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2015 Apulian regional election

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2015 Apulian regional election

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All 51 seats to the Regional Council of Apulia
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Michele Emiliano Antonella Laricchia
Party Democratic Party Five Star Movement
Alliance Centre-left
Seats won 30 8
Seat change Decrease16 new
Popular vote 793,831 310,304
Percentage 47.1% 18.4%
Swing Decrease1.6% new

  Third party Fourth party
 
Leader Francesco Schittulli Adriana Poli Bortone
Party Schittulli Movement Forza Italia
Alliance CoRFdIAP FINcS–Others
Seats won 8 5
Popular vote 308,168 242,641
Percentage 18.3% 14.4%


President before election

Nichi Vendola
SEL

Elected President

Michele Emiliano
PD

The Apulian regional election of 2015 were held on 31 May 2015.[1]

The centre-left candidate Michele Emiliano won the election with a large margin from the Five Star Movement's candidate, Antonella Laricchia. The centre-right coalition broke up, presenting two different candidates, Francesco Schittulli, supported by former governor Raffaele Fitto, and Adriana Poli Bortone, supported by Silvio Berlusconi's Forza Italia, who arrived third and fourth.

Results

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31 May 2015 Apulian regional election results
Candidates Votes % Seats Parties Votes % Seats
Michele Emiliano 793,831 47.12 1
Democratic Party 316,876 19.80 13
Emiliano Mayor of Apulia (incl. SC, IdV, PdS) 155,840 9.74 6
Us on the Left for Apulia (incl. SEL) 108,920 6.81 4
Populars (incl. UdC, CD, RI) 99,021 6.19 3
Apulia for Emiliano 68,366 4.27 3
Communist Party of Italy 10,398 0.65
Pensioners and Disabled 6,712 0.42
Populars for Italy 6,575 0.41
Total 772,708 48.28 29
Antonella Laricchia 310,304 18.42 1 Five Star Movement 275,114 17.19 7
Francesco Schittulli 308,168 18.29
Beyond with Fitto 155,771 9.73 4
Schittulli Political MovementPopular Area 101,817 6.36 4
Brothers of Italy 39,164 2.45
Total 296,752 18.54 8
Adriana Poli Bortone 242,641 14.40
Forza Italia (incl. LAM) 181,896 11.37 5
Us with Salvini 38,661 2.42
National Apulia 9,186 0.57
Italian Liberal Party 1,797 0.11
Total 231,540 14.47 5
Riccardo Rossi 17,110 1.02 The Other Apulia (incl. PRC) 14,513 0.91
Gregorio Mariggiò 7,559 0.45 Federation of the Greens 6,278 0.39
Michele Rizzi 5,056 0.30 Communist Alternative Party 3,414 0.21
Total candidates 1,684,669 100.00 2 Total parties 1,600,319 100.00 49
Source: Ministry of the Interior – Historical Archive of Elections


See also

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References

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  1. ^ Alfano: la data delle regionali è il 31 Maggio La Repubblica, 24 March 2015 (in Italian)