Tuscan regional election, 2015

Tuscan regional election, 2015

May 31, 2015
All 40 seats in the Regional Council of Tuscany
Majority party Minority party Third party   Leader Enrico Rossi Claudio Borghi Aquilini Giacomo Giannarelli Party Democratic Party Lega Nord Five Star Movement Seats won 25 7 5 Seat change 7 4 New Popular vote 656,920 273,795 205,818 Percentage 48.1% 20.1% 15.2%
President before election Enrico Rossi Democratic Party Elected President Enrico Rossi Democratic Party

The Tuscan regional election of 2015 took place on 31 May 2015.

Electoral law

Tuscany uses its own legislation of 2014 to elect its Regional Council. The councillors are elected in provincial constituencies by proportional representation using the D'Hondt method. Florence constituency is further divided into 4 sub-constituencies. Preferential voting is allowed: a maximum of two preferences can be expressed for candidates of the same party list and provided the two chosen candidates are of different gender.

In this system parties are grouped in alliances, supporting a candidate for the post of President of Tuscany. The candidate receiving at least 40% of the votes is elected to the post and his/her list (or the coalition) is awarded a majority in the Regional Council. If no candidate gets more than 40% of the votes, a run-off is held fourteen days after, with only the two top candidates from the first round allowed. The winning candidate is assured a majority in the Regional Council.

Council apportionment

According to the official 2011 Italian census, the 40 Council seats which must be covered by proportional representation are so distributed between Tuscan provinces. The number of seats to be assigned in each province is the following:

AR	FI	GR	LI	LU	MS	PI	PT	PO	SI
4	11	2	4	4	2	4	3	3	3

The Province of Florence is further divided into smaller electoral colleges.

Results

Candidates	Regional lists			Provincial lists					Total
	votes	%	seats	Parties	votes	%	swing	seats	party	group
Enrico Rossi	656,920	48.0	1	Democratic Party	614,869	46.3	+4.1	24	25	25
				Tuscan People–Reformists 2020 (incl. PSI)	22,760	1.7	new	-
Claudio Borghi	273,795	20.0	2	Lega Nord Toscana	214,430	16.2	+9.7	4	6	7
				Brothers of Italy	51,152	3.9	new	1	1
Giacomo Giannarelli	205,818	15.0	1	Five Star Movement	200,771	15.1	new	4	5	5
Stefano Mugnai	124,432	9.1	1	Forza Italia	112,658	8.5	-18.6	1	2	2
				Tuscan League–More Tuscany	7,996	0.6	new	-
Tommaso Fattori	85,870	6.3	1	Left Ecology Freedom	83,187	6.3	+2.5	1	2	2
Giovanni Lamioni	17,146	1.3	-	Popular Area	15,837	1.2	new	-		-
Gabriele Chiurli	3,621	0.3	-	Direct Democracy	3,319	0.3	new	-		-
Total candidates	1,367,602	100.0	5+1	Total parties	1,326,979	100.0	=	35	40+1	40+1

Source: Tuscany Region

See also

• Italian regional elections, 2015