Politics of Piedmont

Politics of Piedmont
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The Politics of Piedmont, 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.

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, who are currently 14, including a Vice President (Vice Presidente).^[1]

List of presidents[]

Local government[]

Provinces[]

Municipalities[]

Provincial capitals[]

Other municipalities with more than 45,000 inhabitants[]

Legislative branch[]

The Regional Council of Piedmont (Consiglio Regionale del Piemonte) is composed of 60 members. 48 councilors are elected in provincial constituencies by proportional representation using the largest remainder method with a Droop quota and open lists, while 12 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 6 candidates from the regional list will be chosen and the number of those elected in provincial constituencies will be 54. 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]

Parties and elections[]

Latest regional election[]

The latest regional election took place on 26 May 2019. Alberto Cirio of Forza Italia, who was supported also by Lega Nord Piemont (LNP) and other parties, defeated incumbent President Sergio Chiamparino of the Democratic Party. The LNP was by far the largest party.

Popular vote and seat totals by Province. As this is a PR election, seat totals are determined by popular vote in each province. The provinces of Asti, Biella, Verbano-Cusio-Ossola, and Vercelli all returned a single member.

26 May 2019 Piedmontese regional election results

Candidates		Votes	%	Seats	Parties		Votes	%	Seats
	Alberto Cirio	1,091,814	49.86	11		League	712,703	37.11	17
						Forza Italia	161,137	8.39	3
						Brothers of Italy	105,410	5.49	2
						Yes TAV Yes Work for Piedmont in the Heart	27,072	1.41	–
						Union of the Centre	22,179	1.15	–
					Total		1,028,501	53.55	22
	Sergio Chiamparino	783,805	35.80	1		Democratic Party	430,902	22.44	9
						Chiamparino for Piedmont of Yes	63,933	3.33	1
						Free, Equal, Greens	46,570	2.42	1
						Moderates for Chiamparino	36,125	1.88	1
						More Europe	34,993	1.82	–
						Yes Chiamparino - Demo.S	15,096	0.79	–
						Piedmont in Common	11,183	0.58	–
					Total		638,802	33.26	12
	Giorgio Bertola	298,086	13.61	–		Five Star Movement	241,014	12.55	5
	Valter Boero	15,935	0.73	–		The People of Family	12,259	0.64	–
Blank or invalid votes		100,721	-	-
Total candidates		2,290,361	100.00	12	Total parties		1,920,576	100.00	39
Registered voters / Turnout		3,616,191	63.34	-
Source: Ministry of the Interior

References[]

External links[]

• Piedmont Region
• Regional Council of Piedmont
• Constitution of Piedmont