2015 Apulian regional election

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2015 Apulian regional election
Flag of Apulia.svg
  2010 May 31, 2015 2020  

All 51 seats to the Regional Council of Apulia
 Majority partyMinority party
  Michele Emiliano crop.jpg No image available.svg
Leader Michele Emiliano Antonella Laricchia
Party Democratic Party Five Star Movement
Alliance Centre-left
Seats won308
Seat changeDecrease2.svg16new
Popular vote793,831310,304
Percentage47.1%18.4%
SwingDecrease2.svg1.6%new

 Third partyFourth party
  No image available.svg Adriana Poli Bortone (2008).jpg
Leader Francesco Schittulli Adriana Poli Bortone
Party Schittulli Movement Forza Italia
Alliance CoRFdIAP FINcS–Others
Seats won85
Popular vote308,168242,641
Percentage18.3%14.4%

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President before election

Nichi Vendola
SEL

Elected President

Michele Emiliano
PD

The Apulian regional election of 2015 were held on 31 May 2015. [1]

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The centre-left candidate Michele Emiliano won the election with a large margin from the Five Star Movement's candidate, Antonella Laricchia. The centre-right coalition broke up, presenting two different candidates, Francesco Schittulli, supported by former governor Raffaele Fitto, and Adriana Poli Bortone, supported by Silvio Berlusconi's Forza Italia, who arrived third and fourth.

Results

31 May 2015 Apulian regional election results
Apulia Regional Council 2015.svg
CandidatesVotes %SeatsPartiesVotes %Seats
Michele Emiliano 793,83147.121
Democratic Party 316,87619.8013
Emiliano Mayor of Apulia (incl. SC, IdV, PdS)155,8409.746
Us on the Left for Apulia (incl. SEL)108,9206.814
Populars (incl. UdC, CD, RI)99,0216.193
Apulia for Emiliano68,3664.273
Communist Party of Italy 10,3980.65
Pensioners and Disabled6,7120.42
Populars for Italy 6,5750.41
Total772,70848.2829
Antonella Laricchia310,30418.421 Five Star Movement 275,11417.197
Francesco Schittulli 308,16818.29
Beyond with Fitto 155,7719.734
Schittulli Political MovementPopular Area 101,8176.364
Brothers of Italy 39,1642.45
Total296,75218.548
Adriana Poli Bortone 242,64114.40
Forza Italia (incl. LAM)181,89611.375
Us with Salvini 38,6612.42
National Apulia9,1860.57
Italian Liberal Party 1,7970.11
Total231,54014.475
Riccardo Rossi 17,1101.02 The Other Apulia (incl. PRC)14,5130.91
Gregorio Mariggiò7,5590.45 Federation of the Greens 6,2780.39
Michele Rizzi5,0560.30 Communist Alternative Party 3,4140.21
Total candidates1,684,669100.002Total parties1,600,319100.0049
Source: Ministry of the Interior – Historical Archive of Elections

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References

  1. Alfano: la data delle regionali è il 31 Maggio La Repubblica, 24 March 2015 (in Italian)