Regional Council of Apulia

Regional Council of Apulia
11th Legislature
Type
Type	Regional council Unicameral
Established	20 July 1970
Leadership
President	Loredana Capone, PD since 26 November 2020 [1]
Structure
Seats	51
Political groups	Government (30)   PD (15)   M5S (5)  CE (4)  PlP (3)   Mixed (3) Opposition (21)   FdI (6)   FI (5)   Lega (4)   A (3)  LPD (2)   Mixed (1)
Length of term	5 years
Elections
Voting system	Party-list semi-proportional representation with majority bonus D'Hondt method
Last election	20 September 2020
Next election	2025
Meeting place
Palazzo della Regione, Bari
Website
Official website

The Regional Council of Apulia (Consiglio Regionale della Puglia) is the legislative assembly of Apulia.

It was first elected in 1970, when the ordinary regions were instituted, on the basis of the Constitution of Italy of 1948.

Composition

The Regional Council of Apulia was originally composed of 50 regional councillors. The number of regional councillors increased to 60 in 2000 and subsequently to 70 in 2005, following a modification of the regional Statute in 2004. ^{[2] [3]} In the 2005 regional election the number of councillors further raised to 78, following a further allocation of 8 regional councillors to the center-left winning coalition. ^{[4] [5]}

Following the decree-law n. 138 of 13 August 2011 the number of regional councillors returned to 50, with an additional seat reserved for the President of the Region.

Political groups

The Regional Council of Apulia is currently composed of the following political groups: ^[6]

Party		Seats	Status
	Democratic Party	15 / 51	In government
	Brothers of Italy	6 / 51	In opposition
	With Emiliano	5 / 51	In government
	Five Star Movement	5 / 51	In government
	Forza Italia	4 / 51	In opposition
	League	4 / 51	In opposition
	For Apulia	3 / 51	In government
	Action	3 / 51	In opposition
	Populars with Emiliano	2 / 51	In government
	Apulia Tomorrow	2 / 51	In opposition
	Mixed group [7]	2 / 51	—

By coalition:

Party		Seats	Status
	Centre-left coalition	31 / 51	Government
	Centre-right coalition	17 / 51	Opposition
	Action	3 / 51	Opposition

Historical composition

Election	DC	PCI	PSI	PLI	PRI	PSDI	MSI	Others	Total
7 June 1970	22	14	5	1	1	-	4	3	50
15 June 1975	21	15	5	1	1	2	5	-	50
8 June 1980	22	13	6	1	1	2	4	1	50
12 May 1985	20	13	8	1	1	2	5	-	50
6 May 1990	22	10	10	1	1	2	3	1	50

Election	Majority	Opposition	Total	President of the Region
23 April 1995	Center-right (FI-AN-CCD) 38	Center-left (PDS-PRC-PPI-FdV) 27	65	Salvatore Distaso
16 April 2000	Center-right (FI-AN-CCD-CDU) 38	Center-left (DS-PPI-Dem-SDI-PRC) 22	60	Raffaele Fitto
3 April 2005	Center-left (DS-DL-PRC-SDI-PdCI-IdV) 42	Center-right (FI-AN-UDC) 28	70	Nichi Vendola
28 March 2010	Center-left (PD-SEL-IdV) 39	Center-right (PdL-PPT) 27 — 4 UDC	70
31 May 2015	Center-left (PD-SEL) 30	Center-right (FI-CoR-AP) 13 — 8 M5S	51	Michele Emiliano
20 September 2020	Center-left (PD-M5S) 33	Center-right (FdI-Lega-FI) 18	51

Presidents

Loredana Capone, president of the Council since 2020 and first female to hold the office.

This is a list of the Presidents of the Regional Council (Italian: Presidenti del Consiglio regionale):

Name		Period		Regional Legislature
	Beniamino Finocchiaro (PSI)	20 July 1970	30 July 1975	I (1970)
	Luigi Tarricone (PSI)	30 July 1975	8 August 1980	II (1975)
		8 August 1980	21 June 1985	III (1980)
	Walter Distasio (DC)	21 June 1985	28 October 1985	IV (1985)
	Nicola Di Cagno (PLI)	28 October 1985	28 June 1990
	Mario Annese (DC)	28 June 1990	15 December 1992	V (1990)
	Cosimo Convertino (PSI)	15 December 1992	20 July 1995
	Giovanni Copertino (CCD)	20 July 1995	12 June 2000	VI (1995)
	Mario De Cristofaro (AN)	12 June 2000	5 May 2005	VII (2000)
	Pietro Pepe (PD)	5 May 2005	27 May 2010	VIII (2005)
	Onofrio Introna (SEL)	27 May 2010	22 July 2015	IX (2010)
	Mario Loizzo (PD)	22 July 2015	26 November 2020	X (2015)
	Loredana Capone (PD)	26 November 2020	Incumbent	XI (2020)

See also

• Regional council
• Politics of Apulia
• President of Apulia

References

1. "Loredana Capone: «Io, prima donna presidente partendo da umili origini".
2. Appunti sul nuovo Statuto della Regione Puglia
3. Puglia, prima regione con nuovo statuto
4. Vendola riconfermato, il nuovo Consiglio sono 78 gli eletti, resta fuori la Poli Bortone
5. Regionali, Tarquinio: lo Statuto parla di 70 consiglieri. Soddisfazione Sel
6. "Ministry of the Interior – Results". elezioni.interno.gov.it (in Italian). Retrieved 22 September 2020.
7. In support of the government: Antonio Tutolo (Independent). In the opposition: Stellato Massimiliano (Italia Viva).

External links

• Regional Council of Apulia