2020 Campania regional election

The 2020 Campanian regional election took place in Campania on 20 and 21 September 2020. It was originally scheduled to take place on 31 May 2020, but it was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy.[1][2]

2020 Campania regional election

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All 51 seats to the Regional Council of Campania
Turnout55.54% (Increase3.61%)
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Vincenzo De Luca Stefano Caldoro
Party Democratic Party Forza Italia
Alliance Centre-left Centre-right
Seats won 33 11
Seat change Increase2 Decrease2
Popular vote 1,789,017 464,921
Percentage 69.48% 18.06%
Swing Increase28.33% Decrease20.31%


President before election

Vincenzo De Luca
Democratic Party

President

Vincenzo De Luca
Democratic Party

Electoral system

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The Regional Council of Campania (Consiglio Regionale della Campania) is composed of 50 members, elected in a party-list proportional representation system. The seats are divided among five constituencies corresponding to the region's provinces: Avellino with 4 seats, Benevento with 2 seats, Caserta with 8 seats, Naples with 27 seats, and Salerno with 9 seats. Regional councillors are selected from party lists at the constituency level, with an electoral threshold at 3%. An additional seat is reserved to the President-elect, who is the candidate winning a plurality of votes. A majority bonus of 60% is granted to the winning coalition.[3][4]

Background

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In February 2020, the direction of the Democratic Party (PD) officially confirmed that the centre-left candidate for President of Campania would be the incumbent President Vincenzo De Luca.[5]

The centre-right coalition picked former President Stefano Caldoro, a member of Forza Italia (FI), as its candidate, after hypotheses of a League's candidate or Mara Carfagna (FI) were abandoned.[6][7]

The Five Star Movement (M5S) discarded the idea of a coalition with the centre-left, and proposed its own candidate Valeria Ciarambino.[6] Previously, the M5S had proposed the incumbent Minister of Environment Sergio Costa as its candidate.[8]

Parties and candidates

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Political party or alliance Constituent lists Previous result Candidate
Votes (%) Seats
Centre-left coalition Democratic Party (PD) 19.5 15 Vincenzo De Luca
De Luca for President 4.9 4
Free Campania (CL) 4.8 3
Democratic Centre (CD) 2.8 2
Italian Socialist Party (PSI) 2.2 1
Green EuropeSolidary Democracy (EV–DemoS) 1.2 1
Really – Animalist Party (D–PA) (incl. IiC)
More Campania in Europe (+C) (incl. PLI)
Us Campanians (NC)
Democratic Making – Populars (FD–Pop.)
Liberal Democrats – Popular Campania – Moderates (LD–CP–Mod.)
Democrats and Progressives (DeP) (incl. Art.1, RD)
Italia Viva (IV)
For People and the Community (Per)
Italian Republican Party – League for Italy (PRI–LpI)
Centre-right coalition Forza Italia (FI) 17.8 7 Stefano Caldoro
Caldoro for President – Union of the Centre (CP–UDC) (incl. NPSI, C!) 9.6[a] 4[b]
Brothers of Italy (FdI) 5.5 2
League (Lega)
Alliance of the Centre (AdC)
Southern Identity – Southern Macroregion (IM–MS)
Five Star Movement (M5S) 17.0 7 Valeria Ciarambino
Terra (incl. SI, PRC, PCI, PdS, èViva) 2.3 Luca Saltalamacchia
Power to the People (PaP) Giuliano Granato
Third Pole (TP) Sergio Angrisano
Party of Good Manners Giuseppe Cirillo
  1. ^ 7.2 % of the vote to the "Caldoro for President" list, 2.4 % of the vote to UDC.
  2. ^ 2 seats to the "Caldoro for President" list, 2 seats to UDC.

Opinion polls

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Candidates

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Hypothetical candidates

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  1. ^ a b Mara Carfagna
  2. ^ This poll was commissioned by a political party.
  3. ^ Clemente Mastella
  4. ^ Carfagna 16.9% and Edmondo Cirielli 4.5%.
  5. ^ De Magistris, 28.5%

Parties

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  1. ^ This poll was commissioned by a political party.

Results

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The election saw the victory of the centre-left candidate and incumbent President of Campania, Vincenzo De Luca, who won almost 69.5% of the vote with more than 45% lead over the centre-right candidate Stefano Caldoro. The Five Star Movement candidate, Valeria Ciarambino, arrived third with less than 10% of the vote. The Democratic Party was the first party by number of votes, with 16.9% of preferences, followed by the list of De Luca and by the Five Star Movement.[9]


20–21 September 2020 Campanian regional election results
 
Candidates Votes % Seats Parties Votes % Seats
Vincenzo De Luca 1,789,017 69.48 1 Democratic Party 398,490 16.90 8
De Luca for President 313,666 13.30 6
Italia Viva 173,870 7.37 4
Free Campania 122,367 5.19 2
Democratic Making – Populars 104,857 4.45 2
Us Campanians 102,652 4.35 2
Liberal Democrats – Popular Campania – Moderates 84,769 3.60 2
Democratic Centre 76,141 3.23 2
Italian Socialist Party 60,100 2.55 1
More Campania in Europe 45,500 1.93 1
Green EuropeSolidary Democracy 42,996 1.82 1
Really – Animalist Party 33,681 1.43 1
For the People and the Community 26,452 1.12
Democrats and Progressives 25,254 1.07
Italian Republican Party 5,745 0.24
Total 1,616,540 68.57 32
Stefano Caldoro 464,921 18.06 1 Brothers of Italy 140,918 5.98 4
League 133,152 5.65 3
Forza Italia 121,695 5.16 2
Caldoro for PresidentUnion of the Centre 45,326 1.92 1
Alliance of the Centre 6,432 0.27
Southern Identity – South Macroregion 3,333 0.14
Total 450,856 19.12 10
Valeria Ciarambino 255,714 9.93 Five Star Movement 233,974 9.92 7
Giuliano Granato 30,955 1.20 Power to the People 26,711 1.13
Luca Saltalamacchia 27,475 1.07 Terra 25,125 1.07
Sergio Angrisano 4,028 0.16 Third Pole 3,056 0.13
Giuseppe Cirillo 2,608 0.10 Party of Good Manners 1,348 0.06
Blank and invalid votes 199,386 7.19
Total candidates 2,574,718 100.00 2 Total parties 2,357,610 100.00 49
Registered voters/turnout 4,996,921 55.52
Source: Ministry of the Interior – Results[permanent dead link]


Popular vote
PD
16.90%
De Luca
13.30%
M5S
9.92%
IV
7.37%
FdI
5.98%
Lega
5.65%
CL
5.19%
FI
5.16%
FD–Pop.
4.45%
NC
4.35%
LDMod
3.60%
CD
3.23%
PSI
2.55%
+E
1.93%
UDC
1.92%
EVDemoS
1.82%
PA
1.43%
Others
5.25%
President
De Luca
69.48%
Caldoro
18.06%
Ciarambino
9.93%
Others
2.53%
Seats summary
Centre-left
64.70%
Centre-right
21.57%
M5S
13.73%

Turnout

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Region Time
20 Sep 21 Sep
12:00 19:00 23:00 15:00
Campania 11.32% 26.52% 38.92% 55.53%
Province Time
20 Sep 21 Sep
12:00 19:00 23:00 15:00
Avellino 9.55% 24.95% 37.01% 51.86%
Benevento 10.06% 24.80% 36.22% 51.73%
Caserta 11.21% 27.00% 40.20% 57.61%
Naples 11.84% 26.78% 38.86% 55.33%
Salerno 11.24% 26.67% 39.62% 57.11%
Source: Ministry of the Interior – Turnout[permanent dead link]

Elected councillors

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  1. ^ As elected President of the Region.
  2. ^ As runner-up candidate to President of the Region.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "Il governo ha rinviato le elezioni regionali e comunali" (in Italian). Il Post. 20 April 2020. Retrieved 25 April 2020.
  2. ^ Elezioni Regionali, il 31 Maggio si vota in Toscana, Veneto, Campania, Puglia, Liguria e Marche
  3. ^ "Elezioni regionali Campania 2020: data, candidati e sondaggi". Money.it (in Italian). 6 December 2019. Retrieved 16 December 2019.
  4. ^ "Regioni.it - n. 2689 del 24-03-2015 - Campania al voto con una nuova legge elettorale - Regioni.it". www.regioni.it. Archived from the original on 16 December 2019. Retrieved 16 December 2019.
  5. ^ "Regionali Campania 2020, la direzione Pd ufficializza la scelta: «Il nostro candidato è De Luca»". il Mattino (in Italian). 17 February 2020. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
  6. ^ a b "Elezioni regionali Campania 2020, la guida: data, candidati e sondaggi". Money.it (in Italian). 31 July 2020. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
  7. ^ "Regionali Campania 2020, la Lega vuole il candidato ma Forza Italia frena: tocca a noi". il Mattino (in Italian). 10 May 2020. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
  8. ^ "Regionali, il M5S lancia Costa in Campania. Ma il Pd si schiera con De Luca". la Repubblica (in Italian). 17 February 2020. Retrieved 7 August 2020.
  9. ^ Bufi, Fulvio (22 September 2020). "Elezioni regionali 2020 in Campania, i risultati definitivi". Corriere della Sera (in Italian). Retrieved 24 September 2020.