Politics of Piedmont

The politics of Piedmont, a region of Italy, takes place in a framework of a presidential system of representative democracy, whereby the president of Piedmont 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 of Piedmont.

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

President Term of office Party Coalition Administration Legislature
Presidents elected by the Regional Council of Piedmont (1970–1995)
1 Edoardo Calleri di Sala
(1927–2002)
23 July
1970
21 December
1973
Christian Democracy DC  PSI  PSDI  PRI Calleri di Sala I
(1970)
2 Gianni Oberto Tarena
(1902–1980)
21 December
1973
21 July
1975
Christian Democracy DC  PSI  PSDI  PRI Tarena
3 Aldo Vigilone
(1923–1988)
21 July
1975
28 July
1980
Italian Socialist Party PSI  PCI Vigilone I II
(1975)
4 Ezio Enrietti
(1936–2020)
28 July
1980
15 July
1983
Italian Socialist Party PSI  PCI Enrietti III
(1980)
3 Aldo Vigilone
(1923–1988)
15 July
1983
1 August
1985
Italian Socialist Party DC  PSI  PSDI  PRI  PLI Vigilone II
5 Vittorio Beltrami
(1926–2012)
1 August
1985
25 July
1990
Christian Democracy DC  PSI  PSDI  PRI  PLI Beltrami IV
(1985)
6 Gian Paolo Brizio
(1929–2008)
25 July
1990
16 March
1993
Christian Democracy DC  PSI  PSDI  PRI  PLI Brizio I V
(1990)
16 March
1993
12 June
1995
DC  PSI  FdV  PDS  RI Brizio II
Directly-elected presidents (since 1995)
7 Enzo Ghigo
(b. 1953)
12 June
1995
17 April
2000
Forza Italia FI  AN  CCD Ghigo I VI
(1995)
17 April
2000
27 April
2005
FI  AN  LN  CCD Ghigo II VII
(2000)
8 Mercedes Bresso
(b. 1944)
27 April
2005
30 March
2010
Democrats of the Left
Democratic Party
DS  DL  PRC  FdV Bresso VIII
(2005)
9 Roberto Cota
(b. 1968)
30 March
2010
9 June
2014[lower-alpha 1]
Lega Nord PdL  LN Cota IX
(2010)
10 Sergio Chiamparino
(b. 1948)
9 June
2014
6 June
2019
Democratic Party PD  SEL Chiamparino X
(2014)
11 Alberto Cirio
(b. 1972)
6 June
2019
In office Forza Italia LN  FI  FdI Cirio XI
(2019)
  1. Election invalidated for irregularities.

Local government

Provinces

Province Inhabitants President Party Election
Metropolitan City of Turin 2,282,197 Stefano Lo Russo
(metropolitan mayor)
Democratic Party 2021
Province of Cuneo 590,421 Luca Robaldo Independent (Forza Italia) 2022
Province of Alessandria 428,826 Enrico Bussalino Independent (Forza Italia) 2021
Province of Novara 370,525 Federico Binatti Brothers of Italy 2018
Province of Asti 217,574 Maurizio Rasero Forza Italia 2022
Province of Biella 179,685 Emanuele Ramella Pralungo Democratic Party 2021
Province of Vercelli 174,904 Davide Gilardino Brothers of Italy 2022
Province of Verbano-Cusio-Ossola 160,114 Alessandro Lana Independent (Forza Italia) 2021

Provincial capitals

Municipality Inhabitants Mayor Party Election
Turin (list) 890,529 Stefano Lo Russo
(metropolitan mayor)
Democratic Party 2021
Novara (list) 104,380 Alessandro Canelli Lega Nord Piemont 2021
Alessandria (list) 93,943 Giorgio Abonante Democratic Party 2022
Asti (list) 76,202 Maurizio Rasero Forza Italia 2022
Cuneo (list) 56,081 Patrizia Manassero Democratic Party 2022
Vercelli (list) 46,754 Andrea Corsaro Forza Italia 2019
Biella (list) 44,733 Claudio Corradino Lega Nord Piemont 2019
Verbania (list) 30,827 Silvia Marchionini Democratic Party 2019

Other municipalities with more than 45,000 inhabitants

Municipality Inhabitants Mayor Party Election
Moncalieri 57,294 Paolo Montagna Democratic Party 2020
Collegno 49,905 Francesco Casciano Democratic Party 2019
Rivoli 48,791 Andrea Tagaroli Lega Nord Piemont 2019
Nichelino 48,123 Giampietro Tolardo Italian Left 2021
Settimo Torinese 47,669 Elena Piastra Democratic Party 2019

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 proprotional representation 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 Archived 12 June 2019 at the Wayback Machine

References

  1. "Sito Ufficiale della Regione Piemonte: Giunta regionale". Archived from the original on 18 February 2010. Retrieved 9 June 2008.
  2. La Repubblica – Regional electoral law (in Italian)
  3. "Regional Council of Lombardy – 1999 Constitutional law" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 March 2009. Retrieved 6 March 2009.
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