2025 Apulian regional election

See also: 2025 Italian regional elections

2025 Apulian regional election

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All 51 seats to the Regional Council of Apulia
Opinion polls
Registered	3,527,187
Majority party Minority party   Leader Antonio Decaro Luigi Lobuono Party PD Independent Alliance Centre-left Centre-right Seats won 30 21 Seat change 3 [a] 3 Popular vote 919,665 505,055 Percentage 63.97% 35.13% Swing 6.07% [a] 3.80%
President before election Michele Emiliano PD President Antonio Decaro PD

The 2025 Apulian regional election was held in Apulia, Italy, from 23 to 24 November 2025. ^[1]

Electoral system

The Regional Council of Apulia is made up of 51 seats, in which, one is reserved for the President and the second place candidate, per the electorate law. The first 23 seats are divided at the district level and the remaining 27 at the level of the single regional constituency. The law provides for a single round, with list voting, the possibility of expressing two preferences of different gender within the chosen list, and voting for the candidate for president, on a single ballot.

It is possible to vote for a slate and a candidate for the chair that are not connected to each other (split vote).

Seat distribution of the Regional Council of Apulia

	Provinces	Seats
	Bari	16
	Brindisi	5
	Foggia	8
	Lecce	8
	Taranto	7
	BAT	6
	President	1
Total		51

The candidate who obtains the majority (even only relative) of the votes is elected President of the Region. The lists linked to the elected president are eventually assigned a majority bonus in the following measure:

• At least 29 seats if the elected president has obtained a percentage of preferences higher than 40%
• At least 28 seats if the elected president has obtained a percentage of preferences between 35% and 40%.
• If it falls below 35%, at least 27 councilors would be assigned.

The law provides for a threshold of 8% for coalitions and lists that run on their own and 4% for lists that present themselves in a coalition.

Parties and candidates

Presidential candidate

Candidate	Experience	Alliance
Antonio Decaro	Member of the European Parliament for Southern Italy (2024–present) Mayor of Bari (2014–2024) Member of the Chamber of Deputies (2013–2014)		Centre-left coalition
Luigi Lobuono	President of the Fiera del Levante (2001–2006) Candidate for Mayor of Bari (2004)		Centre-right coalition

Parties and coalitions

Coalition		Party		Candidate
	Centre-left coalition		Democratic Party (incl. +Eu)	Antonio Decaro
			Five Star Movement (incl. PRC)
			Greens and Left Alliance (inc. MET)
			Decaro for President
			For Apulia
			Forward Populars with Decaro (incl. A, PSI and DemoS)
	Centre-right coalition		Brothers of Italy (incl. ScN)	Luigi Lobuono
			Forza Italia
			League – NPSI – UDC (inc. PP)
			Us Moderates – Civics for Lobuono
			Apulia With Us (incl. DC, CDL)
	Pacifist and Popular Apulia (incl. PaP, PCI and RS)			Ada Donno
	Civic Alliance for Apulia			Sabino Mangano

Opinion polls

Presidential candidates

Date	Polling firm	Client	Sample size	Margin of error	Decaro	Lobuono	Donno	Mangano	Others	Lead
5 November 2025 [2]	Ipsos	Corriere della Sera	800	±3.5	63.8	33.1	2.2	0.9		30.7
5 November 2025	Noto	Porta a Porta	-	-	65.0	33.0	2.0			32
7 November 2025	Tecnè srl	Agenzia Dire	1000	±3.1	62–66	32–36	1–3			30
7 November 2025	Only Numbers	Gazzetta del Mezzogiorno	800	±3.5	59.8–64.0	34.0–38.2	0.7–1.7	0.4–1.2		25.8

Electoral lists

Publication date	Institute	Client	Sample	Margin of error	PD	M5S	AVS	A-Pop	Dec-P	PlP	FdI	Lega–UDC–NPSI	FI	NM	DC–LPCN	PPP	AC	Lead
5 November 2025 [2]	Ipsos	Corriere della Sera	800	±3.5	23.5	8.7	5.6	5.9	13.2	6.3	17.3	4.5	9.6	1.6	0.8	2.1	0.9	6.2
7 November 2025	Tecnè	Agenzia Dire	1000	±3.1	22–26	7–11	4–8	23–27			15–12	2–6	8–12	1–5		1–3		7

Outcome

Result

23–24 November 2025 Apulian regional election results

Candidates		Votes	%	Seats	Parties		Votes	%	Seats
	Antonio Decaro	919,665	63.97	1
						Democratic Party	344,228	25.94	14
						Decaro for President	168,945	12.72	7
						For Apulia	113,515	8.54	4
						Five Star Movement	95,963	7.22	4
						Greens and Left Alliance	54,358	4.09	0
						Forward Populars with Decaro	54,306	4.09	0
					Total		831.315	62.57	29
	Luigi Lobuono	505,055	35.13	1
						Brothers of Italy	248,904	18.73	11
						Forza Italia	121,015	9.11	5
						League	106,853	8.04	4
						Us Moderates	10,997	0.83	0
						Apulia With Us	1,127	0.08	0
					Total		488,896	36.80	20
	Ada Donno	10,070	0.70	0		Pacifist and Popular Apulia	6,734	0.51	0
	Sabino Mangano	2,819	0.20	0		Civic Alliance for Apulia	1,683	0.13	0
Blank and invalid votes		37,828	2.56
Total candidates		1,437,609	100.0	2	Total parties		1,328,628	100.0	49
Registered voters/turnout		1,475,437	41.83
Source: Apulia Region – Results

Popular vote by party

PD			25.94%
FdI			18.73%
Decaro			12.72%
FI			9.11%
PlP			8.54%
Lega			8.04%
M5S			7.22%
AVS			4.09%
AP			4.09%
Others			1.52%

Popular vote by president

Decaro			63.97%
Lobuono			35.13%
Others			0.90%

Turnout

Voter turnout [3]
Constituency	Sunday, November 23			Monday, November 24	Previous Election
	12:00 PM	19:00 PM	23:00 PM	15:00 PM
Bari	9.00%	23.89%	30.07%	42.30%	56.87%	14.56%
Barletta-Andria-Trani	8.52%	22.65%	28.81%	41.22%	59.98%	18.76%
Brindisi	8.62%	24.33%	29.58%	41.94%	54.80%	12.89%
Foggia	7.18%	20.44%	26.15%	38.61%	52.74%	14.13%
Lecce	9.40%	27.33%	32.15%	44.50%	58.12%	13.62%
Taranto	7.69%	22.09%	27.90%	40.60%	55.75%	15.15%
Total	8.55%	23.75%	29.44%	41.82%	56.43%	14.60%

Decaro won in a landslide with 64% of the votes, winning all provinces with at least 53% of the votes. He was the strongest in his former fiefdom, the Metropolitan City of Bari, where he received over 70% of the votes, and also in the Province of Foggia, where he also won more than a two-thirds of the vote. Lobuono was stronger in the Salento area, especially in the province of Lecce, where he won 45.32% of the vote, but still lost to Decaro by 8.5 points, also Taranto, where he won nearly 40 percent of the vote, though still lost to Decaro by 20 points.

Decaro sweeped the region's 26 cities with population over 30,000, with Lobuono winning only one - Nardò, by 15.5 points. Decaro won his hometown Bari by 71.5%, with a massive 44.5% margin. The only provincial capital where Lobuono received over 40% of the vote was Lecce, albeit barely (40.35%) and still lost to Decaro by 18 points.

Province Antonio Decaro Luigi Lobuono Others Foggia 137,246 68.62% 61,456 30.73% 1,298 0.65% Barletta-Andria-Trani 85,405 63.89% 47,424 35.48% 853 0.64% Bari 322,722 70.37% 131,244 28.62% 4,641 1.01% Taranto 113,292 59.34% 75,924 39.77% 1,696 0.89% Brindisi 92,634 65.82% 46,860 33.30% 1,246 0.88% Lecce 168,366 53.68% 142,147 45.32% 3,155 1.01%

City Antonio Decaro Luigi Lobuono Others Bari 81,866 71.51% 30,837 26.94% 1,771 1.55% Taranto 33,283 63.06% 18,908 35.82% 592 1.12% Foggia 32,925 69.36% 14,055 29.61% 491 1.04% Andria 22,512 65.02% 11,944 34.50% 169 0.48% Lecce 20,184 58.34% 13,959 40.35% 454 1.31% Barletta 22,811 63.52% 12,886 35.88% 216 0.60% Brindisi 18,204 64.78% 9,672 34.42% 225 0.80% Altamura 16,609 64.48% 8,976 34.85% 173 0.67% Molfetta 16,420 80.06% 3,836 18.70% 253 1.23% Cerignola 8,409 57.50% 6,146 42.02% 70 0.48% Trani 12,290 62.17% 7,348 37.17% 131 0.67% Bisceglie 13,488 74.47% 4,462 24.63% 163 0.90% Manfredonia 12,006 68.44% 5,429 30.95% 108 0.62% Bitonto 13,300 69.52% 5,698 29.78% 134 0.70% San Severo 10,098 71.56% 3,941 27.93% 73 0.52% Monopoli 10,819 62.86% 6,275 36.46% 118 0.69% Corato 11,210 67.90% 5,142 31.15% 157 0.95% Martina Franca 11,261 56.62% 8,435 42.41% 191 0.96% Gravina in Puglia 8,623 59.23% 5,856 40.22% 80 0.55% Fasano 9,577 68.24% 4,358 31.05% 99 0.71% Modugno 11,280 81.57% 2,416 17.47% 132 0.95% Francavilla Fontana 7,075 62.39% 4,174 36.81% 91 0.81% Massafra 7,168 69.59% 3,096 30.06% 36 0.35% Nardò 6,103 41.98% 8,353 57.46% 81 0.56%

See also

• 2025 Italian local elections

References

1. "Elezioni regionali Puglia, Campania e Veneto: election day 23-24 novembre". Progetto Omnia. Retrieved 2025-10-06.
2. "Ipsos poll|Regional elections in Puglia: centre-left ahead, Decaro with 30-point lead. PD in front, then Brothers of Italy" (in Italian).
3. "Elezioni Regionali 2025, affluenza alle urne". elezioni.interno.gov.it (in Italian).

1. This is compared to the total of Michele Emiliano (Centre-left coalition) and Antonella Laricchia (M5S) in 2020.