Politics of Liguria
The Politics of Liguria, 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 Regional Council.
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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 (Assessori), who are currently 11, including a Vice President.[1]
List of Presidents
Legislative branch
The Regional Council of Liguria (Consiglio Regionale della Liguria) is composed of 40 members. 32 councillors are elected in provincial constituencies by proportional representation using the largest remainder method with a Droop quota and open lists, while 8 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 4 candidates from the regional list will be chosen and the number of those elected in provincial constituencies will be 36. 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]
Local government
Provinces
| Province | Inhabitants[4] | President | Party | Election | |
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| Metropolitan City of Genoa | 840,934 | Marco Bucci | Independent (centre-right) | 2017 | |
| Province of Imperia | 213,743 | Fabio Natta | Independent (centre-left) | 2015 | |
| Province of La Spezia | 219,693 | Giorgio Cozzani | Independent (centre-right) | 2017 | |
| Province of Savona | 276,261 | Pierangelo Oliveri | Independent (centre-right) | 2018 | |
Municipalities
Provincial capitals
| Municipality | Inhabitants[4] | Mayor | Party | Election | |
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| Genoa | 577,587 | Marco Bucci | Independent (centre-right) | 2017 | |
| Imperia | 42,506 | Claudio Scajola | Independent (centre-right) | 2018 | |
| La Spezia | 93,259 | Pierluigi Peracchini | Independent (centre-right) | 2017 | |
| Savona | 60,469 | Ilaria Caprioglio | Independent (centre-right) | 2016 | |
Parties and elections
Latest regional election
In the latest regional election, which took place on 31 May 2015, Giovanni Toti of Forza Italia, supported also by Lega Nord Liguria, was elected president in a three-way race with Raffaella Paita of the Democratic Party and Alice Salvatore of the Five Star Movement.
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| Candidates | Votes | % | Seats | Parties | Votes | % | Seats | ||
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| Giovanni Toti | 226,710 | 34.45 | 7 | Lega Nord Liguria | 109,209 | 20.25 | 5 | ||
| Forza Italia | 68,286 | 12.66 | 3 | ||||||
| Brothers of Italy | 16,562 | 3.07 | 1 | ||||||
| Popular Area (incl. NCD, UdC) | 9,269 | 1.72 | – | ||||||
| Total | 203,326 | 37.71 | 9 | ||||||
| Raffaella Paita | 183,272 | 27.85 | 1 | Democratic Party | 138,257 | 25.64 | 7 | ||
| Ligurians for Paita | 17,060 | 3.16 | – | ||||||
| Change Liguria | 8,330 | 1.54 | – | ||||||
| Total | 163,647 | 30.35 | 7 | ||||||
| Alice Salvatore | 163,527 | 24.85 | – | Five Star Movement | 120,219 | 22.29 | 6 | ||
| Luca Pastorino | 61,988 | 9.42 | – | Network to the Left (incl. SEL, PRC, PCd'I) | 22,093 | 4.10 | 1 | ||
| Pastorino List | 13,500 | 2.50 | – | ||||||
| Total | 35,593 | 6.60 | 1 | ||||||
| Enrico Musso | 10,667 | 1.62 | – | Free Liguria | 8,408 | 1.56 | – | ||
| Matteo Piccardi | 5,136 | 0.78 | – | Workers' Communist Party | 3,036 | 0.56 | – | ||
| Antonio Bruno | 4,855 | 0.74 | – | Other Liguria Project | 3,937 | 0.73 | – | ||
| Mirella Batini | 2,016 | 0.31 | – | Women Brotherhood | 1,084 | 0.20 | – | ||
| Total candidates | 658,171 | 100.00 | 8 | Total parties | 539,250 | 100.00 | 23 | ||
| Source: Ministry of the Interior – Results | |||||||||
