# 2015 Ligurian regional election

The Ligurian regional election of 2015 took place on 31 May 2015.
Giovanni Toti of Forza Italia, who benefited of the decisive support of the Northern League Liguria, was elected President in a three-way race with Raffaella Paita of the Democratic Party, which was the largest party, and Alice Salvatore of the Five Star Movement.

## Electoral system

The Regional Council of Liguria is composed of 30 members, plus the president elect. The president elect is the candidate winning a plurality of votes at the election. Within the council, 24 seats are elected in provincial constituencies by proportional representation. The remaining 6 councillors are assigned as a majority bonus if the winning candidate has less than 18 seats, otherwise they are distributed among the losing coalitions.
A single list must get at least 3% of the votes in a province in order to access the proportional distribution of seats, unless the list is connected to a coalition with more than 5% of the vote.

## 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 | 28.3 | 10 | Raffaella Paita |
| | Centre-left coalition | | Civic lists | — | — | Raffaella Paita |
| | Centre-right coalition | | Forza Italia | 31.1 | 10 | Giovanni Toti |
| | Centre-right coalition | | Northern League Liguria | 10.2 | 3 | Giovanni Toti |
| | Centre-right coalition | | Brothers of Italy | — | — | Giovanni Toti |
| | Centre-right coalition | | Popular Area (incl. NCD, UDC) | — | — | Giovanni Toti |
| | Network to the Left (incl. SEL, PRC, PCdI) | Network to the Left (incl. SEL, PRC, PCdI) | Network to the Left (incl. SEL, PRC, PCdI) | 6.4 | 2 | Luca Pastorino |
| | Five Star Movement | Five Star Movement | Five Star Movement | 1.0 | – | Alice Salvatore |

## Results

31 May 2015 Ligurian regional election results :
| Candidates | Candidates | Votes | % | Seats | Parties | Parties | Votes | % | Seats |
| | Giovanni Toti | 226,710 | 34.45 | 7 | | Northern League Liguria | 109,209 | 20.25 | 5 |
| | Giovanni Toti | 226,710 | 34.45 | 7 | | Forza Italia | 68,286 | 12.66 | 3 |
| | Giovanni Toti | 226,710 | 34.45 | 7 | | Brothers of Italy | 16,562 | 3.07 | 1 |
| | Giovanni Toti | 226,710 | 34.45 | 7 | | Popular Area | 9,269 | 1.72 | – |
| | Giovanni Toti | 226,710 | 34.45 | 7 | Total | Total | 203,326 | 37.71 | 9 |
| | Raffaella Paita | 183,272 | 27.85 | 1 | | Democratic Party | 138,257 | 25.64 | 7 |
| | Raffaella Paita | 183,272 | 27.85 | 1 | | Ligurians for Paita | 17,060 | 3.16 | – |
| | Raffaella Paita | 183,272 | 27.85 | 1 | | Change Liguria | 8,330 | 1.54 | – |
| | Raffaella Paita | 183,272 | 27.85 | 1 | Total | Total | 163,647 | 30.35 | 7 |
| | Alice Salvatore | 163,527 | 24.85 | – | | Five Star Movement | 120,219 | 22.29 | 6 |
| | Luca Pastorino | 61,988 | 9.42 | – | | Network to the Left (incl. SEL, PRC, PCd’I) | 22,093 | 4.10 | 1 |
| | Luca Pastorino | 61,988 | 9.42 | – | | Pastorino List | 13,500 | 2.50 | – |
| | Luca Pastorino | 61,988 | 9.42 | – | Total | Total | 35,593 | 6.60 | 1 |
| | Enrico Musso | 10,667 | 1.62 | – | | Free Liguria | 8,408 | 1.56 | – |
| | Matteo Piccardi | 5,136 | 0.78 | – | | Workers' Communist Party | 3,036 | 0.56 | – |
| | Antonio Bruno | 4,855 | 0.74 | – | | Other Liguria Project | 3,937 | 0.73 | – |
| | Mirella Batini | 2,016 | 0.31 | – | | Women Brotherhood | 1,084 | 0.20 | – |
| Total candidates | Total candidates | 658,171 | 100.00 | 8 | Total parties | Total parties | 539,250 | 100.00 | 23 |
| Source: Ministry of the Interior – Results ||||||||||