Abruzzo regional election, 2008

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The Abruzzo regional election of 2008 took place on 14–15 December 2008, due to the early resignation of President Ottaviano Del Turco, after his indictment for alleged corruption. [1] [2] The election was to take place on 30 November–1 December, but was postponed because of legal issues over the ammission of the list of For the Common Good. [3]

Ottaviano Del Turco Italian politician

Ottaviano Del Turco is an Italian politician.

For the Common Good

For the Common Good was a left-wing political coalition in Italy. Its leader was Stefano Montanari.

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The candidate of The People of Freedom (PdL) was Gianni Chiodi, a former mayor of Teramo. [4] The PdL rejected any alliance with the Union of the Centre (UDC) and The Right in order to strengthen its goal of becoming a majority force free from the blackmails of small "old politics" parties. [5]

The People of Freedom political party in Italy

The People of Freedom was a centre-right political party in Italy.

Teramo Comune in Abruzzo, Italy

Teramo is a city and comune in the Italian region of Abruzzo, the capital of the province of Teramo.

The Right (Italy) political party

The Right was a national-conservative political party in Italy. Its leader and founder was Francesco Storace.

On the centre-left, local and national leaders of Democratic Party (PD) tried to produce a joint candidate with Italy of Values (IdV) and UDC, but IdV said that an alliance with the PD was possible only if the PD would have supported their own candidate, Carlo Constantini. IdV was even tempted by running a solitary campaign: Abruzzo was in fact a stronghold for the party, whose leader Antonio Di Pietro came from neighbouring Molise. However, in late October, the PD agreed to support Costantini at the head of a large centre-left coalition, comprising also the Communist Refoundation Party (PRC), the Party of Italian Communists (PdCI), the Federation of the Greens and the Socialist Party (PS). [6]

Democratic Party (Italy) political party in Italy

The Democratic Party is a social-democratic political party in Italy.

Italy of Values Centrist populist and anti-corruption political party in Italy.

Italy of Values is a centrist, populist and anti-corruption political party in Italy. The party was founded in 1998 by former Mani pulite prosecutor Antonio Di Pietro, who entered politics in 1996 and finally left the party in 2014. IdV has aimed at gathering and giving voice to different sectors of the Italian society. From the beginning of its existence one of its major issues has been the so-called "moral issue". However, in early 2010s IdV was eclipsed by the new-born Five Star Movement, founded by comedian Beppe Grillo, which used the same populist and anti-corruption rhetoric.

Antonio Di Pietro Italian politician, magistrate and lawyer

Antonio Di Pietro is an Italian politician and lawyer. He was a minister in government of Romano Prodi, a Senator, and a Member of the European Parliament. He was a prosecutor in the Mani Pulite corruption trials in the early 1990s.

The PD tried to woo also the UDC in the centre-left coalition, but the UDC refused any alliance with populist IdV and decided to run its own candidate, Rodolfo De Laurentiis. [7] Teodoro Buontempo was the candidate of The Right. [8]

Teodoro Buontempo was an Italian politician.

On election day Gianni Chiodi defeated Carlo Costantini. The election was a major defeat for the PD, while IdV had a very good result, despite the poor showing of its candidate, who won less votes than its supporting parties.

Results

Candidates & partiesvotesvotes (%)seats
reg. list		seats
prov. lists
Giovanni Chiodi 295,37148.81819
The People of Freedom 190,91935.19→15
Raise Abruzzo! (Future Abruzzo–DC–LD–PRI)40,2567.42→3
Movement for Autonomy 18,0403.32→1
Liberal Socialists 7,7531.43→0
Carlo Costantini 258,19942.67115
Democratic Party 106,41019.61→7
Italy of Values 81,55715.03→5
Communist Refoundation Party 15,4352.84→1
Federation of the Greens–Democratic Left 12,0542.22→1
Party of Italian Communists 9,9551.83→1
Socialist Party 9,3871.73→-
Democrats for Abruzzo7,5071.38→-
Rodolfo De Laurentiis 32,6045.39-2
Union of the Centre–UDEUR 30,4525.61→2
Teodoro Buontempo 11,5141.90--
The Right 9,5971.77→0
Ilaria Del Biondo6,6250.76--
Workers' Communist Party 2,0180.37→0
Angelo Di Prospero2,7910.46--
For the Common Good 1,2370.23→0
Total605,104100.00936

Source: Ministry of the Interior

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  1. ↑ http://archiviostorico.corriere.it/2008/luglio/15/Tangenti_per_milioni_Del_Turco_co_9_080715096.shtml
  2. ↑ http://archiviostorico.corriere.it/2008/luglio/18/Del_Turco_lascia_guardate_miei_co_9_080718101.shtml
  3. ↑ http://www.agi.it/ultime-notizie-page/200811251228-pol-rom1077-art.html%5Bpermanent+dead+link%5D
  4. ↑ http://www.agi.it/l-aquila/notizie/200810161229-pol-raq0029-art.html%5Bpermanent+dead+link%5D
  5. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-10-20. Retrieved 2008-10-17.
  6. ↑ "{title}". Archived from the original on 2009-05-12. Retrieved 2018-09-30.
  7. ↑ http://www.repubblica.it/ultimora/24ore/ABRUZZO-CESA-IDV-E-PD-OK-MA-CON-NOSTRO-CANDIDATO/news-dettaglio/3361495
  8. ↑ http://www.iltempo.it/politica/2012/12/14/e-la-destra-candida-buontempo-1.258077


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