Politics of Calabria
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]
The election was held concurrently with a regional election in Emilia-Romagna .
Electoral system 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 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
Candidates 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 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 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
See also
References ^ 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. ^ "Elezioni Regionali Calabria, Oliverio rompe con il Pd e pensa al voto: "alle urne il 26 gennaio" ". November 4, 2019. ^ Vergine, Stefano (27 January 2020). "Salvini down, but not out in Italy regional poll". EUobserver . Retrieved 27 January 2020 . ^ "Elezioni regionali Calabria 2020, la guida: candidati, liste e sondaggi". Money.it (in Italian). 9 January 2020. Retrieved 11 January 2020 .