2025 Calabrian regional election

2025 Calabrian regional election
5 and 6 October 2025
All 31 seats to the Regional Council of Calabria
Opinion polls
Registered1,888,368[1]
Turnout43.15% (Decrease1.21%)
  Majority party Minority party
 
Candidate Roberto Occhiuto Pasquale Tridico
Party FI M5S
Alliance Centre-right Centre-left
Seats won 21 10
Seat change Steady Increase2
Popular vote 453,926 330,813
Percentage 57.3% 41.7%
Swing Increase2.8% Increase14.0%
Map of the election results
President before election

Roberto Occhiuto
FI

 Elected President

Roberto Occhiuto
FI

The 2025 Calabrian regional election took place in Calabria, Italy, on 5 and 6 October 2025, following the dissolution of the Regional Council after the resignation of the President Roberto Occhiuto on 4 August 2025 (which constituted a de facto calling of an early election).

Electoral system

Even if a district list is linked to a regional list that exceeds 8% of the vote, the district list must obtain at least 4% of the vote in the whole region in order to elect their own representatives. To ensure governance, the candidate who receives the most votes wins a majority bonus of 55% of the seats.[2]

Seat distribution of the XII legislature[3]
District Provinces Seats
North Cosenza14
Center Catanzaro8
Crotone
Vibo Valentia
South Reggio Calabria7
President1
Second-place President1
Total31

Parties and candidates

Presidential candidate

Candidate Experience Alliance

Roberto Occhiuto		 President of Calabria (2021–present)
Member of the Chamber of Deputies for Calabria (2008–2013; 2014–2021)		 Centre-right coalition

Pasquale Tridico		 MEP for Southern Italy (2024–present)
President of National Institute for Social Security (2019–2023)		 Centre-left coalition

Parties and coalitions

This is a list of the parties, and their respective leaders, which will participate in the election.

Political party or alliance Constituent lists Previous result Candidate
Votes (%) Seats
Centre-right coalition Forza Italia 17.3 7 Roberto Occhiuto
League 8.3 4
Brothers of Italy 8.7 4
Forza Azzurri 8.1 2
Christian Democracy – Union of the Centre 4.6 1
Us Moderates 3.0 0
South calls North – Animalist Party N/a N/a
Occhiuto for President N/a N/a
Centre-left coalition Democratic Party 13.2 5 Pasquale Tridico
Five Star Movement 6.5 2
Greens and Left Alliance 0.5[4] 0
Reformist House (incl. IV, +E, PRI and Az) N/a N/a
Progressive Democrats (incl. PSI) N/a N/a
Tridico for President (incl. DemoS and PRC) N/a N/a
Sovereign Popular Democracy N/a N/a Francesco Toscano

Opinion polls

Pollings

Outcome

Result

5–6 October 2025 Calabrian regional election results
Candidates Votes % Seats Parties Votes % Seats
Roberto Occhiuto 453,926 57.26 1 Forza Italia 136,501 17.98 7
Occhiuto for President 94,030 12.39 4
Brothers of Italy 88,335 11.64 4
League 71,381 9.40 3
Us Moderates 30,613 4.03 2
Christian Democracy – Union of the Centre 9,750 1.28 0
Forza Azzurri 7,915 1.04 0
South calls North – Animalist Party 1,527 0.20 0
Total 440,052 57.98 20
Pasquale Tridico 330,813 41.73 1 Democratic Party 103,119 13.59 4
Tridico for President 57,813 7.62 2
Five Star Movement 48,775 6.43 1
Progressive Democrats 39,727 5.23 1
Reformist House 33,529 4.42 1
Greens and Left Alliance 29,251 3.85 0
Total 312,214 41.13 9
Francesco Toscano 7,992 1.01 0 Sovereign Popular Democracy 6.738 0.89 0
Total candidates 792,731 100.0 2 Total parties 759,004 100.0 29
Blank and invalid votes 22,126
Registered voters/turnout 1,888,368 43.15
Source: Calabria Region – Results
Popular vote by party
FI
 
 17.98%
PD
 
 13.59%
Occhiuto
 
 12.39%
FdI
 
 11.64%
Lega
 
 9.40%
Tridico
 
 7.62%
M5S
 
 6.43%
DP
 
 5.23%
CR
 
 4.42%
NM
 
 4.03%
AVS
 
 3.85%
DC–UdC
 
 1.28%
FA
 
 1.04%
DSP
 
 0.89%
ScN–PAI
 
 0.20%
Popular vote by president
Occhiuto
 
 57.26%
Tridico
 
 41.73%
Toscano
 
 1.01%
Seat summary
Centre-right
 
 67.74%
Centre-left
 
 32.26%

Turnout

Voter turnout
Constituency
Sunday Monday Previous Election
12:0019:0023:0015:00
Cosenza7.64%21.37%26.21%42.22%44.87%Decrease 2.65%
Catanzaro8.80%26.00%31.92%45.58%46.96%Decrease 1.38%
Crotone7.53%23.34%28.80%41.09%39.61%Increase 1.47%
Vibo Valentina6.07%20.64%26.67%38.91%40.42%Decrease 1.51%
Reggio Calabria7.64%24.75%32.24%44.94%44.64%Increase 0.30%
Calabria Total7.70%23.19%29.08%43.15%44.36%Decrease 1.21%
Ministry of Interior

Analysis

Occhiuto defeated Tridico by 15.5 points, receiving the strongest support in southern Calabria, where he obtained nearly two-thirds of the vote. He also performed well in the central part of the region, particularly in the province of Crotone. In northern Calabria, his margin was narrower, winning over Tridico by 4.5 points. Of the region’s ten largest cities with populations over 20,000, Occhiuto received more votes than Tridico in eight, while Tridico received more votes in Cosenza and the neighboring municipality of Rende.

Tridico’s support was strongest in and around Cosenza, the central part of Cosenza province around Acri, and along the Ionian coast east of Corigliano-Rossano, including his hometown of Scala Coeli, where he led by 70 points. The nearby municipality of Cariati was the only locality where both candidates received an equal number of votes, with 1,727 each (49.86%). Tridico also received a majority in several municipalities around the Isthmus of Catanzaro.

Elected councilors
Party / List Councilor elected Preference votes Constituency
Forza Italia Roberto Occhiuto President-Elect
Gianluca Gallo 30,165 North
Pasqualina Straface 13,363
Elisabetta Santoianni 10,661
Sergio Ferrari 12,134 Centre
Marco Polimeni 8,831
Salvatore Cirillo 19,225 South
Domenico Giannetta 10,452
Occhiuto for President Pierluigi Caputo 14,791 North
Rosaria Succurro 12,201
Emanuele Ionà 6.833 Centre
Giacomo Pietro Crinò 9.036 South
Brothers of Italy Angelo Brutto 6,542 North
Luciana De Francesco 6,542
Antonio Montuoro 11,920 Centre
Giovanni Calabrese 11,351 South
Lega Orlandino Greco 5,154 North
Filippo Mancuso 12,130 Centre
Giuseppe Mattiani 12,619 South
Us Moderates Riccardo Rosa 1,195 North
Vito Pitaro 11,995 Centre
Five Star Movement Pasquale Tridico Elected as the second-place presidential candidate
Elisa Scutellà 7,164 North
Democratic Party Rosellina Madeo 6,719 North
Ernesto Francesco Alecci 12,591 Centre
Giuseppe Ranuccio 10,638 South
Giuseppe Falcomatà 10,341
Tridico for President Ferdinando Laghi 5,194 North
Vincenzo Bruno 2,728 Centre
Progressive Democrats Francesco De Cicco 6,076 North
Reformist House Filomena Greco 6,670 North

Background

On July 31, 2025, after being placed under investigation for corruption by the prosecutor's office of Catanzaro, Occhiuto announced on social media that he was resigning as president of the Calabria region while simultaneously declaring his intention to run for re-election. He stated that "it will be Calabrians who decide the future of Calabria, not others," and, referring to the investigation in which he was involved, that "no one is taking responsibility for signing anything." Occhiuto said he would formalize his resignation the following week, after which the regional Council would take note of it and a date for new elections would be set. [5] [6]


See also

References

  1. ↑ https://elezioni.interno.gov.it/risultati/20251005/regionali/scrutini/italia/18
  2. ↑ "Elezioni regionali Calabria 2020, la guida: candidati, liste e sondaggi". Money.it (in Italian). 9 January 2020. Retrieved 11 January 2020.
  3. ↑ "Elezioni 2025". Regione Calabria (in Italian). Retrieved 7 October 2025.
  4. ↑ Only Green Europe
  5. ↑ "Il presidente della Calabria Occhiuto: "Mi dimetto e mi ricandido"". Retrieved 23 August 2026.
  6. ↑ "Il presidente della Calabria Roberto Occhiuto è indagato per corruzione". Retrieved 23 August 2026.
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