2018 Molise regional election

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2018 Molise regional election
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All 20 seats to the Regional Council of Molise
Turnout52.17% Decrease2.svg 9.46%
 Majority partyMinority partyThird party
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Leader Donato Toma Andrea Greco Carlo Veneziale
Party Forza Italia Five Star Movement Democratic Party
Alliance Centre-right Centre-left
Seats won1362
Seat changeIncrease2.svg8Increase2.svg4Decrease2.svg11
Popular vote73,22964,87528,818
Percentage43.5%38.5%17.1%
SwingIncrease2.svg17.7%Increase2.svg21.7%Decrease2.svg27.6%
Molise 2018 election map.png
Map of the results of the regional election. Colors identify the candidate who received a plurality in each province. Blue indicates a Toma majority.
President before election

Paolo Di Laura Frattura
PD

Elected President

Donato Toma
FI

The Molise regional election of 2018, for the renewal of the Regional Council of Molise and the election of the President of Molise, was held on 22 April 2018. Incumbent President Paolo Di Laura Frattura was not his party's candidate due to contrasts within the centre-left coalition. [1]

Contents

Donato Toma, a member of Forza Italia, gained the most votes and was elected president. [2]

Parties and candidate

Political party or allianceConstituent listsPrevious resultCandidate
Votes (%)Seats
Centre-left coalition Democratic Party (PD)14.83
Carlo Veneziale
Free and Equal (LeU)——
Molise 2.0–Democratic Centre (CD)——
Union for Molise (UM)6.61
Molise of All (MdT)——
Centre-right coalition Forza Italia (FI)10.32
League (Lega)——
Union of the Centre (UdC)6.31
Populars for Italy (PpI)——
Brothers of Italy (FdI)——
Iorio for Molise–Us with Italy (NcI)——
National Movement for Sovereignty (MNS)——
The People of the Family (PdF)——
Five Star Movement (M5S)10.22
Andrea Greco
CasaPound ——
Agostino Di Giacomo

Results

2018 Molise regional election results
Molise Regional Council 2018.svg
CandidatesVotes %SeatsPartiesVotes %Seats
Donato Toma 73,22943.461
Forza Italia 13,6279.383
Pride Molise12,1228.342
League 11,9568.232
Populars for Italy 10,3517.122
Union of the Centre 7,4295.111
Brothers of Italy 6,4614.451
Iorio for Molise–Us with Italy 5,2043.581
National Movement for Sovereignty 3,9242.70–
The People of the Family 6030.41–
Total71,67749.3212
Andrea Greco64,87538.501 Five Star Movement 45,88631.575
Carlo Veneziale28,81817.10–
Democratic Party 13,1219.032
Free and Equal 4,7843.39–
Molise 2.0–Democratic Centre 3,4592.38–
Union for Molise3,2332.22–
Molise of All2,7161.87–
Total27,31318.792
Agostino Di Giacomo7070.42– CasaPound 4770.33–
Blank and invalid votes5194-–---
Total candidates172,823 100.002Total parties145,353100.0019
Registered voters/turnout33125352.17–---
Source: Region of Molise, Istituto Cattaneo
Popular vote
M5S
 
31.57%
FI
 
9.38%
PD
 
9.03%
OM
 
8.34%
Lega
 
8.23%
PpI
 
7.12%
UdC
 
5.11%
FdI
 
4.45%
NcI
 
3.58%
LeU
 
3.39%
MNS
 
2.70%
CD
 
2.38%
UM
 
2.22%
MdT
 
1.87%
PdF
 
0.41%
CPI
 
0.33%
President
Toma
 
43.46%
Greco
 
38.50%
Veneziale
 
17.10%
Giacomo
 
0.42%

Analysis

Unlike in the general election where the M5S reached about 44%, [3] [4] [5] this time it reached 32%. In contrast, the centre-right coalition was up just under 20% compared to 4 March. [5]

References

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