Emilia-Romagna regional election, 2014

Emilia-Romagna regional election, 2014

November 23, 2014

All 50 seats to the Regional Council of Emilia-Romagna   Majority party Minority party Third party   Leader Stefano Bonaccini Alan Fabbri Giulia Gibertoni Party Democratic Party Lega Nord Five Star Movement Alliance Centre-left coalition Centre-right coalition Last election 32 seats, 52.1% 15 seats, 36.7% 2 seats, 7.0% Seats won 32 12 5 Seat change 0 3 3 Popular vote 615,723 374,736 167,022 Percentage 49.05 29.8 13.30

Regional Council composition

President before election Vasco Errani Democratic Party President Stefano Bonaccini Democratic Party

The Emilia-Romagna regional election of 2014 took place on 23 November 2014.

The three-term incumbent President of the Region, Vasco Errani of the centre-left Democratic Party resigned in July 2014 after the conviction for fraudulent misrepresentation,^[1] triggering a snap election.

In an election marked by the lowest turnout ever in the Region (37.7%), Stefano Bonaccini, a Democrat, was elected President by defeating several candidates, mainly Alan Fabbri of Lega Nord Emilia (29.9%) and Giulia Gibertoni of the Five Star Movement (13.3%).

Electoral Law

The Legislative Assembly of Emilia-Romagna (Assemblea Legislativa dell'Emilia-Romagna) is composed of 50 members. 40 councillors are elected in provincial constituencies by proportional representation using the largest remainder method with a Droop quota and open lists, while 10 councillors (elected in bloc) come from a "regional list", including the President-elect. One seat is reserved for the candidate who comes second. If a coalition wins more than 50% of the total seats in the Council with PR, only 5 candidates from the regional list will be chosen and the number of those elected in provincial constituencies will be 45. If the winning coalition receives less than 40% of votes special seats are added to the Council to ensure a large majority for the President's coalition.^[2]

Parties and leaders

Political force or alliance		Constituent lists		Leader
	Centre-left coalition		Democratic Party	Stefano Bonaccini
			Left Ecology Freedom
			Civic Emilia-Romagna (PSI–Greens)
			Centre for Bonaccini–Demo.S (incl. IdV)
	Centre-right coalition		Lega Nord Emilia–Romagna	Alan Fabbri
			Forza Italia
			Brothers of Italy
	Five Star Movement		Five Star Movement	Giulia Gibertoni
	The Other Emilia-Romagna		The Other Emilia-Romagna (PRC–PdCI)	Maria Cristina Quintavalla
	Popular Emilia-Romagna		Popular Emilia-Romagna	Alessandro Rondoni
	Free Citizens for Emilia-Romagna		Free Citizens for Emilia-Romagna	Maurizio Mazzanti

Results

Candidates & parties		votes	votes (%)	seats reg. list	seats prov. lists
Stefano Bonaccini		615,723	49.05	1	31
	Democratic Party	535,109	44.52	→	29
	Left Ecology Freedom	38,845	3.23	→	2
	Civic Emilia-Romagna (PSI–Greens)	17,984	1.49	→	–
	Centre for Bonaccini–Demo.S (incl. IdV)	5,247	0.43	→	–
Alan Fabbri		374,736	29.85	1	11
	Lega Nord Emilia–Romagna	233,439	19.42	→	8
	Forza Italia	100,478	8.36	→	2
	Brothers of Italy	23,052	1.91	→	1
Giulia Gibertoni		167,022	13.30	–	5
	Five Star Movement	159,456	13.26	→	5
Maria Cristina Quintavalla		50,211	4.00	–	1
	The Other Emilia-Romagna (PRC–PdCI)	44,676	3.71	→	1
Alessandro Rondoni		33,437	2.66	–	–
	Popular Emilia-Romagna	31,635	2.63	→	–
Maurizio Mazzanti		14,129	1.12	–	–
	Free Citizens for Emilia-Romagna	11,864	0.98	→	–
Total		1,255,258	100.00	2	48

Popular vote
PD			44.52%
LNE–LNR			19.42%
M5S			13.26%
FI			8.36%
PRC–PdCI			3.71%
SEL			3.23%
ERP			2.63%
Others			4.81%

President
Bonaccini			49.05%
Fabbri			29.85%
Gibertoni			13.30%
Quintavalla			4.00%
Rondoni			2.66%
Mazzanti			1.12%

References

1. Errani condannato a un anno per falso, il presidente della Regione si dimette
2. La Repubblica – Regional electoral law