2018 Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol provincial elections

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

2018 Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol provincial elections

21 October 2018
Provincial election in Trentino
  First party Second party
 
Candidate Maurizio Fugatti Giorgio Tonini
Party League 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] Decrease32.71%

  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 new Increase1.38

President before election

Ugo Rossi
PATT

Elected President

Maurizio Fugatti
League

Provincial election in South Tyrol

All 35 seats to the Landtag of South Tyrol
PartyLeader % Seats +/–
SVP Arno Kompatscher 41.9 15 -2
Team Köllensperger 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
Democratic Party Christian Tommasini 3.8 1 -1
Five Star Movement Diego Nicolini 2.4 1 0
AACBrothers of Italy Alessandro Urzì 1.7 1 0
Governor before Elected Governor
Arno Kompatscher
SVP
Arno Kompatscher
SVP

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
League 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 CentrePeople'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
League 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
UDCPeople'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)
Lega
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%
UDCCP
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
League 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 HeartBrothers 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%
Lega
11.4%
Grüne
6.8%
dF
6.2%
STF
6.0%
PD
3.8%
M5S
2.4%
AACFdI
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 (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. Collegio Plurinominale TRENTINO-ALTO ADIGE/SÜDTIROL - 01
  6. Including PSI, Italian Radicals and civic lists.
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