The 2021 Calabrian regional election took place in Calabria, Italy, on 3 and 4 October 2021, following the dissolution of the regional parliament after the death of regional president Jole Santelli. It was originally scheduled to take place on 14 February 2021, then on 11 April 2021, and was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy.
Electoral system Even if a district list is linked to a regional list that exceeds 8% of the vote, the district list must obtain at least 4% of the vote in the whole region in order to elect their own representatives. To ensure governance, the candidate who receives the most votes wins a majority bonus of 55% of the seats.
Parties and candidates This is a list of the parties, and their respective leaders, which will participate in the election.
Political party or allianceConstituent listsPrevious resultCandidateVotes (%)Seats Centre-right Forza Italia12.35 Roberto Occhiuto League12.34 Brothers of Italy10.94 Union of the Centre6.82 Us with Italy (incl. PdF) Coraggio Italia Forza Azzurri – Occhiuto for President Centre-left Democratic Party15.25 Amalia Bruni Five Star Movement6.3– Amalia Bruni for President – Safe Calabria Treasure Calabria 5.2– Italian Socialist Party Green Europe Animalist Party – Progressive Democrats (incl. Art. 1) de Magistris coalition Democracy and Autonomy Luigi de Magistris de Magistris for President United with de Magistris For Calabria with de Magistris Another Calabria is Possible (incl. SI) Resistant and Solidary Calabria (incl. PaP, PCI) Oliviero coalition Oliverio for President – Calabrian IdentityMario Oliverio
Potential candidates Centre-left coalition: Jasmine Cristallo, Anna Falcone Pietro Grasso, Marco Minniti, Franco Mirabelli, Antonio Viscomi. Centre-right coalition: Sergio Abramo, Fulvia Caligiuri, Gianluca Gallo, Maria Limardo, Mario Occhiuto. Five Star Movement: Nicola Morra.
Withdrawn candidates Centre-left coalition: Nicola Irto, Maria Antonietta Ventura.
Opinion polls Candidates Date Polling firm/Client Sample size Occhiuto Bruni De Magistris Oliverio Undecided Lead12–15 Sep 2021Noto1,000 46.030.019.05.034.0 16.012–14 Sep 2021Winpoll1,000 39.439.218.92.5 0.28–10 Sep 2021EMG1,000 48.030.019.03.0 18.0
Parties Date Polling firm Sample sizeCentre-rightCentre-leftDe MagistrisOliverio LeadFdIFILegaFAUDCNcICIPDM5SPSIOther EMG 12.0 10.0 8.0 5.0 5.0 5.0 4.0 15.0 7.0 3.0 6.0 17.0 3.0 3.0-10.912.312.3DNP6.8DNPDNP15.26.3DNPDNPDNPDNP 2.9
Results + Candidates Votes % Seats Parties Votes % Seats Roberto Occhiuto431,67554.461 Forza Italia131,88217.317 Brothers of Italy66,2778.704 League63,4598.334 Forza Azzurri – Occhiuto for President61,8288.112 Coraggio Italia43,1595.662 Union of the Centre34,9234.581 Us with Italy23,1383.04–Total424,66655.7220 Amalia Bruni219,38927.681 Democratic Party100,43713.185 Five Star Movement49,4146.482 Amalia Bruni for President – Safe Calabria 28,7333.77– Treasure Calabria17,3582.38– Italian Socialist Party7,0240.92– Green Europe 3,7550.49– Animalist Party – Progressive Democrats2,2590.30–Total208,98027.427 Luigi de Magistris128,20416.17– de Magistris for President 39,3385.162 Democracy and Autonomy25,9293.40– Another Calabria is possible18,2352.39– United with de Magistris12,3901.63– For Calabria with de Magistris10,5471.38– Resistant and Solidary Calabria9,1751.20–Total115,61415.172Mario Oliverio13,4401.70– Oliverio for President – Calabrian Identity12,8381.68– Blank and invalid votes45,9835.48 Total candidates792,708100.002Total parties762,098100.0029 Registered voters/turnout1,890,73244.36 Source: Ministry of the Interior – Election in Calabria
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