| Election Name: | 2021 Calabrian regional election |
| Country: | Calabria |
| Type: | legislative |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2020 Calabrian regional election |
| Previous Year: | 2020 |
| Next Election: | 2026 Calabrian regional election |
| Next Year: | 2026 |
| Seats For Election: | All 31 seats to the Regional Council of Calabria |
| Election Date: | 3 and 4 October 2021 |
| Turnout: | 44.36% (0.1%) |
| Candidate1: | Roberto Occhiuto |
| Party1: | Forza Italia (2013) |
| Alliance1: | Centre-right coalition (Italy) |
| Color1: | 0A6BE1 |
| Seats1: | 21 |
| Seat Change1: | 1 |
| Popular Vote1: | 431,675 |
| Percentage1: | 54.5% |
| Candidate2: | Amalia Bruni |
| Party2: | Independent (politician) |
| Alliance2: | Centre-left–M5S |
| Color2: | EF3E3E |
| Seats2: | 8 |
| Seat Change2: | 3 |
| Popular Vote2: | 219,389 |
| Percentage2: | 27.7% |
| Candidate3: | Luigi de Magistris |
| Party3: | DemA |
| Alliance3: | Left-wing |
| Colour3: | E4590F |
| Seats3: | 2 |
| Seat Change3: | 2 |
| Popular Vote3: | 128,204 |
| Percentage3: | 16.2% |
| President | |
| Before Election: | Antonino Spirlì (acting) |
| Before Party: | Lega Nord |
| After Election: | Roberto Occhiuto |
| After Party: | Forza Italia |
| Map Size: | 250px |
The 2021 Calabrian regional election took place in Calabria, Italy, on 3 and 4 October 2021, following the dissolution of the regional parliament after the death of regional president Jole Santelli. It was originally scheduled to take place on 14 February 2021, then on 11 April 2021, and was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy.[1] [2]
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.[3]
This is a list of the parties, and their respective leaders, which will participate in the election.[4]
| Political party or alliance | Constituent lists | Previous result | Candidate | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes (%) | Seats | |||||
| Centre-right | Forza Italia | 12.3 | 5 | Roberto Occhiuto | ||
| League | 12.3 | 4 | ||||
| Brothers of Italy | 10.9 | 4 | ||||
| Union of the Centre | 6.8 | 2 | ||||
| Us with Italy (incl. PdF) | ||||||
| Coraggio Italia | ||||||
| Forza Azzurri – Occhiuto for President | ||||||
| Centre-left | Democratic Party | 15.2 | 5 | Amalia Bruni | ||
| Five Star Movement | 6.3 | – | ||||
| Amalia Bruni for President – Safe Calabria | ||||||
| Treasure Calabria | 5.2 | – | ||||
| Italian Socialist Party | ||||||
| Animalist Party – Progressive Democrats (incl. Art. 1) | ||||||
| de Magistris coalition | Democracy and Autonomy | Luigi de Magistris | ||||
| de Magistris for President | ||||||
| United with de Magistris | ||||||
| For Calabria with de Magistris | ||||||
| Another Calabria is Possible (incl. SI) | ||||||
| Resistant and Solidary Calabria (incl. PaP, PCI) | ||||||
| Oliviero coalition | Oliverio for President – Calabrian Identity | Mario Oliverio | ||||
Jasmine Cristallo,[5] Anna Falcone Pietro Grasso,[6] Marco Minniti,[7] Franco Mirabelli,[6] Antonio Viscomi.[7]
Sergio Abramo,[7] Fulvia Caligiuri,[7] Gianluca Gallo,[7] Maria Limardo,[7] Mario Occhiuto.[7]
Nicola Morra.[6]
Nicola Irto,[8] Maria Antonietta Ventura.[9]
| Date | Polling firm/Client | Sample size | Occhiuto | Bruni | De Magistris | Oliverio | Undecided | Lead |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 12–15 Sep 2021 | Noto | 1,000 | 46.0 | 30.0 | 19.0 | 5.0 | 34.0 | 16.0 |
| 12–14 Sep 2021 | Winpoll | 1,000 | 39.4 | 39.2 | 18.9 | 2.5 | 0.2 | |
| 8–10 Sep 2021 | EMG | 1,000 | 48.0 | 30.0 | 19.0 | 3.0 | 18.0 | |
| Date | Polling firm | Sample size | Centre-right | Centre-left | De Magistris | Oliverio | Lead | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FdI | FI | Lega | FA | UDC | NcI | CI | PD | M5S | PSI | Other | ||||||
| EMG | 12.0 | 10.0 | 8.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 4.0 | 15.0 | 7.0 | 3.0 | 6.0 | 17.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 | ||
| - | 10.9 | 12.3 | 12.3 | DNP | 6.8 | DNP | DNP | 15.2 | 6.3 | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | 2.9 | ||
| Candidates | Votes | % | Seats | Parties | Votes | % | Seats | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roberto Occhiuto | 431,675 | 54.46 | 1 | Forza Italia | 131,882 | 17.31 | 7 | ||||
| Brothers of Italy | 66,277 | 8.70 | 4 | ||||||||
| League | 63,459 | 8.33 | 4 | ||||||||
| Forza Azzurri – Occhiuto for President | 61,828 | 8.11 | 2 | ||||||||
| Coraggio Italia | 43,159 | 5.66 | 2 | ||||||||
| Union of the Centre | 34,923 | 4.58 | 1 | ||||||||
| Us with Italy | 23,138 | 3.04 | – | ||||||||
| Total | 424,666 | 55.72 | 20 | ||||||||
| Amalia Bruni | 219,389 | 27.68 | 1 | Democratic Party | 100,437 | 13.18 | 5 | ||||
| Five Star Movement | 49,414 | 6.48 | 2 | ||||||||
| Amalia Bruni for President – Safe Calabria | 28,733 | 3.77 | – | ||||||||
| Treasure Calabria | 17,358 | 2.38 | – | ||||||||
| Italian Socialist Party | 7,024 | 0.92 | – | ||||||||
| 3,755 | 0.49 | – | |||||||||
| Animalist Party – Progressive Democrats | 2,259 | 0.30 | – | ||||||||
| Total | 208,980 | 27.42 | 7 | ||||||||
| Luigi de Magistris | 128,204 | 16.17 | – | de Magistris for President | 39,338 | 5.16 | 2 | ||||
| Democracy and Autonomy | 25,929 | 3.40 | – | ||||||||
| Another Calabria is possible | 18,235 | 2.39 | – | ||||||||
| United with de Magistris | 12,390 | 1.63 | – | ||||||||
| For Calabria with de Magistris | 10,547 | 1.38 | – | ||||||||
| Resistant and Solidary Calabria | 9,175 | 1.20 | – | ||||||||
| Total | 115,614 | 15.17 | 2 | ||||||||
| Mario Oliverio | 13,440 | 1.70 | – | Oliverio for President – Calabrian Identity | 12,838 | 1.68 | – | ||||
| Blank and invalid votes | 45,983 | 5.48 | |||||||||
| Total candidates | 792,708 | 100.00 | 2 | Total parties | 762,098 | 100.00 | 29 | ||||
| Registered voters/turnout | 1,890,732 | 44.36 | |||||||||
| Source: Ministry of the Interior – Election in Calabria | |||||||||||