Basilicata regional election, 2013

Last updated March 13, 2019

The Basilicata regional election of 2013 took place on 16–17 November 2013.

A snap election was called upon the resignation of the incumbent President, Vito De Filippo of the Democratic Party (PD), on 24 April 2013 and the subsequent dissolution of the Regional Council.^[1] Several regional ministers and councillors had been involved in an expenses scandal (and one minister and two councillors had been arrested).^[2]

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Basilicata is a traditional stronghold of the PD, thus Marcello Pittella (a former Socialist and brother of Gianni Pittella, Vice President of the European Parliament) was elected President by a landslide 59.6% of the vote. Its main opponent, Tito Di Maggio of Civic Choice (supported by the whole centre-right, comprising The People of Freedom and the Union of the Centre), gained a mere 19.4%. The PD was the most voted party with 24.8%, followed by Pittella's personal list with 16.0%.

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Results

Candidates & parties	votes	votes (%)	seats reg. list	seats prov. lists
Marcello Pittella	148,696	59.60	3	10
Democratic Party	58,730	24.84	→	4
Pittella President	37,861	16.01	→	3
Italian Socialist Party	17,680	7.48	→	1
Reality Italy	14,012	5.93	→	1
Democratic Centre (incl. United Populars)	11,938	5.05	→	1
Italy of Values	8,160	3.45	→	0
Tito Di Maggio	48,370	19.39	1	4
The People of Freedom	29,022	12.27	→	2
Civic Choice–Brothers of Italy–Great South	12,033	5.09	→	1
Union of the Centre	9,002	3.81	→	1
Moderates in Revolution	847	0.36	→	0
Piernicola Pedicini	32,919	13.19	-	2
Five Star Movement	21,219	8.97	→	2
Maria Murante	12,888	5.17	-	1
Left Ecology Freedom (incl. PRC)	12,204	5.16	→	1
Florenzo Doino	2,178	0.87	-	-
Workers' Communist Party	869	0.37	→	0
Manuello Doriano	1,917	0.77	-	-
Matera Moves	1,370	0.58	→	0
Franco Grillo	1,300	0.52	-	-
Work and Pensions	799	0.34	→	0
Elisabetta Zamparutti	1,215	0.49	-	-
Rose in the Fist	724	0.31	→	0
Total	249,483	100.00	4	17

Source: Ministry of the Interior

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