Politics of Emilia-Romagna

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The Politics of Emilia-Romagna, Italy takes place in a framework of a presidential representative democracy, whereby the President of Regional Government 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 Legislative Assembly.

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, the Ministers (Assessori), who are currently 12, including a Vice President and one Under-Secretary for in President's office.^[1]

Legislative branch

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]

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]

Parties and elections

Latest regional election

Main article: Emilia-Romagna regional election, 2014

In the latest regional election, which took place on 23 November 2014, Stefano Bonaccini (Democratic Party) was elected President of Emilia-Romagna. The election marked the first time in which a President was elected with less than 50% of the vote.

Emilia-Romagna regional election, 2014

23 November 2014
All 50 seats to the Regional Council of Emilia-Romagna
Majority party Minority party Third party   Leader Stefano Bonaccini Alan Fabbri Giulia Gibertoni Party Democratic Party Northern League Five Star Movement Alliance Centre-left coalition Centre-right coalition Last election 32 seats, 52.1% 15 seats, 36.7% 2 seats, 7.0% Seats won 32 12 5 Seat change ±0 −3 +3 Popular vote 615,723 374,736 167,022 Percentage 49.05 29.8 13.30
Regional election results map. Red denotes provinces with a Democratic plurality, Blue denotes those with a Centre-right plurality.
President before election Vasco Errani Democratic Party President Stefano Bonaccini Democratic Party

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,^[4] 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.^[5]

Parties and leaders

Results

23 November 2014 Emilia-Romagna regional election results

Candidates		Votes	%	Seats	Parties		Votes	%	Seats
	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

References

References

External links

• Emilia-Romagna Region
• Legislative Assembly of Emilia-Romagna
• Constitution of Emilia-Romagna