2018 Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol provincial elections

The Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol provincial elections of 2018 took place on 21 October 2018.^[2]

2018 Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol provincial elections

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Provincial election in Trentino

First party Second party   Candidate Maurizio Fugatti Giorgio Tonini Party Lega Democratic Party Alliance Centre-right Centre-left Seats won 21 8 Seat change 11 7 Popular vote 124,590 67,712 Percentage 46.74% 25.40% Swing 14.26%[1] 10.00%   Third party Fourth party   Candidate Ugo Rossi Filippo Degasperi Party PATT Five Star Movement Seats won 4 2 Seat change 4 0 Popular vote 33,121 18,922 Percentage 12.42% 7.10% Swing 5.13% 1.38

President before election Ugo Rossi PATT Elected President Maurizio Fugatti Lega

Provincial election in South Tyrol

All 35 seats to the Landtag of South Tyrol

Party Leader Vote % Seats +/– SVP Arno Kompatscher 41.9 15 −2 TK Paul Köllensperger 15.2 6 New Lega Massimo Bessone 11.1 4 +4 Greens Brigitte Foppa 6.8 3 0 dF Mair Ulli 6.2 2 −4 STF Sven Knoll 6.0 2 −1 PD Christian Tommasini 3.8 1 −1 M5S Diego Nicolini 2.4 1 0 AAC – FdI Alessandro Urzì 1.7 1 0 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. Governor before Elected Governor Arno Kompatscher SVP Arno Kompatscher SVP

Trentino

In Trentino, the president is elected directly by the people; the candidate who gains the most votes is elected president.

Parties and candidates

Political party or alliance		Constituent lists		Previous result		Candidate
				Votes (%)	Seats
	Centre-left coalition		Democratic Party (PD)	22.1	9	Giorgio Tonini
			Union for Trentino (UpT)	13.3	5
			Futura 2018 (incl. FdV)	—	—
	Centre-right coalition		Trentino Project (PT)	9.0	4	Maurizio Fugatti
			Lega Trentino (LT)	6.2	1
			Forza Italia (FI)	4.4	–
			Trentino Civic List (CT)	3.7	1
			Brothers of Italy (FdI)	1.6	–
			Fassa Association (Fassa)	0.8	–
			Popular Autonomists (AP)	—	—
			Act for Trentino	—	—
			Union of the Centre – People's Centre (UDC–CP)	—	—
	Trentino Tyrolean Autonomist Party (PATT)			17.6	7	Ugo Rossi
	Five Star Movement (M5S)			5.9	1	Filippo Degasperi
	Left wing coalition		Free and Equal (LeU) (incl. Art.1 and SI)	1.8	–	Antonella Valer
			The Other Trentino on the Left (incl. PRC and PaP)	1.2	–

Results

2018 Trentino provincial election results

Candidates		Votes	%	Seats	Parties		Votes	%	Seats	+/−
	Maurizio Fugatti	124,590	46.74	1
						Lega Trentino	69,116	27.09	13	+12
						Trentino Civic List	11,777	4.62	2	+1
						Trentino Project	8,248	3.23	1	-3
						Popular Autonomists	7,621	2.99	1	New
						Forza Italia	7,204	2.82	1	+1
						Act for Trentino	5,458	2.14	1	New
						UDC – People's Centre	5,306	2.08	–	–
						Brothers of Italy	3,686	1.44	–	±0
						Fassa Association	2,490	0.98	1	+1
					Total		120,906	47.39	20	–
	Giorgio Tonini	67,712	25.40	1
						Democratic Party	35,530	13.93	4	-5
						Futura 2018	17,670	6.93	2	New
						Union for Trentino	10,150	3.98	1	-4
					Total		63,350	24.83	7	–
	Ugo Rossi	33,121	12.42	1		PATT	32,109	12.59	3	-4
	Filippo Degasperi	18,922	7.10	1		Five Star Movement	18,437	7.23	1	±0
	Antonella Valer	7,099	2.66	–
						Free and Equal[3]	3,560	1.40	–	New
						The Other Trentino on the Left[4]	2,101	0.82	–	New
					Total		5,661	2.22	–	–
	Mauro Ottobre	5,237	1.96	–		Dynamic Autonomy	5,117	2.01	–	New
	Roberto de Laurentis	4,015	1.51	–		TRE	3,826	1.50	–	New
	Paolo Primon	2,384	0.89	–		Free People	2,285	0.90	–	New
	Ferruccio Chenetti	1,904	0.71	–		Movement Ladin Fassa	1,890	0.74	–	New
	Filippo Castaldini	1,247	0.47	–		CasaPound	1,215	0.48	–	–
	Federico Monegaglia	350	0.13	–		Reconquer Italy	341	0.13	–	New
Total candidates		266,581	100	4	Total parties		255,137	100	31	±0
Source: Autonomous Province of Trento

Popular vote (party) LT   27.1% PD   13.9% PATT   13.0% M5S   7.2% Futura   6.9% CT   4.6% UpT   4.0% PT   3.2% AP   3.0% FI   2.8% Agire   2.1% UDC–CP   2.1% AD   2.0% TRE   1.5% FdI   1.4% LeU   1.4% Others   5.9%

Popular vote (president) Fugatti   46.7% Tonini   25.4% Rossi   12.4% Degasperi   7.1% Valer   2.7% Ottobre   1.9% De Laurentis   1.5% Others   2.2%

Analysis

Similar to the election in Molise and the election in Friuli-Venezia Giulia, the M5S lost c. 15% of votes compared to the general election. On March 4, they reached almost 25%,^[5] but now just over 7%. By contrast, the centre-right coalition gained more than 10% compared to March 4.^[5]

South Tyrol

In South Tyrol, all 35 members of the Provincial council (Landtag) are up for re-election. The council elects a government headed by a president (Landeshauptmann).

In the 2013 election, the South Tyrolean People's Party (SVP) lost its absolute majority for the first time since 1948.

Results

Parties		Votes	%	Seats	+/−
	South Tyrolean People's Party	119,109	41.9	15	−2
	Team Köllensperger	43,315	15.2	6	+6
	Lega Alto Adige Südtirol	31,515	11.1	4	+4
	Greens	19,392	6.8	3	±0
	Die Freiheitlichen	17,620	6.2	2	−4
	South Tyrolean Freedom	16,927	6.0	2	−1
	Democratic Party[6]	10,808	3.8	1	−1
	Five Star Movement	6,670	2.4	1	±0
	Alto Adige in the Heart – Brothers of Italy	4,882	1.7	1	±0
	Citizens' Union	3,665	1.3	0	−1
	We South Tyrol	3,428	1.2	0	±0
	Forza Alto Adige	2,826	1.0	0	±0
	CasaPound	2,451	0.9	0	±0
	United Left	1,753	0.6	0	±0
Total		284,361	100.0	35	±0
Source: Province of Bolzano – Results

Popular vote SVP   41.9% TK   15.2% LNAAST   11.4% Grüne   6.8% dF   6.2% STF   6.0% PD   3.8% M5S   2.4% AAC–FdI   1.7% BUfS   1.3% NOI   1.2% FAA   1.0% CPI   0.9% SU   0.6%