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Rosita Riccobono and Pierluca Tevere spent their first two and a half weeks trading the lead seven times, a coin flip every few days. Then Tevere pulled clear and held it — 18 straight days above 25%, looking settled by day 20 with a 27-point cushion. Nobody in this field had built a gap that wide.

It didn't hold. On day 34, with 18 days still to vote, Serio Sisters caught and passed him, and that margin never widened past 24% the rest of the way. The final count: 568 to 538 — 23.5% to 22.3%, a 1.2-point split decided by 30 votes out of 2,414 cast.

• Late-race flip · Serio Sisters overtook on day 34, after 18 days of a settled lead
• Photo finish · Winning margin was just 30 votes — 1.2 percentage points
• Seven early swaps · Riccobono and Tevere traded the lead 7 times before day 16
• Both skew female · Serio Sisters and Tevere each drew roughly 60% female voters