See also: 2020 Italian regional elections.
| Election Name: | 2020 Marche regional election |
| Country: | Marche |
| Type: | legislative |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2015 Marche regional election |
| Previous Year: | 2015 |
| Next Election: | 2025 Marche regional election |
| Next Year: | 2025 |
| Seats For Election: | All 31 seats to the Legislative Assembly of Marche |
| Election Date: | 20–21 September 2020 |
| Turnout: | 59.75% (9.97%) |
| Leader1: | Francesco Acquaroli |
| Party1: | Brothers of Italy |
| Alliance1: | Centre-right coalition (Italy) |
| Color1: | 0A6BE1 |
| Seats1: | 20 |
| Seat Change1: | 13 |
| Popular Vote1: | 361,186 |
| Percentage1: | 49.13% |
| Swing1: | 15.94% |
| Leader2: | Maurizio Mangialardi |
| Party2: | Democratic Party |
| Color2: | EF3E3E |
| Alliance2: | Centre-left coalition (Italy) |
| Seats2: | 9 |
| Seat Change2: | 10 |
| Popular Vote2: | 274,152 |
| Percentage2: | 37.29% |
| Swing2: | 3.78% |
| President | |
| Posttitle: | President |
| Before Election: | Luca Ceriscioli |
| Before Party: | Democratic Party (Italy) |
| After Election: | Francesco Acquaroli |
| After Party: | Brothers of Italy |
The 2020 Marche regional election in Marche, Italy, took place on 20–21 September. It was originally scheduled to take place on 31 May 2020, but was delayed due to the coronavirus pandemic in Italy.[1] [2] The centre-right coalition candidate, senator and former mayor of Potenza Picena Francesco Acquaroli, defeated the Democratic candidate, Maurizio Mangialardi, who was serving as Mayor of Senigallia. Acquaroli was the first centre-right candidate elected president in the history of the region and was elected with 49.3% of the regional popular vote, winning 20 of 31 seats in the regional council. The election generated some controversy because the centre-right candidate was present at a dinner to commemorate the March on Rome on 28 October 2019, with other far-right Italian politicians. It was the first election during the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy in the Marche region.
| Political party or alliance | Constituent lists | Previous result | Candidate | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes (%) | Seats | ||||||
| Centre-left coalition | Democratic Party (PD) | ||||||
| Mangialardi for President List (incl. Action and MRE) | |||||||
| Italia Viva – Italian Socialist Party – Solidary Democracy – Marche Civics | |||||||
| Rebirth Marche (More Europe – Civics – Greens) | |||||||
| Brave Marche (incl. Art.1, IiC and M5S dissidents) | |||||||
| Our Marche and the Centre | |||||||
| Centre-right coalition | |||||||
| Forza Italia – Civics for Marche | |||||||
| Brothers of Italy | |||||||
| Civitas – Civics | |||||||
| Movement for Marche (incl. PRI, FV and M5S dissidents) | |||||||
| Depend on Us (incl. SI and PRC) | |||||||
| Communist | (incl. PC and PCI) | ||||||
| Vox Italia (incl. Human Value Party) | |||||||
| Reconquer Italy | |||||||
| Date | Polling firm/ client | Sample size | Mangialardi | Acquaroli | Mercorelli | Others | Undecided | Lead |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 Aug–2 Sep 2020 | SWG | 1,100 | 37.0 | 51.0 | 8.5 | 3.5 | 14.0 | |
| 28–30 Aug 2020 | Ipsos | 750 | 35.8 | 49.0 | 10.1 | 5.1 | 17.2 | 13.2 |
| 26 Aug 2020 | Tecnè | 2,000 | 35–39 | 43–47 | 13–17 | 2–4 | 4–12 | |
| 25–27 Aug 2020 | Scenari Politici–Winpoll | 1,000 | 36.1 | 51.8 | 8.9 | 3.2 | 15.7 | |
| 24 Aug–2 Sep 2020 | Noto | 35–39 | 47–51 | 9–13 | 1–5 | 8–16 | ||
| Date | Polling firm/ client | Sample size | Mangialardi | Acquaroli | Other centre-right | Mercorelli | Others | Undecided | Lead | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30–31 Jul 2020 | Tecnè | 1,000 | 38.0 | 45.5 | 14.5 | 2.0 | 14.8 | 7.5 | ||
| 26 Jun 2020 | Noto | – | 40.0 | 48.0 | 9.0 | 3.0 | 8.0 | |||
| 12–14 Jun 2020 | Sylla | 500 | 42.3 | 40.7 | 17.0 | 1.6 | ||||
| 46.3 | 36.3 | 17.4 | 10.0 | |||||||
| 39.9 | 44.3 | 15.8 | 4.4 | |||||||
| 55.0 | 45.0 | w. Mangialardi | 10.0 | |||||||
| 59.0 | 41.0 | w. Mangialardi | 18.0 | |||||||
| 50.0 | 50.0 | w. Mangialardi | Tie | |||||||
| 20 Feb 2020 | Tecnè | – | 47.4 | 50.6 | w. Mangialardi | 2.0 | 47.2 | 3.2 |
| Date | Polling firm | Sample size | Centre-left | M5S | Centre-right | Others | Undecided | Lead | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PD | SI | IV | +Eu | A | EV | Other | Lega | FI | FdI | Other | |||||||
| 28 Aug–2 Sep 2020 | SWG | 1,100 | 29.0 | 2.0 | 5.0 | 9.0 | 25.0 | 5.5 | 18.0 | 2.0 | 2.5 | 4.0 | |||||
| 28–30 Aug 2020 | Ipsos | 750 | 19.0 | 2.3 | 14.5 | 10.1 | 25.7 | 3.5 | 16.7 | 3.1 | 5.1 | 20.8 | 6.7 | ||||
| 25–27 Aug 2020 | Scenari Politici–Winpoll | 1,000 | 22.8 | 4.1 | 9.2 | 8.9 | 23.3 | 4.0 | 18.1 | 6.4 | 3.2 | 0.5 | |||||
| 12–14 Jun 2020 | Sylla | 500 | 22.0 | 5.0 | 3.5 | 3.5 | 2.5 | 1.5 | 15.5 | 20.5 | 6.5 | 12.0 | 5.5 | 2.0 | 1.5 | ||
| Candidates | Votes | % | Seats | Parties | Votes | % | Seats | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Francesco Acquaroli | 361,186 | 49.13 | 1 | League | 139,438 | 22.38 | 8 | |||
| Brothers of Italy | 116,231 | 18.66 | 7 | |||||||
| Forza Italia – Civics for Marche | 36,716 | 5.89 | 2 | |||||||
| Populars Marche – Union of the Centre | 14,067 | 2.26 | 1 | |||||||
| Civitas – Civics | 12,958 | 2.08 | 1 | |||||||
| Movement for Marche | 5,730 | 0.92 | – | |||||||
| Total | 325,140 | 52.19 | 19 | |||||||
| Maurizio Mangialardi | 274,152 | 37.29 | 1 | Democratic Party | 156,394 | 25.11 | 7 | |||
| Italia Viva | 19,742 | 3.17 | – | |||||||
| Rebirth Marche | 17,268 | 2.77 | 1 | |||||||
| Mangialardi for President List | 12,884 | 2.07 | – | |||||||
| Our Marche and the Centre | 11,625 | 1.87 | – | |||||||
| Brave Marche | 9,270 | 1.49 | – | |||||||
| Total | 227,183 | 36.48 | 8 | |||||||
| Gian Mario Mercorelli | 63,355 | 8.62 | – | Five Star Movement | 44,330 | 7.12 | 2 | |||
| Roberto Mancini | 16,879 | 2.30 | – | Depends on Us | 11,834 | 1.90 | – | |||
| Fabio Pasquinelli | 10,381 | 1.41 | – | Communist! | 8,184 | 1.31 | – | |||
| Sabrina Paola Banzato | 4,121 | 0.56 | – | Vox Italia | 2,954 | 0.47 | – | |||
| Anna Rita Ianetti | 3,984 | 0.54 | – | 3V Movement | 2,689 | 0.43 | – | |||
| Alessandra Contigiani | 1,142 | 0.16 | – | Reconquer Italy | 640 | 0.10 | – | |||
| Blank and invalid votes | – | – | ||||||||
| Total candidates | 735,200 | 100.00 | 2 | Total parties | 622,954 | 100.00 | 29 | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | – | 59.75 | ||||||||
| Source: Marche Region – Results | ||||||||||
| Province | Francesco Acquaroli | Maurizio Mangialardi | Others | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ancona | 96,494 42.27 | 98,933 43.34 | 32,861 14.4 | |
| Ascoli Piceno | 50,395 51.72 | 34,415 35.32 | 12,637 12.97 | |
| Fermo | 45,372 54.57 | 27,030 32.51 | 10,737 12.91 | |
| Macerata | 86,418 56.96 | 45,523 30.01 | 19,775 13.04 | |
| Pesaro and Urbino | 82,507 47.25 | 68,251 39.09 | 23,852 13.67 | |
| Total | 361,186 49.13 | 274,152 37.29 | 99,862 13.59 | |
| Region | Time | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20 Sep | 21 Sep | ||||
| 12:00 | 19:00 | 23:00 | 15:00 | ||
| Marche | 13.42% | 32.97% | 42.72% | 59.74% | |
| Province | Time | ||||
| 20 Sep | 21 Sep | ||||
| 12:00 | 19:00 | 23:00 | 15:00 | ||
| Ancona | 14.00% | 33.76% | 42.96% | 60.50% | |
| Ascoli Piceno | 12.32% | 30.12% | 41.07% | 57.67% | |
| Fermo | 12.78% | 32.43% | 43.05% | 61.17% | |
| Macerata | 12.41% | 31.18% | 40.51% | 56.60% | |
| Pesaro and Urbino | 14.59% | 35.61% | 45.34% | 62.27% | |
| Source: Marche Region – Turnout | |||||