2021 Calabrian regional election

The 2021 Calabrian regional election took place in Calabria, Italy, on 3 and 4 October 2021, following the dissolution of the regional parliament after the death of regional president Jole Santelli. It was originally scheduled to take place on 14 February 2021, then on 11 April 2021, and was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy.[1][2]

2021 Calabrian regional election

← 20203 and 4 October 20212026 →

All 31 seats to the Regional Council of Calabria
Turnout44.36% (Increase0.1%)
 Majority partyMinority partyThird party
 
CandidateRoberto OcchiutoAmalia BruniLuigi de Magistris
PartyForza ItaliaIndependentDemA
AllianceCentre-rightCentre-leftM5SLeft-wing
Seats won2182
Seat changeIncrease1Decrease3Increase2
Popular vote431,675219,389128,204
Percentage54.5%27.7%16.2%

Seats won by each party in each electoral constituency and winner by province.

President before election

Antonino Spirlì (acting)
Lega Nord

Elected President

Roberto Occhiuto
Forza Italia

Electoral system

Even if a district list is linked to a regional list that exceeds 8% of the vote, the district list must obtain at least 4% of the vote in the whole region in order to elect their own representatives. To ensure governance, the candidate who receives the most votes wins a majority bonus of 55% of the seats.[3]

Parties and candidates

This is a list of the parties, and their respective leaders, which will participate in the election.[4]

Political party or allianceConstituent listsPrevious resultCandidate
Votes (%)Seats
Centre-rightForza Italia12.35Roberto Occhiuto
League12.34
Brothers of Italy10.94
Union of the Centre6.82
Us with Italy (incl. PdF)
Coraggio Italia
Forza Azzurri – Occhiuto for President
Centre-leftDemocratic Party15.25Amalia Bruni
Five Star Movement6.3
Amalia Bruni for President – Safe Calabria
Treasure Calabria5.2
Italian Socialist Party
Green Europe
Animalist Party – Progressive Democrats (incl. Art. 1)
de Magistris coalitionDemocracy and AutonomyLuigi de Magistris
de Magistris for President
United with de Magistris
For Calabria with de Magistris
Another Calabria is Possible (incl. SI)
Resistant and Solidary Calabria (incl. PaP, PCI)
Oliviero coalitionOliverio for President – Calabrian IdentityMario Oliverio

Potential candidates

Withdrawn candidates

Opinion polls

Candidates

DatePolling firm/ClientSample sizeOcchiutoBruniDe MagistrisOliverioUndecidedLead
12–15 Sep 2021Noto1,00046.030.019.05.034.016.0
12–14 Sep 2021Winpoll1,00039.439.218.92.50.2
8–10 Sep 2021EMG1,00048.030.019.03.018.0

Parties

DatePolling firmSample sizeCentre-rightCentre-leftDe MagistrisOliverioLead
FdIFILegaFAUDCNcICIPDM5SPSIOther
8–10 Sep 2021EMG12.010.08.05.05.05.04.015.07.03.06.017.03.03.0
26 Jan 2020Election result-10.912.312.3DNP6.8DNPDNP15.26.3DNPDNPDNPDNP2.9

Results

3 and 4 October 2021 Calabrian regional election results
CandidatesVotes%SeatsPartiesVotes%Seats
Roberto Occhiuto431,67554.461Forza Italia131,88217.317
Brothers of Italy66,2778.704
League63,4598.334
Forza Azzurri – Occhiuto for President61,8288.112
Coraggio Italia43,1595.662
Union of the Centre34,9234.581
Us with Italy23,1383.04
Total424,66655.7220
Amalia Bruni219,38927.681Democratic Party100,43713.185
Five Star Movement49,4146.482
Amalia Bruni for President – Safe Calabria28,7333.77
Treasure Calabria17,3582.38
Italian Socialist Party7,0240.92
Green Europe3,7550.49
Animalist Party – Progressive Democrats2,2590.30
Total208,98027.427
Luigi de Magistris128,20416.17de Magistris for President39,3385.162
Democracy and Autonomy25,9293.40
Another Calabria is possible18,2352.39
United with de Magistris12,3901.63
For Calabria with de Magistris10,5471.38
Resistant and Solidary Calabria9,1751.20
Total115,61415.172
Mario Oliverio13,4401.70Oliverio for President – Calabrian Identity12,8381.68
Blank and invalid votes45,9835.48
Total candidates792,708100.002Total parties762,098100.0029
Registered voters/turnout1,890,73244.36
Source: Ministry of the Interior – Election in Calabria


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