Politics of Piedmont

The Politics of Piedmont, 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, who are currently 14, including a Vice President (Vice Presidente).^[1]

List of Presidents

President		Term of office		Party	Coalition	Administration	Legislature
Presidents elected by the Regional Council of Piedmont (1970–1995)
1	Edoardo Calleri di Sala (1927–2002)	23 July 1970	21 December 1973	Christian Democracy	DC • PSI • PSDI • PRI	Calleri di Sala	I (1970)
2	Gianni Oberto Tarena (1902–1980)	21 December 1973	21 July 1975	Christian Democracy	DC • PSI • PSDI • PRI	Tarena	I (1970)
3	Aldo Vigilone (1923–1988)	21 July 1975	28 July 1980	Italian Socialist Party	PSI • PCI	Vigilone I	II (1975)
4	Ezio Enrietti (1936–2020)	28 July 1980	15 July 1983	Italian Socialist Party	PSI • PCI	Enrietti	III (1980)
3	Aldo Vigilone (1923–1988)	15 July 1983	1 August 1985	Italian Socialist Party	DC • PSI • PSDI • PRI • PLI	Vigilone II	III (1980)
5	Vittorio Beltrami (1926–2012)	1 August 1985	25 July 1990	Christian Democracy	DC • PSI • PSDI • PRI • PLI	Beltrami	IV (1985)
6	Gian Paolo Brizio (1929–2008)	25 July 1990	16 March 1993	Christian Democracy	DC • PSI • PSDI • PRI • PLI	Brizio I	V (1990)
6	Gian Paolo Brizio (1929–2008)	16 March 1993	12 June 1995	Christian Democracy	DC • PSI • FdV • PDS • RI	Brizio II	V (1990)
Directly-elected presidents (since 1995)
7	Enzo Ghigo (b. 1953)	12 June 1995	17 April 2000	Forza Italia	FI • AN • CCD	Ghigo I	VI (1995)
7	Enzo Ghigo (b. 1953)	17 April 2000	27 April 2005	Forza Italia	FI • AN • LN • CCD	Ghigo II	VII (2000)
8	Mercedes Bresso (b. 1944)	27 April 2005	30 March 2010	Democrats of the Left Democratic Party	DS • DL • PRC • FdV	Bresso	VIII (2005)
9	Roberto Cota (b. 1968)	30 March 2010	9 June 2014^[a]	Lega Nord	PdL • LN	Cota	IX (2010)
10	Sergio Chiamparino (b. 1948)	9 June 2014	6 June 2019	Democratic Party	PD • SEL	Chiamparino	X (2014)
11	Alberto Cirio (b. 1972)	6 June 2019	21 June 2024	Forza Italia	LN • FI • FdI	Cirio I	XI (2019)
11	Alberto Cirio (b. 1972)	21 June 2024	In office	Forza Italia	FdI • FI • LN	Cirio II	XII (2024)

^ Election invalidated for irregularities.

Local government

Provinces

Province	Inhabitants	President		Party
Metropolitan City of Turin (former Province of Turin)	2,282,197 #FFEB3B	Chiara Appendino (metropolitan mayor)	Five Star Movement	2016
Province of Cuneo	590,421 #87CEFA	Federico Borgna	Independent (centre)	2014
Province of Alessandria	428,826 #EF1C27	Maria Rita Rossa	Democratic Party	2014
Province of Novara	370,525 #EF1C27	Matteo Besozzi	Democratic Party	2014
Province of Asti	217,574 #0087DC	Marco Gabusi	Forza Italia	2015
Province of Biella	179,685 #EF1C27	Emanuele Ramella	Democratic Party	2014
Province of Vercelli	174,904 #0087DC	Carlo Riva Vercellotti	Forza Italia	2016
Province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola	160,114 #EF1C27	Stefano Costa	Democratic Party	2014

Municipalities

Province	Inhabitants	Mayor		Party
Turin	890,529 #FFEB3B	Chiara Appendino	Five Star Movement	2016
Novara	104,380 #008000	Alessandro Canelli	Lega Nord Piemont	2016
Alessandria	93,943 #008000	Gianfranco Cuttica	Lega Nord Piemont	2017
Asti	76,202 #0087DC	Maurizio Rasero	Forza Italia	2017
Moncalieri	57,294 #EF1C27	Paolo Montagna	Democratic Party	2015
Cuneo	56,081 #87CEFA	Federico Borgna	Independent (centre)	2017
Collegno	49,905 #EF1C27	Francesco Casciano	Democratic Party	2014
Rivoli	48,791 #EF1C27	Franco Giusto Dessì	Democratic Party	2014
Nichelino	48,123 #C80815	Giampietro Tolardo	Independent (Left-wing)	2016
Settimo Torinese	47,669 #EF1C27	Fabrizio Puppo	Democratic Party	2014
Vercelli	46,754 #EF1C27	Maura Forte	Democratic Party	2014
Biella	44,733 #EF1C27	Marco Cavicchioli	Democratic Party	2014

Legislative branch

The Regional Council of Piedmont (Consiglio Regionale del Piemonte) is composed of 60 members. 48 councilors are elected in provincial constituencies by proportional representation using the largest remainder method with a Droop quota and open lists, while 12 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 6 candidates from the regional list will be chosen and the number of those elected in provincial constituencies will be 54. 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]

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, simul cadent clause introduced in 1999 (literally they will stand together or they will fall together), also the Council is dissolved and a snap election is called.^[3]

Parties and elections

Latest regional election

The latest regional election took place on 25 May 2014. It was a snap election, prompted by the dissolution of the Regional Council by the Regional Administrative Tribunal on the grounds that one of the lists supporting the winner Roberto Cota (Lega Nord–Piemont) in the 2010 regional election had committed irregularities in filing the slates for the election.^[4] Cota chose not to stand again for President and the parties composing his coalition failed to agree on a single candidate,^[5] resulting in a landslide victory for Sergio Chiamparino, a Democrat who had been Mayor of Turin from 2001 to 2011.

25 May 2014 Piedmontese regional election results
Candidates		Votes	%	Seats	Parties		Votes	%	Seats

	Sergio Chiamparino	1,057,031	47.09	11
						Democratic Party	704,541	36.17	17
						Chiamparino for President	94,615	4.85	2
						Moderates	47,901	2.45	1
						Left Ecology Freedom	40,873	2.09	1
						Civic Choice	29,313	1.50	1
						Italy of Values	13,658	0.70	–
					Total		930,901	47.79	22
	Gilberto Pichetto Fratin	495,993	22.09	1
						Forza Italia	302,743	15.57	6
						Northern League Piedmont	141,741	7.27	2
						Pensioners' Party	13,837	0.71	–
						Civic List for Piedmont	8,853	0.45	–
						Greens Greens	5,435	0.27	–
						United Right	5,004	0.25	–
						Great South	1,676	0.08	–
					Total		479,289	24.61	8
	Davide Bono	481,453	21.45	–		Five Star Movement	396,295	20.34	8
	Guido Crosetto	117,807	5.24	–		Brothers of Italy	72,776	3.73	1
	Enrico Costa	67,025	2.98	–		New Centre-Right – Union of the Centre	49,059	2.51	–
	Mauro Filingeri	25,193	1.12	–		The Other Piedmont to the Left	19,467	0.99	–

Total candidates		2,244,502	100.00	12	Total parties		1,947,787	100.00	39
Source: Ministry of the Interior – Historical Archive of Elections

References

External links

[2] Election invalidated for irregularities.

[1] Sito Ufficiale della Regione Piemonte: Giunta regionale

[3] La Repubblica – Regional electoral law

[4] Regional Council of Lombardy – 1999 Constitutional law

[5] ttp://torino.repubblica.it/cronaca/2014/04/17/news/la_cassazione_conferma_l_annullamento_delle_elezioni_regionali_del_2010-83840712/

[6] ttp://torino.repubblica.it/cronaca/2014/05/13/news/piemonte_il_centrodestra_diviso_per_tre_spiana_la_strada_a_chiamparino-85983444/

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