2020 Emilia-Romagna regional election

2020 Emilia-Romagna regional election

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All 50 seats to the Regional Council of Emilia-Romagna
Turnout	67.7% (30.0%)
Majority party Minority party   Candidate Stefano Bonaccini Lucia Borgonzoni Party Democratic Party Lega Alliance Centre-left Centre-right Seats won 29 19 Seat change 3 7 Popular vote 1,195,742 1,014,672 Percentage 51.4% 43.7% Swing 2.4% 11.1%
Maps of the election result
President before election Stefano Bonaccini Democratic Party Elected President Stefano Bonaccini Democratic Party

The 2020 Emilia-Romagna regional election took place in Emilia-Romagna, Italy, on 26 January 2020. ^[1] The result was the victory of the centre-left coalition and the confirmation of Stefano Bonaccini as President of Emilia-Romagna, with more than 51% of votes, ^[2] nearly doubling the number of votes received in 2014. ^[3]

The election was held concurrently with a regional election in Calabria.

Electoral system

In Emilia-Romagna, a new electoral law was approved by the Legislative Assembly in July 2014, abolishing the blocked list.

The voter can express one or two preference votes for the candidates on the chosen list; in the case of the expression of two preferences, these must concern candidates of different sex according to "gender preference" (under penalty of annulment of the second preference). As regards the election of the councilors, the law guarantees in any case at least 27 seats on the lists that support the elected president (majority prize), obtaining effects that are very similar to those of the list but acting on the provincial lists. The first 40 seats are distributed on a proportional basis. A seat is then attributed to the candidate for president who came second. The remaining 9 seats are assigned by majority method to the lists that support the elected president if these lists have obtained less than 25 seats with the previous procedure, otherwise the "prize" will be only 4 seats. If, at the end of these assignments, the majority lists have not obtained at least 27 seats, these will be guaranteed by removing some of the seats already assigned to the opposition lists.

Background

Despite Emilia-Romagna having always been considered one of the "red regions" – a stronghold of left-wing parties since the end of the World War II – in the 2018 general election the centre-right coalition became the largest political force in the region. The 2020 regional election has been considered as the first competitive one in the history of the region. ^[4]

The centre-left nominated incumbent governor Stefano Bonaccini at the head of a coalition including the Democratic Party (PD) and its left-wing allies of Free and Equal (LeU) and Green Europe (EV), as well as More Europe (+E). ^{[5] [6]} Bonaccini also launched a personal civic list, named "Bonaccini for President", which included, among others, members from Matteo Renzi's Italia Viva (IV), Carlo Calenda's Action and Federico Pizzarotti's Italia in Comune (IiC). ^[7] The centre-right proposed Senator Lucia Borgonzoni, member of the League (Lega) and former undersecretary to cultural activities in Giuseppe Conte's first government. ^[8] The centre-right coalition included also Brothers of Italy (FdI), Forza Italia (FI) and Cambiamo! (C!). ^[9]

Campaign

Almost 15,000 people gathering Piazza Maggiore in Bologna to protest against Matteo Salvini, November 2019

The official election campaign was opened on 14 November by the League, which organized a rally at the PalaDozza, the sport arena of Bologna. On that occasion Matteo Salvini presented the centre-right candidate Lucia Borgonzoni. ^[10] At the same time, a flash mob named "6000 Sardines against Salvini" was organized in Piazza Maggiore, to peacefully protest against Salvini's campaign in Emilia-Romagna. On the following day, Nicola Zingaretti's Democratic Party held a three-day convention in Bologna, known as Tutta un'altra storia ("A whole different story"). ^[11]

On 19 November, Bonaccini and Borgonzoni had their first television debate, hosted by the talk show #Cartabianca by Bianca Berlinguer on Rai 3. The debate was followed by about 1.6 million viewers (6% share). ^[12]

After a period of uncertainty regarding its participation in the regional elections, and after a decline in opinion polls and poor election results in 2019 Umbrian election, on 21 November the Five Star Movement launched a survey on its on-line platform "Rousseau", to ask its members if they should participate in the following regional elections. Almost 70% of members voted to run in the elections, and therefore M5S leader Luigi Di Maio announced the presentation of M5S electoral lists and a M5S candidate for the regional presidency, without party alliances. ^[13]

On 7 December, more than 10,000 people gathered Piazza Maggiore in Bologna for the launch of Bonaccini's electoral campaign. ^[14]

Electoral programmes

• Stefano Bonaccini, being the outgoing regional president, claimed the results achieved by his administration (including the "Pact for Labour" of 2015), ^[15] and proposed four priority points summed up into the slogan "A step forward": to create free kindergartens for all children in the region, to break down the waiting lists for health interventions and access times to first aid, to carry out preventive maintenance and safety of the regional territory, and to reduce the phenomenon of NEET. ^[16]
• The League of Lucia Borgonzoni proposed the introduction of some practices already existing in the other regions governed by the centre-right (in particular Lombardy and Veneto), including the opening of hospitals during public holidays and at night to carry out medical exams and laboratory tests, and the reduction of the regional IRPEF with introduction of 1.23% flat rate.^{[ citation needed ]}
• The Five Star Movement of Simone Benini focused its programme on social, infrastructural and environmental issues, including the repeal of the regional legislation on urban planning, the rethinking of the Cispadana regional motorway project in favour of a fast road without toll, the reduction of waste to shut down incinerators and landfills, and generally introducing new environmental sustainability policies in the region. ^[17]
• Stefano Lugli (The Other Emilia-Romagna) proposed a "safe" region in the sense of "fair, public and sustainable", i.e. based on social equality, the fight against the privatization of services and the relaunch of environmental policies.^{[ citation needed ]}
• Marta Collot (Power to the People) presented a "rupture programme" based on equality, in particular proposing a guaranteed minimum wage of 9 euros per hour, redesigning the regional urban planning policies, and withdrawing the request for differentiated regional autonomy already presented by Emilia-Romagna in 2019. ^[18]
• The Communist Party put poverty, social justice and equality at the centre of its programme.^{[ citation needed ]}
• The 3V Movement "Vaccines We Want Truth" called for the lift of mandatory vaccinations recently enforced by the government for the access of children and infants to public schools and kindergartens.^{[ citation needed ]}

Endorsements

Newspapers and magazines

Stefano Bonaccini:

• Il Fatto Quotidiano ^[19]
• La Notizia ^[20]
• HuffPost Italia ^[21]

Lucia Borgonzoni:

• Il Giornale ^[22]
• Libero ^[23]
• La Verità ^[24]
• L'Occidentale ^[25] (party newspaper of Identity and Action)
• La Croce ^[26] (party newspaper of The People of Family)

Parties and candidates

Political party or alliance		Constituent lists		Previous result		Candidate
				Votes (%)	Seats
	Centre-left coalition		Democratic Party	44.5	29	Stefano Bonaccini
			Bonaccini for President (incl. IV, A, IiC, CD, Pos and CpE)	—	—
			Brave Emilia-Romagna (incl. Art.1, SI and èViva)	—	—
			More Europe – PSI – PRI	—	—
			Green Europe	—	—
			Volt Emilia-Romagna	—	—
	Centre-right coalition		League Emilia-Romagna (LNE and LNR)	19.4	8	Lucia Borgonzoni
			Forza Italia (incl. UDC)	8.4	2
			Brothers of Italy	1.9	1
			Cambiamo! – The People of Family (incl. IdeA)	—	—
			Borgonzoni for President	—	—
			Young People for the Environment (formed by Youth League)	—	—
	Five Star Movement			13.3	5	Simone Benini
	The Other Emilia-Romagna (incl. PRC, PCI, PdS, PU)			3.7	1	Stefano Lugli
	Power to the People			—	—	Marta Collot
	Communist Party			—	—	Laura Bergamini
	3V Movement			—	—	Domenico Battaglia

Opinion polls

Candidates

Date	Polling firm/ Client	Sample size	Bonaccini	Borgonzoni	Benini	Others	Undecided	Lead
26 Jan 2020	Opinio (exit poll)	–	48.0–52.0	43.0–47.0	2.0–5.0	–	–	5.0
25–26 Jan 2020	Tecnè (intention poll)	12,000	46.5–50.5	43.5–47.5	2.0–6.0	–	–	3.0
9 Jan 2020	SWG	1,000	47.0	45.0	5.0	3.0	19.0	2.0
9 Jan 2020	EMG	1,000	44.0	43.0	7.5	5.5	—	1.0
6–8 Jan 2020	Demopolis	1,000	46.5	44.5	6.5	2.5	24.0	2.0
7 Jan 2020	Noto	1,000	45.0	43.0	7.0	5.0	—	2.0
5 Jan 2020	Affaritaliani.it Archived 6 January 2020 at the Wayback Machine	–	45.0	43.0	7.0	5.0	—	2.0
30–31 Dec 2019	Tecnè	1,000	44.0	43.0	7.5	5.5	—	1.0
27–30 Dec 2019	MG Research	–	45.5	43.5	7.5	3.5	—	2.0
28 Dec 2019	Opinio Italia	1,000	46.5	43.5	7.5	2.5	—	3.0
22–23 Dec 2019	Tecnè	1,000	46.0	44.0	7.0	3.0	—	2.0
18–22 Dec 2019	Demopolis	4,008	46.0	44.0	7.0	3.0	25.0	2.0
14–18 Dec 2019	EMG	1,000	46.5	43.5	6.5	3.5	—	3.0
17 Dec 2019	Ixè	1,000	47.2	40.1	7.8	4.9	25.0	7.1
13 Dec 2019	MG Research Archived 14 December 2019 at the Wayback Machine	–	44.5	44.5	8.5	2.5	—	Tie
12 Dec 2019	Noto	–	47.0	43.0	6.0	4.0	—	4.0
9–12 Dec 2019	Ipsos	1,000	44.2	42.1	8.4	5.3	—	2.1
10–11 Dec 2019	Tecnè	1,000	45.0	44.0	7.0	4.0	—	1.0
2–4 Dec 2019	EMG	1,000	46.5	44.0	5.5	4.0	—	2.5
29 Nov–2 Dec 2019	IZI	1,007	45.4	40.6	9.9	4.1	—	4.9
29 Nov 2019	MG Research	–	44.5	45.0	8.0	2.5	—	0.5
25 Nov 2019	Piepoli	–	44.0	43.0	9.0	4.0	—	1.0
24 Nov 2019	Affaritaliani.it	–	46.0	44.0	7.0	3.0	25.0	2.0
22–24 Nov 2019	Tecnè	1,000	45.0	45.0	8.0	2.0	—	Tie
			50.5	47.5	w. CSX	2.0	—	3.0
21 Nov 2019	Noto	–	45.0	44.0	8.0	3.0	—	1.0
			52.0	46.0	w. CSX	2.0	—	6.0
			49.0	46.0	abst.	5.0	—	3.0
19 Nov 2019	Ixè	1,000	40.0	29.2	5.0	7.7	18.1	10.8
			41.2	29.4	abst.	8.8	20.3	11.8
13–19 Nov 2019	SWG [lower-alpha 1]	1,000	43.0	45.0	7.0	5.0	15.0	2.0
15 Nov 2019	MG Research	–	44.0	46.0	7.0	3.0	—	2.0
9–14 Nov 2019	ScenariPolitici–Winpoll [lower-alpha 1]	1,000	50.7	42.1	6.2	1.0	—	8.6
9–10 Nov 2019	Tecnè	800	46.0	45.0	7.0	2.0	—	1.0
			51.0	47.0	w. CSX	2.0	—	4.0
			50.0	48.0	abst.	2.0	—	2.0
8 nov 2019	Affari Italiani	—	41.0	45.0	12.0	2.0	—	4.0
31 Oct–4 Nov 2019	EMG	1,000	45.5	44.0	7.0	3.5	—	1.5
20 Sep 2019	Repubblica [lower-alpha 1]	–	45.0	36.0	—	—	—	9.0
20 Sep 2019	Il Resto del Carlino [lower-alpha 1]	–	48.0	31.0	6.5	13.7	—	17.0
6–12 Sep 2019	SWG [lower-alpha 1] [27]	1,000	41.0	42.0	13.0	4.0	25.0	1.0
23 November 2014	Election results	–	49.1	29.8	13.3	7.7	–	25.1

Parties

Date	Polling firm	Sample size	Centre-left				Centre-right				M5S	Others	Undecided	Lead
			PD	ERC	BP	Other	Lega	FI	FdI	Other
26 Jan 2020	Election results Archived 26 January 2020 at the Wayback Machine	–	34.7	3.8	5.8	3.9	31.9	2.6	8.6	2.3	4.5	1.5	–	2.8
6–8 Jan 2020	Demopolis	1,000	44.5				45.0				7.8	2.7	24.0	0.5
30–31 Dec 2019	Tecnè	1,000	28.5	—	7.0	7.0	30.0	4.5	5.0	4.5	7.5	6.0	—	1.5
27–30 Dec 2019	MG Research	–	28.5	—	6.5	9.0	33.0	—	7.0	5.0	7.5	3.5	—	4.5
22–23 Dec 2019	Tecnè	1,000	31.0	—	—	14.0	30.0	5.0	7.0	3.0	7.0	3.0	—	1.0
18–22 Dec 2019	Demopolis	4,008	44.0				45.0				8.0	3.0	25.0	1.0
13–17 Dec 2019	Ixè	1,000	29.4	—	7.8	6.8	27.8	4.2	7.9	2.0	8.8	5.3	—	1.6
13 Dec 2019	MG Research Archived 14 December 2019 at the Wayback Machine	–	34.5	1.0	—	5.5	32.5	5.5	7.0	2.0	9.5	2.5	—	2.0
9–12 Dec 2019	Ipsos	1,000	22.9	—	20.2	—	25.9	2.0	10.1	4.8	8.2	5.9	—	3.0
10–11 Dec 2019	Tecnè	1,000	30.0	14.0			30.0	5.0	7.0	3.0	7.0	4.0	—	Tie
29 Nov–2 Dec 2019	IZI	1,007	24.7	—	11.0	5.2	29.8	5.1	9.4	1.1	10.9	2.8	—	5.1
29 Nov 2019	MG Research	–	34.0	1.5	—	5.5	33.0	5.5	7.5	1.5	9.0	2.5	—	1.0
22–24 Nov 2019	Tecnè	1,000	31.0	—	—	13.0	31.0	5.0	6.0	4.0	8.0	2.0	—	Tie
			31.0	—	—	13.0	32.0	5.0	6.0	5.0	6.0 [lower-alpha 2]	2.0	—	1.0
19 Nov 2019	Ixè	1,000	34.3	—	—	—	30.9	5.1	6.0	—	10.4	13.3	—	3.4
13–19 Nov 2019	SWG [lower-alpha 1]	1,000	27.0	2.5	—	10.5	32.0	4.5	7.0	5.0	8.5	3.0	16.0	5.0
			29.0	3.5	—	12.5	33.5	4.5	7.5	5.0	abst.	4.5	18.0	4.5
15 Nov 2019	MG Research	–	35.0	2.0	—	3.5	34.0	5.0	8.0	1.0	8.5	4.5	—	1.0
9–14 Nov 2019	ScenariPolitici–Winpoll [lower-alpha 1]	1,000	33.9	2.5	8.4	—	33.0	4.4	6.1	4.1	6.0	1.6	—	0.9
4 Nov 2019	Termometro Politico	–	46.0				48.5				—	—	—	2.5
1 Nov 2019	MG Research Archived 27 October 2020 at the Wayback Machine	–	27.0	1.5	—	11.0	33.0	5.0	7.5	1.0	10.0	6.0	—	6.0
28 Oct 2019	Affaritaliani.it	–	31.7	—	—	—	34.5	5.0	7.4	—	6.5	—	—	2.8
20 Sep 2019	Il Resto del Carlino [lower-alpha 1]	–	44.5				43.6				8.5	—	—	0.9
6–12 Sep 2019	SWG [lower-alpha 1] [27]	1,000	33.5	2.0	—	4.5	33.5	4.0	5.5	1.5	13.0	—	—	Tie
6–10 Jul 2019	GPF	1,200	14.9	—	—	—	15.8	3.0	2.2	—	6.1	2.6	32.5	0.9
3 Jul–21 Dec 2018	Ipsos	1,440	17.0	—	—	—	23.0	3.0	—	—	15.0	4.0	38.0	6.0
23 Nov 2014	Election results	–	44.5	6.9	–	1.9	19.4	8.4	1.9	–	13.3	3.6	–	25.1

1. This poll was commissioned by a political party.
2. with CSX

Results

26 January 2020 Emilia-Romagna regional election results

Candidates		Votes	%	Seats	Parties		Votes	%	Seats
	Stefano Bonaccini	1,195,742	51.42	1		Democratic Party	749,976	34.69	22
						Bonaccini for President	124,591	5.76	3
						Brave Emilia-Romagna	81,419	3.77	2
						Green Europe	42,156	1.95	1
						More Europe – PSI – PRI	33,087	1.53	–
						Volt Emilia-Romagna	9.253	0.43	–
					Total		1,040,482	48.12	28
	Lucia Borgonzoni	1,014,672	43.63	1		League	690,864	31.95	14
						Brothers of Italy	185,796	8.59	3
						Forza Italia	55,317	2.56	1
						Borgonzoni for President	37,462	1.73	–
						Cambiamo! – The People of Family	6,341	0.29	–
						Young People for the Environment	6,007	0.28	–
					Total		981,787	45.41	18
	Simone Benini	80,823	3.48	–		Five Star Movement	102,595	4.74	2
	Domenico Battaglia	10,979	0.47	–		3V Movement	11,187	0.52	–
	Laura Bergamini	10,269	0.44	–		Communist Party	10,287	0.48	–
	Marta Collot	7,029	0.30	–		Power to the People	8,048	0.37	–
	Stefano Lugli	5,983	0.26	–		The Other Emilia-Romagna	7,830	0.36	–
Total candidates		2,325,497	100.00	2	Total parties		2,162,216	100.00	48
Blank and invalid votes		48,477	2.04
Registered voters/turnout		3,508,179	67.67
Source: Ministry of the Interior – Election in Emilia-Romagna

Popular vote PD   34.69% Lega   31.95% FdI   8.59% BP   5.76% M5S   4.74% ERC   3.77% FI   2.56% EV   1.95% BP   1.73% +E   1.53% Others   2.73%

President Bonaccini   51.42% Borgonzoni   43.63% Benini   3.48% Battaglia   0.47% Bergamini   0.44% Collot   0.30% Lugli   0.26%

Seats summary Centre-left   58.00% Centre-right   38.00% M5S   4.00%

Results by province and capital city

Province Stefano Bonaccini Lucia Borgonzoni Others Bologna 331,161 59.66% 198,385 35.74% 25,570 4.60% Modena 194,797 53.05% 154,166 41.98% 18,237 4.97% Reggio Emilia 149,534 55.14% 106,583 39.30% 15,074 5.56% Parma 101,548 45.64% 110,512 49.67% 10,419 4.69% Forlì-Cesena 103,014 49.92% 91,495 44.34% 11,829 5.74% Ravenna 109,553 52.75% 87,386 42.08% 10,733 5.17% Ferrara 74,662 40.76% 100,524 54.88% 7,795 4.36% Rimini 79,685 46.37% 81,789 47.59% 10,378 6.04% Piacenza 51,788 36.87% 83,832 59.68% 4,858 3.45% Total 1,195,742 51.42% 1,014,672 43.63% 115,083 4.95%

City Stefano Bonaccini Lucia Borgonzoni Others Bologna 135,443 64.84% 65,014 31.12% 8,436 4.04% Modena 60,349 61.84% 33,027 33.85% 4,206 4.31% Reggio Emilia 48,786 59.02% 29,563 35.76% 4,318 5.22% Parma 49,696 53.23% 39,282 42.07% 4,387 4.70% Forlì 31,635 52.60% 25,565 42.51% 2,945 4.89% Ravenna 43,912 52.39% 35,309 42.12% 4,604 5.49% Ferrara 34,020 47.85% 34,162 48.05% 2,915 4.10% Rimini 36,438 48.75% 34,028 45.53% 4,273 5.72% Piacenza 20,888 43.59% 25,363 52.93% 1,666 3.44%

Turnout

Region	Time
	12:00	19:00	23:00
Emilia-Romagna	23.44%	58.82%	67.68%
Province	Time
	12:00	19:00	23:00
Bologna	24.97%	61.88%	70.98%
Ferrara	23.63%	57.94%	65.59%
Forlì-Cesena	23.55%	59.39%	67.54%
Modena	23.96%	59.89%	69.11%
Parma	21.98%	55.12%	64.07%
Piacenza	22.55%	54.38%	62.91%
Ravenna	23.67%	60.67%	69.71%
Reggio Emilia	23.54%	58.83%	67.97%
Rimini	19.87%	54.57%	63.54%
Source: Ministry of the Interior – Turnout Archived 26 January 2020 at the Wayback Machine

Map

Seat totals by Province. As this is a PR election, seat totals are determined by popular vote in each province.

Elected councillors

Constituency Party Member Emilia-Romagna (at-large) PD Stefano Bonaccini [lower-alpha 1] Lega Lucia Borgonzoni BP Marco Mastacchi [lower-alpha 2] Bologna PD Raffaele Donini PD Marilena Pillati PD Francesca Marchetti PD Stefano Caliandro PD Antonio Mumolo Lega Michele Facci Lega Daniele Marchetti FdI Marco Lisei BP Mauro Felicori ERC Elly Schlein Igor Taruffi [lower-alpha 3] M5S Silvia Piccinini FI Vittorio Sgarbi Valentina Castaldini [lower-alpha 4] EV Silvia Zamboni Modena PD Palma Costi PD Luca Sabattini PD Francesca Maletti Lega Stefano Bargi Lega Simone Pelloni FdI Michele Barcaiuolo BP Giulia Pigoni M5S Giulia Gibertoni

Constituency Party Member Reggio Emilia PD Alessio Mammi PD Ottavia Soncini PD Andrea Costa Lega Maura Catellani Lega Gabriele Delmonte BP Stefania Bondavalli ERC Elly Schlein Federico Amico [lower-alpha 5] Piacenza Lega Matteo Rancan Lega Valentina Stragliati PD Katia Tarasconi FdI Giancarlo Tagliaferri Parma Lega Fabio Rainieri Lega Emiliano Occhi PD Barabara Lori PD Massimo Iotti Ferrara PD Marcella Zappaterra PD Marco Fabbri Lega Fabio Bergamini Forlì-Cesena PD Lia Montalti PD Massimo Bulbi Lega Massimiliano Pompignoli

Constituency Party Member Ravenna PD Manuela Rontini PD Andrea Corsini Lega Andrea Liverani Rimini PD Emma Petitti PD Nadia Rossi Lega Matteo Montevecchi

1. As President of the Region.
2. Borgonzoni renounced to her Regional Council seat, keeping her seat in the Senate. Mastacchi, of the list "Borgonzoni for President", took over the empty seat.
3. Schlein was elected both in Bologna and Reggio Emilia. Taruffi took over her seat in Bologna.
4. Sgarbi renounced to his Regional Council seat, keeping his seat in the Chamber of Deputies. Castaldini took over the empty seat.
5. Schlein was appointed vice president of the region. Amico took over her seat.

See also

• 2020 Italian regional elections
• Sardines movement

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