2015 Apulian regional election

2015 Apulian regional election

May 31, 2015
All 51 seats to the Regional Council of Apulia
Majority party Minority party   Leader Michele Emiliano Antonella Laricchia Party Democratic Party Five Star Movement Alliance Centre-left Seats won 30 8 Seat change 16 new Popular vote 793,831 310,304 Percentage 47.1% 18.4% Swing 1.6% new   Third party Fourth party   Leader Francesco Schittulli Adriana Poli Bortone Party Schittulli Movement Forza Italia Alliance CoR–FdI–AP FI–NcS–Others Seats won 8 5 Popular vote 308,168 242,641 Percentage 18.3% 14.4%
President before election Nichi Vendola SEL Elected President Michele Emiliano PD

The Apulian regional election of 2015 were held on 31 May 2015.

The centre-left candidate Michele Emiliano won the election with a large margin from the Five Star Movement's candidate, Antonella Laricchia. The centre-right coalition broke up, presenting two different candidates, Francesco Schittulli, supported by former governor Raffaele Fitto, and Adriana Poli Bortone, supported by Silvio Berlusconi's Forza Italia, who arrived third and fourth.

Results

31 May 2015 Apulian regional election results

Candidates		Votes	%	Seats	Parties		Votes	%	Seats
	Michele Emiliano	793,831	47.12	1
						Democratic Party	316,876	19.80	13
						Emiliano Mayor of Apulia (incl. SC, IdV, PdS)	155,840	9.74	6
						Us on the Left for Apulia (incl. SEL)	108,920	6.81	4
						Populars (incl. UdC, CD, RI)	99,021	6.19	3
						Apulia for Emiliano	68,366	4.27	3
						Communist Party of Italy	10,398	0.65	−
						Pensioners and Disabled	6,712	0.42	−
						Populars for Italy	6,575	0.41	−
					Total		772,708	48.28	29
	Antonella Laricchia	310,304	18.42	1		Five Star Movement	275,114	17.19	7
	Francesco Schittulli	308,168	18.29	–
						Beyond with Fitto	155,771	9.73	4
						Schittulli Political Movement – Popular Area	101,817	6.36	4
						Brothers of Italy	39,164	2.45	–
					Total		296,752	18.54	8
	Adriana Poli Bortone	242,641	14.40	–
						Forza Italia (incl. LAM)	181,896	11.37	5
						Us with Salvini	38,661	2.42	−
						National Apulia	9,186	0.57	−
						Italian Liberal Party	1,797	0.11	−
					Total		231,540	14.47	5
	Riccardo Rossi	17,110	1.02	–		The Other Apulia (incl. PRC)	14,513	0.91	−
	Gregorio Mariggiò	7,559	0.45	–		Federation of the Greens	6,278	0.39	−
	Michele Rizzi	5,056	0.30	–		Communist Alternative Party	3,414	0.21	−
Total candidates		1,684,669	100.00	2	Total parties		1,600,319	100.00	49
Source: Ministry of the Interior – Historical Archive of Elections

See also

• 2015 Italian regional elections