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2024 Ligurian regional election

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2024 Ligurian regional election
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All 31 seats to the Regional Council of Liguria
  Majority party Minority party
 
Principe Alberto II di Monaco e Marco Bucci, Genova, 2023 - crop.jpg
Andrea Orlando 2022 (cropped).jpg
Leader Marco Bucci Andrea Orlando
Party Independent Democratic Party
Alliance Centre-right Centre-left
Seats won 18 13
Seat change Decrease 1 Increase 1
Popular vote 291,093 282,669
Percentage 48.8% 47.4%
Swing Decrease 7.3% Increase 8.5%
President before election

Giovanni Toti
Us Moderates

Elected President

Marco Bucci
Independent

Politics of Liguria

The 2024 Ligurian regional election is taking place in Liguria, Italy on 27–28 October 2024.[1] The snap election was called after the resignation of incumbent president, Giovanni Toti, following an investigation into corruption, particularly regarding favors to local businessmen in Genoa in exchange for financial support in local elections in 2021 and 2022.[2][3]

Bucci won the electoral competition by outperforming his opponent in Ventimiglia, Sanremo, Rapallo among other centers where his coalition reached 50 and 60% of the votes, while Orlando performed strongly in Genova, despite Bucci being the city mayor there, and his home town of La Spezia, while also winning in Savona as well.

The race brought significant attention as it was considered a test for the national government but also for the center-right coalition in the region.

Electoral system

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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

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Political party or alliance Constituent lists Previous result Candidate
% Seats
Centre-right coalition Bucci for President Liguria Wins (incl. NM)[5] 22.6 7
Marco Bucci
League 17.1 6
Brothers of Italy 10.9 3
Forza Italia 5.3 1
Union of the Centre 0.7 0
Popular Alternative — —
Ligurian Pride — —
Centre-left coalition Democratic Party 19.9 6
Andrea Orlando
Five Star Movement 7.8 2
Greens and Left Alliance (incl. SI, EV, Pos) 3.9 1
Civic Reformist Pact (incl. A, PRI, PER, MRE) — —
Head-on Ligurians (incl. PSI) — —
Andrea Orlando List — —
For the Alternative (incl. PRC, PCI, PaP) — —
Nicola Rollando
Northern People’s Party — —
Maria Antonietta Cella
United for the Constitution — —
Nicola Morra
Workers' Communist Party — —
Marco Ferrando
Sovereign Popular Democracy — —
Francesco Toscano
Independence! — —
Alessandro Rosson
Force of the People — —
Davide Felice

Opinion polls

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Candidates

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Hypothetical polls

Parties

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  1. ^ Generic centre-left candidate
  2. ^ Carlo Bagnasco
  3. ^ Ilaria Cavo
  4. ^ Lorenzo Cuocolo
  5. ^ Pietro Piciocchi
  6. ^ Edoardo Rixi
  7. ^ Marco Scajola
  8. ^ This poll was commissioned by a political party, Giovanni Toti Liguria Committee
  9. ^ Edoardo Rixi
  10. ^ Ilaria Cavo
  11. ^ Pietro Piciocchi
  12. ^ Marco Scajola
  13. ^ Giacomo Raul Giampedrone

Results

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27–28 October 2024 Ligurian regional election results
Candidates Votes % Seats Parties Votes % Seats
Marco Bucci 291,093 48.77 1 Brothers of Italy 84,816 15.08 5
Bucci for President Liguria Wins 53,208 9.46 3
League 47,652 8.47 3
Forza Italia 44,849 7.98 3
Ligurian Pride 32,061 5.70 3
Union of the Centre 7,294 1.30 –
Popular Alternative 1,929 0.34 –
Total 271,809 48.34 17
Andrea Orlando 282,669 47.36 1 Democratic Party 160,063 28.47 8
Greens and Left Alliance 34,716 6.17 2
Andrea Orlando List 29,808 5.30 1
Five Star Movement 25,659 4.56 1
Civic Reformist Pact 9,813 1.75 –
Head-on Ligurians 9,127 1.62 –
Total 269,186 47.87 12
Nicola Morra 5,223 0.88 – United for the Constitution 4,922 0.88 –
Nicola Rollando 5,079 0.85 – For the Alternative 4,920 0.87 –
Francesco Toscano 5,071 0.85 – Sovereign Popular Democracy 4,709 0.84 –
Marco Ferrando 2,099 0.35 – Workers' Communist Party 1,813 0.32 –
Maria Antonietta Cella 2,076 0.35 – Northern People’s Party 1,674 0.30 –
Davide Felice 1,855 0.31 – Force of the People 1,696 0.30 –
Alessandro Rosson 1,668 0.28 – Independence! 1,570 0.28 –
Total candidates 596,833 100.00 2 Total parties 562,299 100.00 29
Blank and invalid votes 15,915 2.58
Registered voters/turnout 1,341,693 45.97
Source: Ministry of the Interior – Election in Liguria


Popular vote
PD
 
 28.47%
FdI
 
 15.08%
Bucci
 
 9.46%
Lega
 
 8.47%
FI
 
 7.98%
AVS
 
 6.17%
OL
 
 5.70%
Orlando
 
 5.30%
M5S
 
 4.56%
PCR
 
 1.75%
LaTA
 
 1.62%
UDC
 
 1.30%
Others
 
 4.14%
President
Bucci
 
 48.77%
Orlando
 
 47.36%
Others
 
 3.87%

Results by province and capital city

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Whilst the province of Imperia voted for Bucci by 24 points, in all the other provinces the end result came within five points: Bucci won the province of Savona by 3 points, whilst Orlando won by 2 points in the metropolitan City of Genoa and by 4 points in the province of La Spezia.[6]

In the major cities, despite being the incumbent mayor of Genoa, Bucci lost in his hometown to Orlando by 8 points but won Sanremo by 25.5 points and Imperia by 9 points; whilst Savona voted for Orlando by 20 points and La Spezia by 5 points. Overall, Orlando's strongest areas were the three largest cities of the region (Genoa, La Spezia, Savona) and their surrounding municipalities, whilst Bucci was the strongest west of Savona and in the Tigullio area east of Genova.[6][7] Orlando's strength in Savona can be attributed to opposition to a regasification plant in nearby Vado Ligure that former president Toti had proposed to build in a protected sea area.[8][9]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Elezioni regionali 2024. Regione Liguria
  2. ^ "An Italian governor accused in a corruption probe has been placed under house arrest". Associated Press. 8 May 2024. Retrieved 8 May 2024.
  3. ^ "Italy's Liguria regional leader resigns after corruption probe arrest". Reuters. Retrieved 30 July 2024.
  4. ^ a b "Elezioni regionali Liguria 2020, la guida: candidati, liste e regolamento". Money.it (in Italian). 20 September 2020. Retrieved 20 September 2020.
  5. ^ https://noimoderati.it/elezioni-liguria-sostieni-marco-bucci-e-la-nostra-lista-civica-vince-liguria-bucci-presidente/
  6. ^ a b "Eligendo: Regionale Liguria del 27-28 ottobre 2024". Italian Ministry of Interior. Retrieved 2024-10-29.
  7. ^ "Youtrend on X: "Orlando ha vinto a Genova col 52,3%, ma anche a Savona (58%) e La Spezia (51,1%). Il candidato del centrodestra ha invece prevalso a Imperia (52,6%), ma in generale è andato bene in tutto l'estremo Ponente (64,2% a Ventimiglia, 60,6% a Sanremo) e nel Tigullio (61,6% a Rapallo, 56% a Chiavari)."" [Orlando won in Genoa with 52.3%, but also in Savona (58%) and La Spezia (51.1%). The centre-right candidate instead prevailed in Imperia (52.6%), but in general he did well in the whole of the far west (64.2% in Ventimiglia, 60.6% in Sanremo) and in Tigullio (61.6% in Rapallo, 56% in Chiavari).] (in Italian).
  8. ^ "Bucci perde a Genova ma vince in provincia di Savona: solo l'area del rigassificatore e quella di Cairo scelgono Orlando - IVG.it". Il Vostro Giornale (in Italian). 2024-10-28. Retrieved 2024-10-29.
  9. ^ "Il rigassificatore di Piombino sarà spostato a Vado Ligure entro il 2026". Il Post (in Italian). 2023-07-19. Retrieved 2024-10-29.
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