Calabrian regional election, 2014

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The Calabrian regional election of 2014 took place on 23 November 2014.

The election took place after that the incumbent president, Giuseppe Scopelliti of The People of Freedom, was forced to resign by a conviction for abuse of power. Mario Oliverio of the Democratic Party was elected as his successor.

Giuseppe Scopelliti Italian politician

Giuseppe Scopelliti is an Italian politician and a member of the Italian Social Movement (1980s-1995), the National Alliance (1995-2009), The People of Freedom (2009-2013), and the New Centre-right.

The People of Freedom political party in Italy

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

Mario Oliverio Italian politician and mayor

Mario Oliverio is an Italian politician. From 2004 to 2012, he was president of the Province of Cosenza. He has served as President of the Calabria region since December 9, 2014. He is a member of the Democratic Party.

Results

Candidates & partiesvotesvotes (%)seats
Mario Oliverio 490,22961.419
Democratic Party (incl. PSI)185,20923.79
Oliverio President97,61812.55
Progressive Democrats 56,9287.33
Calabria in Network (incl. ApI, AS, DKR, Mod., PRI)40,7635.21
The Left (incl. SEL and PCd'I)34,1204.41
Autonomy and Rights 29,3123.7-
Democratic Centre 26,8313.4-
New CDU 12,0071.5-
Wanda Ferro 188,28823.68
Forza Italia 96,06612.35
House of Freedoms 67,1898.63
Brothers of Italy 19,3532.5-
Vincenzo D'Ascola 69,521 8.73
New Centre-Right 47,5746.13
Union of the Centre 21,0202.7-
Cono Cantelmi 39,6585.0-
Five Star Movement 38,3454.9-
Domenico Gattuso 10,5671.3-
The Other Calabria (incl. PRC)10,0621.3-
Total836,531100.0030

Sources: Ministry of the Interior

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