# 2020 Calabrian regional election

The 2020 Calabrian regional election took place in Calabria, Italy, on 26 January 2020. The result was the victory of the centre-right coalition and the election of Jole Santelli as President of Calabria.
The election was held concurrently with a regional election in Emilia-Romagna.

## Electoral system

Even if a district list is linked to a regional list that exceeds 8% of the vote, the district list must obtain at least 4% of the vote in the whole region in order to elect their own representatives. To ensure governance, the candidate who receives the most votes wins a majority bonus of 55% of the seats.

## Parties and candidates

| Political party or alliance | Political party or alliance | Constituent lists | Constituent lists | Previous result | Previous result | Candidate | Candidate |
| Political party or alliance | Political party or alliance | Constituent lists | Constituent lists | Votes (%) | Seats | Candidate | Candidate |
| | Centre-left coalition | | Democratic Party (PD) | 23.7 | 9 | Filippo Callipo |
| | Centre-left coalition | | Progressive Democrats (incl. Art.1) | 7.3 | 3 | Filippo Callipo |
| | Centre-left coalition | | Io Resto in Calabria | — | — | Filippo Callipo |
| | Centre-right coalition | | Forza Italia (FI) | 12.3 | 5 | Jole Santelli |
| | Centre-right coalition | | House of Freedoms (CdL) | 8.6 | 3 | Jole Santelli |
| | Centre-right coalition | | Brothers of Italy (FdI) | 2.5 | – | Jole Santelli |
| | Centre-right coalition | | Union of the Centre (UdC) | 2.7 | – | Jole Santelli |
| | Centre-right coalition | | League (Lega) | — | — | Jole Santelli |
| | Centre-right coalition | | Jole Santelli for President (incl. New CDU) | — | — | Jole Santelli |
| | Aiello for President | | Five Star Movement (M5S) | 4.9 | – | Francesco Aiello |
| | Aiello for President | | Civic Calabria | — | — | Francesco Aiello |
| | Tansi for President | | Treasure Calabria | — | — | Carlo Tansi |
| | Tansi for President | | Free Calabria | — | — | Carlo Tansi |
| | Tansi for President | | Clean Calabria | — | — | Carlo Tansi |

## Opinion polls
### Candidates

| Date | Polling firm/ Client | Sample size | Callipo | Santelli | Aiello | Others | Undecided | Lead |
| 26 Jan 2020 | Opinio (exit poll) | – | 31.0–35.0 | 49.0–53.0 | 5.0–9.0 | – | – | 18.0 |
| 7 Jan 2020 | Noto | 1,000 | 34.0 | 52.0 | 10.0 | 2.0 | — | 18.0 |
| 12 Dec 2019 | Noto | – | 28.0 | 45.0 | 12.0 | 15.0 | — | 17.0 |

### Parties

| Date | Polling firm | Sample size | Centre-left | Centre-left | M5S | Centre-right | Centre-right | Centre-right | Centre-right | Others | Undecided | Lead |
| Date | Polling firm | Sample size | PD | Other | M5S | FI | FdI | Lega | Other | Others | Undecided | Lead |
| 28 Oct 2019 | Affaritaliani.it | – | 18.5 | — | 13.5 | 11.4 | 16.2 | 23.1 | — | — | — | 4.6 |
| Sep 2019 | GPF | 600 | 18.7 | 18.7 | 18.7 | 28.2 | 28.2 | 28.2 | 28.2 | – | 53.1 | 9.5 |

## Results

26 January 2020 Calabrian regional election results :
| Candidates | Candidates | Votes | % | Seats | Parties | Parties | Votes | % | Seats |
| | Jole Santelli | 449,705 | 55.29 | 1 | | Forza Italia | 96,067 | 12.34 | 5 |
| | Jole Santelli | 449,705 | 55.29 | 1 | | League | 95,400 | 12.25 | 4 |
| | Jole Santelli | 449,705 | 55.29 | 1 | | Brothers of Italy | 84,507 | 10.85 | 4 |
| | Jole Santelli | 449,705 | 55.29 | 1 | | Jole Santelli for President | 65,816 | 8.45 | 2 |
| | Jole Santelli | 449,705 | 55.29 | 1 | | Union of the Centre | 53,250 | 6.84 | 2 |
| | Jole Santelli | 449,705 | 55.29 | 1 | | House of Freedoms | 49,778 | 6.39 | 2 |
| | Jole Santelli | 449,705 | 55.29 | 1 | Total | Total | 444,818 | 57.13 | 19 |
| | Filippo Callipo | 245,154 | 30.14 | 1 | | Democratic Party | 118,249 | 15.19 | 5 |
| | Filippo Callipo | 245,154 | 30.14 | 1 | | Io Resto in Calabria | 61,699 | 7.92 | 3 |
| | Filippo Callipo | 245,154 | 30.14 | 1 | | Progressive Democrats | 47,650 | 6.12 | 2 |
| | Filippo Callipo | 245,154 | 30.14 | 1 | Total | Total | 227,598 | 29.23 | 10 |
| | Francesco Aiello | 59,796 | 7.35 | – | | Five Star Movement | 48,784 | 6.27 | – |
| | Francesco Aiello | 59,796 | 7.35 | – | | Civic Calabria | 8,544 | 1.10 | – |
| | Francesco Aiello | 59,796 | 7.35 | – | Total | Total | 57,328 | 7.36 | – |
| | Carlo Tansi | 58,700 | 7.22 | – | | Treasure Calabria | 40,299 | 5.18 | – |
| | Carlo Tansi | 58,700 | 7.22 | – | | Free Calabria | 5,329 | 0.68 | – |
| | Carlo Tansi | 58,700 | 7.22 | – | | Clean Calabria | 3,230 | 0.41 | – |
| | Carlo Tansi | 58,700 | 7.22 | – | Total | Total | 48,858 | 6.28 | – |
| Blank and invalid votes | Blank and invalid votes | 27,208 | 3.24 |
| Total candidates | Total candidates | 840,563 | 100.00 | 2 | Total parties | Total parties | 778,602 | 100.00 | 29 |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 1,895,990 | 44.33 |
| Source: Ministry of the Interior – Election in Calabria Archived 2020-01-26 at the Wayback Machine ||||||||||
Popular vote
PD
15.19%
FI
12.34%
Lega
12.25%
FdI
10.85%
Santelli
8.45%
Callipo
7.92%
UdC
6.84%
CdL
6.39%
M5S
6.27%
Progressive
6.12%
Tansi
5.18%
Civic Calabria
1.10%
Others
1.09% :
President
Santelli
55.29%
Callipo
30.14%
Aiello
7.35%
Tansi
7.22% :

### Voter turnout

| Region | Time | Time | Time |
| Region | 12:00 | 19:00 | 23:00 |
| Calabria | 10.50% | 35.54% | 44.33% |
| Province | Time | Time | Time |
| Province | 12:00 | 19:00 | 23:00 |
| Catanzaro | 11.86% | 38.00% | 46.78% |
| Cosenza | 10.58% | 35.86% | 44.14% |
| Crotone | 9.76% | 32.17% | 39.56% |
| Reggio Calabria | 10.17% | 35.23% | 45.40% |
| Vibo Valentia | 9.06% | 33.18% | 41.35% |
| Source: Ministry of the Interior – Turnout ||||