Ligurian regional election, 2015

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The Ligurian regional election of 2015 took place on 31 May 2015. [1]

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Giovanni Toti of Forza Italia, who benefited of the decisive support of Lega Nord Liguria, was elected President in a three-way race with Raffaella Paita of the Democratic Party, which was the largest party, and Alice Salvatore of the Five Star Movement.

Giovanni Toti Italian journalist and politician

Giovanni Toti is an Italian journalist and politician, who has been President of Liguria since June 2015 and political counselor of Forza Italia since January 2014. Toti was also elected in the European Parliament, following the 2014 European election.

Forza Italia (2013) Italian political party

Forza Italia is a centre-right political party in Italy whose ideology includes elements of liberal conservatism, Christian democracy, and liberalism. Its leader is Silvio Berlusconi, former Prime Minister of Italy.

Lega Nord Liguria regionalist political party in Liguria, Italy

Lega Nord Liguria is a regionalist political party in Liguria. It joined Lega Nord in 1991 and, since then, it has functioned as its "national" section in the region.

Results

Candidates & partiesvotesvotes (%)seats
reg. list
seats
prov. lists
Giovanni Toti 226,71034.446+19
Lega Nord Liguria 109,20920.255
Forza Italia 68,28612.663
Brothers of Italy 16,5623.071
Popular Area (incl. NCD and UdC)9,2691.71-
Raffaella Paita183,27227.8417
Democratic Party 138,25725.637
Ligurians for Paita17,0603.16-
Change Liguria8,3301.54-
Alice Salvatore163,52724.846
Five Star Movement 120,21922.296
Luca Pastorino 61,9889.411
Network to the Left (incl. SEL, PRC, PCd'I)22,0934.091
Pastorino List13,5002.50-
Enrico Musso10,6671.62
Free Liguria8,4081.55-
Matteo Piccardi5,1360.78
Workers' Communist Party 3,0360.56-
Antonio Bruno4,8550.73
Other Liguria 3,9370.73-
Mirella Batini2,0160.30
Women Brotherhood1,0840.20-
Total658,171100.00823

Source: Ministry of the Interior

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References

  1. Alfano: la data delle regionali è il 31 Maggio La Repubblica, 24 March 2015 (in Italian)