2020 Ligurian regional election
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All 31 seats to the Regional Council of Liguria
Turnout53.5% (Increase2.8%)
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Giovanni Toti Ferruccio Sansa
Party Cambiamo! Independent
Alliance Centre-right Centre-left–M5S
Seats won 19 12
Seat change Increase3 Decrease2
Popular vote 383,053 265,506
Percentage 56.1% 38.9%
Swing Increase21.7% Decrease13.7%
President before election

Giovanni Toti
Cambiamo!

President

Giovanni Toti
Cambiamo!

Politics of Liguria

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

The result of the election was an absolute win of the incumbent President of Liguria, Giovanni Toti.[3]

Electoral system

The Regional Council of Liguria is composed of 30 members, plus the president elect. The president elect is the candidate winning a plurality of votes at the election. Within the council, 24 seats are elected in provincial constituencies by proportional representation. The remaining 6 councillors are assigned as a majority bonus if the winning candidate has less than 18 seats, otherwise they are distributed among the losing coalitions.[4]

A single list must get at least 3% of the votes in a province in order to access the proportional distribution of seats, unless the list is connected to a coalition with more than 5% of the vote.[4]

Parties and candidates

Political party or alliance Constituent lists Previous result Candidate
Votes (%) Seats
Centre-right coalition League (Lega) 20.3 5
Giovanni Toti
Forza Italia – Popular Liguria (FI–LP) (incl. NPSI) 12.7 3
Brothers of Italy (FdI) 3.1 1
Let's Change with Toti for President — —
Union of the Centre (UDC) 1.7 —
Centre-left – M5S Democratic Party – Article One (PD–Art.1) 25.6 7
Ferruccio Sansa
Five Star Movement (M5S) 22.3 6
Shared Line (incl. SI, Pos, èViva) — —
Ferruccio Sansa for President (incl. The Network 2018) — —
Green Europe – Solidary Democracy – Democratic Centre (EV–DemoS–CD) — —
Massardo for President (PSI – +E – IV) — —
Aristide Massardo
The Common Sense (SC) — —
Alice Salvatore
Constitutional Base (BC) — —
Marika Cassimatis
Great Liguria (GL) — —
Giacomo Chiappori
Reconquer Italy (RI) — —
Davide Visigalli
The People of Family (PdF) (incl. DC) — —
Gaetano Russo
Now – Respect for all Animals — —
Riccardo Benetti
Carlo Carpi List (LCC) — —
Carlo Carpi

Opinion polls

Candidates

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

Parties

Results

20–21 September 2020 Ligurian regional election results
Candidates Votes % Seats Parties Votes % Seats
Giovanni Toti 383,053 56.13 1 Let's Change with Toti for President 141,552 22.60 8
League 107,371 17.14 6
Brothers of Italy 68,062 10.87 3
Forza Italia – Popular Liguria 33,040 5.27 1
Union of the Centre 4,086 0.65 –
Total 354,111 56.53 18
Ferruccio Sansa 265,506 38.90 1 Democratic Party – Article One 124,586 19.89 6
Five Star Movement 48,722 7.78 2
Ferruccio Sansa for President 44,700 7.14 2
Shared Line – Left for Sansa 15,451 2.47 1
Green Europe – Solidary Democracy – Democratic Centre 9,193 1.47 –
Total 242,652 38.74 11
Aristide Massardo 16,546 2.42 – Massardo for President (PSI – +E – IV) 15,081 2.41 –
Alice Salvatore 6,088 0.89 – The Common Sense 5,315 0.85 –
Giacomo Chiappori 3,569 0.52 – Great Liguria 3,063 0.49 –
Riccardo Benetti 3,165 0.46 – Now – Respect for all Animals 2,665 0.43 –
Gaetano Russo 1,614 0.24 – The People of Family 1,361 0.22 –
Marika Cassimatis 1,244 0.18 – Constitutional Base 911 0.15 –
Davide Visigalli 1,129 0.17 – Reconquer Italy 905 0.14 –
Caro Carpi 576 0.08 – Carlo Carpi List – GRAF 361 0.06 –
Blank and invalid votes 33,665 4.70
Total candidates 682,490 100.00 2 Total parties 626,425 100.00 29
Registered voters/turnout 1,360,604 53.42
Source: Ministry of the Interior – Results[permanent dead link]


Popular vote
C!
 
 22.60%
PD
 
 19.89%
Lega
 
 17.14%
FdI
 
 10.87%
M5S
 
 7.78%
Sansa
 
 7.14%
FI
 
 5.27%
SpS
 
 2.47%
IV–PSI–+E
 
 2.41%
Others
 
 4.43%
President
Toti
 
 56.13%
Sansa
 
 38.90%
Massardo
 
 2.47%
Others
 
 2.50%
Seats summary
Centre-right
 
 61.29%
Centre-left–M5S
 
 38.71%

Turnout

Region Time
20 Sep 21 Sep
12:00 19:00 23:00 15:00
Liguria 13.95% 32.07% 39.80% 53.46%
Province Time
20 Sep 21 Sep
12:00 19:00 23:00 15:00
Genoa 14.17% 32.32% 40.09% 53.51%
Imperia 12.97% 30.17% 37.15% 50.19%
La Spezia 13.08% 31.18% 39.47% 54.09%
Savona 14.67% 33.44% 41.18% 55.28%
Source: Ministry of the Interior – Turnout[permanent dead link]

See also

References

  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 Liguria, Toti festeggia "il più grande successo del centrodestra in questa regione". Sansa: "Farò il consigliere regionale"". la Repubblica (in Italian). 21 September 2020. Retrieved 22 September 2020.
  4. ^ a b "Elezioni regionali Liguria 2020, la guida: candidati, liste e regolamento". Money.it (in Italian). 20 September 2020. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
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