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The Abruzzo regional election of 2014 took place on 25 May 2014.
The Democratic candidate Luciano D'Alfonso, a former Christian Democrat who had been mayor of Pescara in 2003–2009, [1] defeated incumbent President Giovanni Chiodi of Forza Italia by a wide margin. [2]
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| Candidates | Votes | % | Seats | Parties | Votes | % | Seats | ||
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| Luciano D'Alfonso | 319,887 | 46.26 | 1 | ||||||
| Democratic Party | 171,095 | 25.41 | 10 | ||||||
| Easy Region | 36,996 | 5.50 | 2 | ||||||
| Civic Abruzzo (incl. RI and SC) | 33,676 | 5.00 | 2 | ||||||
| Democratic Centre | 16,962 | 2.52 | 1 | ||||||
| Left Ecology Freedom | 16,151 | 2.40 | 1 | ||||||
| Italy of Values (incl. PdCI) | 14,306 | 2.12 | 1 | ||||||
| Italian Socialist Party | 11,666 | 1.73 | – | ||||||
| Abruzzo Value | 11,261 | 1.67 | – | ||||||
| Total | 313,267 | 46.58 | 17 | ||||||
| Giovanni Chiodi | 202,346 | 29.26 | 1 | ||||||
| Forza Italia | 112,215 | 16.67 | 4 | ||||||
| New Centre-Right – UDC | 40,219 | 5.98 | 1 | ||||||
| Future Abruzzo | 25,210 | 3.73 | 1 | ||||||
| Brothers of Italy | 19,548 | 2.90 | – | ||||||
| Total | 197,798 | 29.41 | 6 | ||||||
| Sara Marcozzi | 148,035 | 21.41 | – | Five Star Movement | 143,779 | 21.36 | 6 | ||
| Maurizio Acerbo | 21,224 | 3.07 | – | Another Region with Acerbo | 20,221 | 3.01 | – | ||
| Total candidates | 691,492 | 100.00 | 2 | Total parties | 672,467 | 100.00 | 29 | ||
| Source: Ministry of the Interior – Historical Archive of Elections | |||||||||
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