2025 Calabrian regional election

The 2025 Calabrian regional election took place in Calabria, Italy, on 5 and 6 October 2025, following the dissolution of the Regional Council after the resignation of the President Roberto Occhiuto on 4 August 2025 (which constituted a de facto calling of an early election).

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.

+Seat distribution of the XII legislatureDistrictProvincesSeatsNorthCosenza 14CenterCatanzaro 8CrotoneVibo ValentiaSouthReggio Calabria 7President1Second-place President 1Total31

Parties and candidates Presidential candidate Candidate ExperienceAlliance President of Calabria (2021–present)Member of the Chamber of Deputies for Calabria (2008–2013; 2014–2021)Centre-right coalitionMEP for Southern Italy (2024–present)President of National Institute for Social Security (2019–2023)Centre-left coalition

Parties and coalitions 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 coalition Forza Italia17.37 Roberto Occhiuto League8.34 Brothers of Italy8.74 Forza Azzurri 8.12 Christian Democracy – Union of the Centre 4.61 Us Moderates 3.00 South calls North – Animalist Party Occhiuto for President Centre-left coalition Democratic Party13.25 Pasquale Tridico Five Star Movement6.52 Greens and Left Alliance0.5Only Green Europe0 Reformist House (incl. IV, +E, PRI and dissidents from Az) Progressive Democrats (incl. PSI) Tridico for President (incl. DemoS and PRC) Sovereign Popular DemocracyFrancesco Toscano

Opinion polls Pollings Date Polling firm/Client Sample size Occhiuto Tridico Toscano Lead Abstention / Turnout Margin of error Total contacts Refusals Method 12–14 September 2025 BiDiMedia (BiDiMedia srl) 1,000 53.0 46.0 1.0 7.0 42–47% ±3.1 1,735 735 CAWI (panel) 18 September 2025 IPSOS – Corriere della Sera – 53.6 45.3 1.1 8.3 – – – – – 11–19 September 2025 Lab21 – La Gazzetta del Mezzogiorno 1,118 52.6–56.6 42.3–46.3 0.7–1.7 ~6.3 – – 3,823 2,705 CATI + CAWI 10 September 2025 Istituto Noto – Porta a Porta – ~54.0 ~45.0 – ~9.0 – – – – –

Outcome Result + CandidatesVotes%SeatsPartiesVotes%SeatsRoberto Occhiuto 453,926 57.26 1Forza Italia 136,501 17.98 7Occhiuto for President 94,030 12.39 4Brothers of Italy 88,335 11.64 4League 71,381 9.40 3Us Moderates 30,613 4.03 2 Christian Democracy – Union of the Centre 9,750 1.28 0Forza Azzurri 7,915 1.04 0 South calls North – Animalist Party 1,527 0.20 0Total 440,052 57.98 20Pasquale Tridico 330,813 41.73 1Democratic Party 103,119 13.59 4Tridico for President 57,813 7.62 2Five Star Movement 48,775 6.431Progressive Democrats 39,727 5.231Reformist House 33,529 4.42 1Greens and Left Alliance 29,251 3.85 0Total 312,214 41.13 9Francesco Toscano7,992 1.01 0Sovereign Popular Democracy 6.738 0.89 0Total candidates792,731100.02Total parties759,004100.029 Blank and invalid votes22,126 Registered voters/turnout1,888,36843.15Source: Calabria Region – Results

Turnout Voter turnoutConstituencySundayMondayPrevious Election12:0019:0023:0015:00Cosenza7.64% 21.37%26.21%42.22%44.87% 2.65%Catanzaro8.80%26.00%31.92%45.58%46.96% 1.38%Crotone7.53%23.34%28.80%41.09%39.61% 1.47%Vibo Valentina6.07%20.64%26.67%38.91%40.42% 1.51%Reggio Calabria7.64%24.75%32.24%44.94%44.64% 0.30% Total7.70%23.19%29.08%43.15%44.36% 1.21%

Analysis Occhiuto defeated Tridico by 15.5 points, receiving the strongest support in southern Calabria, where he obtained nearly two-thirds of the vote. He also performed well in the central part of the region, particularly in the province of Crotone. In northern Calabria, his margin was narrower, winning over Tridico by 4.5 points. Of the region’s ten largest cities with populations over 20,000, Occhiuto received more votes than Tridico in eight, while Tridico received more votes in Cosenza and the neighboring municipality of Rende.

Tridico’s support was strongest in and around Cosenza, the central part of Cosenza province around Acri, and along the Ionian coast east of Corigliano-Rossano, including his hometown of Scala Coeli, where he led by 70 points. The nearby municipality of Cariati was the only locality where both candidates received an equal number of votes, with 1,727 each (49.86%). Tridico also received a majority in several municipalities around the Isthmus of Catanzaro.

+Tridico V Occhiuto by province+ Province Pasquale Tridico Roberto Occhiuto Francesco Toscano Cosenza 140,657 47.20% 154,075 51.70% 3,262 1.09% Crotone 20,993 34.09% 40,167 65.23% 419 0.68% Catanzaro 65,438 43.61% 82,926 55.27% 1,674 1.12% Vibo Valentia 30,275 47.07% 33,386 51.91% 655 1.02% Reggio Calabria 73,450 33.57% 143,372 65.53% 1,982 0.91%

+Tridico V Occhiuto by major cities City Pasquale Tridico Roberto Occhiuto Francesco Toscano Reggio Calabria 27,294 37.42% 44,852 61.49% 791 1.08% Catanzaro 16,498 44.84% 19,770 53.74% 522 1.42% Corigliano-Rossano 12,078 45.18% 14,391 53.83% 265 0.99% Lamezia Terme 9,277 35.17% 16,830 63.81% 269 1.02% Cosenza 16,749 56.70% 12,387 41.93% 404 1.37% Crotone 7,171 34.40% 13,446 64.50% 230 1.10% Rende 9,488 57.39% 6,744 40.79% 300 1.81% Vibo Valentia 6,284 47.52% 6,766 51.17% 173 1.31% Castrovillari 4,403 47.47% 4,759 51.30% 114 1.23% Montalto Uffugo 3,822 39.94% 5,669 59.24% 78 0.82%

Elected councilors + Party / List Councilor elected Preference votes ConstituencyForza Italia Roberto OcchiutoPresident-Elect Gianluca Gallo 30,165North Pasqualina Straface 13,363 Elisabetta Santoianni 10,661 Sergio Ferrari 12,134Centre Marco Polimeni 8,831 Salvatore Cirillo 19,225South Domenico Giannetta 10,452Occhiuto for President Pierluigi Caputo 14,791North Rosaria Succurro 12,201 Emanuele Ionà 6.833 Centre Giacomo Pietro Crinò 9.036 SouthBrothers of Italy Angelo Brutto 6,542North Luciana De Francesco 6,542 Antonio Montuoro 11,920 Centre Giovanni Calabrese 11,351 SouthLega Orlandino Greco 5,154 North Filippo Mancuso 12,130 Centre Giuseppe Mattiani 12,619 SouthUs Moderates Riccardo Rosa 1,195 North Vito Pitaro 11,995 CentreFive Star Movement Pasquale TridicoElected as the second-place presidential candidate Elisa Scutellà 7,164 NorthDemocratic Party Rosellina Madeo 6,719 North Ernesto Francesco Alecci 12,591 Centre Giuseppe Ranuccio 10,638South Giuseppe Falcomatà 10,341Tridico for President Ferdinando Laghi 5,194 North Vincenzo Bruno 2,728 CentreProgressive Democrats Francesco De Cicco 6,076 NorthReformist House Filomena Greco 6,670 North

Background

On July 31, 2025, after being placed under investigation for corruption by the prosecutor's office of Catanzaro, Occhiuto announced on social media that he was resigning as president of the Calabria region while simultaneously declaring his intention to run for re-election. He stated that "it will be Calabrians who decide the future of Calabria, not others," and, referring to the investigation in which he was involved, that "no one is taking responsibility for signing anything." Occhiuto said he would formalize his resignation the following week, after which the regional Council would take note of it and a date for new elections would be set.

See also 2025 Italian local elections

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