2014 Emilia-Romagna regional election
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![]() Regional election results map. Red denotes provinces with a Democratic plurality, Blue denotes those with a Centre-right plurality. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Emilia-Romagna regional election of 2014 took place on 23 November 2014.
The three-term incumbent President of the Region, Vasco Errani of the centre-left Democratic Party resigned in July 2014 after the conviction for fraudulent misrepresentation,[1] triggering a snap election.
In an election marked by the lowest turnout ever in the Region (37.7%), Stefano Bonaccini, a Democrat, was elected President by defeating several candidates, mainly Alan Fabbri of Lega Nord Emilia (29.9%) and Giulia Gibertoni of the Five Star Movement (13.3%).
Electoral Law
The Legislative Assembly of Emilia-Romagna (Assemblea Legislativa dell'Emilia-Romagna) is composed of 50 members. 40 councillors are elected in provincial constituencies by proportional representation using the largest remainder method with a Droop quota and open lists, while 10 councillors (elected in bloc) come from a "regional list", including the President-elect. One seat is reserved for the candidate who comes second. If a coalition wins more than 50% of the total seats in the Council with PR, only 5 candidates from the regional list will be chosen and the number of those elected in provincial constituencies will be 45. If the winning coalition receives less than 40% of votes special seats are added to the Council to ensure a large majority for the President's coalition.[2]
Parties and leaders
Results
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Candidates & parties | Votes | % | Seats reg. list |
Seats prov. lists | |
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Stefano Bonaccini | 615,723 | 49.05 | 1 | 31 | |
bgcolor="Template:Democratic Party (Italy)/meta/color" | | Democratic Party | 535,109 | 44.52 | → | 29 |
bgcolor="Template:Left Ecology Freedom/meta/color" | | Left Ecology Freedom | 38,845 | 3.23 | → | 2 |
bgcolor="Template:Italian Socialist Party (2007)/meta/color" | | Civic Emilia-Romagna (PSI–Greens) | 17,984 | 1.49 | → | – |
bgcolor="Template:Democratic Centre (Italy)/meta/color" | | Centre for Bonaccini–Demo.S (incl. IdV) | 5,247 | 0.43 | → | – |
Alan Fabbri | 374,736 | 29.85 | 1 | 11 | |
bgcolor="Template:Lega Nord/meta/color" | | Lega Nord Emilia–Romagna | 233,439 | 19.42 | → | 8 |
bgcolor="Template:Forza Italia (2013)/meta/color" | | Forza Italia | 100,478 | 8.36 | → | 2 |
bgcolor="Template:Brothers of Italy/meta/color" | | Brothers of Italy | 23,052 | 1.91 | → | 1 |
Giulia Gibertoni | 167,022 | 13.30 | – | 5 | |
bgcolor="Template:Five Star Movement/meta/color" | | Five Star Movement | 159,456 | 13.26 | → | 5 |
Maria Cristina Quintavalla | 50,211 | 4.00 | – | 1 | |
bgcolor="Template:Communist Refoundation Party/meta/color" | | The Other Emilia-Romagna (PRC–PdCI) | 44,676 | 3.71 | → | 1 |
Alessandro Rondoni | 33,437 | 2.66 | – | – | |
bgcolor="Template:New Centre-Right/meta/color" | | Popular Emilia-Romagna | 31,635 | 2.63 | → | – |
Maurizio Mazzanti | 14,129 | 1.12 | – | – | |
Free Citizens for Emilia-Romagna | 11,864 | 0.98 | → | – | |
Total | 1,255,258 | 100.00 | 2 | 48 |