Politics of Abruzzo

The Regional Government (Giunta Regionale) is presided by the President of the Region (Presidente della Regione), who is elected for a five-year term, and is composed by the President and the Ministers (Assessori), who are currently 8, including a Vice President (Vicepresidente) and an undersecretary (Sottosegretario).^[1]

Elected by the Regional Council (1970–1995)

Directly-elected presidents (since 1995)

N.	Portrait	President	Term of office		Tenure (Years and days)	Party		Composition	Legislature
9		Antonio Falconio (1938–2021)	29 May 1995	18 May 2000	4 years, 355 days		Italian People's Party	PDS–PRC–PPI–PdD–FdV	VI (1995)
10		Giovanni Pace (1933–2018)	18 May 2000	22 April 2005	4 years, 339 days		National Alliance	FI–AN–CDC–CDU	VII (2000)
11		Ottaviano Del Turco (1944– )	22 April 2005	13 July 2008[a]	3 years, 82 days		Italian Democratic Socialists/ Democratic Party	DS–DL–SDI–PRC–UDEUR–PdCI–FdV	VIII (2005)
12		Giovanni Chiodi (1961– )	3 January 2009	10 June 2014	5 years, 158 days		The People of Freedom	PdL–MpA	IX (2008)
13		Luciano D'Alfonso (1965– )	10 June 2014	10 August 2018[b]	4 years, 61 days		Democratic Party	PD–CD–SEL–IdV	X (2014)
12		Marco Marsilio (1968– )	23 February 2019	Incumbent	5 years, 116 days		Brothers of Italy	Lega–FI–FdI–AP–UDC	XI (2019)
			TBD					FdI–FI–Lega–NM	XII (2024)

The Regional Council of Abruzzo (Consiglio Regionale dell'Abruzzo) is composed of 40 members. 32 councillors are elected in provincial constituencies by proportional representation using the largest remainder method with a Droop quota and open lists, while 8 councillors (elected in bloc) come from a "regional list", including the President-elect. One seat is reserved for the candidate who comes second. If a coalition wins more than 50% of the total seats in the council with PR, only 4 candidates from the regional list will be chosen and the number of those elected in provincial constituencies will be 36. If the winning coalition receives less than 40% of votes, special seats are added to the council to ensure a large majority for the President's coalition.^[2]

The council is elected for a five-year term, but, if the President suffers a vote of no confidence, resigns or dies, under the simul stabunt, simul cadent clause introduced in 1999 (literally they will stand together or they will fall together), also the council is dissolved and a snap election is called.^[3]

The latest regional election was held on 10 March 2024. Incumbent president Marco Marsilio of Brothers of Italy was re-elected and his party was the most voted one.

10 March 2024 Abruzzo regional election results

Candidates		Votes	%	Seats	Parties		Votes	%	Seats
	Marco Marsilio	326,660	53.50	1		Brothers of Italy	139,578	24.10	8
						Forza Italia	77,841	13.44	4
						League	43,816	7.56	2
						Marsilio for President	33,102	5.72	2
						Us Moderates	15,516	2.68	1
						Union of the Centre–Christian Democracy	6,784	1.17	–
					Total		316,637	54.67	17
	Luciano D'Amico	284,748	46.50	1		Democratic Party	117,497	20.29	6
						Abruzzo Together	44.353	7.66	2
						Five Star Movement	40.629	7.01	2
						Action–Socialists Populars Reformists	23,156	4.00	1
						Greens and Left Alliance	20,655	3.57	1
						Reformists and Civics	16,275	2.81	–
					Total		262,565	45.33	12
Invalid votes		18,197	–
Total candidates		612,408	100.00	2	Total parties		579,202	100.00	29
Registered voters		1,208,207	51.19
Source: Ministry of the Interior – Results

• Abruzzo Region
• Regional Council of Abruzzo
• Constitution of Abruzzo