2020 Ligurian regional election

The 2020 Ligurian regional election took place in Liguria, Italy on 20–21 September 2020. It was originally scheduled to take place on 31 May 2020, but it was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy.^[1][2]

2020 Ligurian regional election

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All 31 seats to the Regional Council of Liguria
Turnout	53.5% (2.8%)
Majority party Minority party   Leader Giovanni Toti Ferruccio Sansa Party Cambiamo! Independent Alliance Centre-right Centre-left–M5S Seats won 19 12 Seat change 3 2 Popular vote 383,053 265,506 Percentage 56.1% 38.9% Swing 21.7% 13.7%
President before election Giovanni Toti Cambiamo! Elected President Giovanni Toti Cambiamo!

The result of the election was an absolute win of the incumbent President of Liguria, Giovanni Toti.^[3]

Electoral system

The Regional Council of Liguria is composed of 30 members, plus the president elect. The president elect is the candidate winning a plurality of votes at the election. Within the council, 24 seats are elected in provincial constituencies by proportional representation. The remaining 6 councillors are assigned as a majority bonus if the winning candidate has less than 18 seats, otherwise they are distributed among the losing coalitions.^[4]

A single list must get at least 3% of the votes in a province in order to access the proportional distribution of seats, unless the list is connected to a coalition with more than 5% of the vote.^[4]

Parties and candidates

Political party or alliance		Constituent lists		Previous result		Candidate
				Votes (%)	Seats
	Centre-right coalition		League (Lega)	20.3	5	Giovanni Toti
			Forza Italia – Popular Liguria (FI–LP) (incl. NPSI)	12.7	3
			Brothers of Italy (FdI)	3.1	1
			Let's Change with Toti for President	—	—
			Union of the Centre (UDC)	1.7	—
	Centre-left – M5S		Democratic Party – Article One (PD–Art.1)	25.6	7	Ferruccio Sansa
			Five Star Movement (M5S)	22.3	6
			Shared Line (incl. SI, Pos, èViva)	—	—
			Ferruccio Sansa for President (incl. The Network 2018)	—	—
			Green Europe – Solidary Democracy – Democratic Centre (EV–DemoS–CD)	—	—
	Massardo for President (PSI – +E – IV)			—	—	Aristide Massardo
	The Common Sense (SC)			—	—	Alice Salvatore
	Constitutional Base (BC)			—	—	Marika Cassimatis
	Great Liguria (GL)			—	—	Giacomo Chiappori
	Reconquer Italy (RI)			—	—	Davide Visigalli
	The People of the Family (PdF) (incl. DC)			—	—	Gaetano Russo
	Now – Respect for all Animals			—	—	Riccardo Benetti
	Carlo Carpi List (LCC)			—	—	Carlo Carpi

Opinion polls

Candidates

Date	Polling firm/ Client	Sample size	Toti	Sansa	Massardo	Others	Undecided	Lead
28 Aug–1 Sep 2020	Ipsos	750	57.4	34.8	2.5	5.3	12.8	22.6
24 Aug–2 Sep 2020	Noto	—	54–58	37–41	—	3–7	—	13–21
24–25 Aug 2020	Scenari Politici–Winpoll	1,000	60.1	34.4	4.3	1.2	—	25.7
24 Aug 2020	Tecnè	2,000	53–57	36–40	3–5	3–5	—	13–21
3–6 Aug 2020	SWG[a]	1,000	52.0	41.0	4.5	2.0	—	11.0
3–4 Aug 2020	Tecnè	1,000	53.0	41.0	4.0	2.0	16.3	12.0
26 Jun 2020	Noto[a]	–	49.0	42.0	4.0	5.0	—	7.0
13–18 Feb 2020	SWG[a]	1,000	58.0	35.0	—	7.0	22.0	23.0

1. This poll was commissioned by a political party.

Parties

Date	Polling firm	Sample size	Centre-right					Centre-left – M5S				Massardo	Others	Undecided	Lead
			C!	Lega	FI	FdI	Other	PD	M5S	LS	Other
28 Aug–1 Sep 2020	Ipsos	1,000	19.8	21.1	6.3	9.4	0.5	16.0	9.7	3.5	7.4	2.5	6.3	14.7	1.3
25–26 Aug 2020	Scenari Politici–Winpoll	1,000	10.6	25.7	6.9	12.5	1.3	17.1	11.2	2.7	6.2	4.8	0.7	—	8.6
3–6 Aug 2020	SWG	1,500	17.7	21.0	5.0	7.0	1.5	21.5	10.5	3.5	5.5	4.5	2.5	—	0.5
11–23 Mar 2020	SWG	1,500	20.5	22.5	4.0	7.0	2.0	20.0	8.0	3.5	3.5	2.5	6.5	—	2.0
12 Mar 2020	Piepoli	–	8.0	28.0	6.0	7.5	1.0	29.0	10.5		1.0	4.5	4.5	—	1.0
13–18 Feb 2020	SWG	1,000	17.0	24.0	4.0	7.5	2.0	22.0	7.0	3.0	4.5	3.0	6.0	—	2.0

Results

20–21 September 2020 Ligurian regional election results

Candidates		Votes	%	Seats	Parties		Votes	%	Seats
	Giovanni Toti	383,053	56.13	1		Let's Change with Toti for President	141,552	22.60	8
						League	107,371	17.14	6
						Brothers of Italy	68,062	10.87	3
						Forza Italia – Popular Liguria	33,040	5.27	1
						Union of the Centre	4,086	0.65	–
					Total		354,111	56.53	18
	Ferruccio Sansa	265,506	38.90	1		Democratic Party – Article One	124,586	19.89	6
						Five Star Movement	48,722	7.78	2
						Ferruccio Sansa for President	44,700	7.14	2
						Shared Line – Left for Sansa	15,451	2.47	1
						Green Europe – Solidary Democracy – Democratic Centre	9,193	1.47	–
					Total		242,652	38.74	11
	Aristide Massardo	16,546	2.42	–		Massardo for President (PSI – +E – IV)	15,081	2.41	–
	Alice Salvatore	6,088	0.89	–		The Common Sense	5,315	0.85	–
	Giacomo Chiappori	3,569	0.52	–		Great Liguria	3,063	0.49	–
	Riccardo Benetti	3,165	0.46	–		Now – Respect for all Animals	2,665	0.43	–
	Gaetano Russo	1,614	0.24	–		The People of the Family	1,361	0.22	–
	Marika Cassimatis	1,244	0.18	–		Constitutional Base	911	0.15	–
	Davide Visigalli	1,129	0.17	–		Reconquer Italy	905	0.14	–
	Caro Carpi	576	0.08	–		Carlo Carpi List – GRAF	361	0.06	–
Blank and invalid votes		33,665	4.70
Total candidates		682,490	100.00	2	Total parties		626,425	100.00	29
Registered voters/turnout		1,360,604	53.42
Source: Ministry of the Interior – Results

Popular vote C!   22.60% PD   19.89% Lega   17.14% FdI   10.87% M5S   7.78% Sansa   7.14% FI   5.27% SpS   2.47% IV–PSI–+E   2.41% Others   4.43%

President Toti   56.13% Sansa   38.90% Massardo   2.47% Others   2.50%

Seats summary Centre-right   61.29% Centre-left–M5S   38.71%

Turnout

Region	Time
	20 Sep			21 Sep
	12:00	19:00	23:00	15:00
Liguria	13.95%	32.07%	39.80%	53.46%
Province	Time
	20 Sep			21 Sep
	12:00	19:00	23:00	15:00
Genoa	14.17%	32.32%	40.09%	53.51%
Imperia	12.97%	30.17%	37.15%	50.19%
La Spezia	13.08%	31.18%	39.47%	54.09%
Savona	14.67%	33.44%	41.18%	55.28%
Source: Ministry of the Interior – Turnout[permanent dead link]

See also

• 2020 Italian regional elections