2013 Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol provincial elections

A primary election to determine the candidate for President of the centre-left autonomist coalition were held on 13 July 2013. The winner was Ugo Rossi of the Trentino Tyrolean Autonomist Party.[1]

In Trentino, where the President is elected directly by the people, Ugo Rossi (Trentino Tyrolean Autonomist Party, supported also by the Democratic Party, the Trentino Tyrolean Autonomist Party and other minor parties) was elected by a landslide (58.1%). Diego Mosna (Trentino Project) arrived a distant second with 19.3% of the vote, while Maurizio Fugatti (Northern League Trentino) came third with 6.6%.

The Democratic Party was confirmed as the largest party in the Province (22.1%), followed by the Trentino Tyrolean Autonomist Party (17.5%), Union for Trentino (13.3%), Trentino Project (9.0%), Lega Nord Trentino (6.2%) and the Five Star Movement (5.8%).

2013 Trentino provincial election results

Candidates		Votes	%	Seats	Parties		Votes	%	Seats
	Ugo Rossi	144,616	58.11	1
						Democratic Party	52,412	22.06	9
						Trentino Tyrolean Autonomist Party	41,689	17.55	7
						Union for Trentino	31,653	13.33	5
						Greens, Ecologists and Civics	4,548	1.91	–
						Italy of Values	3,927	1.65	–
						Ladin Autonomist Union	2,721	1.15	1
						Reformists for Autonomy	2,579	1.09	–
					Total		139,529	58.74	22
	Diego Mosna	47,970	19.28	1
						Trentino Project	21,450	9.03	4
						Trentino Civic List	8,806	3.71	1
						Administer Trentino	5,060	2.13	1
						Together for Autonomy	3,371	1.42	–
						Autonomy 2020	3,160	1.33	–
						Act Trentino	1,946	0.82	–
					Total		43,793	18.44	6
	Maurizio Fugatti	16,401	6.59	1
						Northern League Trentino	14,768	6.22	1
						United European Catholics	547	0.23	–
					Total		15,315	6.45	1
	Filippo Degasperi	14,241	5.72	1		Five Star Movement	13,889	5.85	1
	Giacomo Bezzi	10,631	4.27	1		Forza Trentino	10,495	4.42	–
	Emilio Arisi	4,425	1.78	–		Left Ecology Freedom	4,286	1.80	–
	Cristano de Eccher	3,839	1.54	–		Brothers of Italy	3,699	1.56	–
	Ezio Casagranda	2,848	1.14	–		Communist Refoundation Party	2,742	1.15	–
	Alessandra Cloch	1,992	0.80	–		Fassa Association	1,963	0.83	–
	Giuseppe Filippin	1,061	0.42	–		Moderates in Revolution	1,035	0.44	–
	Agostino Carollo	829	0.33	–		Ago Carollo	793	0.33	–
Total candidates		248,853	100.00	5	Total parties		237,539	100.00	30
Source: Province of Trento – Results

The South Tyrolean People's Party held a primary election on 21 April 2013 to select the party's head of the provincial list. Arno Kompatscher won by a landslide.[2]

In South Tyrol the South Tyrolean People's Party (SVP), lost the absolute majority it maintained for 65 years, but was confirmed by far as the largest party. Die Freiheitlichen (+3.6%), the Greens (+2.9%), South Tyrolean Freedom (+2.3%) and the Democratic Party (+0.7%) made gains,[3] while the Italian centre-right, divided in four lists (FI-LN, AAC, Unitalia and La Destra), lost votes and seats. Only five of the elected councillors were Italian-speakers, a record low.[4][5]

Parties		Votes	%	Seats
	South Tyrolean People's Party	131,236	45.7	17
	Die Freiheitlichen	51,504	17.9	6
	Greens (incl. SEL)	25,067	8.7	3
	South Tyrolean Freedom	20,736	7.2	3
	Democratic Party	19,207	6.7	2
	Forza Alto Adige–Northern League–Team Autonomies	7,118	2.5	1
	Five Star Movement	7,097	2.5	1
	Citizens' Union–We South Tyroleans–Ladins	6,065	2.1	1
	Alto Adige in the Heart	6,057	2.1	1
	Unitalia–Movement for Alto Adige	4,831	1.7	–
	Civic Choice	4,525	1.6	–
	The Right	1,654	0.6	–
	Communist Refoundation Party	1,134	0.4	–
	Party of Italian Communists	730	0.3	–
Total		286,962	100.0	35
Source: Province of Bolzano – Results