A round of regional elections in Italy took place during 2014 in 5 regions out of 20 including Sardinia (16 February), Piedmont and Abruzzo (25 May), Emilia-Romagna and Calabria (23 November).
Italy elects, at the national level, a Parliament consisting of two houses: the Chamber of Deputies with 630 members; and the Senate of the Republic with 315 elected members, plus a few senators for life. The President of the Republic is elected for a seven-year term by the two houses of Parliament in joint session.
The regions of Italy are the first-level administrative divisions of Italy, constituting its second NUTS administrative level. There are 20 regions, of which five are constitutionally given a broader amount of autonomy granted by special statutes.
Sardinia is the second-largest island in the Mediterranean Sea. It is located west of the Italian Peninsula and to the immediate south of the French island of Corsica.
Region | Former president | Party | Elected president | Party | ||
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Abruzzo | Giovanni Chiodi | FI | Luciano D'Alfonso | PD | ||
Calabria | Giuseppe Scopelliti | NCD | Mario Oliverio | PD | ||
Emilia-Romagna | Vasco Errani | PD | Stefano Bonaccini | PD | ||
Piedmont | Roberto Cota | LN | Sergio Chiamparino | PD | ||
Sardinia | Ugo Cappellacci | FI | Francesco Pigliaru | PD |
Regional election 16 February 2014: Sardinia | |||||||
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List | Candidates | Votes | % | ±% | Seats | ± | |
Democratic Party | Francesco Pigliaru | 312,982 | 42.5 | -0.4 | 36 | +9 | |
Forza Italia | Ugo Cappellacci | 292,395 | 39.6 | -12.3 | 24 | -29 | |
Independent | Michela Murgia | 75,981 | 10.3 | +10.3 | 0 | ±0 | |
Independent | Mauro Pili | 42,236 | 5.7 | +5.7 | 0 | ±0 | |
Independent | Pier Franco Devias | 7,626 | 1.0 | +1.0 | 0 | ±0 | |
Independent | Luigi Amedeo Sanna | 6,085 | 0.8 | +0.8 | 0 | ±0 | |
Turnout | 737,305 | 52.3 |
Regional election 25 May 2014: Abruzzo | |||||||
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List | Candidates | Votes | % | ±% | Seats | ± | |
Democratic Party | Luciano D'Alfonso | 319,887 | 46.3 | +3.6 | 18 | +2 | |
Forza Italia | Giovanni Chiodi | 202,346 | 29.3 | -19.5 | 7 | -20 | |
Five Star Movement | Sara Marcozzi | 148,035 | 21.4 | +21.4 | 6 | +6 | |
The Other Europe | Maurizio Acerbo | 20,221 | 3.0 | +3.0 | 0 | ±0 | |
Turnout | 691,492 | 61.6 |
Regional election 25 May 2014: Piedmont | |||||||
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List | Candidates | Votes | % | ±% | Seats | ± | |
Democratic Party | Sergio Chiamparino | 1,057,031 | 47.1 | +0.2 | 32 | +10 | |
Forza Italia | Gilberto Pichetto | 495,993 | 22.1 | -25.2 | 9 | -27 | |
Five Star Movement | Davide Bono | 481,453 | 21.4 | +17.3 | 8 | +6 | |
Brothers of Italy | Guido Crosetto | 117,807 | 5.2 | +5.2 | 1 | +1 | |
New Centre-Right | Enrico Costa | 67,025 | 3.0 | +3.0 | 0 | ±0 | |
The Other Europe | Mauro Filingeri | 25,193 | 1.1 | +1.1 | 0 | ±0 | |
Turnout | 2,244,502 | 66.4 |
Regional election 23 November 2014: Calabria | |||||||
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List | Candidates | Votes | % | ±% | Seats | ± | |
Democratic Party | Mario Oliverio | 490,229 | 61.4 | +29.2 | 19 | +2 | |
Forza Italia | Wanda Ferro | 188,288 | 23.6 | -24.2 | 8 | -22 | |
New Centre-Right | Nico D'Ascola | 69,521 | 8.7 | +8.7 | 3 | +3 | |
Five Star Movement | Cono Cantelmi | 39,658 | 5.0 | +5.0 | 0 | ±0 | |
The Other Europe | Domenico Gattuso | 10,567 | 1.3 | +1.3 | 0 | ±0 | |
Turnout | 798,263 | 44.1 |
Regional election 23 November 2014: Emilia-Romagna | |||||||
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List | Candidates | Votes | % | ±% | Seats | ± | |
Democratic Party | Stefano Bonaccini | 615,723 | 49.0 | -3.1 | 32 | ±0 | |
Northern League | Alan Fabbri | 374,736 | 29.9 | -4.8 | 12 | -3 | |
Five Star Movement | Giulia Gibertoni | 167,022 | 13.3 | +6.3 | 5 | +3 | |
The Other Europe | Maria Cristina Quintavalla | 50,211 | 4.0 | +4.0 | 1 | +1 | |
New Centre-Right | Alessandro Rondoni | 33,437 | 2.7 | +2.7 | 0 | ±0 | |
Independent | Maurizio Mazzanti | 14,129 | 1.1 | +1.1 | 0 | ±0 | |
Turnout | 1,304,841 | 37.7 |
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