A large round of regional elections were held in Italy on 31 May 2015 in seven of the twenty regions composing the country, including four of the ten largest ones: Campania, Veneto, Apulia and Tuscany. The other three regions holding elections were Liguria, Marche, Umbria.Regionali, saltano le coalizioni: Pd e Forza Italia si litigano Alfano L'Espresso, 12 February 2015

Overall results Regional councils AllianceVotes%SeatsCentre-left coalition 3,307,310 39.00 Centre-right coalition 3,006,482 35.46 Five Star Movement 1,327,685 15.66 Others 835,448 9.85 Total8,476,925100

PartyVotesSeatsDemocratic Party (PD) 2,134,229 Five Star Movement (M5S) 1,327,394 Northern League (LN) 1,192,230 Forza Italia (FI) 958,871 Brothers of Italy (FdI) 330,566 Popular Area (AP) 319,649 Left Ecology Freedom (SEL) 294,665

Presidents of the regions RegionElection dayOutgoing Elected President Party Alliance President Party Alliance Veneto31 May 2015 Luca Zaia LN Centre-right Luca Zaia LN Centre-right Liguria Claudio Burlando PD Centre-left Giovanni Toti FI Centre-right Marche Gian Mario Spacca PD Centre-left Luca Ceriscioli PD Centre-left Tuscany Enrico Rossi PD Centre-left Enrico Rossi PD Centre-left Umbria Catiuscia Marini PD Centre-left Catiuscia Marini PD Centre-left Campania Stefano Caldoro FI Centre-right Vincenzo De Luca PD Centre-left Apulia Nichi Vendola SEL Centre-left Michele Emiliano PD Centre-left

Summary by region Veneto

President Regional council Candidate Party Votes % Alliance Votes % Seats Luca Zaia LN 1,108,065 50.1 Centre-right 965,994 52.2 29 Alessandra Moretti PD 503,147 22.7 Centre-left 432,629 23.4 12 Jacopo Berti M5S 262,749 11.9 M5S 192,630 10.4 5 Flavio Tosi LTV 262,569 11.9 LTV–AP 199,177 10.8 5 Others 75,674 3.4 Others 60,575 3.3 0 Voters: 2,296,862 — Turnout: 57.2%

Liguria

President Regional council Candidate Party Votes % Alliance Votes % Seats Giovanni Toti FI 226,710 34.4 Centre-right 203,326 37.7 16 Raffaella Paita PD 183,272 27.8 Centre-left 163,647 30.4 8 Alice Salvatore M5S 163,527 24.8 M5S 120,219 22.3 6 Luca Pastorino Ind 61,988 9.4 AET 35,593 6.6 1 Others 22,674 3.6 Others 16,465 3.0 0 Voters: 688,014 — Turnout: 50.7%

Tuscany

President Regional council Candidate Party Votes % Alliance Votes % Seats Enrico Rossi PD 656,920 48.0 Centre-left 637,629 47.6 25 Claudio Borghi LN 273,795 20.0 LN–FdI 265,582 19.8 7 Giacomo Giannarelli M5S 205,818 15.1 M5S 200,771 15.0 5 Stefano Mugnai FI 124,432 9.1 Centre-right 120,654 9.0 2 Tommaso Fattori Ind 85,870 6.3 AET 83,187 6.2 2 Others 20,767 1.6 Others 19,156 1.5 0 Voters: 1,441,504 — Turnout: 48.3%

Umbria

President Regional council Candidate Party Votes % Alliance Votes % Seats Catiuscia Marini PD 159,869 42.8 Centre-left 152,159 43.3 13 Claudio Ricci Ind 146,752 39.3 Centre-right 135,594 38.6 6 Andrea Liberati M5S 53,458 14.3 M5S 51,203 14.6 2 Others 13,594 3.8 Others 12,740 3.8 0 Voters: 391,210 — Turnout: 55.4%

Marche

President Regional council Candidate Party Votes % Alliance Votes % Seats Luca Ceriscioli PD 251,050 41.1 Centre-left 231,143 43.6 19 Giovanni Maggi M5S 133,178 21.8 M5S 100,202 18.9 5 Francesco Acquaroli FdI 116,048 19.0 FdI–LN 103,591 19.5 4 Gian Mario Spacca Ind 86,848 14.2 Centre-right 75,320 14.2 3 Others 24,212 4.0 Others 20,266 3.8 0 Voters: 645,941 — Turnout: 49.8%

Campania

President Regional council Candidate Party Votes % Alliance Votes % Seats Vincenzo De Luca PD 987,927 41.2 Centre-left 917,395 40.3 31 Stefano Caldoro FI 921,379 38.4 Centre-right 904,881 39.7 13 Valeria Ciarambino M5S 420,839 17.5 M5S 387,546 17.0 7 Others 70,637 2.9 Others 67,332 2.9 0 Voters: 2,578,767 — Turnout: 51.9%

Apulia

President Regional council Candidate Party Votes % Alliance Votes % Seats Michele Emiliano PD 793,831 47.1 Centre-left 772,708 48.3 30 Antonella Laricchia M5S 310,304 18.4 M5S 275,114 17.2 8 Francesco Schittulli Ind 308,168 18.3 AP–FdI 296,752 18.5 8 Adriana Poli Bortone Ind 242,641 14.4 Centre-right 231,540 14.5 5 Others 29,725 1.8 Others 24,205 1.5 0 Voters: 1,825,613 — Turnout: 51.2%

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