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2024 Emilia-Romagna regional election

The 2024 Emilia-Romagna regional election took place in Emilia-Romagna, Italy, on 17–18 November 2024.[1]

2024 Emilia-Romagna regional election
← 2020 17–18 November 2024 2029 →
All 50 seats to the Regional Council of Emilia-Romagna
Turnout46.4% (Decrease21.3%)
  Majority party Minority party
 
Candidate Michele De Pascale Elena Ugolini
Party PD Independent
Alliance Centre-left Centre-right
Seats won 34 16
Seat change Increase5 Decrease3
Popular vote 922,150 650,935
Percentage 56.8% 40.1%
Swing Increase5.4% Decrease3.5%
Map of the election result
President before election

Stefano Bonaccini
PD

Elected President

Michele De Pascale
PD

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.[2] 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.[3]

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

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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

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Political party or alliance Constituent lists Previous result Candidate
% Seats
Centre-left coalition Democratic Party 34.7 22
Michele De Pascale
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. PdF) 32.0 14
Elena Ugolini
Brothers of Italy 8.6 3
Forza Italia (incl. NM) 2.6 1
Civic Network – Ugolini for President – –
Emilia-Romagna for Peace, Environment and Labour (incl. PRC, PCI, PaP) 0.7 –
Federico Serra
Loyalty Coherence Truth (incl. M3V) 0.5 –
Luca Teodori

Opinion polls

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Candidates

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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 48.8 13.6
22 Aug 2024 Noto 1,000 52.0 44.0 4.0 31.0 8.0

Results

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17–18 November 2024 Emilia-Romagna regional election results
 
 
Candidates Votes % Seats Parties Votes % Seats
Michele De Pascale 922,150 56.77 1 Democratic Party 641,704 42.94 27
Greens and Left Alliance 79,236 5.30 3
Civics with De Pascale for President 57,400 3.84 2
Five Star Movement 53,075 3.55 1
Future Emilia-Romagna 25,729 1.72 –
Total 857,144 57.36 33
Elena Ugolini 650,935 40.07 1 Brothers of Italy 354,833 23.74 11
Forza Italia 83,998 5.62 2
League 78,734 5.27 1
Civic Network – Ugolini for President 76,988 5.15 1
Total 594,553 39.79 15
Federico Serra 31,483 1.94 – Emilia-Romagna for Peace, Environment and Labour 27,337 1.83 –
Luca Teodori 19,831 1.22 – Loyalty Coherence Truth 15,341 1.03 –
Total candidates 1,624,399 100.00 2 Total parties 1,494,375 100.00 48
Blank and invalid votes 35,643
Registered voters/turnout 3,576,427 46.42
Source: Ministry of the Interior – Election in Emilia-Romagna
Popular vote
PD
 
 42.94%
FdI
 
 23.74%
FI
 
 5.62%
AVS
 
 5.30%
Lega
 
 5.27%
RC
 
 5.15%
Civici
 
 3.84%
M5S
 
 3.55%
ERPAL
 
 1.83%
ERF
 
 1.72%
LCV
 
 1.03%
President
De Pascale
 
 56.77%
Ugolini
 
 40.07%
Serra
 
 1.94%
Teodori
 
 1.22%
Seats summary
Centre-left
 
 68.00%
Centre-right
 
 32.00%

Results by province and capital city

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Turnout

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Region Time
12:00 19:00 23:00 15:00
Emilia-Romagna 11.55% 31.01% 35.77% 46.42%
Province Time
12:00 19:00 23:00 15:00
Bologna 13.06% 35.00% 40.58% 51.66%
Ferrara 11.12% 28.98% 32.90% 43.13%
Forlì-Cesena 11.18% 30.20% 34.34% 45.50%
Modena 11.55% 31.61% 36.60% 47.20%
Parma 10.14% 27.88% 32.21% 42.70%
Piacenza 10.87% 27.39% 31.56% 41.49%
Ravenna 13.14% 33.72% 38.52% 49.72%
Reggio Emilia 11.41% 30.66% 35.25% 45.44%
Rimini 8.95% 25.80% 30.17% 40.73%
Source: Ministry of the Interior – Turnout

Elected councillors

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  1. ^ As President of the Region.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Le elezioni anticipate in Emilia-Romagna saranno il 17 e il 18 novembre, Il Post
  2. ^ "Michele De Pascale candidato Pd a presidente dell'Emilia Romagna: è ufficiale". Il Resto del Carlino (in Italian). 12 July 2024. Retrieved 31 July 2024.
  3. ^ Elezioni regionali: è ufficiale, la civica Ugolini candidata per il centrodestra. Rai News
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