# 2024 Abruzzo regional election

The 2024 Abruzzo regional election took place on 10 March 2024. The election was for all 29 elected seats of the Regional Council of Abruzzo, as well as the president of Abruzzo who, along with the second placed presidential candidate, automatically became members of the Regional Council. It was the second election of the 2024 Italian regional elections.
The election was won by the centre-right coalition's incumbent president, Marco Marsilio of Brothers of Italy, over the independent centre-left coalition candidate, Luciano D'Amico, an economist and professor at the University of Teramo, 53.5% to 46.5%. The centre-left coalition, which remains divided at the national level but came from an upset win and gain in the 2024 Sardinian regional election, included both the Five Star Movement and the Action and Italia Viva parties. Despite this combination, known as campo larghissimo, it was not enough for the opposition to win in Abruzzo, although it lost by 7% in what was the fourth most right-wing region of Italy. Marsilio became thus the first president of Abruzzo to be re-elected.

## Background

In the 2019 Abruzzo regional election, Marco Marsilio and the centre-right coalition won over the Democratic Party and centre-left coalition candidate Giovanni Legnini 48.0% to 31.3%, with 20.2% of the votes going to the Five Star Movement candidate Sara Marcozzi, who later in July 2023 joined Forza Italia within the centre-right coalition. In January 2022, the election was called for 10 March 2024.

## Electoral system

The electoral law is based on proportional representation and is thus proportional to the share of the votes each party receives, with an electoral threshold of 4% of the vote for parties that are not members of coalitions and 2% for those included in a coalition. The election of the Regional Council occurs on a regional basis within the four districts of Abruzzo, coinciding with the four provinces of the region. The district of Chieti elects eight councilors, while Pescara, L'Aquila, and Teramo each elect seven councillors. The president of the Regional Council and the presidential candidate who received the second largest number of votes also become members of the regional council. The candidate who obtains the majority of valid votes at the regional level becomes president. Every candidate must be linked to a party list or an electoral coalition running for the Regional Council. A majority of 60% to 65% of the seats is then allocated to the party or coalition of the elected president.

## Political 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-right coalition | | League (Lega) (incl. AP) | 27.5 | 10 | Marco Marsilio |
| | Centre-right coalition | | Forza Italia (FI) | 9.0 | 3 | Marco Marsilio |
| | Centre-right coalition | | Brothers of Italy (FdI) | 6.5 | 2 | Marco Marsilio |
| | Centre-right coalition | | Union of the Centre–Christian Democracy (UDC–DC) | 2.9 | 1 | Marco Marsilio |
| | Centre-right coalition | | Marsilio for President | — | — | Marco Marsilio |
| | Centre-right coalition | | Us Moderates | — | — | Marco Marsilio |
| | Centre-left coalition | | Five Star Movement (M5S) | 19.7 | 7 | Luciano D'Amico |
| | Centre-left coalition | | Democratic Party (PD) | 11.1 | 3 | Luciano D'Amico |
| | Centre-left coalition | | Reformists and Civics (Abruzzo in Common–Abruzzo Alive–PSI) (incl. +E) | 3.9 | 1 | Luciano D'Amico |
| | Centre-left coalition | | Greens and Left Alliance – Progressive and Solidary Abruzzo (incl. EV, SI, and DemoS) | 2.8 | 0 | Luciano D'Amico |
| | Centre-left coalition | | Abruzzo Together | 2.7 | 0 | Luciano D'Amico |
| | Centre-left coalition | | Action–Socialists Populars Reformists | — | — | Luciano D'Amico |

## Opinion polls

| Date | Polling firm | Marsilio | D'Amico | Lead |
| 21 Feb 2024 | Noto | 53.0 | 47.0 | 6 |
| 17–21 Feb 2024 | Winpoll | 50.6 | 49.4 | 1.2 |
| 12–16 Feb 2024 | Bidimedia | 52.6 | 47.4 | 5.2 |
| 10–15 Jan 2024 | EMG | 54.5 | 45.5 | 9.0 |
| 18–22 Dec 2023 | Winpoll | 50.8 | 49.2 | 1.6 |

### Political parties

| Date | Polling firm | Centre-right | Centre-right | Centre-right | Centre-right | Centre-right | Centre-right | Centre-right | Centre-left | Centre-left | Centre-left | Centre-left | Centre-left | Centre-left | Centre-left | Centre-left | Italexit | UP | Others | Lead |
| Date | Polling firm | FdI | FI | Lega | Marsilio | NM | UdC–DC | Others | PD | M5S | AVS | Action | AI | IV | +E | Others | Italexit | UP | Others | Lead |
| 21 Feb 2024 | Noto | 31.5 | 9 | 5 | 3.5 | 3 | 1.5 | — | 19.0 | 15.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 3.0 | 1.5 | 1.5 | — | — | — | — | 12.5 |
| 17–21 Feb 2024 | Winpoll | 25.2 | 10.2 | 6.3 | 5.9 | 2.2 | 0.8 | — | 17.8 | 13.4 | 5.8 | 4.2 | 5.2 | 3.0 | 3.0 | — | — | — | — | 7.4 |
| 12–16 Feb 2024 | Bidimedia | 29.6 | 10.2 | 7.9 | 3.3 | 1.2 | 1.1 | — | 18.7 | 10.8 | 4.1 | 4.0 | 6.0 | 3.1 | 3.1 | — | — | — | — | 10.9 |
| 10–15 Jan 2024 | EMG | 31.0 | 10.0 | 8.0 | 3.0 | — | 1.0 | 2.0 | 15.5 | 18.0 | 2.5 | 4.5 | — | 2.0 | 1.5 | 2.0 | — | — | — | 13.0 |
| 18–22 Dec 2023 | Winpoll | 29.2 | 11.6 | 5.8 | — | — | — | — | 18.6 | 17.1 | 3.5 | 2.9 | — | 3,5 | 1.3 | — | 2.4 | 0.6 | 3.6 | 10.6 |

### Approval ratings

Marco Marsilio :
| Date | Polling firm | Approve | Disapprove | Undecided |
| 21 Feb 2024 | Noto | 40 | 60 | 60 |
| 17-21 Feb 2024 | Winpoll | 47 | 53 | 53 |
| 12–16 Feb 2024 | Bidimedia | 40 | 56 | 4 |
| 8–13 Dec 2023 | Lab2101 | 51.4 | 48.6 | 48.6 |
| Oct 2023 | Piepoli | 18 | 82 | 82 |
| Aug 2023 | Lab2101 | 51.2 | 48.8 | 48.8 |
| Jul 2023 | Noto | 45 | 55 | 55 |
| May 2023 | SWG | 35 | 65 | 65 |
| 10–23 Aug 2022 | Lab2101 | 50.9 | 49.1 | 49.1 |
| Jul 2022 | Noto | 46 | 54 | 54 |
| May 2022 | SWG | 36 | 64 | 64 |
| Jul 2021 | Noto | 45 | 55 | 55 |
Luciano D'Amico :
| Date | Polling firm | Approve | Disapprove | Undecided |
| 21 Feb 2024 | Noto | 41 | 59 | 59 |
| 17-21 Feb 2024 | Winpoll | 59 | 41 | 41 |
| 12–16 Feb 2024 | Bidimedia | 45 | 50 | 5 |

## Results

10 March 2024 Abruzzo regional election results :
| Candidates | Candidates | Votes | % | Seats | Parties | Parties | Votes | % | Seats |
| | Marco Marsilio | 326,660 | 53.50 | 1 | | Brothers of Italy | 139,578 | 24.10 | 8 |
| | Marco Marsilio | 326,660 | 53.50 | 1 | | Forza Italia | 77,841 | 13.44 | 4 |
| | Marco Marsilio | 326,660 | 53.50 | 1 | | League | 43,816 | 7.56 | 2 |
| | Marco Marsilio | 326,660 | 53.50 | 1 | | Marsilio for President | 33,102 | 5.72 | 2 |
| | Marco Marsilio | 326,660 | 53.50 | 1 | | Us Moderates | 15,516 | 2.68 | 1 |
| | Marco Marsilio | 326,660 | 53.50 | 1 | | Union of the Centre–Christian Democracy | 6,784 | 1.17 | – |
| | Marco Marsilio | 326,660 | 53.50 | 1 | Total | Total | 316,637 | 54.67 | 17 |
| | Luciano D'Amico | 284,748 | 46.50 | 1 | | Democratic Party | 117,497 | 20.29 | 6 |
| | Luciano D'Amico | 284,748 | 46.50 | 1 | | Abruzzo Together | 44,353 | 7.66 | 2 |
| | Luciano D'Amico | 284,748 | 46.50 | 1 | | Five Star Movement | 40,629 | 7.01 | 2 |
| | Luciano D'Amico | 284,748 | 46.50 | 1 | | Action–Socialists Populars Reformists | 23,156 | 4.00 | 1 |
| | Luciano D'Amico | 284,748 | 46.50 | 1 | | Greens and Left Alliance | 20,655 | 3.57 | 1 |
| | Luciano D'Amico | 284,748 | 46.50 | 1 | | Reformists and Civics | 16,275 | 2.81 | – |
| | Luciano D'Amico | 284,748 | 46.50 | 1 | Total | Total | 262,565 | 45.33 | 12 |
| Invalid votes | Invalid votes | 18,197 | – | | | | | | |
| Total candidates | Total candidates | 612,408 | 100.00 | 2 | Total parties | Total parties | 579,202 | 100.00 | 29 |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | 1,208,207 | 51.19 | | | | | | |
| Source: Ministry of the Interior – Results ||||||||||
Popular vote
FdI
24.10%
PD
20.29%
FI
13.44%
AI
7.66%
Lega
7.56%
M5S
7.01%
Marsilio
5.72%
Az
4.00%
AVS
3.57%
RC
2.81%
NM
2.68%
UDC
1.17% :
President
Marsilio
53.5%
D'Amico
46.5% :

### Voter turnout

| Region | Time | Time | Time |
| Region | 12:00 | 19:00 | 23:00 |
| Abruzzo | 15.90% | 43.93% | 52.38% |
| Province | Time | Time | Time |
| Province | 12:00 | 19:00 | 23:00 |
| Chieti | 14.88% | 40.47% | 48.48% |
| L'Aquila | 16.79% | 47.51% | 55.50% |
| Pescara | 16.13% | 44.45% | 53.40% |
| Teramo | 16.19% | 44.67% | 53.15% |
| Source: Ministry of the Interior – Turnout ||||