Politics of Emilia-Romagna

The Politics of Emilia-Romagna, Italy takes place in a framework of a presidential representative democracy, whereby the President of Regional Government is the head of government, and of a pluriform multi-party system. Executive power is exercised by the Regional Government. Legislative power is vested in both the government and the Legislative Assembly.

Executive

The Regional Government (Giunta Regionale) is presided by the President of the Region (Presidente della Regione), who is elected for a five-year term, and is composed by the President, the Ministers (Assessori), who are currently 12, including a Vice President and one Under-Secretary for in President's office.^[1]

Presidents

#	President	Term of office		Party
1	Guido Fanti	28 July 1970	21 May 1976		Italian Communist Party
2	Sergio Cavina	21 May 1976	22 December 1977		Italian Communist Party
3	Lanfranco Turci	22 December 1977	28 April 1987		Italian Communist Party
4	Luciano Guerzoni	28 April 1987	24 June 1990		Italian Communist Party
5	Enrico Boselli	24 June 1990	5 July 1993		Italian Socialist Party
6	Pier Luigi Bersani	5 July 1993	17 May 1996		Democratic Party of the Left
7	Antonio La Forgia	17 May 1996	3 March 1999		Democratic Party of the Left
8	Vasco Errani	3 March 1999	8 July 2014		Democratic Party
9	Stefano Bonaccini	24 November 2014	present		Democratic Party

Legislative branch

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]

The Council is elected for a five-year term, but, if the President suffers a vote of no confidence, resigns or dies, under the simul stabunt, simul cadent clause introduced in 1999 (literally they will stand together or they will fall together), also the Council is dissolved and a snap election is called.^[3]

Parties and elections

Latest regional election

In the latest regional election, which took place on 23 November 2014, Stefano Bonaccini (Democratic Party) was elected President of Emilia-Romagna. The election marked the first time in which a President was elected with less than 50% of the vote.

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

References

1. Giunta - ERMES Regione Emilia-Romagna
2. La Repubblica – Regional electoral law
3. Regional Council of Lombardy – 1999 Constitutional law

External links

• Emilia-Romagna Region
• Legislative Assembly of Emilia-Romagna
• Constitution of Emilia-Romagna