Politics of Liguria explained

The Politics of Liguria, Italy takes place in a framework of a presidential representative democracy, whereby the President of Regional Government is the head of government, and of a pluriform multi-party system. Executive power is exercised by the Regional Government. Legislative power is vested in both the government and the Regional Council.

Executive branch

The Regional Government (Giunta Regionale) is presided by the President of the Region (Presidente della Regione), who is elected for a five-year term, and is composed by the President and the Ministers (Assessori), who are currently 11, including a Vice President.[1]

List of presidents

See main article: List of presidents of Liguria.

Legislative branch

See main article: Regional Council of Liguria.

The Regional Council of Liguria (Consiglio Regionale della Liguria) is composed of 40 members. 32 councillors are elected in provincial constituencies by proportional representation using the largest remainder method with a Droop quota and open lists, while 8 councillors (elected in bloc) come from a "regional list", including the President-elect. One seat is reserved for the candidate who comes second. If a coalition wins more than 50% of the total seats in the Council with PR, only 4 candidates from the regional list will be chosen and the number of those elected in provincial constituencies will be 36. If the winning coalition receives less than 40% of votes special seats are added to the Council to ensure a large majority for the President's coalition.[2]

The Council is elected for a five-year term, but, if the President suffers a vote of no confidence, resigns or dies, under the simul stabunt, simul cadent clause introduced in 1999 (literally they will stand together or they will fall together), also the Council is dissolved and a snap election is called.[3]

Local government

Provinces

ProvinceInhabitants[4] PresidentPartyElection
Metropolitan City of Genoa840,934Marco BucciIndependent (centre-right)2017
Province of Imperia213,743Fabio NattaIndependent (centre-left)2015
Province of La Spezia219,693Giorgio CozzaniIndependent (centre-right)2017
Province of Savona276,261Pierangelo OliveriIndependent (centre-right)2018

Municipalities

Provincial capitals

MunicipalityInhabitantsMayorPartyElection
Genoa577,587Marco BucciIndependent (centre-right)2017
Imperia42,506Claudio ScajolaIndependent (centre-right)2018
La Spezia93,259Pierluigi PeracchiniIndependent (centre-right)2017
Savona60,469Ilaria CaprioglioIndependent (centre-right)2016

Parties and elections

See main article: Elections in Liguria.

Latest regional election

See main article: 2020 Ligurian regional election.

The latest regional election took place on 20–21 September 2020.

Giovanni Toti of Cambiamo!, a minor centre-right party, won handily re-election with 56.1% of the vote. His strongest challenger, Ferruccio Sansa, an independent supported by the centre-left coalition and the Five Star Movement, won 38.9%. Cambiamo! won 22.6%, followed by the Democratic Party (19.9%) and the League (17.1%).

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Regione Liguria - sito ufficiale . www.regione.liguria.it . 13 January 2022 . https://web.archive.org/web/20021209233825/http://www.regione.liguria.it/MenuSezione.asp?Parametri=1_2_2_$1_2_2_$Giunta$0$ . 9 December 2002 . dead.
  2. http://www.repubblica.it/speciale/2005/elezioni/regionali/sistema.html La Repubblica – Regional electoral law
  3. https://web.archive.org/web/20090306051303/http://www.consiglio.regione.lombardia.it/c/portal/layout?p_l_id=PRI.1046.1&p_p_id=20&p_p_action=1&p_p_state=exclusive&p_p_col_id=null&p_p_col_pos=2&p_p_col_count=3&_20_struts_action=%2Fdocument_library%2Fget_file&_20_folderId=69&_20_name=l+cost+199_PDF.pdf Regional Council of Lombardy – 1999 Constitutional law
  4. Web site: Bilancio demografico anno 2018 (October 2018). Istat. 26 March 2018.