Emilia-Romagna regional election, 2014
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All 50 seats to the Regional Council of Emilia-Romagna | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Regional election results map. Red denotes provinces with a Democratic plurality, Blue denotes those with a Centre-right plurality. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Emilia-Romagna regional election of 2014 took place on 23 November 2014.
The three-term incumbent President of the Region, Vasco Errani of the centre-left Democratic Party resigned in July 2014 after the conviction for fraudulent misrepresentation,[1] triggering a snap election.
In an election marked by the lowest turnout ever in the Region (37.7%), Stefano Bonaccini, a Democrat, was elected President by defeating several candidates, mainly Alan Fabbri of Lega Nord Emilia (29.9%) and Giulia Gibertoni of the Five Star Movement (13.3%).
Electoral Law
The Legislative Assembly of Emilia-Romagna (Assemblea Legislativa dell'Emilia-Romagna) is composed of 50 members. 40 councillors are elected in provincial constituencies by proportional representation using the largest remainder method with a Droop quota and open lists, while 10 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 5 candidates from the regional list will be chosen and the number of those elected in provincial constituencies will be 45. 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]
Parties and leaders
| Political force or alliance | Constituent lists | Leader | ||
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| Democratic Party | ||||
| Left Ecology Freedom | ||||
| Civic Emilia-Romagna (SC–PSI–Greens) | ||||
| Centre for Bonaccini (CD–Demo.S) | ||||
| Lega Nord Emilia–Romagna | ||||
| Forza Italia | ||||
| Brothers of Italy | ||||
| Five Star Movement | ||||
| The Other Emilia-Romagna (PRC–PdCI) | ||||
| Popular Emilia-Romagna | ||||
| Free Citizens for Emilia-Romagna | ||||
Results
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| Candidates | Votes | % | Seats | Parties | Votes | % | Seats | ||
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| Stefano Bonaccini | 615,723 | 49.05 | 1 | ||||||
| Democratic Party | 535,109 | 44.52 | 29 | ||||||
| Left Ecology Freedom | 38,845 | 3.23 | 2 | ||||||
| Civic Emilia-Romagna (SC–PSI–Greens) | 17,984 | 1.49 | – | ||||||
| Centre for Bonaccini (CD–Demo.S–IdV) | 5,247 | 0.43 | – | ||||||
| Total | 597,185 | 49.69 | 31 | ||||||
| Alan Fabbri | 374,736 | 29.855 | 1 | ||||||
| Lega Nord Emilia–Romagna | 233,439 | 19.42 | 8 | ||||||
| Forza Italia | 100,478 | 8.36 | 2 | ||||||
| Brothers of Italy | 23,052 | 1.91 | 1 | ||||||
| Total | 356,969 | 29.70 | 11 | ||||||
| Giulia Gibertoni | 167,022 | 13.30 | – | Five Star Movement | 159,456 | 13.26 | 5 | ||
| Maria Cristina Quintavalla | 50,211 | 4.00 | – | The Other Emilia-Romagna (PRC–PdCI) | 44,676 | 3.71 | 1 | ||
| Alessandro Rondoni | 33,437 | 2.66 | – | Popular Emilia-Romagna | 31,635 | 2.63 | – | ||
| Maurizio Mazzanti | 14,129 | 1.12 | – | Free Citizens for Emilia-Romagna | 11,864 | 0.98 | – | ||
| Total candidates | 1,255,258 | 100.00 | 2 | Total parties | 1,201,785 | 100.00 | 48 | ||
| Source: Ministry of the Interior – Historical Archive of Elections | |||||||||
