2013 Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol provincial elections explained

Election Name:2013 Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol provincial elections
Country:Trentino-Alto Adige
Ongoing:no
Previous Election:2008 Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol provincial elections
Previous Year:2008
Election Date:27 October 2013
Next Election:2018 Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol provincial elections
Next Year:2018
Seats For Election:All 35 seats to the Provincial council of Trentino
Module:
Embed:yes
Election Name:Provincial election in Trentino
Type:parliamentary
Candidate1:Ugo Rossi
Party1:PATT
Alliance1:Centre-left coalition (Italy)
Color1:EF3E3E
Seats1:23
Popular Vote1:144,609
Percentage1:58.1%
Candidate2:Diego Mosna
Party2:Independent
Alliance2:Civic lists
Color2:F9A20B
Seats2:7
Popular Vote2:47,966
Percentage2:19.3%
Candidate4:Maurizio Fugatti
Party4:Lega Nord
Seats4:2
Seat Change4:5
Popular Vote4:16,401
Percentage4:6.59
Swing4:7.85%
Candidate5:Filippo Degasperi
Party5:Five Star Movement
Seats5:2
Seat Change5:new
Popular Vote5:14,241
Percentage5:5.72%
Swing5:new
Map Size:180px
President
Posttitle:Elected President
Before Election:Alberto Pacher
Before Party:PD
After Election:Ugo Rossi
After Party:PATT
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Election Name:Provincial election in South Tyrol
Seats For Election:All 35 seats to the Landtag of South Tyrol
Ongoing:no
Party1:South Tyrolean People's Party
Percentage1:45.7
Seats1:17
Last Election1:18
Color2:
  1. 1560BD
Leader2:Pius Leitner
Percentage2:17.9
Seats2:6
Last Election2:5
Party3:Greens (South Tyrol)
Leader3:Brigitte Foppa
Percentage3:8.7
Seats3:3
Last Election3:2
Color4:
  1. 8C001A
Leader4:Sven Knoll
Percentage4:7.2
Seats4:3
Last Election4:2
Leader5:Christian Tommasini
Percentage5:6.7
Seats5:2
Last Election5:2
Leader6:Elena Artioli
Percentage6:2.5
Seats6:1
Last Election6:4
Leader7:Paul Köllensperger
Percentage7:2.5
Seats7:1
Last Election7:New
Color8:
  1. FFA700
Leader8:Andreas Pöder
Percentage8:2.1
Seats8:1
Last Election8:1
Color9:
  1. 1F5478
Percentage9:2.1
Seats9:1
Last Election9:New
Governor
Posttitle:Elected Governor
Before Election:Luis Durnwalder
Before Party:SVP
After Election:Arno Kompatscher
After Party:SVP

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]

CandidatePartyVotes%
Ugo RossiPATT8,11934.2
Alessandro OliviPD7,98033.6
Mauro GilmozziUpT6,61027.9
Lucia CoppolaGreens4622.0
Alexander SchusterPSI4551.9
Blank/invalid votes1110.5
Total23,737100.0
Source: Official results

Parties and candidates

Political party or allianceConstituent listsPrevious resultCandidate
Votes (%)Seats
Centre-left coalitionDemocratic Party (PD)21.68
Union for Trentino (UpT)17.96
Trentino Tyrolean Autonomist Party (PATT)8.53
Greens, Ecologists and Civics (VEC)2.81
Italy of Values (IdV)2.71
Ladin Autonomist Union (UAL)1.21
Reformists for Autonomy (RpA)
LNT – CEULega Nord Trentino (LNT)14.16
United European Catholics (CEU)
Forza Trentino (FT)12.35
Civic listsTrentino Project (PT)
Trentino Civic List (CT)
Administer Trentino (FdI)
Together for Autonomy
Autonomy 2020
Act Trentino
Five Star Movement (M5S)
Left Ecology Freedom (SEL)
Brothers of Italy (FdI)
Communist Refoundation Party (PRC)
Fassa Association (Fassa)0.6

Results

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%).

CandidatesVotes%SeatsPartiesVotes%Seats
Ugo Rossi144,61658.111
Democratic Party52,41222.069
Trentino Tyrolean Autonomist Party41,68917.557
Union for Trentino31,65313.335
Greens, Ecologists and Civics4,5481.91
Italy of Values3,9271.65
Ladin Autonomist Union2,7211.151
Reformists for Autonomy2,5791.09
Total139,52958.7422
Diego Mosna47,97019.281
Trentino Project21,4509.034
Trentino Civic List8,8063.711
Administer Trentino5,0602.131
Together for Autonomy3,3711.42
Autonomy 20203,1601.33
Act Trentino1,9460.82
Total43,79318.446
Maurizio Fugatti16,4016.591
Lega Nord Trentino14,7686.221
United European Catholics5470.23
Total15,3156.451
Filippo Degasperi14,2415.721Five Star Movement13,8895.851
Giacomo Bezzi10,6314.271Forza Trentino10,4954.42
Emilio Arisi4,4251.78Left Ecology Freedom4,2861.80
Cristano de Eccher3,8391.54Brothers of Italy3,6991.56
Ezio Casagranda2,8481.14Communist Refoundation Party2,7421.15
Alessandra Cloch1,9920.80Fassa Association1,9630.83
Giuseppe Filippin1,0610.42Moderates in Revolution1,0350.44
Agostino Carollo8290.33Ago Carollo7930.33
Total candidates248,853100.005Total parties237,539100.0030
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]

CandidatePartyVotes%
Arno KompatscherSVP19,30882.8
Elmar Pichler RolleSVP4,02817.2
Total24,145 100.0
Source: Official results

Results

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]

PartiesVotes%Seats
South Tyrolean People's Party131,23645.717
Die Freiheitlichen51,50417.96
Greens (incl. SEL)25,0678.73
South Tyrolean Freedom20,7367.23
Democratic Party19,2076.72
Forza Alto Adige–LNAAST–Team Autonomies7,1182.51
Five Star Movement7,0972.51
Citizens' UnionWe South TyroleansLadins6,0652.11
Alto Adige in the Heart6,0572.11
Unitalia–Movement for Alto Adige4,8311.7
Civic Choice4,5251.6
The Right1,6540.6
Communist Refoundation Party1,1340.4
Party of Italian Communists7300.3
Total286,962100.035
Source: Province of Bolzano – Results

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Pd, oltre 23 mila alle primarie in Trentino Vince l'autonomista Ugo Rossi . 13 July 2013 . Italian . . 15 July 2013.
  2. Web site: Stravince Arno Kompatscher Pichler Rolle sconfitto 2 volte . 22 April 2013 . Italian . . 14 August 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130618174145/http://altoadige.gelocal.it/cronaca/2013/04/22/news/stravince-arno-kompatscher-pichler-rolle-sconfitto-2-volte-1.6933666 . 18 June 2013 .
  3. Web site: Risultati elettorali Provincia nel suo complesso - Elezioni provinciali 2013 – Provincia autonoma di Bolzano . Italian . October 28, 2013 . dead . https://archive.today/20131030093519/http://elezioni.provincia.bz.it/dlistvt_li_vg.htm . October 30, 2013 .
  4. Web site: Elezioni in Trentino-Alto Adige: centrosinistra avanti a Trento, Svp al 44,7%. Crolla il centrodestra . 28 October 2013 . Italian . . 28 October 2013.
  5. Web site: Il voto in Alto Adige: la Svp perde la maggioranza assoluta e scende a 17 consiglieri . 29 October 2013 . Italian . . 29 October 2013 . https://web.archive.org/web/20131027083311/http://altoadige.gelocal.it/cronaca/2013/10/07/news/la-campagna-elettorale-dei-candidati-1.7879507 . 27 October 2013 . dead .