The 2020 Campanian regional election took place in Campania on 20 and 21 September 2020. It was originally scheduled to take place on 31 May 2020, but it was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy.Elezioni Regionali, il 31 Maggio si vota in Toscana, Veneto, Campania, Puglia, Liguria e Marche

Electoral system The Regional Council of Campania () is composed of 50 members, elected in a party-list proportional representation system. The seats are divided among five constituencies corresponding to the region's provinces: Avellino with 4 seats, Benevento with 2 seats, Caserta with 8 seats, Naples with 27 seats, and Salerno with 9 seats. Regional councillors are selected from party lists at the constituency level, with an electoral threshold at 3%. An additional seat is reserved to the President-elect, who is the candidate winning a plurality of votes. A majority bonus of 60% is granted to the winning coalition.

Background In February 2020, the direction of the Democratic Party (PD) officially confirmed that the centre-left candidate for President of Campania would be the incumbent President Vincenzo De Luca.

The centre-right coalition picked former President Stefano Caldoro, a member of Forza Italia (FI), as its candidate, after hypotheses of a League's candidate or Mara Carfagna (FI) were abandoned.

The Five Star Movement (M5S) discarded the idea of a coalition with the centre-left, and proposed its own candidate Valeria Ciarambino. Previously, the M5S had proposed the incumbent Minister of Environment Sergio Costa as its candidate.

Parties and candidates Political party or allianceConstituent listsPrevious resultCandidateVotes (%)Seats Centre-left coalition Democratic Party 19.515 Vincenzo De Luca De Luca for President4.94 Free Campania 4.83Democratic Centre 2.82Italian Socialist Party 2.21 Green Europe – Solidary Democracy 1.21Really – Animalist Party (incl. IiC) More Campania in Europe (incl. PLI)Us Campanians Democratic Making – Populars Liberal Democrats – Popular Campania – ModeratesDemocrats and Progressives (incl. Art.1, RD) Italia Viva For People and the Community Italian Republican Party – League for Italy Centre-right coalition Forza Italia17.87 Stefano Caldoro Caldoro for President – Union of the Centre (incl. NPSI, C!)9.64 Brothers of Italy 5.52 League Alliance of the Centre Southern Identity – Southern Macroregion Five Star Movement 17.07 Valeria CiarambinoTerra (incl. SI, PRC, PCI, PdS, èViva)2.3 –Luca SaltalamacchiaPower to the People Giuliano GranatoThird Pole Sergio AngrisanoParty of Good Manners Giuseppe Cirillo

Opinion polls Candidates

Date Polling firm/Client Sample size De Luca Caldoro Ciarambino Others Undecided Lead 21 Sep 2020 Opinio (exit poll) – 54.0–58.0 23.0–27.0 10.5–14.5 – – 31.0 1–4 Sep 2020 Ixè 1,000 54.4 26.9 15.0 3.7 23.7 27.5 29 Aug 2020 Ipsos 930 50.4 29.0 15.9 4.8 8.4 21.4 28 Aug–1 Sep 2020 SWG 1,000 51–55 29–33 11–15 26 18–26 27 Aug 2020 Tecnè 2,000 45–49 33–37 14–18 2–4 8–14 24 Aug–2 Sep 2020 Noto 46–50 34–38 11–15 1–5 8–14 3–4 Aug 2020 Tecnè 1,000 44.5 39.0 15.0 1.5 5.5 20–22 Jul 2020 Winpoll 1,002 58.6 28.9 9.9 2.6 21.029.7 25–26 Jun 2020 Winpoll Arcadia 800 65.4 21.9 10.9 43.5 24–25 Jun 2020 Noto 1,000 45.0 39.0 13.0 3.0 6.0 17–20 Dec 2019 Winpoll Arcadia 700 39.5 36.7 23.8 – 2.8

Hypothetical candidates Date Polling firm/Client Sample sizeDe LucaCaldoro Other CDX CiarambinoCosta Others Undecided Lead 20 Dec–25 Dec 2019Index 1,000 36.047.0 15.0 2.0 27.2 11.0 35.0 49.0 14.0 2.0 25.9 14.0 12–15 Nov 2019Noto 1,000 34.042.0 20.0 4.0 30.0 8.0 32.0 44.0 22.0 2.0 25.8 12.0 34.0 42.0 20.0 2.0 26.8 8.0 27 Sep 2019Winpoll Arcadia –37.0 20.4 5.2 7.9 33.0 8.5

Parties Date Polling firm Sample sizeCentre-leftM5SCentre-right Others Undecided LeadPDIVEVDeP+EDLOtherFILegaFdIOther 1–4 Sep 2020Ixè 1,00020.6 1.5 17.3 7.1 19.4 8.8 8.6 7.8 6.2 2.7 26.3 1.2 29 Aug 2020Ipsos 93019.2 12.0 12.2 4.1 17.2 14.0 3.3 10.2 1.0 2.7 14.52.0 28 Aug–1 Sep 2020SWG 1,00018.5–20.5 1.5–2.5 1.0–2.0 1.0–2.0 1.0–2.0 17.0–19.0 13.0–15.0 5.5–7.5 9.5–11.5 7.5–9.5 1.0–2.0 29.0 -0.5–3.5 20–22 Jul 2020Winpoll 1,002 15.0 1.9 0.9 0.8 1.317.2 7.7 17.0 6.0 14.4 14.9 0.7 1.4 0.2 25–26 Jun 2020Winpoll Arcadia 800 21.3 0.9 1.2 1.1 20.621.7 8.2 10.7 10.5 2.7 1.1 0.4 29–30 May 2020Tecnè 1,000 21.7 2.4 0.9 2.7 2.3 1.724.3 14.1 15.3 12.4 2.2 2.6 17–20 Dec 2019Winpoll Arcadia 700 22.7 2.5 2.1 2.6 2.4 1.226.2 9.7 18.8 8.8 3.0 3.5 30 Nov–2 Dec 2019Index 1,000 16.0 3.0 2.0 5.0 8.0 15.0 14.017.0 11.0 4.0 5.0 17.2 1.0 12–15 Nov 2019Noto 1,00022.0 3.0 2.0 2.0 3.0 18.0 16.0 13.0 10.0 3.0 8.0 28.0 4.0

Results The election saw the victory of the centre-left candidate and incumbent President of Campania, Vincenzo De Luca, who won almost 69.5% of the vote with more than 45% lead over the centre-right candidate Stefano Caldoro. The Five Star Movement candidate, Valeria Ciarambino, arrived third with less than 10% of the vote. The Democratic Party was the first party by number of votes, with 16.9% of preferences, followed by the list of De Luca and by the Five Star Movement.

+ CandidatesVotes%SeatsPartiesVotes%Seats Vincenzo De Luca1,789,01769.481 Democratic Party398,49016.908 De Luca for President313,66613.306 Italia Viva173,8707.374 Free Campania122,3675.192 Democratic Making – Populars104,8574.452 Us Campanians102,6524.352 Liberal Democrats – Popular Campania – Moderates84,7693.602 Democratic Centre76,1413.232 Italian Socialist Party60,1002.551 More Campania in Europe45,5001.931 Green Europe – Solidary Democracy42,9961.821 Really – Animalist Party33,6811.431 For the People and the Community26,4521.12– Democrats and Progressives25,2541.07– Italian Republican Party5,7450.24–Total1,616,54068.5732Stefano Caldoro464,92118.061 Brothers of Italy140,9185.984 League133,1525.653 Forza Italia 121,6955.162 Caldoro for President – Union of the Centre45,3261.921 Alliance of the Centre6,4320.27– Southern Identity – South Macroregion3,3330.14–Total450,85619.1210Valeria Ciarambino255,7149.93– Five Star Movement233,9749.927Giuliano Granato30,9551.20– Power to the People26,7111.13–Luca Saltalamacchia27,4751.07– Terra25,1251.07–Sergio Angrisano4,0280.16– Third Pole3,0560.13–Giuseppe Cirillo2,6080.10– Party of Good Manners1,3480.06– Blank and invalid votes199,3867.19Total candidates2,574,718100.002Total parties2,357,610100.0049 Registered voters/turnout4,996,92155.52Source: Ministry of the Interior – Results

Turnout RegionTime20 Sep21 Sep 12:00 19:00 23:00 15:00Campania11.32%26.52%38.92%55.53%ProvinceTime20 Sep21 Sep12:0019:0023:0015:00Avellino9.55%24.95%37.01%51.86%Benevento10.06%24.80%36.22%51.73%Caserta11.21%27.00%40.20%57.61%Naples11.84%26.78%38.86%55.33%Salerno11.24%26.67%39.62%57.11% Source: Ministry of the Interior – Turnout

Elected councillors

+ConstituencyPartyMemberCampania(at-large) PD Vincenzo De Luca FI Stefano CaldoroNaples PD Mario Casillo PD Loredana Raia PD Carmela Fiola PD Massimiliano Manfredi DLP Vittoria Lettieri DLP Lucia Fortini DLP Carmine Mocerino DLP Paola Raia M5S Valeria Ciarambino M5S Gennaro Saiello M5S Maria Muscarà M5S Luigi Cirillo FdI Michele Schiano di Visconti FdI Marco Nonno LD–Mod Giuseppe Sommese LD–Mod Pasquale Di Fenza CD Giovanni Mensorio CD Raffaele Maria Pisacane IV Francesco Iovino Lega Severino Nappi CL Giovanni Porcelli FI Anna Rita Patriarca FD–Pop Felice Di Maiolo +E Fulvio Frezza EV–DemoS Francesco Emilio Borrelli UDC Gennaro Cinque

+ConstituencyPartyMemberSalerno PD Francesco Picarone DLP Luca Cascone M5S Michele Cammarano IV Tommaso Pellegrino FdI Nunzio Carpentieri Lega Attilio Pierro CL Giovanni Savastano FD–Pop Corrado Matera PSI Andrea VolpeCaserta PD Gennaro Oliviero DLP Giovanni Zannini M5S Salvatore Aversano IV Vincenzo Santangelo FdI Alfonso Piscitelli Lega Gianpiero Zinzi FI Massimo Grimaldi NC Luigia Maria IodiceAvellino PD Maurizio Petracca M5S Vincenzo Ciampi IV Vincenzo Alaia D–PA Livio PetittoBenevento PD Erasmo Mortaruolo NC Luigi Abbate

See also 2020 Italian regional elections

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