| Democratic Party of Emilia-Romagna | |
| Native Name: | Partito Democratico Emilia-Romagna |
| Leader1 Title: | Secretary |
| Leader1 Name: | Stefano Bonaccini |
| Foundation: | 14 October 2007 |
| Merger: | Democrats of the Left The Daisy minor parties |
| Headquarters: | Bologna |
| Membership Year: | 2013 |
| Membership: | 100,000 |
| Ideology: | Social democracy Democratic socialism Christian left Progressivism[1] |
| National: | Democratic Party |
| Youth Wing: | Young Democrats |
| Colors: | Red |
| Website: | www.pder.it |
| Country: | Italy |
The Democratic Party of Emilia-Romagna (Italian: Partito Democratico Emilia-Romagna, PDER) is a social-democratic[2] [3] political party in Italy, acting as the regional faction of the Democratic Party. The PD is the largest party by representation in Emilia-Romagna and it led a coalition formed by Left Ecology Freedom and Italy of Values which had a supermajority in the regional Legislative Assembly. The party's leader was Vasco Errani, who was President of Emilia-Romagna until 14 July 2014.
The Democratic Party is the heir of the Italian Communist Party which governed Emilia-Romagna for almost sixty years; in fact, Emilia-Romagna is considered by public opinion a "red region", or rather a region which has been governed only by centre-left or left-wing Presidents, and where social-democratic, socialist and communist parties gained the majority of votes in every elections.
Other than Vasco Errani prominent members of the PDER include Virginio Merola, Graziano Delrio and Stefano Bonaccini.
The electoral results of the Democratic Party in the Emilia-Romagna are shown in the table below. As PD was founded in 2007, the electoral results from 1994 to 2006 refer to the combined result of the two main percursor parties, the Democrats of the Left and Democracy is Freedom – The Daisy (and its precursors, 1994–2001), or to the joint-list called The Olive Tree.
| Region | 1994 general | 1995 regional | 1996 general | 1999 European | 2000 regional | 2001 general | 2004 European | 2005 regional | 2006 general | 2008 general | 2009 European | 2010 regional | 2013 general | 2014 European | 2014 regional | 2018 general | |
| Emilia-Romagna | 51.4 | 52.3 | 47.5 | 43.7 | 43.9 | 44.3 | 43.0 | 48.1 | 44.8 | 45.7 | 38.6 | 40.6 | 37.0 | 52.5 | 44.5 | 26.4 |
| Chamber of Deputies | ||||||
| Election year |
| % of overall vote |
| +/– | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 1,282,534 (#1) | 45.70 | ||||
| Major party in coalition led by Walter Veltroni. | ||||||
| 2013 | 989,660 (#1) | 37.04 | ||||
| Major party in Italy. Common Good led by Pier Luigi Bersani. | ||||||
| 2018 | 668,837 (#2) | 26.38 | ||||
| Major party in coalition led by Matteo Renzi. | ||||||
| Senate of the Republic | ||||||
| Election year |
| % of overall vote |
| +/– | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 1,193,939 (#1) | 45.40 | ||||
| Major party in coalition led by Walter Veltroni. | ||||||
| 2013 | 977,617 (#1) | 39.16 | ||||
| Major party in Italy. Common Good led by Pier Luigi Bersani. | ||||||
| 2018 | 621,521 (#2) | 26.33 | ||||
| Major party in coalition led by Matteo Renzi. | ||||||
| Legislative Assembly | ||||||
| Election year |
| % of overall vote |
| +/– | Leader | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 857,613 (#1) | 40.6 | Vasco Errani | |||
| Senior party in the government coalition led by Vasco Errani. | ||||||
| 2014 | 535,109 (#1) | 44.5 | Stefano Bonaccini | |||
| Senior party in the government coalition led by Stefano Bonaccini. | ||||||