2020 Calabrian regional election

The 2020 Calabrian regional election took place in Calabria, Italy, on 26 January 2020.[2] The result was the victory of the centre-right coalition and the election of Jole Santelli as President of Calabria.[3]

2020 Calabrian regional election

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All 31 seats to the Regional Council of Calabria
Turnout44.3% (Increase0.2%)
  Majority party Minority party
 
Candidate Jole Santelli Filippo Callipo
Party Forza Italia Io Resto in Calabria
Alliance Centre-right Centre-left
Seats won 20 11
Seat change Increase9 Decrease9
Popular vote 449,705 245,154
Percentage 55.3% 30.1%
Swing Increase23.0%[1] Decrease31.3%

Maps of the election result

President before election

Mario Oliverio
Democratic Party

Elected President

Jole Santelli
Forza Italia

The election was held concurrently with a regional election in Emilia-Romagna.

Electoral system

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Even if a district list is linked to a regional list that exceeds 8% of the vote, the district list must obtain at least 4% of the vote in the whole region in order to elect their own representatives. To ensure governance, the candidate who receives the most votes wins a majority bonus of 55% of the seats.[4]

Parties and candidates

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Political party or alliance Constituent lists Previous result Candidate
Votes (%) Seats
Centre-left coalition Democratic Party (PD) 23.7 9
Filippo Callipo
Progressive Democrats (incl. Art.1) 7.3 3
Io Resto in Calabria
Centre-right coalition Forza Italia (FI) 12.3 5
House of Freedoms (CdL) 8.6 3
Brothers of Italy (FdI) 2.5
Union of the Centre (UdC) 2.7
League (Lega)
Jole Santelli for President (incl. New CDU)
Aiello for President Five Star Movement (M5S) 4.9
Francesco Aiello
Civic Calabria
Tansi for President Treasure Calabria
Carlo Tansi
Free Calabria
Clean Calabria

Opinion polls

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Candidates

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Date Polling firm/
Client
Sample size Callipo Santelli Aiello Others Undecided Lead
26 Jan 2020 Opinio (exit poll) 31.0–35.0 49.0–53.0 5.0–9.0 18.0
7 Jan 2020 Noto 1,000 34.0 52.0 10.0 2.0 18.0
12 Dec 2019 Noto 28.0 45.0 12.0 15.0 17.0

Parties

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Date Polling firm Sample size Centre-left M5S Centre-right Others Undecided Lead
PD Other FI FdI Lega Other
28 Oct 2019 Affaritaliani.it 18.5 13.5 11.4 16.2 23.1 4.6
Sep 2019 GPF 600 18.7 28.2 53.1 9.5

Results

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26 January 2020 Calabrian regional election results
 
Candidates Votes % Seats Parties Votes % Seats
Jole Santelli 449,705 55.29 1 Forza Italia 96,067 12.34 5
League 95,400 12.25 4
Brothers of Italy 84,507 10.85 4
Jole Santelli for President 65,816 8.45 2
Union of the Centre 53,250 6.84 2
House of Freedoms 49,778 6.39 2
Total 444,818 57.13 19
Filippo Callipo 245,154 30.14 1 Democratic Party 118,249 15.19 5
Io Resto in Calabria 61,699 7.92 3
Progressive Democrats 47,650 6.12 2
Total 227,598 29.23 10
Francesco Aiello 59,796 7.35 Five Star Movement 48,784 6.27
Civic Calabria 8,544 1.10
Total 57,328 7.36
Carlo Tansi 58,700 7.22 Treasure Calabria 40,299 5.18
Free Calabria 5,329 0.68
Clean Calabria 3,230 0.41
Total 48,858 6.28
Blank and invalid votes 27,208 3.24
Total candidates 840,563 100.00 2 Total parties 778,602 100.00 29
Registered voters/turnout 1,895,990 44.33
Source: Ministry of the Interior – Election in Calabria Archived 2020-01-26 at the Wayback Machine
Popular vote
PD
15.19%
FI
12.34%
Lega
12.25%
FdI
10.85%
Santelli
8.45%
Callipo
7.92%
UdC
6.84%
CdL
6.39%
M5S
6.27%
Progressive
6.12%
Tansi
5.18%
Civic Calabria
1.10%
Others
1.09%
President
Santelli
55.29%
Callipo
30.14%
Aiello
7.35%
Tansi
7.22%

Voter turnout

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Region Time
12:00 19:00 23:00
Calabria 10.50% 35.54% 44.33%
Province Time
12:00 19:00 23:00
Catanzaro 11.86% 38.00% 46.78%
Cosenza 10.58% 35.86% 44.14%
Crotone 9.76% 32.17% 39.56%
Reggio Calabria 10.17% 35.23% 45.40%
Vibo Valentia 9.06% 33.18% 41.35%
Source: Ministry of the Interior – Turnout

See also

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References

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  1. ^ The swing comes from the combined result of the Centre-right coalition (23.6%) and the Popular Area (8.7%) in the 2014 regional election.
  2. ^ "Elezioni Regionali Calabria, Oliverio rompe con il Pd e pensa al voto: "alle urne il 26 gennaio"". November 4, 2019.
  3. ^ Vergine, Stefano (27 January 2020). "Salvini down, but not out in Italy regional poll". EUobserver. Retrieved 27 January 2020.
  4. ^ "Elezioni regionali Calabria 2020, la guida: candidati, liste e sondaggi". Money.it (in Italian). 9 January 2020. Retrieved 11 January 2020.