# 2020 Campania regional election

The 2020 Campanian regional election took place in Campania on 20 and 21 September 2020. It was originally scheduled to take place on 31 May 2020, but it was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy.

## Electoral system

The Regional Council of Campania (Consiglio Regionale della Campania) is composed of 50 members, elected in a party-list proportional representation system. The seats are divided among five constituencies corresponding to the region's provinces: Avellino with 4 seats, Benevento with 2 seats, Caserta with 8 seats, Naples with 27 seats, and Salerno with 9 seats. Regional councillors are selected from party lists at the constituency level, with an electoral threshold at 3%. An additional seat is reserved to the President-elect, who is the candidate winning a plurality of votes. A majority bonus of 60% is granted to the winning coalition.

## Background

In February 2020, the direction of the Democratic Party (PD) officially confirmed that the centre-left candidate for President of Campania would be the incumbent President Vincenzo De Luca.
The centre-right coalition picked former President Stefano Caldoro, a member of Forza Italia (FI), as its candidate, after hypotheses of a League's candidate or Mara Carfagna (FI) were abandoned.
The Five Star Movement (M5S) discarded the idea of a coalition with the centre-left, and proposed its own candidate Valeria Ciarambino. Previously, the M5S had proposed the incumbent Minister of Environment Sergio Costa as its candidate.

## Parties and candidates

| Political party or alliance | Political party or alliance | Constituent lists | Constituent lists | Previous result | Previous result | Candidate |
| Political party or alliance | Political party or alliance | Constituent lists | Constituent lists | Votes (%) | Seats | Candidate |
| | Centre-left coalition | | Democratic Party (PD) | 19.5 | 15 | Vincenzo De Luca |
| | Centre-left coalition | | De Luca for President | 4.9 | 4 | Vincenzo De Luca |
| | Centre-left coalition | | Free Campania (CL) | 4.8 | 3 | Vincenzo De Luca |
| | Centre-left coalition | | Democratic Centre (CD) | 2.8 | 2 | Vincenzo De Luca |
| | Centre-left coalition | | Italian Socialist Party (PSI) | 2.2 | 1 | Vincenzo De Luca |
| | Centre-left coalition | | Green Europe – Solidary Democracy (EV–DemoS) | 1.2 | 1 | Vincenzo De Luca |
| | Centre-left coalition | | Really – Animalist Party (D–PA) (incl. IiC) | — | — | Vincenzo De Luca |
| | Centre-left coalition | | More Campania in Europe (+C) (incl. PLI) | — | — | Vincenzo De Luca |
| | Centre-left coalition | | Us Campanians (NC) | — | — | Vincenzo De Luca |
| | Centre-left coalition | | Democratic Making – Populars (FD–Pop.) | — | — | Vincenzo De Luca |
| | Centre-left coalition | | Liberal Democrats – Popular Campania – Moderates (LD–CP–Mod.) | — | — | Vincenzo De Luca |
| | Centre-left coalition | | Democrats and Progressives (DeP) (incl. Art.1, RD) | — | — | Vincenzo De Luca |
| | Centre-left coalition | | Italia Viva (IV) | — | — | Vincenzo De Luca |
| | Centre-left coalition | | For People and the Community (Per) | — | — | Vincenzo De Luca |
| | Centre-left coalition | | Italian Republican Party – League for Italy (PRI–LpI) | — | — | Vincenzo De Luca |
| | Centre-right coalition | | Forza Italia (FI) | 17.8 | 7 | Stefano Caldoro |
| | Centre-right coalition | | Caldoro for President – Union of the Centre (CP–UDC) (incl. NPSI, C!) | 9.6 | 4 | Stefano Caldoro |
| | Centre-right coalition | | Brothers of Italy (FdI) | 5.5 | 2 | Stefano Caldoro |
| | Centre-right coalition | | League (Lega) | — | — | Stefano Caldoro |
| | Centre-right coalition | | Alliance of the Centre (AdC) | — | — | Stefano Caldoro |
| | Centre-right coalition | | Southern Identity – Southern Macroregion (IM–MS) | — | — | Stefano Caldoro |
| | Five Star Movement (M5S) | Five Star Movement (M5S) | Five Star Movement (M5S) | 17.0 | 7 | Valeria Ciarambino |
| | Terra (incl. SI, PRC, PCI, PdS, èViva) | Terra (incl. SI, PRC, PCI, PdS, èViva) | Terra (incl. SI, PRC, PCI, PdS, èViva) | 2.3 | – | Luca Saltalamacchia |
| | Power to the People (PaP) | Power to the People (PaP) | Power to the People (PaP) | — | — | Giuliano Granato |
| | Third Pole (TP) | Third Pole (TP) | Third Pole (TP) | — | — | Sergio Angrisano |
| | Party of Good Manners | Party of Good Manners | Party of Good Manners | — | — | Giuseppe Cirillo |
* ↑ 7.2 % of the vote to the "Caldoro for President" list, 2.4 % of the vote to UDC.
* ↑ 2 seats to the "Caldoro for President" list, 2 seats to UDC.

## Opinion polls
### Candidates

| Date | Polling firm/ Client | Sample size | De Luca | Caldoro | Ciarambino | Others | Undecided | Lead |
| 21 Sep 2020 | Opinio (exit poll) | – | 54.0–58.0 | 23.0–27.0 | 10.5–14.5 | – | – | 31.0 |
| 1–4 Sep 2020 | Ixè | 1,000 | 54.4 | 26.9 | 15.0 | 3.7 | 23.7 | 27.5 |
| 29 Aug 2020 | Ipsos | 930 | 50.4 | 29.0 | 15.9 | 4.8 | 8.4 | 21.4 |
| 28 Aug–1 Sep 2020 | SWG | 1,000 | 51–55 | 29–33 | 11–15 | — | 26 | 18–26 |
| 27 Aug 2020 | Tecnè | 2,000 | 45–49 | 33–37 | 14–18 | 2–4 | — | 8–14 |
| 24 Aug–2 Sep 2020 | Noto | — | 46–50 | 34–38 | 11–15 | 1–5 | — | 8–14 |
| 3–4 Aug 2020 | Tecnè | 1,000 | 44.5 | 39.0 | 15.0 | 1.5 | — | 5.5 |
| 20–22 Jul 2020 | Winpoll | 1,002 | 58.6 | 28.9 | 9.9 | 2.6 | 21.0 | 29.7 |
| 25–26 Jun 2020 | Winpoll Arcadia | 800 | 65.4 | 21.9 | 10.9 | — | — | 43.5 |
| 24–25 Jun 2020 | Noto | 1,000 | 45.0 | 39.0 | 13.0 | 3.0 | — | 6.0 |
| 17–20 Dec 2019 | Winpoll Arcadia | 700 | 39.5 | 36.7 | 23.8 | – | — | 2.8 |

#### Hypothetical candidates

| Date | Polling firm/ Client | Sample size | De Luca | Caldoro | Other CDX | Ciarambino | Costa | Others | Undecided | Lead |
| 20 Dec–25 Dec 2019 | Index | 1,000 | 36.0 | 47.0 | — | 15.0 | — | 2.0 | 27.2 | 11.0 |
| 20 Dec–25 Dec 2019 | Index | 1,000 | 35.0 | — | 49.0 | 14.0 | — | 2.0 | 25.9 | 14.0 |
| 12–15 Nov 2019 | Noto | 1,000 | 34.0 | 42.0 | — | — | 20.0 | 4.0 | 30.0 | 8.0 |
| 12–15 Nov 2019 | Noto | 1,000 | 32.0 | — | 44.0 | — | 22.0 | 2.0 | 25.8 | 12.0 |
| 12–15 Nov 2019 | Noto | 1,000 | 34.0 | — | 42.0 | — | 20.0 | 2.0 | 26.8 | 8.0 |
| 27 Sep 2019 | Winpoll Arcadia | – | 37.0 | — | 20.4 | 5.2 | 7.9 | 33.0 | — | 8.5 |
* 1 2 Mara Carfagna
* ↑ This poll was commissioned by a political party.
* ↑ Clemente Mastella
* ↑ Carfagna 16.9% and Edmondo Cirielli 4.5%.
* ↑ De Magistris, 28.5%

### Parties

| Date | Polling firm | Sample size | Centre-left | Centre-left | Centre-left | Centre-left | Centre-left | Centre-left | Centre-left | M5S | Centre-right | Centre-right | Centre-right | Centre-right | Others | Undecided | Lead |
| Date | Polling firm | Sample size | PD | IV | EV | DeP | +E | DL | Other | M5S | FI | Lega | FdI | Other | Others | Undecided | Lead |
| 1–4 Sep 2020 | Ixè | 1,000 | 20.6 | 1.5 | — | — | — | 17.3 | 7.1 | 19.4 | 8.8 | 8.6 | 7.8 | 6.2 | 2.7 | 26.3 | 1.2 |
| 29 Aug 2020 | Ipsos | 930 | 19.2 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 12.2 | 4.1 | 17.2 | 14.0 | 3.3 | 10.2 | 1.0 | 2.7 | 14.5 | 2.0 |
| 28 Aug–1 Sep 2020 | SWG | 1,000 | 18.5–20.5 | 1.5–2.5 | 1.0–2.0 | 1.0–2.0 | 1.0–2.0 | 17.0–19.0 | — | 13.0–15.0 | 5.5–7.5 | 9.5–11.5 | 7.5–9.5 | — | 1.0–2.0 | 29.0 | -0.5–3.5 |
| 20–22 Jul 2020 | Winpoll | 1,002 | 15.0 | 1.9 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 1.3 | 17.2 | 7.7 | 17.0 | 6.0 | 14.4 | 14.9 | 0.7 | 1.4 | — | 0.2 |
| 25–26 Jun 2020 | Winpoll Arcadia | 800 | 21.3 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 1.1 | — | — | 20.6 | 21.7 | 8.2 | 10.7 | 10.5 | 2.7 | 1.1 | — | 0.4 |
| 29–30 May 2020 | Tecnè | 1,000 | 21.7 | 2.4 | 0.9 | 2.7 | 2.3 | — | 1.7 | 24.3 | 14.1 | 15.3 | 12.4 | — | 2.2 | — | 2.6 |
| 17–20 Dec 2019 | Winpoll Arcadia | 700 | 22.7 | 2.5 | 2.1 | 2.6 | 2.4 | — | 1.2 | 26.2 | 9.7 | 18.8 | 8.8 | — | 3.0 | — | 3.5 |
| 30 Nov–2 Dec 2019 | Index | 1,000 | 16.0 | 3.0 | 2.0 | — | — | 5.0 | 8.0 | 15.0 | 14.0 | 17.0 | 11.0 | 4.0 | 5.0 | 17.2 | 1.0 |
| 12–15 Nov 2019 | Noto | 1,000 | 22.0 | 3.0 | 2.0 | 2.0 | — | — | 3.0 | 18.0 | 16.0 | 13.0 | 10.0 | 3.0 | 8.0 | 28.0 | 4.0 |
* ↑ This poll was commissioned by a political party.

## Results

The election saw the victory of the centre-left candidate and incumbent President of Campania, Vincenzo De Luca, who won almost 69.5% of the vote with more than 45% lead over the centre-right candidate Stefano Caldoro. The Five Star Movement candidate, Valeria Ciarambino, arrived third with less than 10% of the vote. The Democratic Party was the first party by number of votes, with 16.9% of preferences, followed by the list of De Luca and by the Five Star Movement.
20–21 September 2020 Campanian regional election results :
| Candidates | Candidates | Votes | % | Seats | Parties | Parties | Votes | % | Seats |
| | Vincenzo De Luca | 1,789,017 | 69.48 | 1 | | Democratic Party | 398,490 | 16.90 | 8 |
| | Vincenzo De Luca | 1,789,017 | 69.48 | 1 | | De Luca for President | 313,666 | 13.30 | 6 |
| | Vincenzo De Luca | 1,789,017 | 69.48 | 1 | | Italia Viva | 173,870 | 7.37 | 4 |
| | Vincenzo De Luca | 1,789,017 | 69.48 | 1 | | Free Campania | 122,367 | 5.19 | 2 |
| | Vincenzo De Luca | 1,789,017 | 69.48 | 1 | | Democratic Making – Populars | 104,857 | 4.45 | 2 |
| | Vincenzo De Luca | 1,789,017 | 69.48 | 1 | | Us Campanians | 102,652 | 4.35 | 2 |
| | Vincenzo De Luca | 1,789,017 | 69.48 | 1 | | Liberal Democrats – Popular Campania – Moderates | 84,769 | 3.60 | 2 |
| | Vincenzo De Luca | 1,789,017 | 69.48 | 1 | | Democratic Centre | 76,141 | 3.23 | 2 |
| | Vincenzo De Luca | 1,789,017 | 69.48 | 1 | | Italian Socialist Party | 60,100 | 2.55 | 1 |
| | Vincenzo De Luca | 1,789,017 | 69.48 | 1 | | More Campania in Europe | 45,500 | 1.93 | 1 |
| | Vincenzo De Luca | 1,789,017 | 69.48 | 1 | | Green Europe – Solidary Democracy | 42,996 | 1.82 | 1 |
| | Vincenzo De Luca | 1,789,017 | 69.48 | 1 | | Really – Animalist Party | 33,681 | 1.43 | 1 |
| | Vincenzo De Luca | 1,789,017 | 69.48 | 1 | | For the People and the Community | 26,452 | 1.12 | – |
| | Vincenzo De Luca | 1,789,017 | 69.48 | 1 | | Democrats and Progressives | 25,254 | 1.07 | – |
| | Vincenzo De Luca | 1,789,017 | 69.48 | 1 | | Italian Republican Party | 5,745 | 0.24 | – |
| | Vincenzo De Luca | 1,789,017 | 69.48 | 1 | Total | Total | 1,616,540 | 68.57 | 32 |
| | Stefano Caldoro | 464,921 | 18.06 | 1 | | Brothers of Italy | 140,918 | 5.98 | 4 |
| | Stefano Caldoro | 464,921 | 18.06 | 1 | | League | 133,152 | 5.65 | 3 |
| | Stefano Caldoro | 464,921 | 18.06 | 1 | | Forza Italia | 121,695 | 5.16 | 2 |
| | Stefano Caldoro | 464,921 | 18.06 | 1 | | Caldoro for President – Union of the Centre | 45,326 | 1.92 | 1 |
| | Stefano Caldoro | 464,921 | 18.06 | 1 | | Alliance of the Centre | 6,432 | 0.27 | – |
| | Stefano Caldoro | 464,921 | 18.06 | 1 | | Southern Identity – South Macroregion | 3,333 | 0.14 | – |
| | Stefano Caldoro | 464,921 | 18.06 | 1 | Total | Total | 450,856 | 19.12 | 10 |
| | Valeria Ciarambino | 255,714 | 9.93 | – | | Five Star Movement | 233,974 | 9.92 | 7 |
| | Giuliano Granato | 30,955 | 1.20 | – | | Power to the People | 26,711 | 1.13 | – |
| | Luca Saltalamacchia | 27,475 | 1.07 | – | | Terra | 25,125 | 1.07 | – |
| | Sergio Angrisano | 4,028 | 0.16 | – | | Third Pole | 3,056 | 0.13 | – |
| | Giuseppe Cirillo | 2,608 | 0.10 | – | | Party of Good Manners | 1,348 | 0.06 | – |
| Blank and invalid votes | Blank and invalid votes | 199,386 | 7.19 | | | | | | |
| Total candidates | Total candidates | 2,574,718 | 100.00 | 2 | Total parties | Total parties | 2,357,610 | 100.00 | 49 |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 4,996,921 | 55.52 | | | | | | |
| Source: Ministry of the Interior – Results ||||||||||
Popular vote
PD
16.90%
De Luca
13.30%
M5S
9.92%
IV
7.37%
FdI
5.98%
Lega
5.65%
CL
5.19%
FI
5.16%
FD–Pop.
4.45%
NC
4.35%
LD–Mod
3.60%
CD
3.23%
PSI
2.55%
+E
1.93%
UDC
1.92%
EV–DemoS
1.82%
PA
1.43%
Others
5.25% :
President
De Luca
69.48%
Caldoro
18.06%
Ciarambino
9.93%
Others
2.53% :
Seats summary
Centre-left
64.70%
Centre-right
21.57%
M5S
13.73% :

### Turnout

| Region | Time | Time | Time | Time |
| Region | 20 Sep | 20 Sep | 20 Sep | 21 Sep |
| Region | 12:00 | 19:00 | 23:00 | 15:00 |
| Campania | 11.32% | 26.52% | 38.92% | 55.53% |
| Province | Time | Time | Time | Time |
| Province | 20 Sep | 20 Sep | 20 Sep | 21 Sep |
| Province | 12:00 | 19:00 | 23:00 | 15:00 |
| Avellino | 9.55% | 24.95% | 37.01% | 51.86% |
| Benevento | 10.06% | 24.80% | 36.22% | 51.73% |
| Caserta | 11.21% | 27.00% | 40.20% | 57.61% |
| Naples | 11.84% | 26.78% | 38.86% | 55.33% |
| Salerno | 11.24% | 26.67% | 39.62% | 57.11% |
| Source: Ministry of the Interior – Turnout |||||

### Elected councillors

| Constituency | Party | Member |
| Campania (at-large) | PD | Vincenzo De Luca |
| Campania (at-large) | FI | Stefano Caldoro |
| Naples | PD | Mario Casillo |
| Naples | PD | Loredana Raia |
| Naples | PD | Carmela Fiola |
| Naples | PD | Massimiliano Manfredi |
| Naples | DLP | Vittoria Lettieri |
| Naples | DLP | Lucia Fortini |
| Naples | DLP | Carmine Mocerino |
| Naples | DLP | Paola Raia |
| Naples | M5S | Valeria Ciarambino |
| Naples | M5S | Gennaro Saiello |
| Naples | M5S | Maria Muscarà |
| Naples | M5S | Luigi Cirillo |
| Naples | FdI | Michele Schiano di Visconti |
| Naples | FdI | Marco Nonno |
| Naples | LD–Mod | Giuseppe Sommese |
| Naples | LD–Mod | Pasquale Di Fenza |
| Naples | CD | Giovanni Mensorio |
| Naples | CD | Raffaele Maria Pisacane |
| Naples | IV | Francesco Iovino |
| Naples | Lega | Severino Nappi |
| Naples | CL | Giovanni Porcelli |
| Naples | FI | Anna Rita Patriarca |
| Naples | FD–Pop | Felice Di Maiolo |
| Naples | +E | Fulvio Frezza |
| Naples | EV–DemoS | Francesco Emilio Borrelli |
| Naples | UDC | Gennaro Cinque |
| Constituency | Party | Member |
| Salerno | PD | Francesco Picarone |
| Salerno | DLP | Luca Cascone |
| Salerno | M5S | Michele Cammarano |
| Salerno | IV | Tommaso Pellegrino |
| Salerno | FdI | Nunzio Carpentieri |
| Salerno | Lega | Attilio Pierro |
| Salerno | CL | Giovanni Savastano |
| Salerno | FD–Pop | Corrado Matera |
| Salerno | PSI | Andrea Volpe |
| Caserta | PD | Gennaro Oliviero |
| Caserta | DLP | Giovanni Zannini |
| Caserta | M5S | Salvatore Aversano |
| Caserta | IV | Vincenzo Santangelo |
| Caserta | FdI | Alfonso Piscitelli |
| Caserta | Lega | Gianpiero Zinzi |
| Caserta | FI | Massimo Grimaldi |
| Caserta | NC | Luigia Maria Iodice |
| Avellino | PD | Maurizio Petracca |
| Avellino | M5S | Vincenzo Ciampi |
| Avellino | IV | Vincenzo Alaia |
| Avellino | D–PA | Livio Petitto |
| Benevento | PD | Erasmo Mortaruolo |
| Benevento | NC | Luigi Abbate |
* ↑ As elected President of the Region.
* ↑ As runner-up candidate to President of the Region.