The 2018 Valdostan regional election took place on 20 May 2018 in Aosta Valley, Italy.
Background The 2013 regional election confirmed the incumbent autonomist coalition government, led by the Valdostan Union (UV), which retained its absolute majority in the Regional Council of Aosta Valley. The coalition lost 14pp from 2008, however.
In July 2015 the regional government, which had been led by UV's Augusto Rollandin since 2008 (he had been President also in 1984–1990 and senator for Aosta Valley in 2001–2006), was enlarged to the centre-left Democratic Party (PD). In June 2016, after months of negotiations, the government was joined also by the Progressive Valdostan Union (UVP).
In March 2017 the UVP left the government and, along with Edelweiss (SA), Autonomy Liberty Participation Ecology (ALPE) and For Our Valley (PNV), formed a new government without the UV, under President Pierluigi Marquis (SA). Finally, in October, Marquis resigned and was replaced by UVP's Laurent Viérin at the head of a coalition composed of the UV, the UVP, the Valdostan Autonomist Popular Edelweiss (EPAV) and the PD.
Parties and candidate This is the list of parties that participated in the election.
Party Ideology Valdostan Union (UV) Regionalism, Centrism Progressive Valdostan Union (UVP) Regionalism, Progressivism Autonomy Liberty Participation Ecology (ALPE) Regionalism, Social democracy For Our Valley – Edelweiss (PNV–SA) Regionalism, Christian democracy Democratic Party – VdA Left (PD–SVdA) Social democracy, Christian left Five Star Movement (M5S) Populism, Anti-establishment Centre-right Aosta Valley Conservatism, Liberal conservatism League–Young Aosta Valley (Lega) Regionalism, Right-wing populism Civic Commitment (IC) Regionalism, Democratic socialism Mouv' Regionalism, Progressivism
Results <onlyinclude> + Parties Votes % Seats Valdostan Union 12,265 19.25 7 League–Young Aosta Valley 10,872 17.06 7 For Our Valley – Edelweiss 6,792 10.664 Progressive Valdostan Union 6,750 10.59 4 Five Star Movement 6,652 10.44 4 Autonomy Liberty Participation Ecology 5,733 9.00 3 Civic Commitment 4,806 7.54 3 Mouv' 4,545 7.13 3 Democratic Party – VdA Left 3,436 5.39 – Centre-right Aosta Valley 1,862 2.92 – Valid votes 63,713 94.90 – Blank votes 813 1.21 – Invalid votes 2,612 3.89 –Total67,161100.0035Registered voters/turnout 103,117 65.13 – Source: Autonomous Region of Aosta Valley – Results
Popular vote by list
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