Politics of Liguria

The Politics of Liguria, Italy takes place in a framework of a presidential representative democracy, whereby the President of Regional Government is the head of government, and of a pluriform multi-party system. Executive power is exercised by the Regional Government. Legislative power is vested in both the government and the Regional Council.

Liguria
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politics and government of
Liguria

Executive branch

The Regional Government (Giunta Regionale) is presided by the President of the Region (Presidente della Regione), who is elected for a five-year term, and is composed by the President and the Ministers (Assessori), who are currently 11, including a Vice President.[1]

Legislative branch
Main article: Regional Council of Liguria

The Regional Council of Liguria (Consiglio Regionale della Liguria) is composed of 40 members. 32 councillors are elected in provincial constituencies by proportional representation using the largest remainder method with a Droop quota and open lists, while 8 councillors (elected in bloc) come from a "regional list", including the President-elect. One seat is reserved for the candidate who comes second. If a coalition wins more than 50% of the total seats in the Council with PR, only 4 candidates from the regional list will be chosen and the number of those elected in provincial constituencies will be 36. If the winning coalition receives less than 40% of votes special seats are added to the Council to ensure a large majority for the President's coalition.[2]

The Council is elected for a five-year term, but, if the President suffers a vote of no confidence, resigns or dies, under the simul stabunt, simul cadent clause introduced in 1999 (literally they will stand together or they will fall together), also the Council is dissolved and a snap election is called.[3]

Local government

Provinces
Province Inhabitants[4] President Party Election
Metropolitan City of Genoa 840,934 Marco Bucci Independent (centre-right) 2017
Province of Imperia 213,743 Fabio Natta Independent (centre-left) 2015
Province of La Spezia 219,693 Giorgio Cozzani Independent (centre-right) 2017
Province of Savona 276,261 Pierangelo Oliveri Independent (centre-right) 2018

Provincial capitals
Municipality Inhabitants[4] Mayor Party Election
Genoa 577,587 Marco Bucci Independent (centre-right) 2017
Imperia 42,506 Claudio Scajola Independent (centre-right) 2018
La Spezia 93,259 Pierluigi Peracchini Independent (centre-right) 2017
Savona 60,469 Ilaria Caprioglio Independent (centre-right) 2016

Parties and elections
Main articles: List of political parties in Liguria and Elections in Liguria

Latest regional election
Main article: 2020 Ligurian regional election

The latest regional election took place on 20–21 September 2020.

Giovanni Toti of Cambiamo!, a minor centre-right party, won handily re-election with 56.1% of the vote. His strongest challenger, Ferruccio Sansa, an independent supported by the centre-left coalition and the Five Star Movement, won 38.9%. Cambiamo! won 22.6%, followed by the Democratic Party (19.9%) and League–Liguria (17.1%).

20–21 September 2020 Ligurian regional election results
Candidates Votes % Seats Parties Votes % Seats
Giovanni Toti 383,053 56.13 1 Let's Change with Toti for President 141,552 22.60 8
League Salvini Liguria 107,371 17.14 6
Brothers of Italy 68,062 10.87 3
Forza Italia – Popular Liguria 33,040 5.27 1
Union of the Centre 4,086 0.65 –
Total 354,111 56.53 18
Ferruccio Sansa 265,506 38.90 1 Democratic Party – Article One 124,586 19.89 6
Five Star Movement 48,722 7.78 2
Ferruccio Sansa for President 44,700 7.14 2
Shared Line – Left for Sansa 15,451 2.47 1
Green Europe – Solidary Democracy – Democratic Centre 9,193 1.47 –
Total 242,652 38.74 11
Aristide Massardo 16,546 2.42 – Massardo for President – PSI – +Eu – IV 15,081 2.41 –
Salvatore Alice 6,088 0.89 – The Common Sense 5,315 0.85 –
Giacomo Chiappori 3,569 0.52 – Great Liguria – Chiappori for President 3,063 0.49 –
Riccardo Benetti 3,165 0.46 – Now – Respect for all Animals 2,665 0.43 –
Gaetano Russo 1,614 0.24 – The People of Family 1,361 0.22 –
Marika Cassimatis 1,244 0.18 – Constitutional Base – Marika Cassimatis 911 0.15 –
Davide Visigalli 1,129 0.17 – Reconquer Italy 905 0.14 –
Caro Carpi 576 0.08 – Carlo Carpi List – GRAF 361 0.06 –
Blank and invalid votes 33,665 4.70
Total candidates 682,490 100.00 2 Total parties 626,425 100.00 29
Registered voters/turnout 1,360,604 53.42
Source: Ministry of the Interior – Results

References
  2. La Repubblica – Regional electoral law
  3. Regional Council of Lombardy – 1999 Constitutional law
  4. "Bilancio demografico anno 2018 (October 2018)". Istat. Retrieved 26 March 2018.
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