2024 Abruzzo regional election

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2024 Abruzzo regional election
Flag of Abruzzo.svg
  2019 10 March 20242029 

All 31 seats to the Regional Council of Abruzzo
Turnout52.4% (Decrease2.svg 0.7%)
 Majority partyMinority party
  Marco Marsilio datisenato 2018 (cropped).jpg Luciano D'Amico (cropped).jpg
Candidate Marco Marsilio Luciano D'Amico
Party Brothers of Italy Independent
Alliance Centre-right Centre-left
Seats won1813
Seat changeSteady2.svg0Steady2.svg0
Popular vote326,660 284,748
Percentage53.5%46.5%
SwingIncrease2.svg5.5%Decrease2.svg5.0% [nb 1]

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Maps of the results of the presidential election and legislative election

President before election

Marco Marsilio
FdI

Elected President

Marco Marsilio
FdI

The 2024 Abruzzo regional election took place on 10 March 2024. The election was for all 29 elected seats of the Regional Council of Abruzzo, as well as the president of Abruzzo who, along with the second placed presidential candidate, automatically became members of the Regional Council. It was the second election of the 2024 Italian regional elections.

Contents

The election was won by the centre-right coalition's incumbent president, Marco Marsilio of Brothers of Italy, over the independent centre-left coalition candidate, Luciano D'Amico, an economist and professor at the University of Teramo, 53.5% to 46.5%. The centre-left coalition, which remains divided at the national level but came from an upset win and gain in the 2024 Sardinian regional election, included both the Five Star Movement and the Action and Italia Viva parties. Despite this combination, known as campo larghissimo, it was not enough for the opposition to win in Abruzzo, although it lost by 7% in what was the fourth most right-wing region of Italy. Marsilio became thus the first president of Abruzzo to be re-elected.

Background

In the 2019 Abruzzo regional election, Marco Marsilio and the centre-right coalition won over the Democratic Party and centre-left coalition candidate Giovanni Legnini 48.0% to 31.3%, with 20.2% of the votes going to the Five Star Movement candidate Sara Marcozzi, who later in July 2023 joined Forza Italia within the centre-right coalition. [1] [2] In January 2022, the election was called for 10 March 2024. [3]

Electoral system

The electoral law is based on proportional representation and is thus proportional to the share of the votes each party receives, with an electoral threshold of 4% of the vote for parties that are not members of coalitions and 2% for those included in a coalition. The election of the Regional Council occurs on a regional basis within the four districts of Abruzzo, coinciding with the four provinces of the region. The district of Chieti elects eight councilors, while Pescara, L'Aquila, and Teramo each elect seven councillors. The president of the Regional Council and the presidential candidate who received the second largest number of votes also become members of the regional council. The candidate who obtains the majority of valid votes at the regional level becomes president. Every candidate must be linked to a party list or an electoral coalition running for the Regional Council. A majority of 60% to 65% of the seats is then allocated to the party or coalition of the elected president. [4]

Political parties and candidates

Political party or allianceConstituent listsPrevious resultCandidate
Votes (%)Seats
Centre-right coalition League (Lega) (incl. AP)27.510
Forza Italia (FI)9.03
Brothers of Italy (FdI)6.52
Union of the CentreChristian Democracy (UDC–DC)2.91
Marsilio for President
Us Moderates
Centre-left coalition Five Star Movement (M5S)19.77
Luciano D'Amico
Democratic Party (PD)11.13
Reformists and Civics (Abruzzo in CommonAbruzzo AlivePSI) (incl. +E)3.91
Greens and Left Alliance – Progressive and Solidary Abruzzo (incl. EV, SI, and DemoS)2.80
Abruzzo Together2.70
Action–Socialists Populars Reformists

Opinion polls

Political parties

Approval ratings

Marco Marsilio
DatePolling firmApproveDisapproveUndecided
21 Feb 2024 Noto 4060
17-21 Feb 2024 Winpoll 4753
12–16 Feb 2024 Bidimedia 40564
8–13 Dec 2023 Lab2101 51.448.6
Oct 2023 Piepoli 1882
Aug 2023 Lab2101 51.248.8
Jul 2023 Noto 4555
May 2023 SWG 3565
10–23 Aug 2022 Lab2101 50.949.1
Jul 2022 Noto 4654
May 2022 SWG 3664
Jul 2021 Noto 4555
Luciano D'Amico
DatePolling firmApproveDisapproveUndecided
21 Feb 2024 Noto 4159
17-21 Feb 2024 Winpoll 5941
12–16 Feb 2024 Bidimedia 45505

Results

10 March 2024 Abruzzo regional election results
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CandidatesVotes %SeatsPartiesVotes %Seats
Marco Marsilio 326,66053.501 Brothers of Italy 139,57824.108
Forza Italia 77,84113.444
League 43,8167.562
Marsilio for President33,1025.722
Us Moderates 15,5162.681
Union of the CentreChristian Democracy 6,7841.17
Total316,63754.6717
Luciano D'Amico284,74846.501 Democratic Party 117,49720.296
Abruzzo Together44,3537.662
Five Star Movement 40,6297.012
Action–Socialists Populars Reformists23,1564.001
Greens and Left Alliance 20,6553.571
Reformists and Civics16,2752.81
Total262,56545.3312
Invalid votes18,197
Total candidates612,408100.002Total parties579,202100.0029
Registered voters1,208,20751.19
Source: Ministry of the Interior – Results
Popular vote
FdI
24.10%
PD
20.29%
FI
13.44%
AI
7.66%
Lega
7.56%
M5S
7.01%
Marsilio
5.72%
Az
4.00%
AVS
3.57%
RC
2.81%
NM
2.68%
UDC
1.17%
President
Marsilio
53.5%
D'Amico
46.5%

Voter turnout

RegionTime
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Abruzzo 15.90%43.93%52.38%
ProvinceTime
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Chieti 14.88%40.47%48.48%
L'Aquila 16.79%47.51%55.50%
Pescara 16.13%44.45%53.40%
Teramo 16.19%44.67%53.15%
Source: Ministry of the Interior – Turnout

Notes

  1. Compared to the combined vote share achieved in the 2019 Abruzzo regional election by the centre-left coalition and the Five Star Movement, which at the time were not allied.

References

  1. "Marcozzi, ex candidata M5S Abruzzo, aderisce a Forza Italia". Agenzia ANSA (in Italian). 27 July 2023. Retrieved 26 March 2024.
  2. "La consigliera regionale Sara Marcozzi aderisce a Forza Italia". ChietiToday (in Italian). 28 July 2023. Retrieved 26 March 2024.
  3. Litterio, Natalfrancesco (22 January 2024). "Elezioni regionali Abruzzo 2024, le liste e i candidati". Il Capoluogo (in Italian). Retrieved 14 March 2024.
  4. "Osservatorio elettorale – Normativa Regionale". Regione Abruzzo (in Italian). 2024. Archived from the original on 26 March 2024. Retrieved 26 March 2024.