2014 Abruzzo regional election

2014 Abruzzo regional election

25 May 2014
All 31 seats to the Regional Council of Abruzzo
Majority party Minority party Third party   Leader Luciano D'Alfonso Giovanni Chiodi Sara Marcozzi Party Democratic Party Forza Italia Five Star Movement Alliance Centre-left coalition Centre-right coalition none Seats won 18 7 6 Seat change 2 20 new Popular vote 319,887 202,346 148,035 Percentage 46.3% 29.3% 21.4% Swing 3.6% 19.5% new
President before election Giovanni Chiodi Forza Italia Elected President Luciano D'Alfonso Democratic Party

The Abruzzo regional election of 2014 took place on 25 May 2014.

The Democratic candidate Luciano D'Alfonso, a former Christian Democrat who had been mayor of Pescara in 2003–2009, defeated incumbent President Giovanni Chiodi of Forza Italia by a wide margin.

Results

25 May 2014 Abruzzo regional election results

Candidates		Votes	%	Seats	Parties		Votes	%	Seats
	Luciano D'Alfonso	319,887	46.26	1
						Democratic Party	171,095	25.41	10
						Easy Region	36,996	5.50	2
						Civic Abruzzo (incl. RI and SC)	33,676	5.00	2
						Democratic Centre	16,962	2.52	1
						Left Ecology Freedom	16,151	2.40	1
						Italy of Values (incl. PdCI)	14,306	2.12	1
						Italian Socialist Party	11,666	1.73	–
						Abruzzo Value	11,261	1.67	–
					Total		313,267	46.58	17
	Giovanni Chiodi	202,346	29.26	1
						Forza Italia	112,215	16.67	4
						New Centre-Right – UDC	40,219	5.98	1
						Future Abruzzo	25,210	3.73	1
						Brothers of Italy	19,548	2.90	–
					Total		197,798	29.41	6
	Sara Marcozzi	148,035	21.41	–		Five Star Movement	143,779	21.36	6
	Maurizio Acerbo	21,224	3.07	–		Another Region with Acerbo	20,221	3.01	–
Total candidates		691,492	100.00	2	Total parties		672,467	100.00	29
Source: Ministry of the Interior – Historical Archive of Elections