2018 Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol provincial elections

2018 South Tyrol provincial election
All 35 seats to the Landtag of South Tyrol
Governor before election; Arno Kompatscher; SVP	Elected Governor ; Arno Kompatscher; SVP

2018 Trentino provincial election
All 35 seats to the Provincial council of Trentino
President before election; Ugo Rossi; PATT	Elected President ; Maurizio Fugatti; League

The Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol provincial elections of 2018 took place on 21 October 2018.^[1]

Trentino

In Trentino, the President is elected directly by the People; the candidate who gains more vote is elected President.

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
						Civic Trentino	11,777	4.62	2
						Trentino Project	8,248	3.23	1
						Popular Autonomists	7,621	2.99	1
						Forza Italia	7,204	2.82	1
						Act for Trentino	5,458	2.14	1
						UDC–People's Centre	5,306	2.08	–
						Brothers of Italy	3,686	1.44	–
						Fassa Association	2,490	0.98	1
					Total		120,906	47.39	20
	Giorgio Tonini	67,712	25.40	1
						Democratic Party	35,530	13.93	4
						Futura 2018 (incl. FdV)	17,670	6.93	2
						Union for Trentino	10,150	3.98	1
					Total		63,350	24.83	7
	Ugo Rossi	33,121	12.42	1		Trentino Tyrolean Autonomist Party	32,109	12.59	3
	Filippo Degasperi	18,922	7.10	1		Five Star Movement	18,437	7.23	1
	Antonella Valer	7,099	2.66	–
						Free and Equal	3,560	1.40	–
						Other Trentino on the Left	2,101	0.82	–
					Total		5,661	2.22	–
	Mauro Ottobre	5,237	1.96	–		Dynamic Autonomy	5,117	2.01	–
	Roberto de Laurentis	4,015	1.51	–		Territoriality Responsibility Economics	3,826	1.50	–
	Paolo Primon	2,384	0.89	–		Free People – Freie Völker	2,285	0.90	–
	Ferruccio Chenetti	1,904	0.71	–		Movement Ladin Fassa	1,890	0.74	–
	Filippo Castaldini	1,247	0.47	–		CasaPound Italy	1,215	0.48	–
	Federico Monegaglia	350	0.13	–		Reconquer Italy	341	0.13	–

Total candidates		266,581	100	4	Total parties		255,137	100	31
Source: Autonomous Province of Trento

Popular vote (party)

Lega			27.1%
PD			13.9%
PATT			13.0%
M5S			7.2%
F2018			6.9%
CT			4.6%
UpT			4.0%
PT			3.2%
AP			3.0%
FI			2.8%
Agire			2.1%
UdC–PC			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%,^[3] but now just over 7%. By contrast, the centre-right coalition gained more than 10% compared to March 4.^[3]

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	119,108	41.9	15	−2
	Team Köllensperger	43,315	15.2	6	+6
	League	31,510	11.1	4	+4
	Greens	19,391	6.8	3	±0
	Die Freiheitlichen	17,620	6.2	2	−4
	South Tyrolean Freedom	16,927	6.0	2	−1
	Democratic Party	10,806	3.8	1	−1
	Five Star Movement	6,670	2.4	1	±0
	Alto Adige in the Heart – Brothers of Italy	4,883	1.7	1	±0
	Citizens' Union	3,664	1.3	0	−1
	We South Tyrol	3,428	1.2	0	±0
	Forza Alto Adige	2,825	1.0	0	±0
	CasaPound Italy	2,451	0.9	0	±0
	United Left	1,753	0.6	0	±0
Total		284,351	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%
AAC–FdI			1.7%
BUfS			1.3%
NOI			1.2%
FAA			1.0%
CPI			0.9%
SU			0.6%

References

^ Provinciali Bolzano e Trento 21 ottobre, Ansa, 8 May 2018. Retrieved 14 May 2018.
^ 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.
^ ^a ^b Collegio Plurinominale TRENTINO-ALTO ADIGE/SÜDTIROL - 01

[1] Provinciali Bolzano e Trento 21 ottobre, Ansa, 8 May 2018. Retrieved 14 May 2018.

[2] 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.

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