2018 Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol provincial elections

The Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol provincial elections of 2018 took place on 21 October 2018.

Trentino

2018 Trentino provincial election

21 October 2018
All 35 seats to the Provincial council of Trentino
Majority party Minority party Third party   Candidate Maurizio Fugatti Giorgio Tonini Ugo Rossi Party League Democratic Party PATT Alliance Centre-right Centre-left None Seats won 21 8 4 Seat change 11 7 4 Popular vote 124,590 67,712 33,121 Percentage 46.74% 25.40% 12.42% Swing 14.26% 32.71% new
President before election Ugo Rossi PATT Elected President Maurizio Fugatti League

In Trentino, the president is elected directly by the people; the candidate who gains the most votes is elected president.

Parties and candidates

Political party or alliance		Constituent lists		Previous result		Candidate
				Votes (%)	Seats
	Centre-left coalition		Democratic Party (PD)	22.1	9	Giorgio Tonini
			Union for Trentino (UpT)	13.3	5
			Futura 2018 (incl. FdV)	—	—
	Centre-right coalition		Trentino Project (PT)	9.0	4	Maurizio Fugatti
			League Trentino (LT)	6.2	1
			Forza Italia (FI)	4.4	–
			Trentino Civic List (CT)	3.7	1
			Brothers of Italy (FdI)	1.6	–
			Fassa Association (Fassa)	0.8	–
			Popular Autonomists (AP)	—	—
			Act for Trentino	—	—
			Union of the Centre – People's Centre (UDC–CP)	—	—
	Trentino Tyrolean Autonomist Party (PATT)			17.6	7	Ugo Rossi
	Five Star Movement (M5S)			5.9	1	Filippo Degasperi
	Left wing coalition		Free and Equal (LeU) (incl. Art.1 and SI)	1.8	–	Antonella Valer
			The Other Trentino on the Left (incl. PRC and PaP)	1.2	–

Results

2018 Trentino provincial election results

Candidates		Votes	%	Seats	Parties		Votes	%	Seats
	Maurizio Fugatti	124,590	46.74	1
						League	69,116	27.09	13
						Trentino Civic List	11,777	4.62	2
						Trentino Project	8,248	3.23	1
						Popular Autonomists	7,621	2.99	1
						Forza Italia	7,204	2.82	1
						Act for Trentino	5,458	2.14	1
						Union of the Centre – People's Centre	5,306	2.08	–
						Brothers of Italy	3,686	1.44	–
						Fassa Association	2,490	0.98	1
					Total		120,906	47.39	20
	Giorgio Tonini	67,712	25.40	1
						Democratic Party	35,530	13.93	4
						Futura 2018	17,670	6.93	2
						Union for Trentino	10,150	3.98	1
					Total		63,350	24.83	7
	Ugo Rossi	33,121	12.42	1		Trentino Tyrolean Autonomist Party	32,109	12.59	3
	Filippo Degasperi	18,922	7.10	1		Five Star Movement	18,437	7.23	1
	Antonella Valer	7,099	2.66	–
						Free and Equal	3,560	1.40	–
						The Other Trentino on the Left	2,101	0.82	–
					Total		5,661	2.22	–
	Mauro Ottobre	5,237	1.96	–		Dynamic Autonomy	5,117	2.01	–
	Roberto de Laurentis	4,015	1.51	–		Territoriality Responsibility Economics	3,826	1.50	–
	Paolo Primon	2,384	0.89	–		Free People	2,285	0.90	–
	Ferruccio Chenetti	1,904	0.71	–		Movement Ladin Fassa	1,890	0.74	–
	Filippo Castaldini	1,247	0.47	–		CasaPound	1,215	0.48	–
	Federico Monegaglia	350	0.13	–		Reconquer Italy	341	0.13	–
Total candidates		266,581	100	4	Total parties		255,137	100	31
Source: Autonomous Province of Trento

Popular vote (party) Lega   27.1% PD   13.9% PATT   13.0% M5S   7.2% Futura   6.9% CT   4.6% UpT   4.0% PT   3.2% AP   3.0% FI   2.8% Agire   2.1% UDC–CP   2.1% AD   2.0% TRE   1.5% FdI   1.4% LeU   1.4% Others   5.9%

Popular vote (president) Fugatti   46.7% Tonini   25.4% Rossi   12.4% Degasperi   7.1% Valer   2.7% Ottobre   1.9% De Laurentis   1.5% Others   2.2%

Analysis

Similar to the election in Molise and the election in Friuli-Venezia Giulia, the M5S lost c. 15% of votes compared to the general election. On March 4, they reached almost 25%, but now just over 7%. By contrast, the centre-right coalition gained more than 10% compared to March 4.

South Tyrol

2018 South Tyrol provincial election

21 October 2018
All 35 seats to the Landtag of South Tyrol
Majority party Minority party Third party   Leader Arno Kompatscher Paul Köllensperger Maurizio Bosatra Party SVP TK League Seats won 15 6 4 Popular vote 119,109 43,315 31,515 Percentage 41.9% 15.2% 11.1%
Governor before election Arno Kompatscher SVP Elected Governor Arno Kompatscher SVP

In South Tyrol, all 35 members of the Provincial council (Landtag) are up for re-election. The council elects a government headed by a president (Landeshauptmann).

In the 2013 election, the South Tyrolean People's Party (SVP) lost its absolute majority for the first time since 1948.

Results

Parties		Votes	%	Seats	+/−
	South Tyrolean People's Party	119,109	41.9	15	−2
	Team Köllensperger	43,315	15.2	6	+6
	League	31,515	11.1	4	+4
	Greens	19,392	6.8	3	±0
	Die Freiheitlichen	17,620	6.2	2	−4
	South Tyrolean Freedom	16,927	6.0	2	−1
	Democratic Party	10,808	3.8	1	−1
	Five Star Movement	6,670	2.4	1	±0
	Alto Adige in the Heart – Brothers of Italy	4,882	1.7	1	±0
	Citizens' Union	3,665	1.3	0	−1
	We South Tyrol	3,428	1.2	0	±0
	Forza Alto Adige	2,826	1.0	0	±0
	CasaPound	2,451	0.9	0	±0
	United Left	1,753	0.6	0	±0
Total		284,361	100.0	35	±0
Source: Province of Bolzano – Results

Popular vote SVP   41.9% TK   15.2% Lega   11.4% Grüne   6.8% dF   6.2% STF   6.0% PD   3.8% M5S   2.4% AAC–FdI   1.7% BUfS   1.3% NOI   1.2% FAA   1.0% CPI   0.9% SU   0.6%