# 2018 Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol provincial elections

The Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol provincial elections of 2018 took place on 21 October 2018.

## Trentino

In Trentino, the president is elected directly by the people; the candidate who gains the most votes is elected president.

### 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) | 22.1 | 9 | Giorgio Tonini |
| | Centre-left coalition | | Union for Trentino (UpT) | 13.3 | 5 | Giorgio Tonini |
| | Centre-left coalition | | Futura 2018 (incl. FdV) | — | — | Giorgio Tonini |
| | Centre-right coalition | | Trentino Project (PT) | 9.0 | 4 | Maurizio Fugatti |
| | Centre-right coalition | | Lega Trentino (LT) | 6.2 | 1 | Maurizio Fugatti |
| | Centre-right coalition | | Forza Italia (FI) | 4.4 | – | Maurizio Fugatti |
| | Centre-right coalition | | Trentino Civic List (CT) | 3.7 | 1 | Maurizio Fugatti |
| | Centre-right coalition | | Brothers of Italy (FdI) | 1.6 | – | Maurizio Fugatti |
| | Centre-right coalition | | Fassa Association (Fassa) | 0.8 | – | Maurizio Fugatti |
| | Centre-right coalition | | Popular Autonomists (AP) | — | — | Maurizio Fugatti |
| | Centre-right coalition | | Act for Trentino | — | — | Maurizio Fugatti |
| | Centre-right coalition | | Union of the Centre – People's Centre (UDC–CP) | — | — | Maurizio Fugatti |
| | Trentino Tyrolean Autonomist Party (PATT) | Trentino Tyrolean Autonomist Party (PATT) | Trentino Tyrolean Autonomist Party (PATT) | 17.6 | 7 | Ugo Rossi |
| | Five Star Movement (M5S) | Five Star Movement (M5S) | Five Star Movement (M5S) | 5.9 | 1 | Filippo Degasperi |
| | Left wing coalition | | Free and Equal (LeU) (incl. Art.1 and SI) | 1.8 | – | Antonella Valer |
| | Left wing coalition | | The Other Trentino on the Left (incl. PRC and PaP) | 1.2 | – | Antonella Valer |

### Results

2018 Trentino provincial election results :
| Candidates | Candidates | Votes | % | Seats | Parties | Parties | Votes | % | Seats | +/− |
| | Maurizio Fugatti | 124,590 | 46.74 | 1 |
| | Maurizio Fugatti | 124,590 | 46.74 | 1 | | Lega Trentino | 69,116 | 27.09 | 13 | +12 |
| | Maurizio Fugatti | 124,590 | 46.74 | 1 | | Trentino Civic List | 11,777 | 4.62 | 2 | +1 |
| | Maurizio Fugatti | 124,590 | 46.74 | 1 | | Trentino Project | 8,248 | 3.23 | 1 | -3 |
| | Maurizio Fugatti | 124,590 | 46.74 | 1 | | Popular Autonomists | 7,621 | 2.99 | 1 | New |
| | Maurizio Fugatti | 124,590 | 46.74 | 1 | | Forza Italia | 7,204 | 2.82 | 1 | +1 |
| | Maurizio Fugatti | 124,590 | 46.74 | 1 | | Act for Trentino | 5,458 | 2.14 | 1 | New |
| | Maurizio Fugatti | 124,590 | 46.74 | 1 | | UDC – People's Centre | 5,306 | 2.08 | – | – |
| | Maurizio Fugatti | 124,590 | 46.74 | 1 | | Brothers of Italy | 3,686 | 1.44 | – | ±0 |
| | Maurizio Fugatti | 124,590 | 46.74 | 1 | | Fassa Association | 2,490 | 0.98 | 1 | +1 |
| | Maurizio Fugatti | 124,590 | 46.74 | 1 | Total | Total | 120,906 | 47.39 | 20 | – |
| | Giorgio Tonini | 67,712 | 25.40 | 1 |
| | Giorgio Tonini | 67,712 | 25.40 | 1 | | Democratic Party | 35,530 | 13.93 | 4 | -5 |
| | Giorgio Tonini | 67,712 | 25.40 | 1 | | Futura 2018 | 17,670 | 6.93 | 2 | New |
| | Giorgio Tonini | 67,712 | 25.40 | 1 | | Union for Trentino | 10,150 | 3.98 | 1 | -4 |
| | Giorgio Tonini | 67,712 | 25.40 | 1 | Total | Total | 63,350 | 24.83 | 7 | – |
| | Ugo Rossi | 33,121 | 12.42 | 1 | | PATT | 32,109 | 12.59 | 3 | -4 |
| | Filippo Degasperi | 18,922 | 7.10 | 1 | | Five Star Movement | 18,437 | 7.23 | 1 | ±0 |
| | Antonella Valer | 7,099 | 2.66 | – |
| | Antonella Valer | 7,099 | 2.66 | – | | Free and Equal | 3,560 | 1.40 | – | New |
| | Antonella Valer | 7,099 | 2.66 | – | | The Other Trentino on the Left | 2,101 | 0.82 | – | New |
| | Antonella Valer | 7,099 | 2.66 | – | Total | Total | 5,661 | 2.22 | – | – |
| | Mauro Ottobre | 5,237 | 1.96 | – | | Dynamic Autonomy | 5,117 | 2.01 | – | New |
| | Roberto de Laurentis | 4,015 | 1.51 | – | | TRE | 3,826 | 1.50 | – | New |
| | Paolo Primon | 2,384 | 0.89 | – | | Free People | 2,285 | 0.90 | – | New |
| | Ferruccio Chenetti | 1,904 | 0.71 | – | | Movement Ladin Fassa | 1,890 | 0.74 | – | New |
| | Filippo Castaldini | 1,247 | 0.47 | – | | CasaPound | 1,215 | 0.48 | – | – |
| | Federico Monegaglia | 350 | 0.13 | – | | Reconquer Italy | 341 | 0.13 | – | New |
| Total candidates | Total candidates | 266,581 | 100 | 4 | Total parties | Total parties | 255,137 | 100 | 31 | ±0 |
| Source: Autonomous Province of Trento ||||||||||
Popular vote (party)
LT
27.1%
PD
13.9%
PATT
13.0%
M5S
7.2%
Futura
6.9%
CT
4.6%
UpT
4.0%
PT
3.2%
AP
3.0%
FI
2.8%
Agire
2.1%
UDC–CP
2.1%
AD
2.0%
TRE
1.5%
FdI
1.4%
LeU
1.4%
Others
5.9% :
Popular vote (president)
Fugatti
46.7%
Tonini
25.4%
Rossi
12.4%
Degasperi
7.1%
Valer
2.7%
Ottobre
1.9%
De Laurentis
1.5%
Others
2.2% :

### Analysis

Similar to the election in Molise and the election in Friuli-Venezia Giulia, the M5S lost c. 15% of votes compared to the general election. On March 4, they reached almost 25%, but now just over 7%. By contrast, the centre-right coalition gained more than 10% compared to March 4.

## South Tyrol

In South Tyrol, all 35 members of the Provincial council (Landtag) are up for re-election. The council elects a government headed by a president (Landeshauptmann).
In the 2013 election, the South Tyrolean People's Party (SVP) lost its absolute majority for the first time since 1948.

### Results

| | South Tyrolean People's Party | 119,109 | 41.9 | 15 | −2 |
| | Team Köllensperger | 43,315 | 15.2 | 6 | +6 |
| | Lega Alto Adige Südtirol | 31,515 | 11.1 | 4 | +4 |
| | Greens | 19,392 | 6.8 | 3 | ±0 |
| | Die Freiheitlichen | 17,620 | 6.2 | 2 | −4 |
| | South Tyrolean Freedom | 16,927 | 6.0 | 2 | −1 |
| | Democratic Party | 10,808 | 3.8 | 1 | −1 |
| | Five Star Movement | 6,670 | 2.4 | 1 | ±0 |
| | Alto Adige in the Heart – Brothers of Italy | 4,882 | 1.7 | 1 | ±0 |
| | Citizens' Union | 3,665 | 1.3 | 0 | −1 |
| | We South Tyrol | 3,428 | 1.2 | 0 | ±0 |
| | Forza Alto Adige | 2,826 | 1.0 | 0 | ±0 |
| | CasaPound | 2,451 | 0.9 | 0 | ±0 |
| | United Left | 1,753 | 0.6 | 0 | ±0 |
| Total | Total | 284,361 | 100.0 | 35 | ±0 |
| Source: Province of Bolzano – Results ||||||
Popular vote
SVP
41.9%
TK
15.2%
LNAAST
11.4%
Grüne
6.8%
dF
6.2%
STF
6.0%
PD
3.8%
M5S
2.4%
AAC–FdI
1.7%
BUfS
1.3%
NOI
1.2%
FAA
1.0%
CPI
0.9%
SU
0.6% :