2021 Calabrian regional election

The 2021 Calabrian regional election took place in Calabria, Italy, on 3 and 4 October 2021, following the dissolution of the regional parliament after the death of regional president Jole Santelli. It was originally scheduled to take place on 14 February 2021, then on 11 April 2021, and was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy.[1][2]

2021 Calabrian regional election

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All 31 seats to the Regional Council of Calabria
Turnout44.36% (Increase0.1%)
  Majority party Minority party Third party
 
Candidate Roberto Occhiuto Amalia Bruni Luigi de Magistris
Party Forza Italia Independent DemA
Alliance Centre-right Centre-leftM5S Left-wing
Seats won 21 8 2
Seat change Increase1 Decrease3 Increase2
Popular vote 431,675 219,389 128,204
Percentage 54.5% 27.7% 16.2%

Seats won by each party in each electoral constituency and winner by province.

President before election

Antonino Spirlì (acting)
Lega Nord

Elected President

Roberto Occhiuto
Forza Italia

Electoral system

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Even if a district list is linked to a regional list that exceeds 8% of the vote, the district list must obtain at least 4% of the vote in the whole region in order to elect their own representatives. To ensure governance, the candidate who receives the most votes wins a majority bonus of 55% of the seats.[3]

Parties and candidates

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This is a list of the parties, and their respective leaders, which will participate in the election.[4]

Political party or alliance Constituent lists Previous result Candidate
Votes (%) Seats
Centre-right Forza Italia 12.3 5 Roberto Occhiuto
League 12.3 4
Brothers of Italy 10.9 4
Union of the Centre 6.8 2
Us with Italy (incl. PdF)
Coraggio Italia
Forza Azzurri – Occhiuto for President
Centre-left Democratic Party 15.2 5 Amalia Bruni
Five Star Movement 6.3
Amalia Bruni for President – Safe Calabria
Treasure Calabria 5.2
Italian Socialist Party
Green Europe
Animalist Party – Progressive Democrats (incl. Art. 1)
de Magistris coalition Democracy and Autonomy Luigi de Magistris
de Magistris for President
United with de Magistris
For Calabria with de Magistris
Another Calabria is Possible (incl. SI)
Resistant and Solidary Calabria (incl. PaP, PCI)
Oliviero coalition Oliverio for President – Calabrian Identity Mario Oliverio

Potential candidates

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Withdrawn candidates

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Opinion polls

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Candidates

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Date Polling firm/Client Sample size Occhiuto Bruni De Magistris Oliverio Undecided Lead
12–15 Sep 2021 Noto 1,000 46.0 30.0 19.0 5.0 34.0 16.0
12–14 Sep 2021 Winpoll 1,000 39.4 39.2 18.9 2.5 0.2
8–10 Sep 2021 EMG 1,000 48.0 30.0 19.0 3.0 18.0

Parties

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Date Polling firm Sample size Centre-right Centre-left De Magistris Oliverio Lead
FdI FI Lega FA UDC NcI CI PD M5S PSI Other
8–10 Sep 2021 EMG 12.0 10.0 8.0 5.0 5.0 5.0 4.0 15.0 7.0 3.0 6.0 17.0 3.0 3.0
26 Jan 2020 Election result - 10.9 12.3 12.3 DNP 6.8 DNP DNP 15.2 6.3 DNP DNP DNP DNP 2.9

Results

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3 and 4 October 2021 Calabrian regional election results
 
Candidates Votes % Seats Parties Votes % Seats
Roberto Occhiuto 431,675 54.46 1 Forza Italia 131,882 17.31 7
Brothers of Italy 66,277 8.70 4
League 63,459 8.33 4
Forza Azzurri – Occhiuto for President 61,828 8.11 2
Coraggio Italia 43,159 5.66 2
Union of the Centre 34,923 4.58 1
Us with Italy 23,138 3.04
Total 424,666 55.72 20
Amalia Bruni 219,389 27.68 1 Democratic Party 100,437 13.18 5
Five Star Movement 49,414 6.48 2
Amalia Bruni for President – Safe Calabria 28,733 3.77
Treasure Calabria 17,358 2.38
Italian Socialist Party 7,024 0.92
Green Europe 3,755 0.49
Animalist Party – Progressive Democrats 2,259 0.30
Total 208,980 27.42 7
Luigi de Magistris 128,204 16.17 de Magistris for President 39,338 5.16 2
Democracy and Autonomy 25,929 3.40
Another Calabria is possible 18,235 2.39
United with de Magistris 12,390 1.63
For Calabria with de Magistris 10,547 1.38
Resistant and Solidary Calabria 9,175 1.20
Total 115,614 15.17 2
Mario Oliverio 13,440 1.70 Oliverio for President – Calabrian Identity 12,838 1.68
Blank and invalid votes 45,983 5.48
Total candidates 792,708 100.00 2 Total parties 762,098 100.00 29
Registered voters/turnout 1,890,732 44.36
Source: Ministry of the Interior – Election in Calabria


References

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