2013 Basilicata regional election

2013 Basilicata regional election

17–18 November 2013
All 21 seats to the Regional Council of Basilicata
Turnout	47.60% ( 15.21%)
Majority party Minority party Third party   Leader Marcello Pittella Salvatore Di Maggio Piernicola Pedicini Party Democratic Party Civic Choice Five Star Movement Alliance Centre-left coalition Centre-right coalition None Seats won 13 5 2 Seat change 6 5 New Popular vote 148,696 48,370 32,919 Percentage 59.6% 19.4% 13.2% Swing 1.1% 8.5% New
Basilicata before election Vito De Filippo Democratic Party Basilicata-elect Marcello Pittella Democratic Party

The Basilicata regional election of 2013 took place on 17–18 November 2013.

A snap election was called upon the resignation of the incumbent President, Vito De Filippo of the Democratic Party (PD), on 24 April 2013 and the subsequent dissolution of the Regional Council. Several regional ministers and councillors had been involved in an expenses scandal (and one minister and two councillors had been arrested).

Basilicata is a traditional stronghold of the PD, thus Marcello Pittella (a former Socialist and brother of Gianni Pittella, Vice President of the European Parliament) was elected President by a landslide 59.6% of the vote. Its main opponent, Tito Di Maggio of Civic Choice (supported by the whole centre-right, comprising The People of Freedom and the Union of the Centre), gained a mere 19.4%. The PD was the most voted party with 24.8%, followed by Pittella's personal list with 16.0%.

Parties and candidate

Political party or alliance		Constituent lists		Previous result		Candidate
				Votes (%)	Seats
	The present Basilicata		Democratic Party (PD)	27.1	7	Marcello Pittella
			Italian Socialist Party (PSI)	4.7	1
			Reality Italy (RI)	—	—
			Pittella for President	—	—
			Democratic Centre (CD) (incl. PU)	—	—
			Italy of Values (IdV)	9.9	3
	For Basilicata		The People of Freedom (PdL)	19.4	7	Salvatore Di Maggio
			Basilicata Laboratory (FdI, SC and GS)	—	—
			Union of the Centre (UdC)	7.4	2
			Moderates in Revolution (MIR)	—	—
	Five Star Movement (M5S)			—	—	Piernicola Pedicini
	Basilicata 2.0 (SEL) (incl. PRC)			4.0	1	Maria Murante
	Workers' Communist Party (PCL)			—	—	Florenzo Doino
	Matera Moves (MM)			—	—	Doriano Manuello
	Work and Pensions (LP)			—	—	Franco Grillo
	Rose in the Fist (RnP)			—	—	Elisabetta Zamparutti

Results

17 November 2013 Basilicata regional election results

Candidates		Votes	%	Seats	Parties		Votes	%	Seats
	Marcello Pittella	148,696	59.60	3		Democratic Party	58.730	24.84	4
						Pittella for President	37,861	16.01	3
						Italian Socialist Party	17,680	7.48	1
						Reality Italy	14,012	5.93	1
						Democratic Centre	11,938	5.05	1
						Italy of Values	8,160	3.45	–
					Total		148.381	62.75	10
	Salvatore Di Maggio	48,370	19.39	1		The People of Freedom	29,022	12.27	2
						Basilicata Laboratory (FdI, SC and GS)	12,033	5.09	1
						Union of the Centre	9,002	3.81	1
						Moderates in Revolution	847	0.36	–
					Total		50.904	21,53	4
	Piernicola Pedicini	32,919	13.19	–		Five Star Movement	21,219	8.97	2
	Maria Murante	12,888	5.17	–		Basilicata 2.0	12,204	5.16	1
	Florenzo Doino	2,178	0.87	–		Workers' Communist Party	869	0.37	–
	Doriano Manuello	1,917	0.77	–		Matera Moves	1,370	0.58	–
	Franco Grillo	1,300	0.52	–		Work and Pensions	799	0.34	–
	Elisabetta Zamparutti	1,215	0.49	–		Rose in the Fist	724	0.31	–
Total candidates		249,483	100.00	4	Total parties		236,470	100.00	17
Registered voters		575,160	47.60
Source: Ministry of the Interior – Results

Popular vote PD   24.84% Pittella List   16.01% PdL   12.27% M5S   8.97% PSI   7.48% RI   5.93% SEL   5.16% FdI–SC–GS   5.09% CD   5.05% UdC   3.81% IdV   3.45% Others   1.94%

President Pittella   59.60% Di Maggio   19.39% Pedicini   13.19% Murante   5.17% Others   2.65%

Voter turnout

Region	Turnout
Basilicata	47.60%
Province	Turnout
Potenza	47.87%
Matera	47.02%