2015 Tuscan regional election

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2015 Tuscan regional election
Flag of Tuscany.svg
  2010 31 May 2015 2020  

All 41 seats in the Regional Council
Turnout48.3% (Decrease2.svg12.4%)
 Majority partyMinority partyThird party
  Enrico Rossi 2016.jpg Claudio Borghi daticamera 2018.jpg No image available.svg
Leader Enrico Rossi Claudio Borghi Giacomo Giannarelli
Party Democratic Party Northern League Five Star Movement
Alliance Centre-left LNFdI
Seats won2575
Seat changeDecrease2.svg 7Increase2.svg 4New
Popular vote656,920273,795205,818
Percentage48.1%20.1%15.1%

Candidati Regionali Toscana (2015).svg

President before election

Enrico Rossi
Democratic Party

Elected President

Enrico Rossi
Democratic Party

The Tuscan regional election of 2015 took place on 31 May 2015. [1]

Contents

Electoral system

Tuscany uses its own legislation of 2014 to elect its Regional Council. The councillors are elected in provincial constituencies by proportional representation using the D'Hondt method. Florence constituency is further divided into 4 sub-constituencies. Preferential voting is allowed: a maximum of two preferences can be expressed for candidates of the same party list and provided the two chosen candidates are of different gender.

In this system parties are grouped in alliances, supporting a candidate for the post of President of Tuscany. The candidate receiving at least 40% of the votes is elected to the post and his/her list (or the coalition) is awarded a majority in the Regional Council. If no candidate gets more than 40% of the votes, a run-off is held fourteen days after, with only the two top candidates from the first round allowed. The winning candidate is assured a majority in the Regional Council. [2]

Council apportionment

According to the official 2011 Italian census, the 40 Council seats which must be covered by proportional representation are so distributed between Tuscan provinces. The number of seats to be assigned in each province is the following:

  AR    FI    GR    LI    LU    MS    PI    PT    PO    SI  
41124424333

The Province of Florence is further divided into smaller electoral colleges.

Parties and candidates

Political party or allianceConstituent listsPrevious resultCandidate
Votes (%)Seats
Centre-left coalition Democratic Party 42.233Enrico Rossi
Tuscan People (incl. PSI)
Centre-right coalition Forza Italia 27.115Stefano Mugnai
Lega ToscanaMore Tuscany (incl. MAT)
Tuscany to the Left (incl. SEL, PRC, PCdI)9.13Tommaso Fattori
Right-wing coalition Northern League Tuscany 6.53Claudio Borghi
Brothers of Italy
Five Star Movement Giacomo Giannarelli
Passion for Tuscany (incl. NCD, UDC)Giovanni Lamioni

Results

31 May 2015 Tuscan regional election results
Tuscany Regional Council 2015.svg
CandidatesVotes %SeatsPartiesVotes %Seats
Enrico Rossi 656,92048.021
Democratic Party 614,86945.9324
Tuscan People–Reformists 202022,7601.70
Total637,62947.6324
Claudio Borghi 273,79520.022
Northern League Tuscany 214,43016.024
Brothers of Italy 51,1523.821
Total265,58219.845
Giacomo Giannarelli205,81815.051 Five Star Movement 200,77115.004
Stefano Mugnai124,4329.101
Forza Italia 112,6588.411
Lega ToscanaMore Tuscany 7,9960.60
Total120.6549.011
Tommaso Fattori85,8706.281Tuscany to the Left83,1876.211
Giovanni Lamioni17,1461.27 Passion for Tuscany 15,8371.18
Gabriele Chiurli3,6210.26Direct Democracy3,3190.25
Total candidates1,367,872100.006Total parties1,326,979100.0035
Source: Ministry of the Interior – Historical Archive of Elections

See also

Notes

  1. Alfano: la data delle regionali è il 31 Maggio La Repubblica, 24 March 2015 (in Italian)
  2. "Articolo » Raccolta Normativa Regione Toscana". Raccoltanormativa.consiglio.regione.toscana.it. Retrieved 2016-04-02.

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