2020 Tuscan regional election

Last updated
2020 Tuscan regional election
Flag of Tuscany.svg
  2015 20–21 September 20202025 

All 41 seats in the Regional Council
Turnout62.6% (Increase2.svg14.3%)
 Majority partyMinority party
  Eugenio Giani (cropped).jpg Susanna Ceccardi (cropped2).jpg
Leader Eugenio Giani Susanna Ceccardi
Party Democratic Party Lega
Alliance Centre-left Centre-right
Seats won2514
Seat changeSteady2.svg0Increase2.svg5
Popular vote864,310719,266
Percentage48.6%40.5%
SwingIncrease2.svg0.5%Increase2.svg10.1% [1]

2020 Tuscany election map.svg

President before election

Enrico Rossi
Democratic Party

Elected President

Eugenio Giani
Democratic Party

The 2020 Tuscan regional election was the 7th regional election held in Tuscany, Italy, and took place on 20 and 21 September 2020. It was originally scheduled to take place on 31 May 2020, but it was delayed due to the coronavirus pandemic in Italy. [2] [3] The Democratic candidate, Eugenio Giani, defeated the League candidate, Susanna Ceccardi. Giani took office as President of Tuscany on October 8, 2020.

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. The constituency of Florence 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 of 23 seats in the Regional Council plus the seat of the President (24+1 seats with more than 45% of the vote). If no candidate gets more than 40% of the votes, a run-off is held fourteen days later, where the two top candidates from the first round run against each other. The winning candidate is then ensured a majority in the Regional Council. [4]

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 (PD) (incl. DemoS)45.924Eugenio Giani
Italia VivaMore Europe (IV – +E)
Civic Ecologist Left (incl. Art.1)
Proud Tuscany for Giani (incl. PSI, PRI, CD and IdV)
Green Europe (EV)
Svolta! (IiCVolt – Tuscany in the Heart)
Centre-right coalition League (Lega)16.04Susanna Ceccardi
Forza Italia (FI)8.41
Brothers of Italy (FdI)3.81
Civic Tuscany (incl. C! and FN [5] )
Five Star Movement (M5S)15.04Irene Galletti
Tuscany to the Left (incl. SI, PRC, PaP, SA, èViva)6.31Tommaso Fattori
Communist Party (PC)Salvatore Catello
Italian Communist Party (PCI)Marco Barzanti
3V Movement (M3V)
Tiziana Vigni

Opinion polls

Candidates

Hypothetical candidates

Parties

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 This poll was commissioned by a political party.
  2. Antonfrancesco Vivarelli Colonna (Independent)
  3. Giovanni Donzelli (FdI)

Results

20–21 September 2020 Tuscan regional election results
Tuscany Regional Council 2020.svg
CandidatesVotes %SeatsPartiesVotes %Seats
Eugenio Giani 864,31048.621 Democratic Party 563,11634.6922
Italia VivaMore Europe 72,6494.482
Civic Ecologist Left48,4102.98
Proud Tuscany for Giani47,7782.94
Green Europe 26,9241.66
Svolta!5,2460.32
Total764,12347.0824
Susanna Ceccardi 719,26640.462 League 353,51421.787
Brothers of Italy 219,16513.504
Forza ItaliaUDC 69,4564.281
Civic Tuscany for Change16,9231.04
Total659,05840.6012
Irene Galletti113,7966.401 Five Star Movement 113,8367.011
Tommaso Fattori39,6842.23 Tuscany to the Left 46,5142.87
Salvatore Catello17,0070.96 Communist Party 17,0321.05
Marco Barzanti16,0780.90 Italian Communist Party 15,6170.96
Tiziana Vigni7,6680.43 3V Movement 6,9740.43
Total candidates1,777,809100.004Total parties1,623,154100.0037
Source: Tuscany Region – Electoral Services
Popular vote – Parties
PD
34.69%
League
21.78%
FdI
13.50%
M5S
7.01%
IV
4.48%
FI
4.28%
SCE
2.98%
PT
2.94%
TaS
2.87%
Others
5.47%
Popular vote – President
Giani
48.62%
Ceccardi
40.46%
Galletti
6.40%
Fattori
2.23%
Others
2.29%
Regional Council – Seats summary
Centre-left
60.97%
Centre-right
34.15%
M5S
4.88%

Results by province and capital city

Turnout

RegionTime
20 Sep21 Sep
12:0019:0023:0015:00
Tuscany14.60%36.29%45.89%62.60%
ProvinceTime
20 Sep21 Sep
12:0019:0023:0015:00
Arezzo 13.63%35.60%45.50%64.60%
Florence 16.60%39.74%49.96%66.47%
Grosseto 14.41%33.68%41.87%60.87%
Livorno 14.59%32.87%40.95%57.33%
Lucca 12.39%32.97%41.34%56.64%
Massa and Carrara 12.22%30.98%39.33%54.91%
Pisa 15.27%37.77%48.65%65.57%
Pistoia 13.90%35.77%45.75%61.66%
Prato 15.61%39.69%49.79%64.79%
Siena 13.98%36.22%46.53%64.84%
Source: Tuscany Region – Turnout

See also

Related Research Articles

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Lega Toscana</span> Political party in Tuscany

Lega Toscana, whose complete name is Lega Toscana per Salvini Premier, is a regionalist political party active in Tuscany. Established in 1987, it was one of the founding "national" sections of Lega Nord (LN) in 1991 and has been the regional section of Lega per Salvini Premier (LSP) in Tuscany since 2020.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Politics of Veneto</span>

The politics of Veneto, a region of Italy, takes place in a framework of a semi-presidential representative democracy, whereby the President is the head of government, and of a pluriform multi-party system. Executive power is exercised by the Regional Government. Legislative power is vested in both the government and the Regional Council.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Politics of Tuscany</span>

The politics of Tuscany, Italy take place in the framework of a semi-presidential representative democracy, whereby the President of the Region is the head of government, and of a pluriform multi-party system. Legislative power is vested in the Regional Council of Tuscany, while executive power is exercised by the Regional Government led by the President, who is directly elected by the people. The current Statute, which regulates the functioning of the regional institutions, has been in force since 2005.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2010 Tuscan regional election</span>

The Tuscan regional election of 2010 took place on 28–29 March 2010.

Lega Toscana is a regionalist political party in Italy active in Tuscany.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Guido Crosetto</span> Italian businessman and politician (born 1963)

Guido Crosetto is an Italian businessman and politician, who has been serving as Minister of Defence since 22 October 2022 in the government of Giorgia Meloni.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2015 Tuscan regional election</span>

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

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2015 Ligurian regional election</span>

The Ligurian regional election of 2015 took place on 31 May 2015.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2019 Abruzzo regional election</span> Regional election in Italy

The 2019 Abruzzo regional election took place on 10 February 2019. The election was for all 29 elected seats of the Regional Council of Abruzzo as well as the President of the region who, along with the second placed presidential candidate, would also become members of the Regional Council.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Susanna Ceccardi</span> Italian politician (born 1987)

Susanna Ceccardi is an Italian politician. In May 2019, she was elected to the European Parliament. She served as mayor of Cascina from June 2016 to June 2019.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2019 Basilicata regional election</span>

The 2019 Basilicata regional election took place on 24 March 2019. The election was for all 20 members of the Regional Council of Basilicata, as well as for the President of the Region, who is also a member of the council. This election was the last one in Italy before the 2019 European Parliament election and the third one of the 2019 Italian regional elections.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2019 Piedmontese regional election</span> Italian local election

The 2019 Piedmontese regional election took place on 26 May 2019, the same day as the 2019 European Parliament election in Italy. The election was for all 50 members of the Regional Council of Piedmont, as well as for the president of Piedmont, who is also a member of the council.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Leonardo Marras</span> Italian politician

Leonardo Marras is an Italian politician.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2019 Umbrian regional election</span>

The 2019 Umbrian regional election took place on 27 October 2019. The election was for all 20 members of the Legislative Assembly of Umbria, as well as for the President of the Region, who is also a member of the Assembly.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2020 Campania regional election</span>

The 2020 Campanian regional election took place in Campania, Italy, on 20 and 21 September 2020. It was originally scheduled to take place on 31 May 2020, but it was delayed due to the coronavirus pandemic in Italy.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2020 Ligurian regional election</span>

The 2020 Ligurian regional election took place in Liguria, Italy on 20–21 September 2020. It was originally scheduled to take place on May 31, 2020, but it was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2020 Venetian regional election</span>

The 2020 Venetian regional election took place in Veneto on 20 and 21 September 2020.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2020 Valdostan regional election</span>

The 2020 Valdostan regional election took place on 20 and 21 September 2020 in Aosta Valley, Italy. The election was originally scheduled to take place on 19 April 2020, but was then postponed first to 10 May and then delayed for a second time due to the coronavirus pandemic in Italy.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Eugenio Giani</span> Italian politician

Eugenio Giani is an Italian politician.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">2023 Lombard regional election</span>

The 2023 Lombard regional election took place on 12 and 13 February 2023. The election took place concurrently with the 2023 Lazio regional election, as decided by the Italian government on 9 December 2022.

References

  1. The swing comes from the combined result of LN–FdI (20.0%), Forza Italia (9.1%) and UdC (1.3%) in the 2015 regional election.
  2. "Il governo ha rinviato le elezioni regionali e comunali". Il Post (in Italian). 20 April 2020. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
  3. Elezioni Regionali, il 31 Maggio si vota in Toscana, Veneto, Campania, Puglia, Liguria e Marche
  4. "Articolo » Raccolta Normativa Regione Toscana". Raccoltanormativa.consiglio.regione.toscana.it. Retrieved 2016-04-02.
  5. Elezioni regionali Toscana, il Pd: “Candidato di Forza Nuova a Siena nella lista per Ceccardi”