2013 Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol provincial elections

Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol
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The Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol provincial elections of 2013 took place on 27 October 2013.

Trentino

Centre-left primary election

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]

General election

2013 Trentino provincial election

← 2008 27 October 2013 2018 →
All 35 seats to the Provincial council of Trentino
Majority party Minority party   Candidate Ugo Rossi Diego Mosna Party PATT Independent Alliance Centre-left PT–CT–AT–FFD Seats won 23 7 Popular vote 144,609 47,966 Percentage 58.1% 19.3%
President before election Alberto Pacher PD Elected President Ugo Rossi PATT

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 (Lega Nord 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
						Lega Nord 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	–
	Giacomo Bezzi	1,992	0.80	–		Fassa Association	1,963	0.83	–
	Giuseppe Filippin	1,061	0.42	–		Moderates in Revolution	1,035	0.44	–
	Agostino Carolo	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

South Tyrol

SVP primary election

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]

General election

2013 South Tyrol provincial election

← 2008 27 October 2013 2018 →
All 35 seats to the Landtag of South Tyrol
Majority party Minority party Third party   Leader Arno Kompatscher Pius Leitner Sepp Kusstatscher Party SVP dF Greens Seats won 17 6 3 Popular vote 131,236 51,504 25,067 Percentage 45.7% 17.9% 8.7%
Governor before election Luis Durnwalder SVP Elected Governor Arno Kompatscher SVP

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–Lega Nord–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

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