The 2020 Tuscan regional election was the 7th regional election held in Tuscany, Italy, and took place on 20 and 21 September 2020. It was originally scheduled to take place on 31 May 2020, but it was delayed due to the coronavirus pandemic in Italy.Elezioni Regionali, il 31 Maggio si vota in Toscana, Veneto, Campania, Puglia, Liguria e Marche The Democratic candidate, Eugenio Giani, defeated the League candidate, Susanna Ceccardi. Giani took office as President of Tuscany on 8 October 2020.

Electoral system Tuscany uses its own legislation of 2014 to elect its Regional Council. The councillors are elected in provincial constituencies by proportional representation using the D'Hondt method. The constituency of Florence is further divided into 4 sub-constituencies. Preferential voting is allowed: a maximum of two preferences can be expressed for candidates of the same party list and provided the two chosen candidates are of different gender.

In this system, parties are grouped in alliances supporting a candidate for the post of President of Tuscany. The candidate receiving at least 40% of the votes is elected to the post and his/her list (or the coalition) is awarded a majority of 23 seats in the Regional Council plus the seat of the President (24+1 seats with more than 45% of the vote). If no candidate gets more than 40% of the votes, a run-off is held fourteen days later, where the two top candidates from the first round run against each other. The winning candidate is then ensured a majority in the Regional Council.

Council apportionment According to the official 2011 Italian census, the 40 Council seats which must be covered by proportional representation are so distributed between Tuscan provinces. The number of seats to be assigned in each province is the following:  AR   FI   GR   LI   LU   MS   PI   PT   PO   SI  4 11 2 4 4 2 4 3 3 3 The Province of Florence is further divided into smaller electoral colleges.

Parties and candidates Political party or allianceConstituent listsPrevious resultCandidateVotes (%)Seats Centre-left coalition Democratic Party (PD) (incl. DemoS) 45.924 Eugenio Giani Italia Viva – More Europe (IV – +E) Civic Ecologist Left (incl. Art.1) Proud Tuscany for Giani (incl. PSI, PRI, CD and IdV) Green Europe (EV) Svolta! (IiC – Volt – Tuscany in the Heart) Centre-right coalition League (Lega)16.04 Susanna Ceccardi Forza Italia (FI)8.41 Brothers of Italy (FdI)3.81 Civic Tuscany (incl. C! and FNElezioni regionali Toscana, il Pd: “Candidato di Forza Nuova a Siena nella lista per Ceccardi”)Five Star Movement (M5S)15.04 Irene GallettiTuscany to the Left (incl. SI, PRC, PaP, SA, èViva)6.31 Tommaso FattoriCommunist Party (PC) Salvatore CatelloItalian Communist Party (PCI) Marco Barzanti3V Movement (M3V)

Opinion polls Candidates Date Polling firm/Client Sample size Giani Ceccardi Galletti Fattori Catello Others Undecided Lead 4 Sep 2020 Lab2101 – 41.7 43.1 8.4 6.8 1.4 28 Aug–3 Sep 2020Quorum 2,00042.0 38.0 8.0 6.0 6.0 4.0 29 Aug–2 Sep 2020 SWG 1,10044.0 42.0 8.5 3.0 2.5 2.0 28 Aug–2 Sep 2020 Demetra 50043.0 33.0 11.0 10.0 3.0 10.027–29 Aug 2020 EMG 1,00044.0 41.5 8.0 5.5 2.527–28 Aug 2020 Scenari Politici–Winpoll 1,00043.0 42.5 8.3 6.2 0.5 25 Aug 2020 Tecnè 2,00043–47 39–43 5–9 5–9 0–8 24 Aug–2 Sep 2020 Noto 42–46 39–43 7–11 4–8 -1–7 30 Jun 2020EMG 46.5 40.5 8.0 5.0 6.0 29–30 Jun 2020Tecnè 1,00046.0 40.5 8.0 5.5 17.6 5.5 28 Jun 2020Demopolis 45.0 42.0 7.0 4.0 2.0 25.0 3.0 26 Jun 2020Noto 1,00046.0 40.0 8.0 6.0 6.0 29–31 May 2020Noto 1,00044.0 40.0 8.0 3.0 2.0 3.0 24.0 4.0 18–19 Feb 2020EMG 1,00050.0 40.0 5.5 3.0 1.5 10.0

Hypothetical candidates Date Polling firm/Client Sample size Giani Ceccardi Other CDX Galletti Others Undecided Lead 19–23 Dec 2019EMG – 48.0 40.5 8.5 3.0 7.548.0 40.0 9.0 3.0 8.048.0 39.5 9.0 3.0 8.5 28 Nov–5 Dec 2019SWG 1,000 44.044.0 7.0 5.0 17.0 Tie46.046.0 8.0 20.0 Tie

Parties Date Polling firm Sample sizeCentre-leftCentre-rightM5S Others Undecided LeadPDIVLSOtherLegaFIFdIOther 29 Aug–2 Sep 2020 SWG 2,000 33.5 4.0 5.0 28.0 5.5 9.0 0.5 9.0 5.5 5.5 28 Aug–3 Sep 2020 Quorum 2,000 31.9 5.8 6.6 23.2 3.8 10.8 1.8 8.5 7.6 7.7 27–29 Aug 2020 EMG 1,000 31.0 7.5 5.5 24.5 5.0 10.0 2.0 8.0 5.5 6.5 27–28 Aug 2020 Scenari Politici–Winpoll 1,000 22.6 5.7 7.6 5.7 24.1 5.4 11.8 2.5 8.3 6.3 1.5 24–29 Jun 2020 EMG 2,000 31.5 8.0 2.0 4.0 25.0 4.0 11.0 1.5 8.0 5.0 6.5 29–31 May 2020 Noto 1,000 33.0 6.0 1.5 4.5 24.0 4.0 11.5 3.0 5.0 7.5 26.0 9.0 18–19 Feb 2020 EMG 1,000 32.0 10.0 6.0 27.0 3.0 11.0 – 6.0 5.0 5.0 29 Dec 2019 EMG – 30.0 7.0 4.0 4.0 27.0 6.0 8.0 – 10.0 12.0 3.0 28 Nov–5 Dec 2019SWG 1,000 29.0 5.0 4.5 5.5 34.0 3.0 5.0 2.5 8.0 3.5 18.0 5.0 12–18 Jul 2018 Ipsos 800 28.5 3.9 2.3 29.5 8.4 4.0 0.2 21.0 2.2 1.0

Results + Candidates Votes % Seats Parties Votes % Seats Eugenio Giani864,31048.621 Democratic Party563,11634.6922 Italia Viva – More Europe72,6494.482 Civic Ecologist Left48,4102.98 – Proud Tuscany for Giani47,7782.94 – Green Europe26,9241.66 – Svolta!5,2460.32 –Total764,12347.0824 Susanna Ceccardi719,26640.462 League353,51421.787 Brothers of Italy219,16513.504 Forza Italia – UDC69,4564.281 Civic Tuscany for Change16,9231.04 –Total659,05840.6012 Irene Galletti113,7966.401 Five Star Movement113,8367.011 Tommaso Fattori39,6842.23 – Tuscany to the Left46,5142.87 – Salvatore Catello17,0070.96 – Communist Party17,0321.05 – Marco Barzanti16,0780.90 – Italian Communist Party15,6170.96 – Tiziana Vigni7,6680.43 – 3V Movement 6,9740.43 – Total candidates1,777,809100.004Total parties1,623,154100.0037 Source: Tuscany Region – Electoral Services

Results by province and capital city

Province Eugenio Giani Susanna Ceccardi Others Florence 283,573 57.42% 155,492 31.48% 54,861 11.12% Pisa 99,871 47.65% 86,800 41.42% 22,911 10.93% Lucca 73,329 39.73% 93,003 50.39% 18,242 9.88% Arezzo 72,810 44.41% 75,488 46.05% 15,634 9.53% Livorno 71,29446.18% 58,773 38.07% 24.313 15.75% Pistoia 61,16144.02% 63,703 45.85% 14,068 10.13% Siena 67,36552.60% 47,861 37.37% 12,851 10.04% Prato 52,61646.69% 48,514 43.05% 11,558 10.27% Grosseto 43,200 42.04% 49,047 47.74% 10,491 10.22% Massa-Carrara 39,091 43.92% 40,618 45.63% 9,304 10.45% Total 864,31048.62% 719,266 40.46% 194,233 10.92%

City Eugenio Giani Susanna Ceccardi Others Florence 109,025 60.30% 53,696 29.70% 18,083 10.00% Prato 38,794 46.85% 35,538 42.92% 8,382 10.23% Livorno 35,547 48.36% 24,009 32.67% 13,942 18.97% Arezzo 20,595 42.02% 24,002 49.01% 4,397 8.97% Pisa 23,04652.66% 16,085 36.76% 4,631 10.58% Pistoia 21,36548.54% 18,214 41.38% 4,438 10.08% Lucca 17,721 42.73% 19,735 47.58% 4,020 9.69% Grosseto 16,171 42.39% 18,246 47.83% 3,728 9.44% Massa 13,598 43.98% 13,890 44.93% 3,428 12.09% Siena 14,00751.40% 10,925 40.09% 2,321 8.51%

Turnout RegionTime20 Sep21 Sep 12:00 19:00 23:00 15:00Tuscany14.60%36.29%45.89%62.60%ProvinceTime20 Sep21 Sep12:0019:0023:0015:00Arezzo13.63%35.60%45.50%64.60%Florence16.60%39.74%49.96%66.47%Grosseto14.41%33.68%41.87%60.87%Livorno14.59%32.87%40.95%57.33%Lucca12.39%32.97%41.34%56.64%Massa and Carrara12.22%30.98%39.33%54.91%Pisa15.27%37.77%48.65%65.57%Pistoia13.90%35.77%45.75%61.66%Prato15.61%39.69%49.79%64.79%Siena13.98%36.22%46.53%64.84% Source: Tuscany Region – Turnout </onlyinclude>

See also 2020 Italian regional elections

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