2020 Valdostan regional election

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All 35 seats to the Regional Council of Aosta Valley
Turnout	70.5% (5.4%)
Party Leader % Seats +/– Lega Vallée d'Aoste Marialice Boldi 23.9% 11 +4 Valdostan Union Erik Lavévaz 15.8% 7 0 Progressive Civic Project Alberto Bertin 15.3% 7 +5 Valdostan Alliance Luigi Bertschy 8.9% 4 −6 United Aosta Valley Corrado Jordan 8.1% 3 0 For Autonomy Augusto Rollandin 6.4% 3 New This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. President before President after Renzo Testolin Valdostan Union Erik Lavévaz Valdostan Union

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The 2020 Valdostan regional election took place on 20 and 21 September 2020 in Aosta Valley, Italy.^[1] The election was originally scheduled to take place on 19 April 2020,^[2] but was then postponed first to 10 May and then delayed for a second time due to the coronavirus pandemic in Italy.^[3]

Electoral law

The Regional Council of Aosta Valley (Italian: Consiglio regionale della Valle d'Aosta, French: Conseil de la Vallée) is composed by 35 members. The Council is elected for a five-year term. There is only one regional constituency. The President of Aosta Valley is elected by the Council. The electoral law was recently changed by the L.R. 16/2017 and the L.R. 9/2019.^[4]

The election of the Regional Council is based on a direct choice for the candidate and it is possible to express only one preference for the list. If a single party list or a coalition of party lists gets more than 42% of valid votes cast, it is assigned a majority bonus of 21 seats. If no one reach this threshold, the seats are determined proportionally. For the proportional allocation there are two thresholds: given the largest remainder method by dividing the valid votes cast for all lists and the seats to be assigned, if a party list doesn't reach the minimum quota required, the party list is excluded to the allocation of the seats. However, if a party list gets only one seat during the first allocation of seats, it is excluded and its seat is reallocated.^{[5][clarification needed]}

Background

Aosta Valley returned to the vote earlier than the deadline by decision of the interim president Renzo Testolin, following investigations into the infiltration of the 'Ndrangheta in the politics of the region at all levels. Former president Antonio Fosson was investigated for electoral exchange between the political and mafia. The same accusation is directed at two former assessors of his government, Laurent Viérin (former president) and Stefano Borrello. Two other former presidents – Pierluigi Marquis and Augusto Rollandin – were also seeking the support of the local clans who infiltrated the Valley, according to the prosecutor's office.^[6]

Parties and candidates

The following parties participated in the election:^[7]

Results

2020 Valdostan regional election results

Parties		Votes	%	Seats
	Lega Vallée d'Aoste	15,837	23.90	11
	Valdostan Union	10,470	15.80	7
	Progressive Civic Project	10,106	15.25	7
	Valdostan Alliance – Edelweiss – Italia Viva	5,880	8.87	4
	United Aosta Valley	5,397	8.14	3
	For Autonomy	4,212	6.36	3
	Forza Italia – Brothers of Italy	3,761	5.68	0
	Renaissance	3,289	4.98	0
	Five Star Movement	2,589	3.91	0
	Sovereign Aosta Valley Country	1,876	2.83	0
	Future Aosta Valley	1,761	2.66	0
	Free Aosta Valley – Animalist Party	1,084	1.64	0
Valid votes		66,283	91.17	–
Blank votes		2,642	3.63	–
Invalid votes		3,777	5.20	–
Total		72,702	100.00	35
Registered voters/turnout		103,127	70.50	–
Source: Autonomous Region of Aosta Valley – Results

Popular vote by list

Turnout

Aftermath

After the election, a centre-left/regionalist coalition government was formed. It was headed by Erik Lavévaz, leader of the Valdostan Union (UV), and composed of three UV members (President and two ministers), three from the "Progressive Civic Project" and one each from the Valdostan Union, Edelweiss and Mouv'.^[8][9][10]