2020 Tuscan regional election

2020 Tuscan regional election

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All 41 seats in the Regional Council
Turnout	62.6% (14.3%)
Majority party Minority party   Leader Eugenio Giani Susanna Ceccardi Party Democratic Party Lega Alliance Centre-left Centre-right Seats won 25 14 Seat change 0 5 Popular vote 864,310 719,266 Percentage 48.6% 40.5% Swing 0.5% 10.1%[1]
President before election Enrico Rossi Democratic Party Elected President Eugenio Giani Democratic Party

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The 2020 Tuscan regional election was the 7th regional election held in Tuscany, Italy, and took place on 20 and 21 September 2020. It was originally scheduled to take place on 31 May 2020, but it was delayed due to the coronavirus pandemic in Italy.^[2][3] The Democratic candidate, Eugenio Giani, defeated the League candidate, Susanna Ceccardi. Giani took office as President of Tuscany on October 8, 2020.

Tuscany uses its own legislation of 2014 to elect its Regional Council. The councillors are elected in provincial constituencies by proportional representation using the D'Hondt method. The constituency of Florence is further divided into 4 sub-constituencies. Preferential voting is allowed: a maximum of two preferences can be expressed for candidates of the same party list and provided the two chosen candidates are of different gender.

In this system, parties are grouped in alliances supporting a candidate for the post of President of Tuscany. The candidate receiving at least 40% of the votes is elected to the post and his/her list (or the coalition) is awarded a majority of 23 seats in the Regional Council plus the seat of the President (24+1 seats with more than 45% of the vote). If no candidate gets more than 40% of the votes, a run-off is held fourteen days later, where the two top candidates from the first round run against each other. The winning candidate is then ensured a majority in the Regional Council.^[4]

According to the official 2011 Italian census, the 40 Council seats which must be covered by proportional representation are so distributed between Tuscan provinces. The number of seats to be assigned in each province is the following:

The Province of Florence is further divided into smaller electoral colleges.

20–21 September 2020 Tuscan regional election results

Candidates		Votes	%	Seats	Parties		Votes	%	Seats
	Eugenio Giani	864,310	48.62	1		Democratic Party	563,116	34.69	22
						Italia Viva – More Europe	72,649	4.48	2
						Civic Ecologist Left	48,410	2.98	–
						Proud Tuscany for Giani	47,778	2.94	–
						Green Europe	26,924	1.66	–
						Svolta!	5,246	0.32	–
					Total		764,123	47.08	24
	Susanna Ceccardi	719,266	40.46	2		League	353,514	21.78	7
						Brothers of Italy	219,165	13.50	4
						Forza Italia – UDC	69,456	4.28	1
						Civic Tuscany for Change	16,923	1.04	–
					Total		659,058	40.60	12
	Irene Galletti	113,796	6.40	1		Five Star Movement	113,836	7.01	1
	Tommaso Fattori	39,684	2.23	–		Tuscany to the Left	46,514	2.87	–
	Salvatore Catello	17,007	0.96	–		Communist Party	17,032	1.05	–
	Marco Barzanti	16,078	0.90	–		Italian Communist Party	15,617	0.96	–
	Tiziana Vigni	7,668	0.43	–		3V Movement	6,974	0.43	–
Total candidates		1,777,809	100.00	4	Total parties		1,623,154	100.00	37
Source: Tuscany Region – Electoral Services

• 2020 Italian regional elections
• List of members of the Regional Council of Tuscany, 2020–2025