Politics of Piedmont
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The Politics of Piedmont, Italy takes place in a framework of a presidential representative democracy, whereby the President of Regional Government is the head of government, and of a pluriform multi-party system. Executive power is exercised by the Regional Government. Legislative power is vested in both the government and the Regional Council.
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Executive
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The Regional Government (Giunta Regionale) is presided by the President of the Region (Presidente della Regione), who is elected for a five-year term and is composed by the President and the Ministers, who are currently 14, including a Vice President (Vice Presidente).[1]
List of Presidents
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| President | Took office | Left office | Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  |
Edoardo Calleri | 23 July 1970 | 21 December 1973 | Christian Democracy |
| 2 | |
Gianni Oberto Tarena | 21 December 1973 | 21 July 1975 | Christian Democracy |
| 3 | |
Aldo Viglione | 21 July 1975 | 28 July 1980 | Italian Socialist Party |
| 4 | |
Ezio Enrietti | 28 July 1980 | 15 July 1983 | Italian Socialist Party |
| (3) | |
Aldo Viglione | 15 July 1983 | 1 August 1985 | Italian Socialist Party |
| 5 | |
Vittorio Beltrami | 1 August 1985 | 25 June 1990 | Christian Democracy |
| 6 | |
Gian Paolo Brizio | 25 June 1990 | 12 June 1995 | Christian Democracy |
| 7 | |
Enzo Ghigo | 12 June 1995 | 4 April 2005 | Forza Italia |
| 8 | 120px | Mercedes Bresso | 4 April 2005 | 29 March 2010 | Democrats of the Left then Democratic Party |
| 9 | 120px | Roberto Cota | 29 March 2010 | 9 June 2014 | Lega Nord |
| 10 |  |
Sergio Chiamparino | 9 June 2014 | Incumbent | Democratic Party |
Legislative branch
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The Regional Council of Piedmont (Consiglio Regionale del Piemonte) is composed of 60 members. 48 councilors are elected in provincial constituencies by proportional representation using the largest remainder method with a Droop quota and open lists, while 12 councillors (elected in bloc) come from a "regional list", including the President-elect. One seat is reserved for the candidate who comes second. If a coalition wins more than 50% of the total seats in the Council with PR, only 6 candidates from the regional list will be chosen and the number of those elected in provincial constituencies will be 54. If the winning coalition receives less than 40% of votes, special seats are added to the Council to ensure a large majority for the President's coalition.[2]
The Council is elected for a five-year term, but, if the President suffers a vote of no confidence, resigns or dies, under the simul stabunt, simul cadent clause introduced in 1999 (literally they will stand together or they will fall together), also the Council is dissolved and a snap election is called.[3]
Elections
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Latest regional election
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The latest regional election took place on 25 May 2014. It was a snap election, prompted by the dissolution of the Regional Council by the Regional Administrative Tribunal on the grounds that one of the lists supporting the winner Roberto Cota (Lega Nord–Piemont) in the 2010 regional election had committed irregularities in filing the slates for the election.[4] Cota chose not to stand again for President and the parties composing his coalition failed to agree on a single candidate,[5] resulting in a landslide victory for Sergio Chiamparino, a Democrat who had been Mayor of Turin from 2001 to 2011.
| Candidates & parties | votes | votes (%) | seats reg. list |
seats prov. lists |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sergio Chiamparino | 1,057,031 | 47.09 | 10 | 22 |
| Democratic Party | 704,541 | 36.17 | → | 17 |
| Chiamparino President | 94,615 | 4.85 | → | 2 |
| Moderates | 47,901 | 2.45 | → | 1 |
| Left Ecology Freedom | 40,873 | 2.09 | → | 1 |
| Civic Choice | 29,313 | 1.50 | → | 1 |
| Italy of Values | 13,658 | 0.70 | → | 0 |
| Gilberto Pichetto Fratin | 495,993 | 22.09 | 1 | 8 |
| Forza Italia | 302,743 | 15.57 | → | 6 |
| Lega Nord Piemont | 141,741 | 7.27 | → | 2 |
| Pensioners' Party | 13,837 | 0.71 | → | 0 |
| Civic List for Piedmont | 8,853 | 0.45 | → | 0 |
| Greens Greens | 5,435 | 0.27 | → | 0 |
| United Rights (incl. LD, FLI, etc.) | 5,004 | 0.25 | → | 0 |
| Great South | 1,676 | 0.08 | → | 0 |
| Davide Bono | 481,453 | 21.45 | – | 8 |
| Five Star Movement | 396,295 | 20.34 | → | 8 |
| Guido Crosetto | 117,807 | 5.24 | – | 1 |
| Brothers of Italy | 72,776 | 3.73 | → | 1 |
| Enrico Costa | 67,025 | 2.98 | – | – |
| New Centre-Right – Union of the Centre | 49,059 | 2.51 | → | 0 |
| Mauro Filingeri | 25,193 | 1.12 | – | – |
| The Other Piedmont to the Left | 19,467 | 0.99 | → | 0 |
| Total | 2,244,502 | 100.00 | 11 | 39 |
Source: Ministry of the Interior
| Regional elections | |
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| General elections | |
| European Parliament elections | |
References
- ↑ Sito Ufficiale della Regione Piemonte: Giunta regionale
- ↑ La Repubblica – Regional electoral law
- ↑ Regional Council of Lombardy – 1999 Constitutional law
- ↑ http://torino.repubblica.it/cronaca/2014/04/17/news/la_cassazione_conferma_l_annullamento_delle_elezioni_regionali_del_2010-83840712/
- ↑ http://torino.repubblica.it/cronaca/2014/05/13/news/piemonte_il_centrodestra_diviso_per_tre_spiana_la_strada_a_chiamparino-85983444/
External links
 Politics of Italian regions |
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