# 2021 Calabrian regional election

The 2021 Calabrian regional election took place in Calabria, Italy, on 3 and 4 October 2021, following the dissolution of the regional parliament after the death of regional president Jole Santelli. It was originally scheduled to take place on 14 February 2021, then on 11 April 2021, and was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Italy.

## 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

This is a list of the parties, and their respective leaders, which will participate in the election.
| 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 | | Forza Italia | 12.3 | 5 | Roberto Occhiuto |
| | Centre-right | | League | 12.3 | 4 | Roberto Occhiuto |
| | Centre-right | | Brothers of Italy | 10.9 | 4 | Roberto Occhiuto |
| | Centre-right | | Union of the Centre | 6.8 | 2 | Roberto Occhiuto |
| | Centre-right | | Us with Italy (incl. PdF) | — | — | Roberto Occhiuto |
| | Centre-right | | Coraggio Italia | — | — | Roberto Occhiuto |
| | Centre-right | | Forza Azzurri – Occhiuto for President | — | — | Roberto Occhiuto |
| | Centre-left | | Democratic Party | 15.2 | 5 | Amalia Bruni |
| | Centre-left | | Five Star Movement | 6.3 | – | Amalia Bruni |
| | Centre-left | | Amalia Bruni for President – Safe Calabria | — | — | Amalia Bruni |
| | Centre-left | | Treasure Calabria | 5.2 | – | Amalia Bruni |
| | Centre-left | | Italian Socialist Party | — | — | Amalia Bruni |
| | Centre-left | | Green Europe | — | — | Amalia Bruni |
| | Centre-left | | Animalist Party – Progressive Democrats (incl. Art. 1) | — | — | Amalia Bruni |
| | de Magistris coalition | | Democracy and Autonomy | — | — | Luigi de Magistris |
| | de Magistris coalition | | de Magistris for President | — | — | Luigi de Magistris |
| | de Magistris coalition | | United with de Magistris | — | — | Luigi de Magistris |
| | de Magistris coalition | | For Calabria with de Magistris | — | — | Luigi de Magistris |
| | de Magistris coalition | | Another Calabria is Possible (incl. SI) | — | — | Luigi de Magistris |
| | de Magistris coalition | | Resistant and Solidary Calabria (incl. PaP, PCI) | — | — | Luigi de Magistris |
| | Oliviero coalition | | Oliverio for President – Calabrian Identity | — | — | Mario Oliverio |

### Potential candidates

* Centre-left coalition: Jasmine Cristallo, Anna Falcone Pietro Grasso, Marco Minniti, Franco Mirabelli, Antonio Viscomi.
* Centre-right coalition: Sergio Abramo, Fulvia Caligiuri, Gianluca Gallo, Maria Limardo, Mario Occhiuto.
* Five Star Movement: Nicola Morra.

### Withdrawn candidates

* Centre-left coalition: Nicola Irto, Maria Antonietta Ventura.

## Opinion polls
### Candidates

| Date | Polling firm/Client | Sample size | Occhiuto | Bruni | De Magistris | Oliverio | Undecided | Lead |
| 12–15 Sep 2021 | Noto | 1,000 | 46.0 | 30.0 | 19.0 | 5.0 | 34.0 | 16.0 |
| 12–14 Sep 2021 | Winpoll | 1,000 | 39.4 | 39.2 | 18.9 | 2.5 | — | 0.2 |
| 8–10 Sep 2021 | EMG | 1,000 | 48.0 | 30.0 | 19.0 | 3.0 | — | 18.0 |

### Parties

| Date | Polling firm | Sample size | Centre-right | Centre-right | Centre-right | Centre-right | Centre-right | Centre-right | Centre-right | Centre-left | Centre-left | Centre-left | Centre-left | De Magistris | Oliverio | Lead |
| Date | Polling firm | Sample size | FdI | FI | Lega | FA | UDC | NcI | CI | PD | M5S | PSI | Other | De Magistris | Oliverio | Lead |
| 8–10 Sep 2021 | EMG | — | 12.0 | 10.0 | 8.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 5.0 | 4.0 | 15.0 | 7.0 | 3.0 | 6.0 | 17.0 | 3.0 | 3.0 |
| 26 Jan 2020 | Election result | - | 10.9 | 12.3 | 12.3 | DNP | 6.8 | DNP | DNP | 15.2 | 6.3 | DNP | DNP | DNP | DNP | 2.9 |

## Results

3 and 4 October 2021 Calabrian regional election results :
| Candidates | Candidates | Votes | % | Seats | Parties | Parties | Votes | % | Seats |
| | Roberto Occhiuto | 431,675 | 54.46 | 1 | | Forza Italia | 131,882 | 17.31 | 7 |
| | Roberto Occhiuto | 431,675 | 54.46 | 1 | | Brothers of Italy | 66,277 | 8.70 | 4 |
| | Roberto Occhiuto | 431,675 | 54.46 | 1 | | League | 63,459 | 8.33 | 4 |
| | Roberto Occhiuto | 431,675 | 54.46 | 1 | | Forza Azzurri – Occhiuto for President | 61,828 | 8.11 | 2 |
| | Roberto Occhiuto | 431,675 | 54.46 | 1 | | Coraggio Italia | 43,159 | 5.66 | 2 |
| | Roberto Occhiuto | 431,675 | 54.46 | 1 | | Union of the Centre | 34,923 | 4.58 | 1 |
| | Roberto Occhiuto | 431,675 | 54.46 | 1 | | Us with Italy | 23,138 | 3.04 | – |
| | Roberto Occhiuto | 431,675 | 54.46 | 1 | Total | Total | 424,666 | 55.72 | 20 |
| | Amalia Bruni | 219,389 | 27.68 | 1 | | Democratic Party | 100,437 | 13.18 | 5 |
| | Amalia Bruni | 219,389 | 27.68 | 1 | | Five Star Movement | 49,414 | 6.48 | 2 |
| | Amalia Bruni | 219,389 | 27.68 | 1 | | Amalia Bruni for President – Safe Calabria | 28,733 | 3.77 | – |
| | Amalia Bruni | 219,389 | 27.68 | 1 | | Treasure Calabria | 17,358 | 2.38 | – |
| | Amalia Bruni | 219,389 | 27.68 | 1 | | Italian Socialist Party | 7,024 | 0.92 | – |
| | Amalia Bruni | 219,389 | 27.68 | 1 | | Green Europe | 3,755 | 0.49 | – |
| | Amalia Bruni | 219,389 | 27.68 | 1 | | Animalist Party – Progressive Democrats | 2,259 | 0.30 | – |
| | Amalia Bruni | 219,389 | 27.68 | 1 | Total | Total | 208,980 | 27.42 | 7 |
| | Luigi de Magistris | 128,204 | 16.17 | – | | de Magistris for President | 39,338 | 5.16 | 2 |
| | Luigi de Magistris | 128,204 | 16.17 | – | | Democracy and Autonomy | 25,929 | 3.40 | – |
| | Luigi de Magistris | 128,204 | 16.17 | – | | Another Calabria is possible | 18,235 | 2.39 | – |
| | Luigi de Magistris | 128,204 | 16.17 | – | | United with de Magistris | 12,390 | 1.63 | – |
| | Luigi de Magistris | 128,204 | 16.17 | – | | For Calabria with de Magistris | 10,547 | 1.38 | – |
| | Luigi de Magistris | 128,204 | 16.17 | – | | Resistant and Solidary Calabria | 9,175 | 1.20 | – |
| | Luigi de Magistris | 128,204 | 16.17 | – | Total | Total | 115,614 | 15.17 | 2 |
| | Mario Oliverio | 13,440 | 1.70 | – | | Oliverio for President – Calabrian Identity | 12,838 | 1.68 | – |
| Blank and invalid votes | Blank and invalid votes | 45,983 | 5.48 | | | | | | |
| Total candidates | Total candidates | 792,708 | 100.00 | 2 | Total parties | Total parties | 762,098 | 100.00 | 29 |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 1,890,732 | 44.36 | | | | | | |
| Source: Ministry of the Interior – Election in Calabria ||||||||||