The 2024 Piedmontese regional election was held on 8–9 June 2024. The election will elect all members of the Regional Council of Piedmont, as well as the president of Piedmont. It is the fourth election as part of the 2024 Italian regional elections and was held on the same day as the 2024 European Parliament election in Italy.
Background In the 2019 Piedmontese regional election, the centre-right coalition regained control of the region after its candidate, Alberto Cirio of Forza Italia, defeated the centre-left coalition's incumbent president Sergio Chiamparino of the Democratic Party. In a summer 2023 approval rankings drawn up by Il Sole 24 Ore about Italy's regional presidents, Cirio ranked sixth. In January 2024, the Regional Council of Piedmont approved the decree that dated the Piedmontese election to 9 June 2024. The election in Piedmont is one of the five regional elections in Italy for 2024 and will be held on the same day as the 2024 European Parliament election. The rise of Brothers of Italy, which culminated in the party leading the centre-right coalition and the formation of the Meloni government after the 2022 Italian general election, caused division within the centre-right coalition going into the 2024 Sardinian regional election, where Brothers of Italy obtained their candidate. This put in question the re-election bids of other centre-right coalition's regional presidents, including in Piedmont. In March 2024, Cirio was confirmed as the centre-right coalition candidate.
Among the national and regional opposition, the Democratic Party and the Five Star Movement were divided over the Piedmontese candidate. In the region, both parties had been historically divided, in particular over the issue of the Treno Alta Velocità. In February 2024, the centre-left coalition narrowly won in Sardinia, unseating a centre-right coalition regional incumbent president since 2015, despite a left-leaning independent candidacy, and although it ultimately lost, it was united in the subsequent 2024 Abruzzo regional election. Division within the centre-left coalition ahead of the 2024 Basilicata regional election caused further division for the Piedmontese one. In Basilicata, Domenico Lacerenza, the Five Star Movement's preferred candidate in Basilicata, was forced to withdraw his candidacy, and although the Five Star Movement ultimately reached an agreement with the centre-left coalition, Action and Italia Viva had joined the centre-right coalition, a situation that could repeat itself in Piedmont; Action leader Carlo Calenda said that no decision was made on whether to support Cirio. Additionally, when the Democratic Party, the largest party within the centre-left coalition, announced Gianna Pentenero as their candidate in Piedmont, rather than the rumoured candidacy of Chiara Gribaudo, a deputy from the Democratic Party who alongside Daniele Valle (a member of the Democratic Party and the minority vice-president in the Regional Council of Piedmont) accepted the decision, the Five Star Movement stated that they would not support her, and announced they would field their own candidate. A possible candidate is Chiara Appendino, the Five Star Movement's former mayor of Turin, although they denied it both as part of the centre-left coalition and as their own separate candidate.
Electoral system
In July 2023, the Regional Council of Piedmont approved a new electoral law.
Political parties and candidates Political party or allianceConstituent listsPrevious resultCandidateVotes (%)Seats Centre-right coalition League (Lega)37.117 Forza Italia – UDC – PLI (FI–UDC–PLI)9.24 Brothers of Italy (FdI)5.52Cirio for President ( Moderates and Action)Us Moderates (NM) Centre-left coalition Democratic Party (PD)22.49 Greens and Left Alliance (AVS)2.41 United States of Europe (SUE)1.8 Environmentalist and Solidary Piedmont ( DemoS and Volt)0.8 Pentenero for PresidentFive Star Movement (M5S)13.65 Popular Piedmont (PP) Freedom (L)
Opinion polling DatePolling firmSample size Cirio Pentenero Disabato Frediani Costanzo Others Lead 22 May 2024 Noto 1,000 58.0 27.0 11.0 4.0 31.0 14-16 May 2024 BiDiMedia 1,000 54.7 33.0 8.5 2.3 1.5 21.7 20-24 Apr 2024 BiDiMedia 1,000 56.0 34.1 8.8 colspan=2 1.1 21.9
Date Polling firm Sample size Centre-right Centre-left M5S UP Libertà Others Lead FdI Lega FI CP NM PD SUE AVS PP AeS 22 May 2024 Noto 1,000 28.0 11.0 8.0 8.0 3.0 15.0 3.0 4.0 4.0 1.0 11.0 2.0 2.0 13.0 14–16 May 2024 BiDiMedia 1,000 27.1 12.0 9.2 5.2 1.1 21.0 5.1 3.9 1.7 1.0 8.3 2.3 1.5 6.1 20-24 Apr 2024 BiDiMedia 1,000 27.0 12.1 9.9 5.8 1.0 21.6 5.8 4.5 2.5 1.0 8.6 colspan=2 1.7 5.4
Results + CandidatesVotes%SeatsPartiesVotes%SeatsAlberto Cirio1,055,75256.136 Brothers of Italy403,95424.4311 Cirio for President202,29412.235 Forza Italia162,8889.854 League155,5229.404 Us Moderates11,4410.69–Total936,09856.6024Gianna Pentenero630,85333.541 Democratic Party395.71023.9312 Greens and Left Alliance107,0956.483 United States of Europe40,2232.431 Pentenero for President24,8351.5– Environmentalist and Solidary Piedmont 14,5360.88–Total582,39935.2216 Sarah Disabato144,4207.68– Five Star Movement99,8066.043 Francesca Frediani28,1911.50– Popular Piedmont19,3771.17– Alberto Costanzo21,5651.15– Freedom16,0640.97– Total candidates1,880,781100.006Total parties1,653,744100.0043 Blank and invalid votes170,0488.49 Registered voters/turnout3,621,10155.30 Source: Ministry of the Interior – Election in Piedmont
Results by province and capital city
Province Gianna Pentenero Alberto Cirio Sarah Disabato Others Turin 373,125 39.09% 468,302 49.06% 86,780 9.09% 26,312 2.76% Cuneo 73,166 26.58% 183,302 66.58% 12,474 4.53% 6,357 2.31% Alessandria 50,577 28.44% 109,520 61.61% 13,073 7.35% 4,626 2.60% Novara 46,502 29.09% 97,473 60.98% 11,778 7.37% 4,099 2.56% Asti 24,455 26.97% 57,695 63.63% 6,400 7.06% 2,121 2.34% Biella 22,958 28.24% 50,977 62.72% 4,903 6.03% 2,445 3.01% Vercelli 19,241 26.46% 47,062 64.72% 4,584 6.30% 1,834 2.53% Verbano-Cusio-Ossola 20,849 30.37% 41,421 60.33% 4,428 6.45% 1,962 2.85%
City Gianna Pentenero Alberto Cirio Sarah Disabato Others Turin 155,641 46.45% 140,345 41.88% 30,355 9.06% 8,759 2.62% Cuneo 10,170 42.65% 11,608 48.67% 1,333 5.59% 737 3.09% Alessandria 10,392 31.88% 18,620 57.13% 2,759 8.46% 823 2.52% Novara 14,306 35.98% 21,452 53.95% 3,189 8.02% 817 2.05% Asti 9,438 34.89% 14,657 54.19% 2,413 8.92% 541 2.00% Biella 6,589 33.47% 11,425 58.03% 1,180 5.99% 495 2.51% Vercelli 6,355 32.02% 11,832 59.62% 1,209 6.09% 451 2.27% Verbania 5,434 38.66% 7,155 50.91% 944 6.72% 522 3.72%
See also Politics of Piedmont
References
External links 2023 electoral law (in Italian)