2015 Tuscan regional election

The Tuscan regional election of 2015 took place on 31 May 2015.^[1]

2015 Tuscan regional election

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All 41 seats in the Regional Council
Turnout	48.3% (12.4%)
Majority party Minority party Third party   Leader Enrico Rossi Claudio Borghi Giacomo Giannarelli Party Democratic Party Northern League Five Star Movement Alliance Centre-left LN–FdI Seats won 25 7 5 Seat change 7 4 New Popular vote 656,920 273,795 205,818 Percentage 48.1% 20.1% 15.1%
President before election Enrico Rossi Democratic Party Elected President Enrico Rossi Democratic Party

Electoral system

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.^[2]

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.

Parties and candidates

Political party or alliance		Constituent lists		Previous result		Candidate
				Votes (%)	Seats
	Centre-left coalition		Democratic Party	42.2	33	Enrico Rossi
			Tuscan People (incl. PSI)	—	—
	Centre-right coalition		Forza Italia	27.1	15	Stefano Mugnai
			Lega Toscana – More Tuscany (incl. MAT)	—	—
	Tuscany to the Left (incl. SEL, PRC, PCdI)			9.1	3	Tommaso Fattori
	Right-wing coalition		Northern League Tuscany	6.5	3	Claudio Borghi
			Brothers of Italy	—	—
	Five Star Movement			—	—	Giacomo Giannarelli
	Passion for Tuscany (incl. NCD, UDC)			—	—	Giovanni Lamioni

Results

31 May 2015 Tuscan regional election results

Candidates		Votes	%	Seats	Parties		Votes	%	Seats
	Enrico Rossi	656,920	48.02	1
						Democratic Party	614,869	45.93	24
						Tuscan People–Reformists 2020	22,760	1.70	–
					Total		637,629	47.63	24
	Claudio Borghi	273,795	20.02	2
						Northern League Tuscany	214,430	16.02	4
						Brothers of Italy	51,152	3.82	1
					Total		265,582	19.84	5
	Giacomo Giannarelli	205,818	15.05	1		Five Star Movement	200,771	15.00	4
	Stefano Mugnai	124,432	9.10	1
						Forza Italia	112,658	8.41	1
						Lega Toscana–More Tuscany	7,996	0.60	–
					Total		120.654	9.01	1
	Tommaso Fattori	85,870	6.28	1		Tuscany to the Left	83,187	6.21	1
	Giovanni Lamioni	17,146	1.27	–		Passion for Tuscany	15,837	1.18	–
	Gabriele Chiurli	3,621	0.26	–		Direct Democracy	3,319	0.25	–
Total candidates		1,367,872	100.00	6	Total parties		1,326,979	100.00	35
Source: Ministry of the Interior – Historical Archive of Elections

See also

• 2015 Italian regional elections
• List of members of the Regional Council of Tuscany, 2015–2020