2020 Apulian regional election

The 2020 Apulian regional election took place in Apulia, Italy, on 20 and 21 September. It was originally scheduled to take place on May 31, 2020, but it was delayed due to the coronavirus pandemic in Italy.[1][2]

2020 Apulian regional election
20 September 2020
All 51 seats to the Regional Council of Apulia
Turnout56.4% (5.3%)
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Michele Emiliano Raffaele Fitto
Party Democratic Party Brothers of Italy
Alliance Centre-left coalition Centre-right coalition
Seats won 28 18
Seat change 2 5
Popular vote 871,028 724,928
Percentage 46.8% 38.9%
Swing 0.3% 6.2%
President before election

Michele Emiliano
Democratic Party

 President

Michele Emiliano
Democratic Party

Apulia
This article is part of a series on the
politics and government of
Apulia

Electoral system

The electoral law is established by the Regional Law n. 7/2015. The regional council is made up of 50 councilors, plus the president; The first 23 seats are divided at the district level and the remaining 27 at the level of the single regional constituency. The law provides for a single round, with list voting, the possibility of expressing two preferences of different gender within the chosen list, and voting for the candidate for president, on a single ballot. It is possible to vote for a slate and a candidate for the chair that are not connected to each other ("split vote").

The candidate who obtains the majority (even only relative) of the votes is elected President of the Region. The lists linked to the elected president are eventually assigned a majority bonus in the following measure: at least 29 seats if the elected president has obtained a percentage of preferences higher than 40%; at least 28 seats if the elected president has obtained a percentage of preferences between 35% and 40%, while if it falls below 35%, at least 27 councilors will be assigned. The law provides for a threshold of 8% for coalitions and lists that run on their own and 4% for lists that present themselves in a coalition.

Background

On January 12, 2020, the Democratic Party (PD) held its primaries in which Governor Michele Emiliano was the winner.[3]

Centre-left coalition Apulian governor primaries
Candidate Votes %
Michele Emiliano 56,773 70.42
Fabiano Amati 11,559 14.34
Elena Gentile 9,753 12.10
Leonardo Palmisano 2,532 3.14
Total 80,617 100.0

Following the primaries' victory of Emiliano, considered by Italia Viva (IV) too close to the political positions of the Five Star Movement (M5S), Matteo Renzi announced that his party will run separately from the center-left coalition.[4] Other centrist parties like More Europe and Action welcomed Renzi's call.[5] Action had supported the candidacy of Fabiano Amati in the PD's primaries.[6]

After the pre-electoral agreements between the three parties of the center-right coalition, Brothers of Italy announced that the candidate in the region will be Raffaele Fitto, MEP and former governor of Apulia.[7] However, the decision was opposed by the Salento section of the League, which instead proposed Nuccio Altieri. The final choice will be determined by the outcome of the regional elections in Emilia-Romagna and Calabria which could upset the balance between the center-right forces and therefore lead to a modification of pre-election agreements.[8]

The M5S will hold the primaries on its electoral platform Rousseau. The candidates are Cristian Casili, Mario Conca, Antonella Laricchia and Antonio Trevisi.[9]

Parties and candidates
Political party or alliance Constituent lists Previous result Candidate
Votes (%) Seats
Centre-left coalition Democratic Party (PD) 19.8 13
Michele Emiliano
Emiliano Mayor of Apulia (ESP) 9.7 6
Populars with Emiliano (PcE) (incl. CD, AP and UdC dissidents) 6.2 3
Pensioners and Disabled (PeD) 0.4 –
Civic Sense (SC) (incl. Art.1 and PRI) N/A N/A
With Emiliano (CE) N/A N/A
Solidary and Green Apulia (PSV) (incl. SI, EV, PSI) N/A N/A
Italy in Common (IiC) N/A N/A
Italian Animalist Party (PAI) N/A N/A
Party of the South (PdS) N/A N/A
Independent South (Sud Ind.) N/A N/A
Christian Democracy (DC) N/A N/A
Alternative Left (SA) N/A N/A
Open Society Association – The Liberals (I Lib.) N/A N/A
Thought and Action Party (PPA) N/A N/A
Centre-right coalition Forza Italia (FI) 11.4 5
Raffaele Fitto
Brothers of Italy (FdI) 2.5 –
League (Lega) 2.4 –
Union of the Centre – New PSI (UDC–NPSI) (incl. LAM) N/A N/A
Apulia Tomorrow – Fitto for President N/A N/A
M5S coalition Five Star Movement (M5S) 17.2 7
Antonella Laricchia
Future Apulia (PF) N/A N/A
Italia Viva coalition[10] Italia Viva (IV) N/A N/A
Ivan Scalfarotto
Scalfarotto for President – More Europe (incl. Az) N/A N/A
Green Future (FV) (incl. Volt, PLI and ALI) N/A N/A
Work Environment Constitution (LAC) (PRC – PCI – Socialist Risorgimento) 1.6[lower-alpha 1] –
Nicola Cesaria
Apulian Citizens N/A N/A
Mario Conca
Tricolour Flame (FT) N/A N/A
Pierfranco Bruni
Reconquer Italy (RI) N/A N/A
Andrea D'Agosto
  1. 0.9 % of the vote to The Other Apulia (PRC) + 0.7 % of the vote to PCI.

Opinion polls

Candidates

Parties
  1. This poll was commissioned by a political party.
  2. Ivan Scalfarotto wasn't the official candidate at the time the opinion poll was made

Results
20–21 September 2020 Apulian regional election results
Candidates Votes % Seats Parties Votes % Seats
Michele Emiliano 871,028 46.78 1 Democratic Party 289,188 17.25 16
With Emiliano 110,559 6.59 6
Populars with Emiliano 99,621 5.94 5
Civic Sense – A New Olive Tree for Apulia 69,780 4.16 –
Italy in Common 64,886 3.87 –
Solidary and Green Apulia 63,725 3.80 –
Emiliano Mayor of Apulia 43,404 2.59 –
Animalist Party 5,573 0.33 –
Alternative Left 4,192 0.25 –
Pensioners and Disabled 3,119 0.19 –
Party of the South 1,410 0.08 –
Thought and Action Party 1,243 0.07 –
Independent South 1,179 0.07 –
Christian Democracy 1,047 0.06 –
Open Society Association – The Liberals 806 0.05 –
Total 759,732 45.32 27
Raffaele Fitto 724,928 38.93 1 Brothers of Italy 211,693 12.63 6
League Salvini Apulia 160,507 9.57 4
Forza Italia 149,399 8.91 4
Apulia Tomorrow 141,201 8.42 3
Union of the Centre – New PSI 31,736 1.89 –
Total 694,536 41.43 17
Antonella Laricchia 207,038 11.12 – Five Star Movement 165,243 9.86 5
Future Apulia 9,897 0.59 –
Total 175,140 10.45 5
Ivan Scalfarotto 29,808 1.60 – Italia Viva 18,025 1.08 –
Scalfarotto for President 5,062 0.30 –
Green Future 1,888 0.11 –
Total 24,975 1.49 –
Mario Conca 16,531 0.89 – Apulian Citizens 12,162 0.73 –
Nicola Cesaria 7,222 0.39 – Work Environment Constitution 5,880 0.35 –
Pierfranco Bruni 3,115 0.17 – Tricolour Flame 2,362 0.14 –
Andrea D'Agosto 2,353 0.13 – Reconquer Italy 1,712 0.10 –
Blank and invalid votes 149,658 7.44
Total candidates 1,862,023 100.00 2 Total parties 1,676,499 100.00 49
Registered voters/turnout 3,565,013 56.43
Source: Ministry of the Interior – Results
Popular vote
PD
 
 17.25%
FdI
 
 12.63%
M5S
 
 9.86%
Lega
 
 9.57%
FI
 
 8.91%
LPD
 
 8.42%
CE
 
 6.59%
Pop.
 
 5.94%
SC
 
 4.16%
IiC
 
 3.87%
PSV
 
 3.80%
ESP
 
 2.59%
UDC–NPSI
 
 1.89%
IV
 
 1.08%
Others
 
 3.44%
President
Emiliano
 
 46.78%
Fitto
 
 38.93%
Laricchia
 
 11.12%
Scalfarotto
 
 1.60%
Others
 
 1.57%
Seats summary
Centre-left
 
 54.90%
Centre-right
 
 35.29%
M5S
 
 6.81%

Turnout
Region Time
20 Sep 21 Sep
12:00 19:00 23:00 15:00
Apulia 12.04% 27.60% 39.89% 56.43%
Province Time
20 Sep 21 Sep
12:00 19:00 23:00 15:00
Bari 12.95% 29.20% 40.92% 56.88%
Barletta-Andria-Trani 12.76% 29.72% 42.61% 59.95%
Brindisi 11.53% 26.71% 38.70% 54.79%
Foggia 10.66% 25.07% 36.54% 52.76%
Lecce 12.18% 27.84% 41.05% 58.12%
Taranto 11.23% 25.67% 38.53% 55.75%
Source: Ministry of the Interior – Turnout

See also

References
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  2. Elezioni Regionali, il 31 Maggio si vota in Toscana, Veneto, Campania, Puglia, Liguria e Marche
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