2024 Piedmontese regional election

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2024 Piedmontese regional election
← 2019 9 June 2024 2029 →
All 51 seats to the Regional Council of Piedmont
  Majority party Minority party
 
Candidate Alberto Cirio Gianna Pentenero
Party Forza Italia Democratic Party
Alliance Centre-right Centre-left
President before election

Alberto Cirio
FI

Elected President

TBD
TBD

The 2024 Piedmontese regional election is scheduled for 9 June 2024. The election will elect all members of the Regional Council of Piedmont, as well as the president of Piedmont. It is the fourth election as part of the 2024 Italian regional elections and will be held on the same day as the 2024 European Parliament election in Italy.

Background[edit]

In the 2019 Piedmontese regional election, the centre-right coalition regained control of the region after its candidate, Alberto Cirio of Forza Italia, defeated the centre-left coalition's incumbent president Sergio Chiamparino of the Democratic Party. In a summer 2023 approval rankings drawn up by Il Sole 24 Ore about Italy's regional presidents, Cirio ranked sixth.[1] In January 2024, the Regional Council of Piedmont approved the decree that dated the Piedmontese election to 9 June 2024. The election in Piedmont is one of the five regional elections in Italy for 2024 and will be held on the same day as the 2024 European Parliament election.[2][3] The rise of Brothers of Italy, which culminated in the party leading the centre-right coalition and the formation of the Meloni government after the 2022 Italian general election, caused division within the centre-right coalition going into the 2024 Sardinian regional election, where Brothers of Italy obtained their candidate. This put in question the re-election bids of other centre-right coalition's regional presidents, including in Piedmont.[4][5] In March 2024, Cirio was confirmed as the centre-right coalition candidate.[6]

Among the national and regional opposition, the Democratic Party and the Five Star Movement were divided over the Piedmontese candidate.[7][8][9] In the region, both parties had been historically divided, in particular over the issue of the Treno Alta Velocità. In February 2024, the centre-left coalition narrowly won in Sardinia,[10][11] unseating a centre-right coalition regional incumbent president since 2015, despite a left-leaning independent candidacy, and although it ultimately lost, it was united in the subsequent 2024 Abruzzo regional election.[12][13][14] Division within the centre-left coalition ahead of the 2024 Basilicata regional election caused further division for the Piedmontese one. In Basilicata, Domenico Lacerenza, the Five Star Movement's preferred candidate in Basilicata, was forced to withdraw his candidacy, and although the Five Star Movement ultimately reached an agreement with the centre-left coalition, Action and Italia Viva had joined the centre-right coalition, a situation that could repeat itself in Piedmont;[15] Action leader Carlo Calenda said that no decision was made on whether to support Cirio.[16] Additionally, when the Democratic Party, the largest party within the centre-left coalition, announced Gianna Pentenero as their candidate in Piedmont, rather than the rumoured candidacy of Chiara Gribaudo,[17][18][19] a deputy from the Democratic Party who alongside Daniele Valle (a member of the Democratic Party and the minority vice-president in the Regional Council of Piedmont) accepted the decision,[20] the Five Star Movement stated that they would not support her,[21][22][23] and announced they would field their own candidate.[24] A possible candidate is Chiara Appendino, the Five Star Movement's former mayor of Turin, although they denied it both as part of the centre-left coalition and as their own separate candidate.[25]

Electoral system[edit]

In July 2023, the Regional Council of Piedmont approved a new electoral law.[26]

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Piedmont 2024: tomorrow the Pd-M5s confrontation, Cirio awaits the official reconfirmation". Agenzia Nova (in Italian). 3 January 2024. Retrieved 26 March 2024.
  2. ^ Ghirri, Carlo (29 December 2023). "2024: a politically pivotal year". Italia Oggi (305): 2. Retrieved 26 March 2024.
  3. ^ "Regionali: il Piemonte alle urne l'8 e il 9 giugno". La Stampa (in Italian). 25 January 2024. Retrieved 26 March 2024.
  4. ^ "Alle prossime elezioni regionali in Piemonte, Basilicata e Umbria la destra ricandiderà gli attuali governatori". Il Post (in Italian). 28 February 2024. Retrieved 26 March 2024.
  5. ^ "Abruzzo, Basilicata, Piemonte e Umbria: le prossime elezioni regionali nel 2024". Quotidiano Nazionale (in Italian). 29 February 2024. Retrieved 26 March 2024.
  6. ^ Grossi, Lorenzo (16 March 2024). "Dalla Basilicata al Piemonte, campo largo nel caos sulle candidature". Il Giornale (in Italian). Retrieved 26 March 2024.
  7. ^ "Piedmont 2024: the meeting between Pd and M4s on January 5, but the road to an alliance is uphill". Agenzia Nova. 20 December 2023. Retrieved 26 March 2024.
  8. ^ Varetto, Paolo (20 January 2024). "Piemonte, il grande gelo Pd-M5s: 'Accordo in 24 ore o salta tutto'". La Stampa (in Italian). Retrieved 26 March 2024.
  9. ^ Rossi, Andrea (28 February 2024). "Pd-M5S, in Piemonte Lo Russo-Appendino carissimi nemici, il campo è ancora minato". La Stampa (in Italian). Retrieved 26 March 2024.
  10. ^ Strippoli, Sara (27 February 2024). "Il voto in Sardegna spinge il campo largo alla piemontese: Pd e M5S al bivio finale. Rossi: 'Uniti si può vincere'". La Repubblica (in Italian). Retrieved 26 March 2024.
  11. ^ Martinelli, Claudio (27 February 2024). "Dopo la vittoria in Sardegna, Pd, 5 Stelle e Alleanza Verdi sono certi: 'Uniti batteremo Cirio e il centrodestra'". TorinoToday (in Italian). Retrieved 26 March 2024.
  12. ^ Cavallo, Massimiliano (11 March 2024). "Abruzzo al centrodestra, il campo largo salta in Piemonte?". La Guida (in Italian). Retrieved 26 March 2024.
  13. ^ Ravarino, Mauro (11 March 2024). "Piemonte, dopo l'Abruzzo tutto da rifare". Il manifesto (in Italian). Retrieved 26 March 2024.
  14. ^ Bechis, Francesco (18 March 2024). "Campo largo, ma non troppo. Dalla Basilicata al Piemonte, il centrosinistra marcia (e colpisce) diviso". Il Messaggero (in Italian). Retrieved 26 March 2024.
  15. ^ "Caos campolargo su Basilicata e Piemonte, caso Calenda-Schlein: 'Da ieri la cerchiamo ma non ci risponde al telefono'". La Stampa (in Italian). 17 March 2024. Retrieved 26 March 2024.
  16. ^ Montenegro, Ruggiero (4 March 2024). "Calenda frena sul Piemonte: 'Cirio? Non è stata presa nessuna decisione'". Il Foglio (in Italian). Retrieved 26 March 2024.
  17. ^ "Regionali in Piemonte, intesa Pd-5 Stelle alla deriva. L'attacco dei grillini: 'Gribaudo ha sbagliato', ipotesi Appendino in campo?". La Stampa (in Italian). 17 January 2024. Retrieved 26 March 2024.
  18. ^ Carugati, Andrea (4 March 2024). "Gribaudo: 'A Conte chiedo uno sforzo unitario. Noi lo abbiamo fatto'". Il manifesto (in Italian). Retrieved 26 March 2024.
  19. ^ Rossi, Cosimo (21 March 2024). "Elezioni regionali, Gribaudo (Pd): 'In Piemonte scelta al rialzo. Il M5s si sieda al tavolo'". Quotidiano Nazionale (in Italian). Retrieved 26 March 2024.
  20. ^ "Lacerenza rinuncia alla candidatura, il Pd lancia Pentenero in Piemonte ma il M5s si smarca". Domani (in Italian). 16 March 2024. Retrieved 26 March 2024.
  21. ^ Schianchi, Francesca (16 March 2024). "Campo largo a Potenza e in Piemonte è sempre più un miraggio". La Stampa (in Italian). Retrieved 26 March 2024.
  22. ^ Grossi, Lorenzo (16 March 2024). "Dalla Basilicata al Piemonte, campo largo nel caos sulle candidature". Il Giornale (in Italian). Retrieved 26 March 2024.
  23. ^ Joly, Andrea; Varetto, Paolo (17 March 2024). "Il Pd candida Pentenero. Conte: 'Correremo da soli'". La Stampa (in Italian). Retrieved 26 March 2024.
  24. ^ "M5S to field own Piedmont candidate after PD taps Pentenero". Agenzia ANSA (in Italian). 16 March 2024. Retrieved 26 March 2024.
  25. ^ "Regionali in Piemonte, intesa Pd-5 Stelle alla deriva. L'attacco dei grillini: 'Gribaudo ha sbagliato', ipotesi Appendino in campo?". La Stampa (in Italian). 17 January 2024. Retrieved 26 March 2024.
  26. ^ "Elezioni regionali 2024: nuova legge per l'elezione del Consiglio regionale e del Presidente della Giunta regionale". Regione Piemonte (in Italian). 25 March 2024. Retrieved 26 March 2024.

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