| Election Name: | 2015 Tuscan regional election |
| Country: | Tuscany |
| Type: | legislative |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2010 Tuscan regional election |
| Previous Year: | 2010 |
| Next Election: | 2020 Tuscan regional election |
| Next Year: | 2020 |
| Turnout: | 48.3% (12.4%) |
| Seats For Election: | All 41 seats in the Regional Council |
| Election Date: | 31 May 2015 |
| Leader1: | Enrico Rossi |
| Party1: | Democratic Party (Italy) |
| Alliance1: | Centre-left coalition (Italy) |
| Color1: | EF3E3E |
| Seats1: | 25 |
| Seat Change1: | 7 |
| Popular Vote1: | 656,920 |
| Percentage1: | 48.1% |
| Leader2: | Claudio Borghi |
| Party2: | Northern League |
| Alliance2: | LN–FdI |
| Seats2: | 7 |
| Seat Change2: | 4 |
| Popular Vote2: | 273,795 |
| Percentage2: | 20.1% |
| Leader3: | Giacomo Giannarelli |
| Party3: | Five Star Movement |
| Seats3: | 5 |
| Seat Change3: | New |
| Popular Vote3: | 205,818 |
| Percentage3: | 15.1% |
| President | |
| Before Election: | Enrico Rossi |
| Before Party: | Democratic Party |
| After Election: | Enrico Rossi |
| After Party: | Democratic Party |
The Tuscan regional election of 2015 took place on 31 May 2015.[1]
Tuscany uses its own legislation of 2014 to elect its Regional Council. The councillors are elected in provincial constituencies by proportional representation using the D'Hondt method. Florence constituency is further divided into 4 sub-constituencies. Preferential voting is allowed: a maximum of two preferences can be expressed for candidates of the same party list and provided the two chosen candidates are of different gender.
In this system parties are grouped in alliances, supporting a candidate for the post of President of Tuscany. The candidate receiving at least 40% of the votes is elected to the post and his/her list (or the coalition) is awarded a majority in the Regional Council. If no candidate gets more than 40% of the votes, a run-off is held fourteen days after, with only the two top candidates from the first round allowed. The winning candidate is assured a majority in the Regional Council.[2]
According to the official 2011 Italian census, the 40 Council seats which must be covered by proportional representation are so distributed between Tuscan provinces. The number of seats to be assigned in each province is the following:
| AR | FI | GR | LI | LU | MS | PI | PT | PO | SI | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Political party or alliance | Constituent lists | Previous result | Candidate | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes (%) | Seats | ||||||
| Centre-left coalition | 42.2 | 33 | Enrico Rossi | ||||
| Tuscan People (incl. PSI) | |||||||
| Centre-right coalition | 27.1 | 15 | Stefano Mugnai | ||||
| Lega Toscana – More Tuscany (incl. MAT) | |||||||
| Tuscany to the Left (incl. SEL, PRC, PCdI) | 9.1 | 3 | Tommaso Fattori | ||||
| Right-wing coalition | 6.5 | 3 | Claudio Borghi | ||||
| Brothers of Italy | |||||||
| Giacomo Giannarelli | |||||||
| Passion for Tuscany (incl. NCD, UDC) | Giovanni Lamioni | ||||||
| Candidates | Votes | % | Seats | Parties | Votes | % | Seats | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Enrico Rossi | 656,920 | 48.02 | 1 | |||||||
| Democratic Party | 614,869 | 45.93 | 24 | |||||||
| Tuscan People–Reformists 2020 | 22,760 | 1.70 | – | |||||||
| Total | 637,629 | 47.63 | 24 | |||||||
| Claudio Borghi | 273,795 | 20.02 | 2 | |||||||
| Northern League Tuscany | 214,430 | 16.02 | 4 | |||||||
| Brothers of Italy | 51,152 | 3.82 | 1 | |||||||
| Total | 265,582 | 19.84 | 5 | |||||||
| Giacomo Giannarelli | 205,818 | 15.05 | 1 | Five Star Movement | 200,771 | 15.00 | 4 | |||
| Stefano Mugnai | 124,432 | 9.10 | 1 | |||||||
| Forza Italia | 112,658 | 8.41 | 1 | |||||||
| Lega Toscana–More Tuscany | 7,996 | 0.60 | – | |||||||
| Total | 120.654 | 9.01 | 1 | |||||||
| Tommaso Fattori | 85,870 | 6.28 | 1 | Tuscany to the Left | 83,187 | 6.21 | 1 | |||
| Giovanni Lamioni | 17,146 | 1.27 | – | Passion for Tuscany | 15,837 | 1.18 | – | |||
| Gabriele Chiurli | 3,621 | 0.26 | – | Direct Democracy | 3,319 | 0.25 | – | |||
| Total candidates | 1,367,872 | 100.00 | 6 | Total parties | 1,326,979 | 100.00 | 35 | |||
| Source: Ministry of the Interior – Historical Archive of Elections | ||||||||||