# 2014 Piedmontese regional election

The 2014 Piedmontese regional election took place on 25 May 2014.

## Electoral system

Regional elections in Piedmont were ruled by the Tatarella law, which was approved in 1995 and provided for a mixed electoral system. Four fifths of the regional councilors were elected in provincial constituencies by proportional representation, using the largest remainder method with a Droop quota and open lists, while the residual votes and the unassigned seats were grouped into a single regional constituency, where the whole ratios and the highest remainders were divided with the Hare quota among the provincial party lists; one fifth of the council seats instead was reserved for regional lists and assigned with a majoritarian representation system, in which the leader of the regional list that scored the highest number of votes was elected to the presidency of the region, while the other candidates were elected regional councilors.
A threshold of 3% had been established for the provincial lists, which could still have entered the regional council if the regional list to which they were connected had scored at least 5% of valid votes. The panachage was also allowed; the voter can indicate a candidate for the presidency but prefer a provincial list connected to another candidate.

## Background

A snap election, it was prompted by the dissolution of the Regional Council of Piedmont by the Regional Administrative Tribunal on the grounds that one of the lists supporting Roberto Cota (Northern League) in the 2010 Piedmontese regional election in which Cota narrowly defeated Mercedes Bresso, the incumbent president for the Democratic Party (PD), had committed irregularities in filing the slates for the election.
In 2014, Cota chose not to stand again for president and the parties composing his coalition failed to agree on a single candidate, resulting in a landslide victory for Sergio Chiamparino, a member of the PD who had been mayor of Turin from 2001 to 2011.

## Parties and candidates

| Political party or alliance | Political party or alliance | Constituent lists | Constituent lists | Previous result | Previous result | Candidate |
| Political party or alliance | Political party or alliance | Constituent lists | Constituent lists | Votes (%) | Seats | Candidate |
| | Centre-right coalition | | Forza Italia | 25.0 | 13 | Gilberto Pichetto Fratin |
| | Centre-right coalition | | Northern League Piedmont | 16.7 | 9 | Gilberto Pichetto Fratin |
| | Centre-right coalition | | Greens Greens | 1.8 | 1 | Gilberto Pichetto Fratin |
| | Centre-right coalition | | Pensioners' Party | 1.5 | 1 | Gilberto Pichetto Fratin |
| | Centre-right coalition | | United Right (incl. LD, FLI, DS) | 0.7 | – | Gilberto Pichetto Fratin |
| | Centre-right coalition | | Civic List for Piedmont | — | — | Gilberto Pichetto Fratin |
| | Centre-right coalition | | Great South | — | — | Gilberto Pichetto Fratin |
| | Centre-left coalition | | Democratic Party | 23.2 | 12 | Sergio Chiamparino |
| | Centre-left coalition | | Italy of Values | 6.9 | 3 | Sergio Chiamparino |
| | Centre-left coalition | | Moderates | 3.1 | 1 | Sergio Chiamparino |
| | Centre-left coalition | | Left Ecology Freedom | 1.4 | 1 | Sergio Chiamparino |
| | Centre-left coalition | | Chiamparino for President | — | — | Sergio Chiamparino |
| | Centre-left coalition | | Civic Choice | — | — | Sergio Chiamparino |
| | Five Star Movement | Five Star Movement | Five Star Movement | 3.7 | 2 | Davide Bono |
| | Brothers of Italy | Brothers of Italy | Brothers of Italy | — | — | Guido Crosetto |
| | New Centre-Right – Union of the Centre | New Centre-Right – Union of the Centre | New Centre-Right – Union of the Centre | — | — | Enrico Costa |
| | The Other Piedmont to the Left (incl. PRC, SA, AC) | The Other Piedmont to the Left (incl. PRC, SA, AC) | The Other Piedmont to the Left (incl. PRC, SA, AC) | — | — | Mauro Filingeri |

## Results

25 May 2014 Piedmontese regional election results :
| Candidates | Candidates | Votes | % | Seats | Parties | Parties | Votes | % | Seats |
| | Sergio Chiamparino | 1,057,031 | 47.09 | 11 |
| | Sergio Chiamparino | 1,057,031 | 47.09 | 11 | | Democratic Party | 704,541 | 36.17 | 17 |
| | Sergio Chiamparino | 1,057,031 | 47.09 | 11 | | Chiamparino for President | 94,615 | 4.85 | 2 |
| | Sergio Chiamparino | 1,057,031 | 47.09 | 11 | | Moderates | 47,901 | 2.45 | 1 |
| | Sergio Chiamparino | 1,057,031 | 47.09 | 11 | | Left Ecology Freedom | 40,873 | 2.09 | 1 |
| | Sergio Chiamparino | 1,057,031 | 47.09 | 11 | | Civic Choice | 29,313 | 1.50 | 1 |
| | Sergio Chiamparino | 1,057,031 | 47.09 | 11 | | Italy of Values | 13,658 | 0.70 | – |
| | Sergio Chiamparino | 1,057,031 | 47.09 | 11 | Total | Total | 930,901 | 47.79 | 22 |
| | Gilberto Pichetto Fratin | 495,993 | 22.09 | 1 |
| | Gilberto Pichetto Fratin | 495,993 | 22.09 | 1 | | Forza Italia | 302,743 | 15.57 | 6 |
| | Gilberto Pichetto Fratin | 495,993 | 22.09 | 1 | | Northern League Piedmont | 141,741 | 7.27 | 2 |
| | Gilberto Pichetto Fratin | 495,993 | 22.09 | 1 | | Pensioners' Party | 13,837 | 0.71 | – |
| | Gilberto Pichetto Fratin | 495,993 | 22.09 | 1 | | Civic List for Piedmont | 8,853 | 0.45 | – |
| | Gilberto Pichetto Fratin | 495,993 | 22.09 | 1 | | Greens Greens | 5,435 | 0.27 | – |
| | Gilberto Pichetto Fratin | 495,993 | 22.09 | 1 | | United Right | 5,004 | 0.25 | – |
| | Gilberto Pichetto Fratin | 495,993 | 22.09 | 1 | | Great South | 1,676 | 0.08 | – |
| | Gilberto Pichetto Fratin | 495,993 | 22.09 | 1 | Total | Total | 479,289 | 24.61 | 8 |
| | Davide Bono | 481,453 | 21.45 | – | | Five Star Movement | 396,295 | 20.34 | 8 |
| | Guido Crosetto | 117,807 | 5.24 | – | | Brothers of Italy | 72,776 | 3.73 | 1 |
| | Enrico Costa | 67,025 | 2.98 | – | | New Centre-Right – Union of the Centre | 49,059 | 2.51 | – |
| | Mauro Filingeri | 25,193 | 1.12 | – | | The Other Piedmont to the Left | 19,467 | 0.99 | – |
| Total candidates | Total candidates | 2,244,502 | 100.00 | 12 | Total parties | Total parties | 1,947,787 | 100.00 | 39 |
| Source: Ministry of the Interior – Historical Archive of Elections ||||||||||