Campobello di Mazara goes against the trend, winning the "Yes" in the city of the faithful of Matteo Messina Denaro.

The referendum on the justice reform delivers a clear and uniform result to the province of Trapani. Or almost. Because a single exception breaks the compactness of the territory: Campobello di Mazara, the only municipality where the Yes prevails over the No. A surprising fact, especially since the city is preparing for the local elections in May and is the same place where Matteo Messina Denaro spent the last years of his hiding, protected by a network of complicity that had turned Campobello into his “den.”

The electoral history of the municipality tells us that Campobello di Mazara has always been a story unto itself, often distant from the political dynamics of nearby centers, with cross-party agreements and unusual arrangements that have not been particularly surprising given that it is a small center where the so-called civic spirit often prevails. And this time, it does not betray tradition.

3,696 voters out of 8,450 eligible turned out at the polls, and the result was clear: 56.01% for Yes, 43.99% for No, with a thirteen-point gap. No direct connection to the boss's past, but the anomaly remains evident in a territory that was also, and perhaps still is, a stronghold of Masonic lodges, where past investigations by the judiciary have revealed contacts between mafia figures and politicians, with attempts to influence local elections, and where there was also a dissolution order for the municipality in 2012 due to mafia infiltration.

Returning to the institutional referendum, in the rest of the province, however, the picture was compact: No at 59.04%, Yes at 40.96%, with a homogeneous trend along the coast and inland. The internal areas show a more pronounced dissent, with Gibellina exceeding 67% and Partanna 66%, while the islands register softer percentages.

No particular effect on the other two municipalities that, along with Campobello di Mazara, will vote in May, Marsala and Gibellina: turnout was not significant and the electoral campaign did not impact the referendum question. However, according to some observers, the rejection of the proposal supported by the center-right could have local repercussions.