2025 Calabrian regional election

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2025 Calabrian regional election
Flag of Calabria.svg
  2021 5 and 6 October 2025

All 31 seats to the Regional Council of Calabria
Opinion polls
Turnout43.15% (Decrease2.svg1.21%)
 Majority partyMinority party
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Candidate Roberto Occhiuto Pasquale Tridico
Party FI M5S
Alliance Centre-right Centre-left
Seats won2110
Seat changeSteady2.svgIncrease2.svg2
Popular vote453,926330,813
Percentage57.3%41.7%
SwingIncrease2.svg2.8%Increase2.svg14.0%

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Map of the election results

President before election

Roberto Occhiuto
FI

Elected President

Roberto Occhiuto
FI

The 2025 Calabrian regional election took place in Calabria, Italy, on 5 and 6 October 2025, following the dissolution of the Regional Council after the resignation of the President Roberto Occhiuto on 4 August 2025.

Contents

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. [1]

Seat distribution of the XII legislature [2]
DistrictProvincesSeats
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North Cosenza 14
Center Catanzaro 8
Crotone
Vibo Valentia
South Reggio Calabria 7
President 1
Second-place President1
Total31

Parties and candidates

Presidential candidate

CandidateExperienceAlliance
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Roberto Occhiuto
President of Calabria (2021–present)
Member of the Chamber of Deputies for Calabria (2008–2013; 2014–2021)
Centre-right coalition
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Pasquale Tridico
MEP for Southern Italy (2024–present)
President of National Institute for Social Security (2019–2023)
Centre-left coalition

Parties and coalitions

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

Political party or allianceConstituent listsPrevious resultCandidate
Votes (%)Seats
Centre-right coalition Forza Italia 17.37 Roberto Occhiuto
League 8.34
Brothers of Italy 8.74
Forza Azzurri8.12
Christian DemocracyUnion of the Centre 4.61
Us Moderates 3.00
South calls NorthAnimalist Party
Occhiuto for President
Centre-left coalition Democratic Party 13.25 Pasquale Tridico
Five Star Movement 6.52
Greens and Left Alliance 0.5 [3] 0
Reformist House (incl. IV, +E, PSI, PRI and Az)
Progressive Democrats
Tridico for President (incl. DemoS)
Sovereign Popular Democracy Francesco Toscano

Opinion polls

Pollings

Outcome

Result

5–6 October 2025 Calabrian regional election results
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CandidatesVotes%SeatsPartiesVotes%Seats
Roberto Occhiuto 453,92657.261 Forza Italia 136,50117.987
Occhiuto for President94,03012.394
Brothers of Italy 88,33511.644
League 71,3819.403
Us Moderates 30,6134.032
Christian DemocracyUnion of the Centre 9,7501.280
Forza Azzurri7,9151.040
South calls NorthAnimalist Party 1,5270.200
Total440,05257.9820
Pasquale Tridico 330,81341.731 Democratic Party 103,11913.594
Tridico for President57,8137.622
Five Star Movement 48,7756.431
Progressive Democrats39,7275.231
Reformist House 33,5294.421
Greens and Left Alliance 29,2513.850
Total312,21441.139
Francesco Toscano7,9921.010 Sovereign Popular Democracy 6.7380.890
Total candidates792,731100.02Total parties759,004100.029
Blank and invalid votes22,126
Registered voters/turnout1,888,36843.15
Source: Calabria Region – Results
Popular vote by party
FI
17.98%
PD
13.59%
Occhiuto
12.39%
FdI
11.64%
Lega
9.40%
Tridico
7.62%
M5S
6.43%
DP
5.23%
CR
4.42%
NM
4.03%
AVS
3.85%
DCUdC
1.28%
FA
1.04%
DSP
0.89%
ScNPAI
0.20%
Popular vote by president
Occhiuto
57.26%
Tridico
41.73%
Toscano
1.01%
Seat summary
Centre-right
67.74%
Centre-left
32.26%

Turnout

ConstituencyTurnout Previous Election
SundayMonday
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Cosenza 7.64%21.37%26.21%42.22%44.87%
Catanzaro 8.80%26.00%31.92%45.58%46.96%
Crotone 7.53%23.34%28.80%41.09%39.61%
Vibo Valentina 6.07%20.64%26.67%38.91%40.42%
Reggio Calabria 7.64%24.75%32.24%44.94%44.64%
Flag of Calabria.svg Total7.70%23.19%29.08%43.15%44.36%
Ministry of Interior

Analysis

Occhiuto defeated Tridico by 15.5 points, receiving the strongest support in southern Calabria, where he obtained nearly two-thirds of the vote. He also performed well in the central part of the region, particularly in the province of Crotone. In northern Calabria, his margin was narrower, winning over Tridico by 4.5 points. Of the region’s ten largest cities with populations over 20,000, Occhiuto received more votes than Tridico in eight, while Tridico received more votes in Cosenza and the neighboring municipality of Rende.

Tridico’s support was strongest in and around Cosenza, the central part of Cosenza province around Acri, and along the Ionian coast east of Corigliano-Rossano, including his hometown of Scala Coeli, where he led by 70 points. The nearby municipality of Cariati was the only locality where both candidates received an equal number of votes, with 1,727 each (49.86%). Tridico also received a majority in several municipalities around the Isthmus of Catanzaro.

Elected councilors

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Party / ListCouncilor electedPreference votesConstituency
Forza Italia Roberto Occhiuto President-Elect
Gianluca Gallo30.165Nord
Pasqualina Straface13.363
Elisabetta Santoianni10.661
Sergio Ferrari12.134Centro
Marco Polimeni8.831
Salvatore Cirillo19.225Sud
Domenico Giannetta10.452
Occhiuto PresidentePierluigi Caputo14.791Nord
Rosaria Succurro12.201
Emanuele Ionà6.833Centro
Giacomo Pietro Crinò9.036Sud
Fratelli d'Italia Angelo Brutto6.542Nord
Luciana De Francesco6.542
Antonio Montuoro11.920Centro
Giovanni Calabrese11.351Sud
Lega per Salvini Premier Orlandino Greco5.154Nord
Filippo Mancuso12.130Centro
Giuseppe Mattiani12.619Sud
Us Moderates Riccardo Rosa1.195Nord
Vito Pitaro11.995Centro
Ind. from Five Star Movement Pasquale Tridico Elected as the second-place presidential candidate
Five Star Movement Elisa Scutellà 7.164Nord
Democratic Party Rosellina Madeo6.719Nord
Ernesto Francesco Alecci12.591Centro
Giuseppe Ranuccio10.638Sud
Giuseppe Falcomatà 10.341
Tridico PresidenteFerdinando Laghi5.194Nord
Vincenzo Bruno2.728Centro
Democratici e ProgressistiFrancesco De Cicco6.076Nord
Casa Riformista - Italia Viva Filomena Greco6.670Nord

See also

References

  1. "Elezioni regionali Calabria 2020, la guida: candidati, liste e sondaggi". Money.it (in Italian). 9 January 2020. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
  2. "Elezioni 2025". Regione Calabria (in Italian). Retrieved 7 October 2025.
  3. Only Green Europe