2021 Calabrian regional election

2021 Calabrian regional election
All 31 seats to the Regional Council of Calabria
Turnout	44.36% (0.1%)
	Seats won by each party in each electoral constituency and winner by province.
President before election; Antonino Spirlì (acting); Lega Nord	Elected President; Roberto Occhiuto ; Forza Italia

Last updated February 06, 2025

The 2021 Calabrian regional election took place in Calabria, Italy, on 3 and 4 October 2021, following the dissolution of the regional parliament after the death of regional president Jole Santelli. It was originally scheduled to take place on 14 February 2021, then on 11 April 2021, and was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy.^[1]^[2]

Electoral system

Even if a district list is linked to a regional list that exceeds 8% of the vote, the district list must obtain at least 4% of the vote in the whole region in order to elect their own representatives. To ensure governance, the candidate who receives the most votes wins a majority bonus of 55% of the seats.^[3]

Parties and candidates

This is a list of the parties, and their respective leaders, which will participate in the election.^[4]

Political party or alliance		Constituent lists		Previous result		Candidate
Political party or alliance		Constituent lists		Votes (%)	Seats	Candidate
	Centre-right		Forza Italia	12.3	5	Roberto Occhiuto
			League	12.3	4
			Brothers of Italy	10.9	4
			Union of the Centre	6.8	2
			Us with Italy (incl. PdF)	—	—
			Coraggio Italia	—	—
			Forza Azzurri – Occhiuto for President	—	—
	Centre-left		Democratic Party	15.2	5	Amalia Bruni
			Five Star Movement	6.3	–
			Amalia Bruni for President – Safe Calabria	—	—
			Treasure Calabria	5.2	–
			Italian Socialist Party	—	—
			Green Europe	—	—
			Animalist Party – Progressive Democrats (incl. Art. 1)	—	—
	de Magistris coalition		Democracy and Autonomy	—	—	Luigi de Magistris
			de Magistris for President	—	—
			United with de Magistris	—	—
			For Calabria with de Magistris	—	—
			Another Calabria is Possible (incl. SI)	—	—
			Resistant and Solidary Calabria (incl. PaP, PCI)	—	—
	Oliviero coalition		Oliverio for President – Calabrian Identity	—	—	Mario Oliverio

Potential candidates

Centre-left coalition: Jasmine Cristallo,^[5] Anna Falcone^[5] Pietro Grasso,^[6] Marco Minniti,^[7] Franco Mirabelli,^[6] Antonio Viscomi.^[7]
Centre-right coalition: Sergio Abramo,^[7] Fulvia Caligiuri,^[7] Gianluca Gallo,^[7] Maria Limardo,^[7] Mario Occhiuto.^[7]
Five Star Movement: Nicola Morra.^[6]

Withdrawn candidates

Centre-left coalition: Nicola Irto,^[8] Maria Antonietta Ventura.^[9]

Opinion polls

Candidates

Date	Polling firm/Client	Sample size	Occhiuto	Bruni	De Magistris	Oliverio	Undecided	Lead
Date	Polling firm/Client	Sample size					Undecided	Lead
12–15 Sep 2021	Noto	1,000	46.0	30.0	19.0	5.0	34.0	16.0
12–14 Sep 2021	Winpoll	1,000	39.4	39.2	18.9	2.5	—	0.2
8–10 Sep 2021	EMG	1,000	48.0	30.0	19.0	3.0	—	18.0

Parties

Date	Polling firm	Sample size	Centre-right							Centre-left				De Magistris	Oliverio	Lead
			FdI	FI	Lega	FA	UDC	NcI	CI	PD	M5S	PSI	Other	De Magistris	Oliverio
													Other
8–10 Sep 2021	EMG	—	12.0	10.0	8.0	5.0	5.0	5.0	4.0	15.0	7.0	3.0	6.0	17.0	3.0	3.0
26 Jan 2020	Election result	-	10.9	12.3	12.3	DNP	6.8	DNP	DNP	15.2	6.3	DNP	DNP	DNP	DNP	2.9

Results

3 and 4 October 2021 Calabrian regional election results
Candidates		Votes	%	Seats	Parties		Votes	%	Seats

	Roberto Occhiuto	431,675	54.46	1		Forza Italia	131,882	17.31	7
						Brothers of Italy	66,277	8.70	4
						League	63,459	8.33	4
						Forza Azzurri – Occhiuto for President	61,828	8.11	2
						Coraggio Italia	43,159	5.66	2
						Union of the Centre	34,923	4.58	1
						Us with Italy	23,138	3.04	–
					Total		424,666	55.72	20
	Amalia Bruni	219,389	27.68	1		Democratic Party	100,437	13.18	5
						Five Star Movement	49,414	6.48	2
						Amalia Bruni for President – Safe Calabria	28,733	3.77	–
						Treasure Calabria	17,358	2.38	–
						Italian Socialist Party	7,024	0.92	–
						Green Europe	3,755	0.49	–
						Animalist Party – Progressive Democrats	2,259	0.30	–
					Total		208,980	27.42	7
	Luigi de Magistris	128,204	16.17	–		de Magistris for President	39,338	5.16	2
						Democracy and Autonomy	25,929	3.40	–
						Another Calabria is possible	18,235	2.39	–
						United with de Magistris	12,390	1.63	–
						For Calabria with de Magistris	10,547	1.38	–
						Resistant and Solidary Calabria	9,175	1.20	–
					Total		115,614	15.17	2
	Mario Oliverio	13,440	1.70	–		Oliverio for President – Calabrian Identity	12,838	1.68	–

Blank and invalid votes		45,983	5.48
Total candidates		792,708	100.00	2	Total parties		762,098	100.00	29
Registered voters/turnout		1,890,732	44.36
Source: Ministry of the Interior – Election in Calabria

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[1] "Calabria, scelta la data per le elezioni regionali: si tornerà alle urne il 14 febbraio". il Fatto Quotidiano. 1 December 2020. Retrieved 11 December 2020.

[2] "Calabria: Spirlì, al voto l'11 aprile" (in Italian). ANSA. 3 January 2021. Retrieved 4 January 2021.

[3] "Elezioni regionali Calabria 2020, la guida: candidati, liste e sondaggi". Money.it (in Italian). 9 January 2020. Retrieved 11 January 2020.

[4] Maestri, Pubblicato da Gabriele. "Calabria, simboli e curiosità sulla scheda" . Retrieved 2021-09-25.

[Tiscali_candidates-5] 1 2 "Il Pd punta su Anna Falcone, ma è nel caos. Il Centrodestra su Occhiuto. Il Centrosinistra rischia un'altra debacle in Calabria" (in Italian). Tiscali. 13 June 2021. Retrieved 13 June 2021.

[Repubblica_candidates-6] 1 2 3 "Calabria, per la sfida di primavera l'ipotesi Morra con il patto M5s-Pd" (in Italian). La Repubblica. 4 January 2021. Retrieved 4 January 2021.

[Candidates-7] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 "Regionali 2021, il centrodestra con 7 liste, il Pd in eterna lite e il M5S apre al confronto" (in Italian). CalabriaNews24. 9 December 2020. Retrieved 4 January 2021.

[8] "Caos Calabria, il dem Nicola Irto si ritira per la seconda volta". Il manifesto. 11 June 2021. Retrieved 12 June 2021.

[9] "Elezioni regionali. Si ritira Maria Antonietta Ventura, candidata del centrosinistra per la Calabria". La Repubblica. 2 July 2021. Retrieved 3 July 2021.

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