Politics of Apulia

The Politics of Apulia, Italy takes place in a framework of a presidential representative democracy, whereby the President of Regional Government is the head of government, and of a pluriform multi-party system. Executive power is exercised by the Regional Government. Legislative power is vested in both the government and the Regional Council.

Executive branch

The Regional Government (Giunta Regionale) is presided by the President of the Region (Presidente della Regione), who is elected for a five-year term, and is composed by the President and the Ministers (Assessori), who are currently ten.^[1]

List of Presidents

Presidents elected by the Regional Council (1970–1995)

N.	Name	Term of office		Political party	Legislature
1	Gennaro Trisorio Liuzzi	8 June 1970	16 June 1975	DC	I (1970)
2	Nicola Rotolo	16 June 1975	23 December 1978	DC	II (1975)
3	Nicola Quarta	23 December 1978	9 June 1980	DC	II (1975)
3	Nicola Quarta	9 June 1980	4 July 1983	DC	III (1980)
4	Angelo Monfredi	4 July 1983	23 September 1983	DC
(1)	Gennaro Trisorio Liuzzi	23 September 1983	13 May 1985	DC
5	Salvatore Fitto	13 May 1985	29 August 1988^[2]	DC	IV (1985)
6	Franco Borgia	29 August 1988	23 November 1988	PSI
7	Giuseppe Colasanto	23 November 1988	6 May 1990	DC
8	Michele Bellomo	6 May 1990	23 October 1992	DC	V (1990)
9	Cosimo Convertino	23 October 1992	4 December 1992	PSI
10	Giovanni Copertino	4 December 1992	3 September 1993	DC
11	Vito Savino	3 September 1993	1 March 1994	DC
12	Giuseppe Martellotta	1 March 1994	27 June 1995	PPI

Directly-elected presidents (since 1995)

N.	President	Term of office		Tenure (Years and days)		Composition	Legislature
13	Salvatore Distaso (1937–2008)	27 June 1995	19 May 2000	4 years, 327 days	FI	FI–AN–CDC	VI (1995)
14	Raffaele Fitto (b. 1969)	19 May 2000	27 April 2005	4 years, 343 days	FI	FI–AN–CDC–CDU	VII (2000)
15	Nichi Vendola (b. 1958)	27 April 2005	26 April 2010	10 years, 60 days	PRC / SEL	DS–DL–PRC–SDI– UDEUR–PdCI−IdV–FdV	VIII (2005)
15	Nichi Vendola (b. 1958)	26 April 2010	26 June 2015	10 years, 60 days	PRC / SEL	PD–SEL–IdV	IX (2010)
16	Michele Emiliano (b. 1959)	26 June 2015	24 November 2020	8 years, 323 days	PD	PD–SEL–IdV–SC–UdC	X (2015)
16	Michele Emiliano (b. 1959)	24 November 2020	Incumbent	8 years, 323 days	PD	PD–CE–PcE–M5S^[3]	XI (2020)

Legislative branch

The Regional Council of Apulia (Consiglio Regionale della Puglia) is composed of 70 members and is elected with proportional representation plus a majority premium for the winning coalition.^[4] The Council is elected for a five-year term, but, if the President suffers a vote of no confidence, resigns or dies, under the simul stabunt vel simul cadent clause (introduced in 1999), also the Council will be dissolved and there will be a fresh election.^[5]

Parties and elections

Latest regional election

In the latest regional election, which took place on 31 May 2015, Michele Emiliano of the Democratic Party was elected President by a landslide over a fragmented set of opponents. The Democrats were narrowly the largest party with 19.8% of the vote, but two lists named after Emiliano got an additional combined 14.0%.

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

References

^ http://www.regione.puglia.it/index.php?page=struttura&opz=giunta&cust=1
^ Died in office.
^ Since 2021.
^ La Repubblica – Regional electoral law
^ Regional Council of Lombardy – 1999 Constitutional law

External links

[1] ttp://www.regione.puglia.it/index.php?page=struttura&opz=giunta&cust=1

[2] Died in office.

[3] Since 2021.

[4] La Repubblica – Regional electoral law

[5] Regional Council of Lombardy – 1999 Constitutional law

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