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2015 Tuscan regional election

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2015 Tuscan regional election

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All 41 seats in the Regional Council
Turnout48.3% (Decrease12.4%)
  Majority party Minority party Third party
 
Leader Enrico Rossi Claudio Borghi Giacomo Giannarelli
Party Democratic Party Northern League Five Star Movement
Alliance Centre-left LNFdI
Seats won 25 7 5
Seat change Decrease 7 Increase 4 New
Popular vote 656,920 273,795 205,818
Percentage 48.1% 20.1% 15.1%


President before election

Enrico Rossi
Democratic Party

Elected President

Enrico Rossi
Democratic Party

The Tuscan regional election of 2015 took place on 31 May 2015.[1]

Electoral system

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Tuscany 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

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According 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

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Political party or alliance Constituent lists Previous result Candidate
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 ToscanaMore 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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31 May 2015 Tuscan regional election results
Candidates Votes % Seats Parties Votes % Seats
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 ToscanaMore 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

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Notes

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  1. ^ Alfano: la data delle regionali è il 31 Maggio La Repubblica, 24 March 2015 (in Italian)
  2. ^ "Articolo » Raccolta Normativa Regione Toscana". Raccoltanormativa.consiglio.regione.toscana.it. Retrieved 2016-04-02.