Tuscan regional election, 2015

Tuscan regional election, 2015
Tuscany
May 31, 2015
All 40 seats in the Regional Council of Tuscany
  Majority party Minority party Third party
 
Leader Enrico Rossi Claudio Borghi Aquilini Giacomo Giannarelli
Party Democratic Party Lega Nord Five Star Movement
Seats won 25 7 5
Seat change Decrease 7 Increase 4 Steady New
Popular vote 656,920 273,795 205,818
Percentage 48.1% 20.1% 15.2%
President before election

Enrico Rossi
Democratic Party

 Elected President

Enrico Rossi
Democratic Party

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The Tuscan regional election of 2015 took place on 31 May 2015.[1]

Electoral law

Tuscany uses its own legislation of 2014 to elect its Regional Council. The councillors are elected in provincial constituencies by proportional representation using the D'Hondt method. Florence constituency is further divided into 4 sub-constituencies. Preferential voting is allowed: a maximum of two preferences can be expressed for candidates of the same party list and provided the two chosen candidates are of different gender.

In this system parties are grouped in alliances, supporting a candidate for the post of President of Tuscany. The candidate receiving at least 40% of the votes is elected to the post and his/her list (or the coalition) is awarded a majority in the Regional Council. If no candidate gets more than 40% of the votes, a run-off is held fourteen days after, with only the two top candidates from the first round allowed. The winning candidate is assured a majority in the Regional Council.[2]

Council apportionment

According to the official 2011 Italian census, the 40 Council seats which must be covered by proportional representation are so distributed between Tuscan provinces. The number of seats to be assigned in each province is this:

 AR   FI   GR   LI   LU   MS   PI   PT   PO   SI 
4 11 2 4 4 2 4 3 3 3

Results

 
Candidates Regional lists Provincial lists Total
votes % seats Parties votes % swing seats party group
Enrico Rossi 656,920 48.0 1 Democratic Party 614,869 46.3 +4.1 24 25 25
Tuscan People–Reformists 2020 (incl. PSI) 22,760 1.7 new -
Claudio Borghi 273,795 20.0 2 Lega Nord Toscana 214,430 16.2 +9.7 4 6 7
Brothers of Italy 51,152 3.9 new 1 1
Giacomo Giannarelli 205,818 15.0 1 Five Star Movement 200,771 15.1 new 4 5 5
Stefano Mugnai 124,432 9.1 1 Forza Italia 112,658 8.5 -18.6 1 2 2
Tuscan League–More Tuscany 7,996 0.6 new -
Tommaso Fattori 85,870 6.3 1 Left Ecology Freedom 83,187 6.3 +2.5 1 2 2
Giovanni Lamioni 17,146 1.3 - Popular Area 15,837 1.2 new - -
Gabriele Chiurli 3,621 0.3 - Direct Democracy 3,319 0.3 new - -
Total candidates 1,367,602 100.0 5+1 Total parties 1,326,979 100.0 = 35 40+1 40+1

Source: Tuscany Region

See also

Notes

  1. ↑ Alfano: la data delle regionali è il 31 Maggio La Repubblica, 24 March 2015 (Italian)
  2. ↑ "Articolo » Raccolta Normativa Regione Toscana". Raccoltanormativa.consiglio.regione.toscana.it. Retrieved 2016-04-02.
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