Politics of Piedmont

The politics of Piedmont, a region of Italy, takes place in a framework of a presidential system of representative democracy, whereby the president of Piedmont is the head of government, and of a pluriform multi-party system. Executive power is exercised by the regional government. Legislative power is vested in both the government and the Regional Council of Piedmont.

Executive branch

The Regional Government (Giunta Regionale) is presided by the President of the Region (Presidente della Regione), who is elected for a five-year term and is composed by the President and the Ministers, who are currently 14, including a Vice President (Vice Presidente). ^[1]

List of presidents

Main article: List of presidents of Piedmont

President			Term of office		Party	Coalition	Administration	Legislature
Presidents elected by the Regional Council of Piedmont (1970–1995)
1		Edoardo Calleri di Sala (1927–2002)	23 July 1970	21 December 1973	DC	DC  • PSI  • PSDI  • PRI	Calleri di Sala	I (1970)
2		Gianni Oberto Tarena (1902–1980)	21 December 1973	21 July 1975	DC	DC  • PSI  • PSDI  • PRI	Tarena
3		Aldo Vigilone (1923–1988)	21 July 1975	28 July 1980	PSI	PSI  • PCI	Vigilone I	II (1975)
4		Ezio Enrietti (1936–2020)	28 July 1980	15 July 1983	PSI	PSI  • PCI	Enrietti	III (1980)
3		Aldo Vigilone (1923–1988)	15 July 1983	1 August 1985	PSI	DC  • PSI  • PSDI  • PRI  • PLI	Vigilone II
5		Vittorio Beltrami (1926–2012)	1 August 1985	25 July 1990	DC	DC  • PSI  • PSDI  • PRI  • PLI	Beltrami	IV (1985)
6		Gian Paolo Brizio (1929–2008)	25 July 1990	16 March 1993	DC	DC  • PSI  • PSDI  • PRI  • PLI	Brizio I	V (1990)
			16 March 1993	12 June 1995		DC  • PSI  • FdV  • PDS  • RI	Brizio II
Directly-elected presidents (since 1995)
7		Enzo Ghigo (b. 1953)	12 June 1995	17 April 2000	FI	FI  • AN  • CCD	Ghigo I	VI (1995)
			17 April 2000	27 April 2005		FI  • AN  • LN  • CCD	Ghigo II	VII (2000)
8		Mercedes Bresso (b. 1944)	27 April 2005	9 April 2010	DS PD	DS  • DL  • PRC  • FdV	Bresso	VIII (2005)
9		Roberto Cota (b. 1968)	9 April 2010	9 June 2014 [a]	LN	PdL  • LN	Cota	IX (2010)
10		Sergio Chiamparino (b. 1948)	9 June 2014	6 June 2019	PD	PD  • SEL	Chiamparino	X (2014)
11		Alberto Cirio (b. 1972)	6 June 2019	21 June 2024	FI	LN  • FI  • FdI	Cirio I	XI (2019)
			21 June 2024	In office		FdI  • FI  • LN	Cirio II	XII (2024)

1. Election invalidated for irregularities.

Legislative branch

Main article: Regional Council of Piedmont

The Regional Council of Piedmont (Consiglio Regionale del Piemonte) is composed of 60 members. 48 councilors are elected in provincial constituencies by proportional representation using the largest remainder method with a Droop quota and open lists, while 12 councillors (elected in bloc) come from a "regional list", including the President-elect. One seat is reserved for the candidate who comes second. If a coalition wins more than 50% of the total seats in the council with PR, only 6 candidates from the regional list will be chosen and the number of those elected in provincial constituencies will be 54. If the winning coalition receives less than 40% of votes, special seats are added to the council to ensure a large majority for the President's coalition. ^[2]

The council is elected for a five-year term, but, if the President suffers a vote of no confidence, resigns or dies, under the simul stabunt, simul cadent clause introduced in 1999 (literally they will stand together or they will fall together), also the council is dissolved and a snap election is called. ^[3]

Current composition

The Regional Council of Piedmont is currently composed of the following political groups: ^[4]

Party		Seats	Status
	Brothers of Italy (FdI)	13 / 51	Government
	Democratic Party (PD)	13 / 51	Opposition
	Forza Italia (FI)	7 / 51	Government
	League (Lega)	6 / 51	Government
	Cirio for President (CP)	5 / 51	Government
	Greens and Left Alliance (AVS)	3 / 51	Opposition
	Five Star Movement (M5S)	3 / 51	Opposition
	United States of Europe (SUE)	1 / 51	Opposition

By coalition:

Party		Seats	Status
	Centre-right coalition	31 / 51	Government
	Centre-left coalition	17 / 51	Opposition
	Five Star Movement	3 / 51	Opposition

Local government

Provinces

Province	Inhabitants	President		Party	Election
Metropolitan City of Turin	2,282,197		Stefano Lo Russo (metropolitan mayor)	Democratic Party	2021
Province of Cuneo	590,421		Luca Robaldo	Independent (Forza Italia)	2022
Province of Alessandria	428,826		Enrico Bussalino	Independent (Forza Italia)	2021
Province of Novara	370,525		Federico Binatti	Brothers of Italy	2018
Province of Asti	217,574		Maurizio Rasero	Forza Italia	2022
Province of Biella	179,685		Emanuele Ramella Pralungo	Democratic Party	2021
Province of Vercelli	174,904		Davide Gilardino	Brothers of Italy	2022
Province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola	160,114		Alessandro Lana	Independent (Forza Italia)	2021

Municipalities

Provincial capitals

Municipality	Inhabitants	Mayor		Party	Election
Turin (list)	890,529		Stefano Lo Russo (metropolitan mayor)	Democratic Party	2021
Novara (list)	104,380		Alessandro Canelli	Lega Nord Piemont	2021
Alessandria (list)	93,943		Giorgio Abonante	Democratic Party	2022
Asti (list)	76,202		Maurizio Rasero	Forza Italia	2022
Cuneo (list)	56,081		Patrizia Manassero	Democratic Party	2022
Vercelli (list)	46,754		Andrea Corsaro	Forza Italia	2019
Biella (list)	44,733		Claudio Corradino	Lega Nord Piemont	2019
Verbania (list)	30,827		Silvia Marchionini	Democratic Party	2019

Other municipalities

Cities with more than 45,000 inhabitants.

Municipality	Inhabitants	Mayor		Party	Election
Moncalieri	57,294		Paolo Montagna	Democratic Party	2020
Collegno	49,905		Francesco Casciano	Democratic Party	2019
Rivoli	48,791		Andrea Tagaroli	Lega Nord Piemont	2019
Nichelino	48,123		Giampietro Tolardo	Italian Left	2021
Settimo Torinese	47,669		Elena Piastra	Democratic Party	2019

Parties and elections

Main articles: List of political parties in Piedmont and Elections in Piedmont

Latest regional election

Main article: 2024 Piedmontese regional election

The latest regional election took place on 8–9 June 2024. Incumbent president Alberto Cirio of Forza Italia, supported also by Brothers of Italy (FdI), Lega Piemonte and other parties, was re-elected. FdI was the most voted party, ahead of the Democratic Party.

8–9 June 2024 Piedmontese regional election results

Candidates		Votes	%	Seats	Parties		Votes	%	Seats
	Alberto Cirio	1,055,752	56.13	6		Brothers of Italy	403,954	24.43	11
						Cirio for President	202,294	12.23	5
						Forza Italia	162,888	9.85	4
						League	155,522	9.40	4
						Us Moderates	11,441	0.69	–
					Total		936,098	56.60	24
	Gianna Pentenero	630,853	33.54	1		Democratic Party	395.710	23.93	12
						Greens and Left Alliance	107,095	6.48	3
						United States of Europe	40,223	2.43	1
						Pentenero for President	24,835	1.5	–
						Environmentalist and Solidary Piedmont	14,536	0.88	–
					Total		582,399	35.22	16
	Sarah Disabato	144,420	7.68	–		Five Star Movement	99,806	6.04	3
	Francesca Frediani	28,191	1.50	–		Popular Piedmont	19,377	1.17	–
	Alberto Costanzo	21,565	1.15	–		Freedom	16,064	0.97	–
Total candidates		1,880,781	100.00	6	Total parties		1,653,744	100.00	43
Blank and invalid votes		170,048	8.49
Registered voters/turnout		3,621,101	55.30
Source: Ministry of the Interior – Election in Piedmont

References

1. "Sito Ufficiale della Regione Piemonte: Giunta regionale". Archived from the original on 18 February 2010. Retrieved 9 June 2008.
2. La Repubblica – Regional electoral law (in Italian)
3. "Regional Council of Lombardy – 1999 Constitutional law" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 March 2009. Retrieved 6 March 2009.
4. "Gruppi consiliari". www.cr.piemonte.it (in Italian). Retrieved 4 July 2019.

External links

• Piedmont Region
• Regional Council of Piedmont
• Constitution of Piedmont