# 2020 Emilia-Romagna regional election

The 2020 Emilia-Romagna regional election took place in Emilia-Romagna, Italy, on 26 January 2020. The result was the victory of the centre-left coalition and the confirmation of Stefano Bonaccini as President of Emilia-Romagna, with more than 51% of votes, nearly doubling the number of votes received in 2014.
The election was held concurrently with a regional election in Calabria.

## Electoral system

In Emilia-Romagna, a new electoral law was approved by the Legislative Assembly in July 2014, abolishing the blocked list.
The voter can express one or two preference votes for the candidates on the chosen list; in the case of the expression of two preferences, these must concern candidates of different sex according to "gender preference" (under penalty of annulment of the second preference). As regards the election of the councilors, the law guarantees in any case at least 27 seats on the lists that support the elected president (majority prize), obtaining effects that are very similar to those of the list but acting on the provincial lists. The first 40 seats are distributed on a proportional basis. A seat is then attributed to the candidate for president who came second. The remaining 9 seats are assigned by majority method to the lists that support the elected president if these lists have obtained less than 25 seats with the previous procedure, otherwise the "prize" will be only 4 seats. If, at the end of these assignments, the majority lists have not obtained at least 27 seats, these will be guaranteed by removing some of the seats already assigned to the opposition lists.

## Background

Despite Emilia-Romagna having always been considered one of the "red regions" – a stronghold of left-wing parties since the end of the World War II – in the 2018 general election the centre-right coalition became the largest political force in the region. The 2020 regional election has been considered as the first competitive one in the history of the region.
The centre-left nominated incumbent governor Stefano Bonaccini at the head of a coalition including the Democratic Party (PD) and its left-wing allies of Free and Equal (LeU) and Green Europe (EV), as well as More Europe (+E). Bonaccini also launched a personal civic list, named "Bonaccini for President", which included, among others, members from Matteo Renzi's Italia Viva (IV), Carlo Calenda's Action and Federico Pizzarotti's Italia in Comune (IiC). The centre-right proposed Senator Lucia Borgonzoni, member of the League (Lega) and former undersecretary to cultural activities in Giuseppe Conte's first government. The centre-right coalition included also Brothers of Italy (FdI), Forza Italia (FI) and Cambiamo! (C!).

## Campaign

The official election campaign was opened on 14 November by the League, which organized a rally at the PalaDozza, the sport arena of Bologna. On that occasion Matteo Salvini presented the centre-right candidate Lucia Borgonzoni. At the same time, a flash mob named "6000 Sardines against Salvini" was organized in Piazza Maggiore, to peacefully protest against Salvini's campaign in Emilia-Romagna. On the following day, Nicola Zingaretti's Democratic Party held a three-day convention in Bologna, known as Tutta un'altra storia ("A whole different story").
On 19 November, Bonaccini and Borgonzoni had their first television debate, hosted by the talk show #Cartabianca by Bianca Berlinguer on Rai 3. The debate was followed by about 1.6 million viewers (6% share).
After a period of uncertainty regarding its participation in the regional elections, and after a decline in opinion polls and poor election results in 2019 Umbrian election, on 21 November the Five Star Movement launched a survey on its on-line platform "Rousseau", to ask its members if they should participate in the following regional elections. Almost 70% of members voted to run in the elections, and therefore M5S leader Luigi Di Maio announced the presentation of M5S electoral lists and a M5S candidate for the regional presidency, without party alliances.
On 7 December, more than 10,000 people gathered Piazza Maggiore in Bologna for the launch of Bonaccini's electoral campaign.

### Electoral programmes

* Stefano Bonaccini, being the outgoing regional president, claimed the results achieved by his administration (including the "Pact for Labour" of 2015), and proposed four priority points summed up into the slogan "A step forward": to create free kindergartens for all children in the region, to break down the waiting lists for health interventions and access times to first aid, to carry out preventive maintenance and safety of the regional territory, and to reduce the phenomenon of NEET.
* The League of Lucia Borgonzoni proposed the introduction of some practices already existing in the other regions governed by the centre-right (in particular Lombardy and Veneto), including the opening of hospitals during public holidays and at night to carry out medical exams and laboratory tests, and the reduction of the regional IRPEF with introduction of 1.23% flat rate.
* The Five Star Movement of Simone Benini focused its programme on social, infrastructural and environmental issues, including the repeal of the regional legislation on urban planning, the rethinking of the Cispadana regional motorway project in favour of a fast road without toll, the reduction of waste to shut down incinerators and landfills, and generally introducing new environmental sustainability policies in the region.
* Stefano Lugli (The Other Emilia-Romagna) proposed a "safe" region in the sense of "fair, public and sustainable", i.e. based on social equality, the fight against the privatization of services and the relaunch of environmental policies.
* Marta Collot (Power to the People) presented a "rupture programme" based on equality, in particular proposing a guaranteed minimum wage of 9 euros per hour, redesigning the regional urban planning policies, and withdrawing the request for differentiated regional autonomy already presented by Emilia-Romagna in 2019.
* The Communist Party put poverty, social justice and equality at the centre of its programme.
* The 3V Movement "Vaccines We Want Truth" called for the lift of mandatory vaccinations recently enforced by the government for the access of children and infants to public schools and kindergartens.

### Endorsements
#### Newspapers and magazines

Stefano Bonaccini:
* Il Fatto Quotidiano
* La Notizia
* HuffPost Italia
Lucia Borgonzoni:
* Il Giornale
* Libero
* La Verità
* L'Occidentale (party newspaper of Identity and Action)
* La Croce (party newspaper of The People of the Family)

## 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 | 44.5 | 29 | Stefano Bonaccini |
| | Centre-left coalition | | Bonaccini for President (incl. IV, A, IiC, CD, Pos and CpE) | — | — | Stefano Bonaccini |
| | Centre-left coalition | | Brave Emilia-Romagna (incl. Art.1, SI and èViva) | — | — | Stefano Bonaccini |
| | Centre-left coalition | | More Europe – PSI – PRI | — | — | Stefano Bonaccini |
| | Centre-left coalition | | Green Europe | — | — | Stefano Bonaccini |
| | Centre-left coalition | | Volt Emilia-Romagna | — | — | Stefano Bonaccini |
| | Centre-right coalition | | League Emilia-Romagna (LNE and LNR) | 19.4 | 8 | Lucia Borgonzoni |
| | Centre-right coalition | | Forza Italia (incl. UDC) | 8.4 | 2 | Lucia Borgonzoni |
| | Centre-right coalition | | Brothers of Italy | 1.9 | 1 | Lucia Borgonzoni |
| | Centre-right coalition | | Cambiamo! – The People of the Family (incl. IdeA) | — | — | Lucia Borgonzoni |
| | Centre-right coalition | | Borgonzoni for President | — | — | Lucia Borgonzoni |
| | Centre-right coalition | | Young People for the Environment (formed by Youth League) | — | — | Lucia Borgonzoni |
| | Five Star Movement | Five Star Movement | Five Star Movement | 13.3 | 5 | Simone Benini |
| | The Other Emilia-Romagna (incl. PRC, PCI, PdS, PU) | The Other Emilia-Romagna (incl. PRC, PCI, PdS, PU) | The Other Emilia-Romagna (incl. PRC, PCI, PdS, PU) | 3.7 | 1 | Stefano Lugli |
| | Power to the People | Power to the People | Power to the People | — | — | Marta Collot |
| | Communist Party | Communist Party | Communist Party | — | — | Laura Bergamini |
| | 3V Movement | 3V Movement | 3V Movement | — | — | Domenico Battaglia |

## Opinion polls
### Candidates

| Date | Polling firm/ Client | Sample size | Bonaccini | Borgonzoni | Benini | Others | Undecided | Lead |
| 26 Jan 2020 | Opinio (exit poll) | – | 48.0–52.0 | 43.0–47.0 | 2.0–5.0 | – | – | 5.0 |
| 25–26 Jan 2020 | Tecnè (intention poll) | 12,000 | 46.5–50.5 | 43.5–47.5 | 2.0–6.0 | – | – | 3.0 |
| 9 Jan 2020 | SWG | 1,000 | 47.0 | 45.0 | 5.0 | 3.0 | 19.0 | 2.0 |
| 9 Jan 2020 | EMG | 1,000 | 44.0 | 43.0 | 7.5 | 5.5 | — | 1.0 |
| 6–8 Jan 2020 | Demopolis | 1,000 | 46.5 | 44.5 | 6.5 | 2.5 | 24.0 | 2.0 |
| 7 Jan 2020 | Noto | 1,000 | 45.0 | 43.0 | 7.0 | 5.0 | — | 2.0 |
| 5 Jan 2020 | Affaritaliani.it Archived 6 January 2020 at the Wayback Machine | – | 45.0 | 43.0 | 7.0 | 5.0 | — | 2.0 |
| 30–31 Dec 2019 | Tecnè | 1,000 | 44.0 | 43.0 | 7.5 | 5.5 | — | 1.0 |
| 27–30 Dec 2019 | MG Research | – | 45.5 | 43.5 | 7.5 | 3.5 | — | 2.0 |
| 28 Dec 2019 | Opinio Italia | 1,000 | 46.5 | 43.5 | 7.5 | 2.5 | — | 3.0 |
| 22–23 Dec 2019 | Tecnè | 1,000 | 46.0 | 44.0 | 7.0 | 3.0 | — | 2.0 |
| 18–22 Dec 2019 | Demopolis | 4,008 | 46.0 | 44.0 | 7.0 | 3.0 | 25.0 | 2.0 |
| 14–18 Dec 2019 | EMG | 1,000 | 46.5 | 43.5 | 6.5 | 3.5 | — | 3.0 |
| 17 Dec 2019 | Ixè | 1,000 | 47.2 | 40.1 | 7.8 | 4.9 | 25.0 | 7.1 |
| 13 Dec 2019 | MG Research Archived 14 December 2019 at the Wayback Machine | – | 44.5 | 44.5 | 8.5 | 2.5 | — | Tie |
| 12 Dec 2019 | Noto | – | 47.0 | 43.0 | 6.0 | 4.0 | — | 4.0 |
| 9–12 Dec 2019 | Ipsos | 1,000 | 44.2 | 42.1 | 8.4 | 5.3 | — | 2.1 |
| 10–11 Dec 2019 | Tecnè | 1,000 | 45.0 | 44.0 | 7.0 | 4.0 | — | 1.0 |
| 2–4 Dec 2019 | EMG | 1,000 | 46.5 | 44.0 | 5.5 | 4.0 | — | 2.5 |
| 29 Nov–2 Dec 2019 | IZI | 1,007 | 45.4 | 40.6 | 9.9 | 4.1 | — | 4.9 |
| 29 Nov 2019 | MG Research | – | 44.5 | 45.0 | 8.0 | 2.5 | — | 0.5 |
| 25 Nov 2019 | Piepoli | – | 44.0 | 43.0 | 9.0 | 4.0 | — | 1.0 |
| 24 Nov 2019 | Affaritaliani.it | – | 46.0 | 44.0 | 7.0 | 3.0 | 25.0 | 2.0 |
| 22–24 Nov 2019 | Tecnè | 1,000 | 45.0 | 45.0 | 8.0 | 2.0 | — | Tie |
| 22–24 Nov 2019 | Tecnè | 1,000 | 50.5 | 47.5 | w. CSX | 2.0 | — | 3.0 |
| 21 Nov 2019 | Noto | – | 45.0 | 44.0 | 8.0 | 3.0 | — | 1.0 |
| 21 Nov 2019 | Noto | – | 52.0 | 46.0 | w. CSX | 2.0 | — | 6.0 |
| 21 Nov 2019 | Noto | – | 49.0 | 46.0 | abst. | 5.0 | — | 3.0 |
| 19 Nov 2019 | Ixè | 1,000 | 40.0 | 29.2 | 5.0 | 7.7 | 18.1 | 10.8 |
| 19 Nov 2019 | Ixè | 1,000 | 41.2 | 29.4 | abst. | 8.8 | 20.3 | 11.8 |
| 13–19 Nov 2019 | SWG | 1,000 | 43.0 | 45.0 | 7.0 | 5.0 | 15.0 | 2.0 |
| 15 Nov 2019 | MG Research | – | 44.0 | 46.0 | 7.0 | 3.0 | — | 2.0 |
| 9–14 Nov 2019 | ScenariPolitici–Winpoll | 1,000 | 50.7 | 42.1 | 6.2 | 1.0 | — | 8.6 |
| 9–10 Nov 2019 | Tecnè | 800 | 46.0 | 45.0 | 7.0 | 2.0 | — | 1.0 |
| 9–10 Nov 2019 | Tecnè | 800 | 51.0 | 47.0 | w. CSX | 2.0 | — | 4.0 |
| 9–10 Nov 2019 | Tecnè | 800 | 50.0 | 48.0 | abst. | 2.0 | — | 2.0 |
| 8 nov 2019 | Affari Italiani | — | 41.0 | 45.0 | 12.0 | 2.0 | — | 4.0 |
| 31 Oct–4 Nov 2019 | EMG | 1,000 | 45.5 | 44.0 | 7.0 | 3.5 | — | 1.5 |
| 20 Sep 2019 | Repubblica | – | 45.0 | 36.0 | — | — | — | 9.0 |
| 20 Sep 2019 | Il Resto del Carlino | – | 48.0 | 31.0 | 6.5 | 13.7 | — | 17.0 |
| 6–12 Sep 2019 | SWG | 1,000 | 41.0 | 42.0 | 13.0 | 4.0 | 25.0 | 1.0 |
| 23 November 2014 | Election results | – | 49.1 | 29.8 | 13.3 | 7.7 | – | 25.1 |

### Parties

| Date | Polling firm | Sample size | Centre-left | Centre-left | Centre-left | Centre-left | Centre-right | Centre-right | Centre-right | Centre-right | M5S | Others | Undecided | Lead |
| Date | Polling firm | Sample size | PD | ERC | BP | Other | Lega | FI | FdI | Other | M5S | Others | Undecided | Lead |
| 26 Jan 2020 | Election results Archived 26 January 2020 at the Wayback Machine | – | 34.7 | 3.8 | 5.8 | 3.9 | 31.9 | 2.6 | 8.6 | 2.3 | 4.5 | 1.5 | – | 2.8 |
| 6–8 Jan 2020 | Demopolis | 1,000 | 44.5 | 44.5 | 44.5 | 44.5 | 45.0 | 45.0 | 45.0 | 45.0 | 7.8 | 2.7 | 24.0 | 0.5 |
| 30–31 Dec 2019 | Tecnè | 1,000 | 28.5 | — | 7.0 | 7.0 | 30.0 | 4.5 | 5.0 | 4.5 | 7.5 | 6.0 | — | 1.5 |
| 27–30 Dec 2019 | MG Research | – | 28.5 | — | 6.5 | 9.0 | 33.0 | — | 7.0 | 5.0 | 7.5 | 3.5 | — | 4.5 |
| 22–23 Dec 2019 | Tecnè | 1,000 | 31.0 | — | — | 14.0 | 30.0 | 5.0 | 7.0 | 3.0 | 7.0 | 3.0 | — | 1.0 |
| 18–22 Dec 2019 | Demopolis | 4,008 | 44.0 | 44.0 | 44.0 | 44.0 | 45.0 | 45.0 | 45.0 | 45.0 | 8.0 | 3.0 | 25.0 | 1.0 |
| 13–17 Dec 2019 | Ixè | 1,000 | 29.4 | — | 7.8 | 6.8 | 27.8 | 4.2 | 7.9 | 2.0 | 8.8 | 5.3 | — | 1.6 |
| 13 Dec 2019 | MG Research Archived 14 December 2019 at the Wayback Machine | – | 34.5 | 1.0 | — | 5.5 | 32.5 | 5.5 | 7.0 | 2.0 | 9.5 | 2.5 | — | 2.0 |
| 9–12 Dec 2019 | Ipsos | 1,000 | 22.9 | — | 20.2 | — | 25.9 | 2.0 | 10.1 | 4.8 | 8.2 | 5.9 | — | 3.0 |
| 10–11 Dec 2019 | Tecnè | 1,000 | 30.0 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 14.0 | 30.0 | 5.0 | 7.0 | 3.0 | 7.0 | 4.0 | — | Tie |
| 29 Nov–2 Dec 2019 | IZI | 1,007 | 24.7 | — | 11.0 | 5.2 | 29.8 | 5.1 | 9.4 | 1.1 | 10.9 | 2.8 | — | 5.1 |
| 29 Nov 2019 | MG Research | – | 34.0 | 1.5 | — | 5.5 | 33.0 | 5.5 | 7.5 | 1.5 | 9.0 | 2.5 | — | 1.0 |
| 22–24 Nov 2019 | Tecnè | 1,000 | 31.0 | — | — | 13.0 | 31.0 | 5.0 | 6.0 | 4.0 | 8.0 | 2.0 | — | Tie |
| 22–24 Nov 2019 | Tecnè | 1,000 | 31.0 | — | — | 13.0 | 32.0 | 5.0 | 6.0 | 5.0 | 6.0 | 2.0 | — | 1.0 |
| 19 Nov 2019 | Ixè | 1,000 | 34.3 | — | — | — | 30.9 | 5.1 | 6.0 | — | 10.4 | 13.3 | — | 3.4 |
| 13–19 Nov 2019 | SWG | 1,000 | 27.0 | 2.5 | — | 10.5 | 32.0 | 4.5 | 7.0 | 5.0 | 8.5 | 3.0 | 16.0 | 5.0 |
| 13–19 Nov 2019 | SWG | 1,000 | 29.0 | 3.5 | — | 12.5 | 33.5 | 4.5 | 7.5 | 5.0 | abst. | 4.5 | 18.0 | 4.5 |
| 15 Nov 2019 | MG Research | – | 35.0 | 2.0 | — | 3.5 | 34.0 | 5.0 | 8.0 | 1.0 | 8.5 | 4.5 | — | 1.0 |
| 9–14 Nov 2019 | ScenariPolitici–Winpoll | 1,000 | 33.9 | 2.5 | 8.4 | — | 33.0 | 4.4 | 6.1 | 4.1 | 6.0 | 1.6 | — | 0.9 |
| 4 Nov 2019 | Termometro Politico | – | 46.0 | 46.0 | 46.0 | 46.0 | 48.5 | 48.5 | 48.5 | 48.5 | — | — | — | 2.5 |
| 1 Nov 2019 | MG Research Archived 27 October 2020 at the Wayback Machine | – | 27.0 | 1.5 | — | 11.0 | 33.0 | 5.0 | 7.5 | 1.0 | 10.0 | 6.0 | — | 6.0 |
| 28 Oct 2019 | Affaritaliani.it | – | 31.7 | — | — | — | 34.5 | 5.0 | 7.4 | — | 6.5 | — | — | 2.8 |
| 20 Sep 2019 | Il Resto del Carlino | – | 44.5 | 44.5 | 44.5 | 44.5 | 43.6 | 43.6 | 43.6 | 43.6 | 8.5 | — | — | 0.9 |
| 6–12 Sep 2019 | SWG | 1,000 | 33.5 | 2.0 | — | 4.5 | 33.5 | 4.0 | 5.5 | 1.5 | 13.0 | — | — | Tie |
| 6–10 Jul 2019 | GPF | 1,200 | 14.9 | — | — | — | 15.8 | 3.0 | 2.2 | — | 6.1 | 2.6 | 32.5 | 0.9 |
| 3 Jul–21 Dec 2018 | Ipsos | 1,440 | 17.0 | — | — | — | 23.0 | 3.0 | — | — | 15.0 | 4.0 | 38.0 | 6.0 |
| 23 Nov 2014 | Election results | – | 44.5 | 6.9 | – | 1.9 | 19.4 | 8.4 | 1.9 | – | 13.3 | 3.6 | – | 25.1 |
* 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 This poll was commissioned by a political party.
* ↑ with CSX

## Results

26 January 2020 Emilia-Romagna regional election results :
| Candidates | Candidates | Votes | % | Seats | Parties | Parties | Votes | % | Seats |
| | Stefano Bonaccini | 1,195,742 | 51.42 | 1 | | Democratic Party | 749,976 | 34.69 | 22 |
| | Stefano Bonaccini | 1,195,742 | 51.42 | 1 | | Bonaccini for President | 124,591 | 5.76 | 3 |
| | Stefano Bonaccini | 1,195,742 | 51.42 | 1 | | Brave Emilia-Romagna | 81,419 | 3.77 | 2 |
| | Stefano Bonaccini | 1,195,742 | 51.42 | 1 | | Green Europe | 42,156 | 1.95 | 1 |
| | Stefano Bonaccini | 1,195,742 | 51.42 | 1 | | More Europe – PSI – PRI | 33,087 | 1.53 | – |
| | Stefano Bonaccini | 1,195,742 | 51.42 | 1 | | Volt Emilia-Romagna | 9.253 | 0.43 | – |
| | Stefano Bonaccini | 1,195,742 | 51.42 | 1 | Total | Total | 1,040,482 | 48.12 | 28 |
| | Lucia Borgonzoni | 1,014,672 | 43.63 | 1 | | League | 690,864 | 31.95 | 14 |
| | Lucia Borgonzoni | 1,014,672 | 43.63 | 1 | | Brothers of Italy | 185,796 | 8.59 | 3 |
| | Lucia Borgonzoni | 1,014,672 | 43.63 | 1 | | Forza Italia | 55,317 | 2.56 | 1 |
| | Lucia Borgonzoni | 1,014,672 | 43.63 | 1 | | Borgonzoni for President | 37,462 | 1.73 | – |
| | Lucia Borgonzoni | 1,014,672 | 43.63 | 1 | | Cambiamo! – The People of the Family | 6,341 | 0.29 | – |
| | Lucia Borgonzoni | 1,014,672 | 43.63 | 1 | | Young People for the Environment | 6,007 | 0.28 | – |
| | Lucia Borgonzoni | 1,014,672 | 43.63 | 1 | Total | Total | 981,787 | 45.41 | 18 |
| | Simone Benini | 80,823 | 3.48 | – | | Five Star Movement | 102,595 | 4.74 | 2 |
| | Domenico Battaglia | 10,979 | 0.47 | – | | 3V Movement | 11,187 | 0.52 | – |
| | Laura Bergamini | 10,269 | 0.44 | – | | Communist Party | 10,287 | 0.48 | – |
| | Marta Collot | 7,029 | 0.30 | – | | Power to the People | 8,048 | 0.37 | – |
| | Stefano Lugli | 5,983 | 0.26 | – | | The Other Emilia-Romagna | 7,830 | 0.36 | – |
| Total candidates | Total candidates | 2,325,497 | 100.00 | 2 | Total parties | Total parties | 2,162,216 | 100.00 | 48 |
| Blank and invalid votes | Blank and invalid votes | 48,477 | 2.04 | | | | | | |
| Registered voters/turnout | Registered voters/turnout | 3,508,179 | 67.67 | | | | | | |
| Source: Ministry of the Interior – Election in Emilia-Romagna ||||||||||
Popular vote
PD
34.69%
Lega
31.95%
FdI
8.59%
BP
5.76%
M5S
4.74%
ERC
3.77%
FI
2.56%
EV
1.95%
BP
1.73%
+E
1.53%
Others
2.73% :
President
Bonaccini
51.42%
Borgonzoni
43.63%
Benini
3.48%
Battaglia
0.47%
Bergamini
0.44%
Collot
0.30%
Lugli
0.26% :
Seats summary
Centre-left
58.00%
Centre-right
38.00%
M5S
4.00% :

### Results by province and capital city

| Province | Stefano Bonaccini | Lucia Borgonzoni | Others |
| Bologna | 331,161 59.66% | 198,385 35.74% | 25,570 4.60% |
| Modena | 194,797 53.05% | 154,166 41.98% | 18,237 4.97% |
| Reggio Emilia | 149,534 55.14% | 106,583 39.30% | 15,074 5.56% |
| Parma | 101,548 45.64% | 110,512 49.67% | 10,419 4.69% |
| Forlì-Cesena | 103,01449.92% | 91,495 44.34% | 11,829 5.74% |
| Ravenna | 109,55352.75% | 87,386 42.08% | 10,733 5.17% |
| Ferrara | 74,662 40.76% | 100,524 54.88% | 7,795 4.36% |
| Rimini | 79,685 46.37% | 81,789 47.59% | 10,378 6.04% |
| Piacenza | 51,788 36.87% | 83,832 59.68% | 4,858 3.45% |
| Total | 1,195,74251.42% | 1,014,672 43.63% | 115,083 4.95% |
| City | Stefano Bonaccini | Lucia Borgonzoni | Others |
| Bologna | 135,443 64.84% | 65,014 31.12% | 8,436 4.04% |
| Modena | 60,349 61.84% | 33,027 33.85% | 4,206 4.31% |
| Reggio Emilia | 48,786 59.02% | 29,563 35.76% | 4,318 5.22% |
| Parma | 49,696 53.23% | 39,282 42.07% | 4,387 4.70% |
| Forlì | 31,63552.60% | 25,565 42.51% | 2,945 4.89% |
| Ravenna | 43,91252.39% | 35,309 42.12% | 4,604 5.49% |
| Ferrara | 34,020 47.85% | 34,162 48.05% | 2,915 4.10% |
| Rimini | 36,438 48.75% | 34,028 45.53% | 4,273 5.72% |
| Piacenza | 20,888 43.59% | 25,363 52.93% | 1,666 3.44% |

### Turnout

| Region | Time | Time | Time |
| Region | 12:00 | 19:00 | 23:00 |
| Emilia-Romagna | 23.44% | 58.82% | 67.68% |
| Province | Time | Time | Time |
| Province | 12:00 | 19:00 | 23:00 |
| Bologna | 24.97% | 61.88% | 70.98% |
| Ferrara | 23.63% | 57.94% | 65.59% |
| Forlì-Cesena | 23.55% | 59.39% | 67.54% |
| Modena | 23.96% | 59.89% | 69.11% |
| Parma | 21.98% | 55.12% | 64.07% |
| Piacenza | 22.55% | 54.38% | 62.91% |
| Ravenna | 23.67% | 60.67% | 69.71% |
| Reggio Emilia | 23.54% | 58.83% | 67.97% |
| Rimini | 19.87% | 54.57% | 63.54% |
| Source: Ministry of the Interior – Turnout Archived 26 January 2020 at the Wayback Machine ||||

### Elected councillors

| Constituency | Party | Member |
| Emilia-Romagna (at-large) | PD | Stefano Bonaccini |
| Emilia-Romagna (at-large) | Lega | Lucia Borgonzoni |
| Emilia-Romagna (at-large) | BP | Marco Mastacchi |
| Bologna | PD | Raffaele Donini |
| Bologna | PD | Marilena Pillati |
| Bologna | PD | Francesca Marchetti |
| Bologna | PD | Stefano Caliandro |
| Bologna | PD | Antonio Mumolo |
| Bologna | Lega | Michele Facci |
| Bologna | Lega | Daniele Marchetti |
| Bologna | FdI | Marco Lisei |
| Bologna | BP | Mauro Felicori |
| Bologna | ERC | Elly Schlein Igor Taruffi |
| Bologna | M5S | Silvia Piccinini |
| Bologna | FI | Vittorio Sgarbi Valentina Castaldini |
| Bologna | EV | Silvia Zamboni |
| Modena | PD | Palma Costi |
| Modena | PD | Luca Sabattini |
| Modena | PD | Francesca Maletti |
| Modena | Lega | Stefano Bargi |
| Modena | Lega | Simone Pelloni |
| Modena | FdI | Michele Barcaiuolo |
| Modena | BP | Giulia Pigoni |
| Modena | M5S | Giulia Gibertoni |
| Constituency | Party | Member |
| Reggio Emilia | PD | Alessio Mammi |
| Reggio Emilia | PD | Ottavia Soncini |
| Reggio Emilia | PD | Andrea Costa |
| Reggio Emilia | Lega | Maura Catellani |
| Reggio Emilia | Lega | Gabriele Delmonte |
| Reggio Emilia | BP | Stefania Bondavalli |
| Reggio Emilia | ERC | Elly Schlein |
| Piacenza | Lega | Matteo Rancan |
| Piacenza | Lega | Valentina Stragliati |
| Piacenza | PD | Katia Tarasconi |
| Piacenza | FdI | Giancarlo Tagliaferri |
| Parma | Lega | Fabio Rainieri |
| Parma | Lega | Emiliano Occhi |
| Parma | PD | Barabara Lori |
| Parma | PD | Massimo Iotti |
| Ferrara | PD | Marcella Zappaterra |
| Ferrara | PD | Marco Fabbri |
| Ferrara | Lega | Fabio Bergamini |
| Forlì-Cesena | PD | Lia Montalti |
| Forlì-Cesena | PD | Massimo Bulbi |
| Forlì-Cesena | Lega | Massimiliano Pompignoli |
| Constituency | Party | Member |
| Ravenna | PD | Manuela Rontini |
| Ravenna | PD | Andrea Corsini |
| Ravenna | Lega | Andrea Liverani |
| Rimini | PD | Emma Petitti |
| Rimini | PD | Nadia Rossi |
| Rimini | Lega | Matteo Montevecchi |
* ↑ As President of the Region.
* ↑ Borgonzoni renounced to her Regional Council seat, keeping her seat in the Senate. Mastacchi, of the list "Borgonzoni for President", took over the empty seat.
* ↑ Schlein was elected both in Bologna and Reggio Emilia. Taruffi took over her seat in Bologna.
* ↑ Sgarbi renounced to his Regional Council seat, keeping his seat in the Chamber of Deputies. Castaldini took over the empty seat.