public affairs in their own municipality. Scrolling through the list of professions carried out by the Italian mayors, currently in office, we find: professors, carabinieri, representatives, lawyers, unemployed people, entrepreneurs, railway engineers, architects, public managers, construction engineers, handbags, housewives, artisans, veterinarians, doctors, agronomists, electricians, winemakers, pensioners, students, metal and textile workers, bricklayers, bartenders, pharmacists, dentists, biologists, traders, programmers, plumbers, farmers, guardians, ecological workers, plasterers, drivers, journalists, chemists and nurses.