2018 Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol provincial elections

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Provincial election in Trentino

First party Second party   Candidate Maurizio Fugatti Giorgio Tonini Party Lega Nord Democratic Party Alliance Centre-right Centre-left Seats won 21 8 Seat change 11 7 Popular vote 124,590 67,712 Percentage 46.74% 25.40% Swing 14.26%[1] 32.71%   Third party Fourth party   Candidate Ugo Rossi Filippo Degasperi Party PATT Five Star Movement Seats won 4 2 Seat change 4 0 Popular vote 33,121 18,922 Percentage 12.42% 7.10% Swing new 1.38

President before election Ugo Rossi PATT Elected President Maurizio Fugatti LNT–LN

Provincial election in South Tyrol

All 35 seats to the Landtag of South Tyrol

Party Leader % Seats +/– SVP Arno Kompatscher 41.9 15 −2 TK Paul Köllensperger 15.2 6 New LN 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 PD Christian Tommasini 3.8 1 −1 M5S Diego Nicolini 2.4 1 0 AAC – FdI Alessandro Urzì 1.7 1 0 This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below. Governor before Elected Governor Arno Kompatscher SVP Arno Kompatscher SVP

Politics of Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol
Statute Regional government President: Arno Kompatscher First vice president: Giulia Zanotelli Vice president: Franz Thomas Locher Regional Council President: Roberto Paccher Autonomous provinces Trentino South Tyrol Politics of Trentino President: Maurizio Fugatti Vice President: Francesca Gerosa President of the Provincial Council: Claudio Soini Elections and political parties Politics of South Tyrol Governor: Arno Kompatscher First Vice President: Rosmarie Pamer Vice Presidents: Marco Galateo, Daniel Alfreider President of the Provincial Council: Arnold Schuler Elections and political parties
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The Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol provincial elections of 2018 took place on 21 October 2018.^[2]

Trentino[edit]

In Trentino, the president is elected directly by the people; the candidate who gains the most votes is elected president.

Parties and candidates[edit]

Results[edit]

2018 Trentino provincial election results

Candidates		Votes	%	Seats	Parties		Votes	%	Seats	+/−
	Maurizio Fugatti	124,590	46.74	1
						Lega Nord Trentino	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
						UDC – People'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

Analysis[edit]

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[edit]

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[edit]

Parties		Votes	%	Seats	+/−
	South Tyrolean People's Party	119,109	41.9	15	−2
	Team Köllensperger	43,315	15.2	6	+6
	LNAAST	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 Heart – Brothers 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

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