2014 Abruzzo regional election

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2014 Abruzzo regional election
Flag of Abruzzo.svg
  2008 25 May 2014 2019  

All 31 seats to the Regional Council of Abruzzo
 Majority partyMinority partyThird party
  Luciano D'Alfonso datisenato 2018 (cropped).jpg Giovanni Chiodi cropped.jpg SaraMarcozzi2018 small (cropped).jpg
Leader Luciano D'Alfonso Giovanni Chiodi Sara Marcozzi
Party Democratic Party Forza Italia Five Star Movement
Alliance Centre-left coalition Centre-right coalition none
Seats won1876
Seat changeIncrease2.svg2Decrease2.svg20new
Popular vote319,887202,346148,035
Percentage46.3%29.3%21.4%
SwingIncrease2.svg3.6%Decrease2.svg19.5%new

President before election

Giovanni Chiodi
Forza Italia

Elected President

Luciano D'Alfonso
Democratic Party

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]

Results

25 May 2014 Abruzzo regional election results
Abruzzo Regional Council 2014.svg
CandidatesVotes %SeatsPartiesVotes %Seats
Luciano D'Alfonso 319,88746.261
Democratic Party 171,09525.4110
Easy Region36,9965.502
Civic Abruzzo (incl. RI and SC)33,6765.002
Democratic Centre 16,9622.521
Left Ecology Freedom 16,1512.401
Italy of Values (incl. PdCI)14,3062.121
Italian Socialist Party 11,6661.73
Abruzzo Value11,2611.67
Total313,26746.5817
Giovanni Chiodi 202,34629.261
Forza Italia 112,21516.674
New Centre-Right – UDC 40,2195.981
Future Abruzzo25,2103.731
Brothers of Italy 19,5482.90
Total197,79829.416
Sara Marcozzi148,03521.41 Five Star Movement 143,77921.366
Maurizio Acerbo 21,2243.07 Another Region with Acerbo 20,2213.01
Total candidates691,492100.002Total parties672,467100.0029
Source: Ministry of the Interior – Historical Archive of Elections

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References

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  2. "Abruzzo - Elezioni Regionali - 25 maggio 2014 - la". Repubblica.it. 2013-11-21. Retrieved 2014-06-23.