The Tuscan regional election of 2015 took place on 31 May 2015.[1]
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| Turnout | 48.3% ( 12.4%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Electoral system
editTuscany uses its own legislation of 2014 to elect its Regional Council. The councillors are elected in provincial constituencies by proportional representation using the D'Hondt method. Florence constituency is further divided into 4 sub-constituencies. Preferential voting is allowed: a maximum of two preferences can be expressed for candidates of the same party list and provided the two chosen candidates are of different gender.
In this system parties are grouped in alliances, supporting a candidate for the post of President of Tuscany. The candidate receiving at least 40% of the votes is elected to the post and his/her list (or the coalition) is awarded a majority in the Regional Council. If no candidate gets more than 40% of the votes, a run-off is held fourteen days after, with only the two top candidates from the first round allowed. The winning candidate is assured a majority in the Regional Council.[2]
Council apportionment
editAccording to the official 2011 Italian census, the 40 Council seats which must be covered by proportional representation are so distributed between Tuscan provinces. The number of seats to be assigned in each province is the following:
| AR | FI | GR | LI | LU | MS | PI | PT | PO | SI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
The Province of Florence is further divided into smaller electoral colleges.
Parties and candidates
edit| Political party or alliance | Constituent lists | Previous result | Candidate | |||
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| Votes (%) | Seats | |||||
| Centre-left coalition | Democratic Party | 42.2 | 33 | Enrico Rossi | ||
| Tuscan People (incl. PSI) | — | — | ||||
| Centre-right coalition | Forza Italia | 27.1 | 15 | Stefano Mugnai | ||
| Lega Toscana – More Tuscany (incl. MAT) | — | — | ||||
| Tuscany to the Left (incl. SEL, PRC, PCdI) | 9.1 | 3 | Tommaso Fattori | |||
| Right-wing coalition | Northern League Tuscany | 6.5 | 3 | Claudio Borghi | ||
| Brothers of Italy | — | — | ||||
| Five Star Movement | — | — | Giacomo Giannarelli | |||
| Passion for Tuscany (incl. NCD, UDC) | — | — | Giovanni Lamioni | |||
Results
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| Candidates | Votes | % | Seats | Parties | Votes | % | Seats | ||
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| Enrico Rossi | 656,920 | 48.02 | 1 | ||||||
| Democratic Party | 614,869 | 45.93 | 24 | ||||||
| Tuscan People–Reformists 2020 | 22,760 | 1.70 | – | ||||||
| Total | 637,629 | 47.63 | 24 | ||||||
| Claudio Borghi | 273,795 | 20.02 | 2 | ||||||
| Northern League Tuscany | 214,430 | 16.02 | 4 | ||||||
| Brothers of Italy | 51,152 | 3.82 | 1 | ||||||
| Total | 265,582 | 19.84 | 5 | ||||||
| Giacomo Giannarelli | 205,818 | 15.05 | 1 | Five Star Movement | 200,771 | 15.00 | 4 | ||
| Stefano Mugnai | 124,432 | 9.10 | 1 | ||||||
| Forza Italia | 112,658 | 8.41 | 1 | ||||||
| Lega Toscana–More Tuscany | 7,996 | 0.60 | – | ||||||
| Total | 120.654 | 9.01 | 1 | ||||||
| Tommaso Fattori | 85,870 | 6.28 | 1 | Tuscany to the Left | 83,187 | 6.21 | 1 | ||
| Giovanni Lamioni | 17,146 | 1.27 | – | Passion for Tuscany | 15,837 | 1.18 | – | ||
| Gabriele Chiurli | 3,621 | 0.26 | – | Direct Democracy | 3,319 | 0.25 | – | ||
| Total candidates | 1,367,872 | 100.00 | 6 | Total parties | 1,326,979 | 100.00 | 35 | ||
| Source: Ministry of the Interior – Historical Archive of Elections | |||||||||
See also
editNotes
edit- ^ Alfano: la data delle regionali è il 31 Maggio La Repubblica, 24 March 2015 (in Italian)
- ^ "Articolo » Raccolta Normativa Regione Toscana". Raccoltanormativa.consiglio.regione.toscana.it. Retrieved 2016-04-02.