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The 2020 Valdostan regional election took place on 20 and 21 September 2020 in Aosta Valley, Italy. [1] The election was originally scheduled to take place on 19 April 2020, [2] but was then postponed first to 10 May and then delayed for a second time due to the coronavirus pandemic in Italy. [3]
The Regional Council of Aosta Valley (Italian : Consiglio regionale della Valle d'Aosta, French : Conseil de la Vallée) is composed by 35 members. The Council is elected for a five-year term. There is only one regional constituency. The President of Aosta Valley is elected by the Council. The electoral law was recently changed by the L.R. 16/2017 and the L.R. 9/2019. [4]
The election of the Regional Council is based on a direct choice for the candidate and it is possible to express only one preference for the list. If a single party list or a coalition of party lists gets more than 42% of valid votes cast, it is assigned a majority bonus of 21 seats. If no one reach this threshold, the seats are determined proportionally. For the proportional allocation there are two thresholds: given the largest remainder method by dividing the valid votes cast for all lists and the seats to be assigned, if a party list doesn't reach the minimum quota required, the party list is excluded to the allocation of the seats. However, if a party list gets only one seat during the first allocation of seats, it is excluded and its seat is reallocated. [5] [ clarification needed ]
Aosta Valley returned to the vote earlier than the deadline by decision of the interim president Renzo Testolin, following investigations into the infiltration of the 'Ndrangheta in the politics of the region at all levels. Former president Antonio Fosson was investigated for electoral exchange between the political and mafia. The same accusation is directed at two former assessors of his government, Laurent Viérin (former president) and Stefano Borrello. Two other former presidents – Pierluigi Marquis and Augusto Rollandin – were also seeking the support of the local clans who infiltrated the Valley, according to the prosecutor's office. [6]
The following parties participated in the election: [7]
| Party | Main ideology | Seats | |
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| Valdostan Alliance (UVP–ALPE) – Edelweiss – Italia Viva | Progressivism | 10 | |
| Lega Vallée d'Aoste (incl. Young Aosta Valley) | Right-wing populism | 7 | |
| Valdostan Union | Regionalism | 5 | |
| Five Star Movement | Populism | 4 | |
| United Aosta Valley (incl. Mouv', Together) | Progressivism | 3 | |
| Progressive Civic Project (PD – RC – EV) (incl. AD, Pos) | Social democracy, Green politics | 2 | |
| Free Aosta Valley – Animalist Party | Regionalism, Animal rights | 2 | |
| Centre-right Aosta Valley (FI – FdI) (incl. NVdA, PNV) | Liberal conservatism, National conservatism | 1 | |
| Renaissance | Liberalism | 0 | |
| For Autonomy | Regionalism | 0 | |
| Future Aosta Valley | Progressivism | 0 | |
| Sovereign Aosta Valley Country | Regionalism | 0 | |
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| Parties | Votes | % | Seats | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lega Vallée d'Aoste | 15,837 | 23.90 | 11 | |
| Valdostan Union | 10,470 | 15.80 | 7 | |
| Progressive Civic Project | 10,106 | 15.25 | 7 | |
| Valdostan Alliance – Edelweiss – Italia Viva | 5,880 | 8.87 | 4 | |
| United Aosta Valley | 5,397 | 8.14 | 3 | |
| For Autonomy | 4,212 | 6.36 | 3 | |
| Forza Italia – Brothers of Italy | 3,761 | 5.68 | 0 | |
| Renaissance | 3,289 | 4.98 | 0 | |
| Five Star Movement | 2,589 | 3.91 | 0 | |
| Sovereign Aosta Valley Country | 1,876 | 2.83 | 0 | |
| Future Aosta Valley | 1,761 | 2.66 | 0 | |
| Free Aosta Valley – Animalist Party | 1,084 | 1.64 | 0 | |
| Valid votes | 66,283 | 91.17 | – | |
| Blank votes | 2,642 | 3.63 | – | |
| Invalid votes | 3,777 | 5.20 | – | |
| Total | 72,702 | 100.00 | 35 | |
| Registered voters/turnout | 103,127 | 70.50 | – | |
| Source: Autonomous Region of Aosta Valley – Results | ||||
| Region | Time | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 Sep | 21 Sep | |||
| 12:00 | 19:00 | 23:00 | 15:00 | |
| Aosta Valley | 17.66% | 42.68% | 54.16% | 70.50% |
| Source: Aosta Valley Region – Turnout | ||||
After the election, a centre-left/regionalist coalition government was formed. It was headed by Erik Lavévaz, leader of the Valdostan Union (UV), and composed of three UV members (President and two ministers), three from the "Progressive Civic Project" and one each from the Valdostan Union, Edelweiss and Mouv'. [8] [9] [10]
The Valdostan Union, also Valdostian Union or Valdotanian Union, is a regionalist and centrist political party in Aosta Valley, Italy. It represents mainly the French-speaking minority in the region. One of its leading members, Renzo Testolin, has been the President of Aosta Valley since March 2023, replacing Erik Lavévaz, also of the UV.
Autonomy Liberty Democracy was a centre-left coalition in Aosta Valley, Italy. It took part to three Italian general elections and elected representatives in both houses of the Italian Parliament.
Edelweiss is a regionalist, Christian-democratic political party active in Aosta Valley, Italy.
The Autonomist Federation was a regionalist, centrist, Italian political party active in Aosta Valley. Social-liberal and social-democratic, the party's ideology lately tilted toward Christian democracy. The party's last leader was Claudio Lavoyer, a long-time regional councillor and former regional minister.
Aosta Valley is a regionalist coalition of parties active in Aosta Valley, Italy.
Lega Vallée d'Aoste, whose complete name is Lega Vallée d'Aoste per Salvini Premier, is a regionalist political party active in Aosta Valley. The party was a "national" section of Lega Nord (LN) from 1991 to 2000 and has been the regional section of Lega per Salvini Premier (LSP) in Aosta Valley since 2020.
The politics of Aosta Valley, Italy, have since 1946 taken place in a framework of a parliamentary representative democracy, whereby the president of Aosta Valley has been the head of government, and of a pluralistic multi-party system. The regional government has exercised legislative power, vested in both the government and the Regional Council of Aosta Valley.
Autonomy Liberty Participation Ecology was a regionalist political party active in Aosta Valley, Italy, whose progressive ideology mixes elements of social democracy and green politics. The party was a member of the European Free Alliance.
The Progressive Valdostan Union was a centre-left political party active in the Aosta Valley, Italy. Leading members were Laurent Viérin, Luigi Bertschy and Giuliano Morelli.
For Our Valley is a centrist political party active in Aosta Valley, Italy.
The Alternative Greens was a green political party in Aosta Valley, which used to be the regional section of the Federation of the Greens.
The Valdostan Autonomist Popular Edelweiss was a centrist political party active in Aosta Valley, Italy. The party was originally named Autonomist Popular Edelweiss.
The 2018 Valdostan regional election took place on 20 May 2018 in Aosta Valley, Italy.
Mouv', officially United Aosta Valley – Mouv', was a progressive political party active in Aosta Valley, Italy. The party was launched in March 2017 as a split from the Progressive Valdostan Union (UVP).
Civic Network is a left-wing political party active in Aosta Valley, Italy.
Erik Lavévaz is an Italian politician and entrepreneur. He became the president of Aosta Valley on 21 October 2020, after being president of Valdostan Union since 2018 and mayor of Verrayes from 2005 to 2019.
The Valdostan Alliance was a regionalist and progressive political party active in Aosta Valley, Italy.
For Autonomy is a centrist political party active in Aosta Valley, Italy.
Renzo Testolin is an Italian politician and accountant from the Valdostan Union party, current President of Aosta Valley.
The Progressive Civic Project is a left-wing coalition of political parties active in Aosta Valley, Italy.
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