2018 Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol provincial elections

2018 Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol provincial elections

21 October 2018
Provincial election in Trentino
  First party Second party
 
Candidate Maurizio Fugatti Giorgio Tonini
Party Lega Democratic Party
Alliance Centre-right Centre-left
Seats won 21 8
Seat change Increase11 Decrease7
Popular vote 124,590 67,712
Percentage 46.74% 25.40%
Swing Increase14.26%[1] Decrease10.00%

  Third party Fourth party
 
Candidate Ugo Rossi Filippo Degasperi
Party PATT Five Star Movement
Seats won 4 2
Seat change Decrease4 Steady0
Popular vote 33,121 18,922
Percentage 12.42% 7.10%
Swing Decrease5.13% Increase1.38

President before election

Ugo Rossi
PATT

Elected President

Maurizio Fugatti
Lega

Provincial election in South Tyrol

All 35 seats to the Landtag of South Tyrol
Party Leader Vote % Seats +/–
SVP Arno Kompatscher 41.9 15 −2
TK Paul Köllensperger 15.2 6 New
Lega Massimo Bessone 11.1 4 +4
Greens Brigitte Foppa 6.8 3 0
dF Mair Ulli 6.2 2 −4
STF Sven Knoll 6.0 2 −1
PD Christian Tommasini 3.8 1 −1
M5S Diego Nicolini 2.4 1 0
AAC – FdI Alessandro Urzì 1.7 1 0
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
Governor before Elected Governor
Arno Kompatscher
SVP
Arno Kompatscher
SVP

The Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol provincial elections of 2018 took place on 21 October 2018.[2]

Trentino

In Trentino, the president is elected directly by the people; the candidate who gains the most votes is elected president.

Parties and candidates

Political party or alliance Constituent lists Previous result Candidate
Votes (%) Seats
Centre-left coalition Democratic Party (PD) 22.1 9
Giorgio Tonini
Union for Trentino (UpT) 13.3 5
Futura 2018 (incl. FdV) — —
Centre-right coalition Trentino Project (PT) 9.0 4
Maurizio Fugatti
Lega Trentino (LT) 6.2 1
Forza Italia (FI) 4.4 –
Trentino Civic List (CT) 3.7 1
Brothers of Italy (FdI) 1.6 –
Fassa Association (Fassa) 0.8 –
Popular Autonomists (AP) — —
Act for Trentino — —
Union of the Centre – People's Centre (UDC–CP) — —
Trentino Tyrolean Autonomist Party (PATT) 17.6 7
Ugo Rossi
Five Star Movement (M5S) 5.9 1
Filippo Degasperi
Left wing coalition Free and Equal (LeU) (incl. Art.1 and SI) 1.8 –
Antonella Valer
The Other Trentino on the Left (incl. PRC and PaP) 1.2 –

Results

2018 Trentino provincial election results
Candidates Votes % Seats Parties Votes % Seats +/−
Maurizio Fugatti 124,590 46.74 1
Lega Trentino 69,116 27.09 13 +12
Trentino Civic List 11,777 4.62 2 +1
Trentino Project 8,248 3.23 1 -3
Popular Autonomists 7,621 2.99 1 New
Forza Italia 7,204 2.82 1 +1
Act for Trentino 5,458 2.14 1 New
UDC – People's Centre 5,306 2.08 – –
Brothers of Italy 3,686 1.44 – ±0
Fassa Association 2,490 0.98 1 +1
Total 120,906 47.39 20 –
Giorgio Tonini 67,712 25.40 1
Democratic Party 35,530 13.93 4 -5
Futura 2018 17,670 6.93 2 New
Union for Trentino 10,150 3.98 1 -4
Total 63,350 24.83 7 –
Ugo Rossi 33,121 12.42 1 PATT 32,109 12.59 3 -4
Filippo Degasperi 18,922 7.10 1 Five Star Movement 18,437 7.23 1 ±0
Antonella Valer 7,099 2.66 –
Free and Equal[3] 3,560 1.40 – New
The Other Trentino on the Left[4] 2,101 0.82 – New
Total 5,661 2.22 – –
Mauro Ottobre 5,237 1.96 – Dynamic Autonomy 5,117 2.01 – New
Roberto de Laurentis 4,015 1.51 – TRE 3,826 1.50 – New
Paolo Primon 2,384 0.89 – Free People 2,285 0.90 – New
Ferruccio Chenetti 1,904 0.71 – Movement Ladin Fassa 1,890 0.74 – New
Filippo Castaldini 1,247 0.47 – CasaPound 1,215 0.48 – –
Federico Monegaglia 350 0.13 – Reconquer Italy 341 0.13 – New
Total candidates 266,581 100 4 Total parties 255,137 100 31 ±0
Source: Autonomous Province of Trento
Popular vote (party)
LT
 
27.1%
PD
 
13.9%
PATT
 
13.0%
M5S
 
7.2%
Futura
 
6.9%
CT
 
4.6%
UpT
 
4.0%
PT
 
3.2%
AP
 
3.0%
FI
 
2.8%
Agire
 
2.1%
UDC–CP
 
2.1%
AD
 
2.0%
TRE
 
1.5%
FdI
 
1.4%
LeU
 
1.4%
Others
 
5.9%
Popular vote (president)
Fugatti
 
46.7%
Tonini
 
25.4%
Rossi
 
12.4%
Degasperi
 
7.1%
Valer
 
2.7%
Ottobre
 
1.9%
De Laurentis
 
1.5%
Others
 
2.2%

Analysis

Similar to the election in Molise and the election in Friuli-Venezia Giulia, the M5S lost c. 15% of votes compared to the general election. On March 4, they reached almost 25%,[5] but now just over 7%. By contrast, the centre-right coalition gained more than 10% compared to March 4.[5]

South Tyrol

In South Tyrol, all 35 members of the Provincial council (Landtag) are up for re-election. The council elects a government headed by a president (Landeshauptmann).

In the 2013 election, the South Tyrolean People's Party (SVP) lost its absolute majority for the first time since 1948.

Results

Parties Votes % Seats +/−
South Tyrolean People's Party 119,109 41.9 15 −2
Team Köllensperger 43,315 15.2 6 +6
Lega Alto Adige Südtirol 31,515 11.1 4 +4
Greens 19,392 6.8 3 ±0
Die Freiheitlichen 17,620 6.2 2 −4
South Tyrolean Freedom 16,927 6.0 2 −1
Democratic Party[6] 10,808 3.8 1 −1
Five Star Movement 6,670 2.4 1 ±0
Alto Adige in the Heart – Brothers of Italy 4,882 1.7 1 ±0
Citizens' Union 3,665 1.3 0 −1
We South Tyrol 3,428 1.2 0 ±0
Forza Alto Adige 2,826 1.0 0 ±0
CasaPound 2,451 0.9 0 ±0
United Left 1,753 0.6 0 ±0
Total 284,361 100.0 35 ±0
Source: Province of Bolzano – Results
Popular vote
SVP
 
41.9%
TK
 
15.2%
LNAAST
 
11.4%
Grüne
 
6.8%
dF
 
6.2%
STF
 
6.0%
PD
 
3.8%
M5S
 
2.4%
AAC–FdI
 
1.7%
BUfS
 
1.3%
NOI
 
1.2%
FAA
 
1.0%
CPI
 
0.9%
SU
 
0.6%

References

  1. ^ The swing comes from the combined result of the coalition of Diego Mosna (19.3%), the coalition of Lega Nord Trentino (6.6%), Forza Italia (4.3%), FdI (1.5%) and Fassa (0.8%) in the 2013 provincial election.
  2. ^ Provinciali Bolzano e Trento 21 ottobre, Ansa, 8 May 2018. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
  3. ^ (including Art.1 and SI)
  4. ^ (including PRC and PaP)
  5. ^ a b Collegio Plurinominale TRENTINO-ALTO ADIGE/SÜDTIROL - 01
  6. ^ Including PSI, Italian Radicals and civic lists.