The 2024 Emilia-Romagna regional election took place in Emilia-Romagna, Italy, on 17–18 November 2024.Le elezioni anticipate in Emilia-Romagna saranno il 17 e il 18 novembre, Il Post
The elections were called following Stefano Bonaccini's election to the European Parliament, a position incompatible with his post as the regional president. He resigned on 12 July 2024, on the same day, the Democratic Party unanimously nominated Mayor of Ravenna Michele De Pascale as its candidate. On 25 July, the centre-right coalition announced the candidacy of Elena Ugolini, a former undersecretary of state and school principal, without a party affiliation.Elezioni regionali: è ufficiale, la civica Ugolini candidata per il centrodestra. Rai News
De Pascale defeated Ugolini by a 16.7 points margin, winning nearly 57% of the popular vote. The number of seats of the centre-left coalition in the Regional Council increased by 5, giving them a 2/3 supermajority.
Electoral system In Emilia-Romagna, a new electoral law was approved by the Legislative Assembly in July 2014, abolishing the blocked list.
The voter can express one or two preference votes for the candidates on the chosen list; in the case of the expression of two preferences, these must concern candidates of different sex according to "gender preference" (under penalty of annulment of the second preference). As regards the election of the councilors, the law guarantees in any case at least 27 seats on the lists that support the elected president (majority prize), obtaining effects that are very similar to those of the list but acting on the provincial lists. The first 40 seats are distributed on a proportional basis. A seat is then attributed to the candidate for president who came second. The remaining 9 seats are assigned by majority method to the lists that support the elected president if these lists have obtained less than 25 seats with the previous procedure, otherwise the "prize" will be only 4 seats. If, at the end of these assignments, the majority lists have not obtained at least 27 seats, these will be guaranteed by removing some of the seats already assigned to the opposition lists.
Parties and candidates Political party or allianceConstituent listsPrevious resultCandidate%Seats Centre-left coalition Democratic Party 34.722 Greens and Left Alliance (incl. SI, EV, Pos) 5.7 3 Five Star Movement 4.7 2 Future Emilia-Romagna (incl. Az, +E, PSI, PRI, RI) 1.5 – Civics with De Pascale for President (incl. IV, Volt) – – Centre-right coalition League (incl. UDC)32.014 Brothers of Italy8.63 Forza Italia (incl. NM)2.61 Civic Network – Ugolini for President –– Emilia-Romagna for Peace, Environment and Labour (incl. PRC, PCI, PaP) 0.7 – Loyalty Coherence Truth (incl. M3V) 0.5 –
Opinion polls Candidates Date Polling firm/Client Sample size De Pascale Ugolini Others Undecided Lead 18 Oct 2024 Opinio (exit poll) – 53.0–57.0 39.0–43.0 1.0–4.0 – 14.0 18 Oct 2024 SWG (exit poll) – 54.5–58.5 39.5–43.5 1.0–3.0 – 15.0 15 Oct 2024 BiDiMedia 1,000 55.9 42.5 1.6 22.0 13.4 15 Sep 2024 YouTrend 1,008 56.8 43.2 0.0 48.813.6 22 Aug 2024 Noto 1,000 52.0 44.0 4.0 31.0 8.0
Results + Candidates Votes % Seats Parties Votes % Seats Michele De Pascale922,15056.771 Democratic Party641,70442.9427 Greens and Left Alliance79,2365.303 Civics with De Pascale for President57,4003.842 Five Star Movement53,0753.551 Future Emilia-Romagna25,7291.72–Total857,14457.3633 Elena Ugolini650,93540.071 Brothers of Italy354,83323.7411 Forza Italia83,9985.622 League78,7345.271 Civic Network – Ugolini for President76,9885.151Total594,55339.7915Federico Serra31,4831.94– Emilia-Romagna for Peace, Environment and Labour27,3371.83– Luca Teodori19,8311.22– Loyalty Coherence Truth15,3411.03– Total candidates1,624,399100.002Total parties1,494,375100.0048 Blank and invalid votes35,643 Registered voters/turnout3,576,42746.42 Source: Ministry of the Interior – Election in Emilia-Romagna
Results by province and capital city
Province Michele De Pascale Elena Ugolini Others Bologna 251,388 60.85% 146,175 35.38% 15,592 3.77% Modena 151,412 59.05% 98,182 38.29% 6,816 2.66% Reggio Emilia 116,493 62.49% 63,611 34.12% 6,303 3.39% Parma 77,303 51.24% 69,211 45.88% 4,354 2.89% Forlì-Cesena 81,98558.17% 55,270 39.22% 3,674 2.61% Ravenna 86,98758.16% 57,438 38.40% 5,135 3.52% Ferrara 58,14748.77% 57,533 48.25% 3,559 2.98% Rimini 59,60452.22% 51,036 44.71% 3,501 3.07% Piacenza 38,831 41.45% 52,479 56.01% 2,380 2.54% Total 922,15056.77% 650,935 40.07% 51,314 3.16%
City Michele De Pascale Elena Ugolini Others Bologna 102,589 63.55% 51,567 31.94% 7,281 4.51% Modena 46,486 65.85% 22,286 31.57% 1,822 2.58% Reggio Emilia 37,836 64.86% 18,619 31.92% 1,882 3.22% Parma 36,828 55.99% 27,012 41.06% 1,940 2.95% Forlì 24,79958.91% 16,271 38.65% 1,028 2.44% Ravenna 34,96258.22% 22,666 37.75% 2,421 4.03% Ferrara 26,81654.17% 21,160 42.74% 1,530 3.09% Rimini 27,587 53.63% 22,337 43.42% 1,520 2.95% Piacenza 15,116 46.15% 16,643 50.82% 992 3.03%
Turnout RegionTime 12:00 19:00 23:00 15:00Emilia-Romagna11.55%31.01%35.77%46.42%ProvinceTime12:0019:0023:0015:00Bologna13.06%35.00%40.58%51.66%Ferrara11.12%28.98%32.90%43.13%Forlì-Cesena11.18%30.20%34.34%45.50%Modena11.55%31.61%36.60%47.20%Parma10.14%27.88%32.21%42.70%Piacenza10.87%27.39%31.56%41.49%Ravenna13.14%33.72%38.52%49.72%Reggio Emilia11.41%30.66%35.25%45.44%Rimini8.95%25.80%30.17%40.73% Source: Ministry of the Interior – Turnout
Elected councillors
+ConstituencyPartyMemberEmilia-Romagna(at-large) PD Michele De Pascale Elena UgoliniBologna PD Isabella Conti PD Irene Priolo PD Raffaele Donini PD Maurizio Fabbri PD Fabrizio Castellari FdI Marta Evangelisti FdI Francesco Sassone FI Valentina Castaldini AVS Simona Larghetti Marco Mastacchi Giovanni Gordini M5S Lorenzo CasadeiModena PD Gian Carlo Muzzarelli PD Maria Costi PD Luca Sabattini PD Ludovica Ferrari FdI Annalisa Arletti FdI Ferdinando Pulitanò AVS Paolo Trande Vincenzo Paldino
+ConstituencyPartyMemberReggio Emilia PD Alessio Mammi PD Elena Carletti PD Andrea Costa PD Anna Fornili FdI Alessandro Aragona AVS Paolo BuraniParma PD Barabara Lori PD Andrea Massari PD Matteo Daffadà FdI Priamo Bocchi FI Pietro Vignali Lega Tommaso FiazzaForlì-Cesena PD Daniele Valbonesi PD Valentina Ancarani PD Francesca Lucchi FdI Luca PestelliRavenna PD Eleonora Proni PD Niccolò Bosi FdI Alberto FerreroRimini PD Alice Parma PD Emma Petitti FdI Nicola Marcello
+ConstituencyPartyMemberPiacenza PD Luca Quintavalla PD Lodovico Albasi FdI Giancarlo Tagliaferri Ferrara PD Paolo Calvano PD Marcella Zappaterra FdI Alessandro Balboni
See also 2024 Italian regional elections
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