Politics of Campania

The Politics of Campania (Campania, Italy) takes place in a framework of a presidential representative democracy, whereby the President of Regional Government is the head of government, and of a pluriform multi-party system. Executive power is exercised by the Regional Government. Legislative power is vested in both the government and the Regional Council.

Executive branch

The Regional Government (Giunta Regionale) is presided by the President of the Region (Presidente della Regione), who is elected for a five-year term, and is composed by the President and the Ministers (Assessori), who are currently eight, including a vice president, all appointed by the President.^[1]

List of presidents

Elected by the Regional Council (1970–1995)

#	Name	Term of office		Political party	Legislature
1	Carlo Leone	1970	1971	DC	I (1970)
2	Nicola Mancino (b. 1931)	1971	1972	DC
3	Alberto Servidio (1930–2017)	1972	1973	DC
4	Vittorio Cascetta	1973	1975	DC
(2)	Nicola Mancino (b. 1931)	1975	1976	DC	II (1975)
5	Gaspare Russo (b. 1927)	1976	1979	DC
6	Ciro Cirillo (1921–2017)	1979	1980	DC
7	Emilio De Feo (1920–1987)	1980	1983	DC	III (1980)
8	Antonio Fantini (1936–2013)	1983	1985	DC	III (1980)
8	Antonio Fantini (1936–2013)	1985	1989	DC	IV (1985)
9	Ferdinando Clemente di San Luca (1925–2004)	1989	1990	DC	IV (1985)
9	Ferdinando Clemente di San Luca (1925–2004)	1990	1993	DC	V (1990)
10	Giovanni Grasso (1940–1999)	1993	1995	DC	V (1990)
11	Antonio Rastrelli (1927–2019)	8 June 1995	23 March 1999^[a]	AN	VI (1995)
12	Andrea Losco (b. 1951)	23 March 1999	18 May 2000	PPI	VI (1995)

^ Rastrelli was forced out of office by a motion of non-confidence voted by the Regional Council. The opposition leader Andrea Losco (PPI) was elected President by the Regional Council to end Rastrelli's term.

Directly-elected presidents (since 2000)

N.	President	Term of office		Tenure (Years and days)		Composition	Legislature
13	Antonio Bassolino (1947– )	18 May 2000	4 May 2005	9 years, 334 days	Democrats of the Left / Democratic Party	DS–PPI–UDEUR–Dem–SDI– PRC–RI–FdV–PdCI–PRI	VII (2000)
13	Antonio Bassolino (1947– )	4 May 2005	17 April 2010	9 years, 334 days	Democrats of the Left / Democratic Party	DL–DS–UDEUR–SDI– PRC–FdV–PdCI–IdV–PRI	VIII (2005)
14	Stefano Caldoro (1960– )	17 April 2010	18 June 2015	5 years, 62 days	The People of Freedom	PdL–UDC–NS–UDEUR–LD	IX (2010)
15	Vincenzo De Luca (1949– )	18 June 2015	9 October 2020	9 years, 148 days	Democratic Party	PD–CD–SC–UDC–PSI–IdV	X (2015)
15	Vincenzo De Luca (1949– )	9 October 2020	Incumbent	9 years, 148 days	Democratic Party	PD–IV–Pop–NC–LD–CD– PSI–Eu–EV	XI (2020)

Legislative branch

The Regional Council of Campania (Consiglio Regionale della Campania) is composed of 60 members. 48 councillors are elected in provincial constituencies by proportional representation using the largest remainder method with a Droop quota and open lists, while 12 councillors (elected in bloc) come from a "regional list", including the President-elect. One seat is reserved for the candidate who comes second. If a coalition wins more than 50% of the total seats in the council with PR, only 6 candidates from the regional list will be chosen and the number of those elected in provincial constituencies will be 54. If the winning coalition receives less than 40% of votes, special seats are added to the council to ensure a large majority for the President's coalition.^[2]

The council is elected for a five-year term, but, if the President suffers a vote of no confidence, resigns or dies, under the simul stabunt, simul cadent clause introduced in 1999 (literally they will stand together or they will fall together), also the council is dissolved and a snap election is called.^[3]

Local government

Provinces

Municipalities

Provincial capitals

Municipality	Inhabitants^[4]		Party	Election
Avellino	54,080	Gianluca Festa	Civic	2019
Benevento	59,306	Clemente Mastella	Forza Italia	2016
Caserta	75,456	Carlo Marino	Democratic Party	2016
Naples	956,917	Gaetano Manfredi	Independent	2021
Salerno	133,557	Vincenzo Napoli	Democratic Party	2016

Parties and elections

Latest regional election

In the latest regional election, which took place on 20–21 September 2020, Vincenzo De Luca of the Democratic Party was re-elected President by a landslide 69.5% of the vote.

20–21 September 2020 Campanian regional election results
Candidates		Votes	%	Seats	Parties		Votes	%	Seats

	Vincenzo De Luca	1,789,017	69.48	1		Democratic Party	398,490	16.90	8
						De Luca for President	313,666	13.30	6
						Italia Viva	173,870	7.37	4
						Free Campania	122,367	5.19	2
						Democratic Making – Populars	104,857	4.45	2
						Us Campanians	102,652	4.35	2
						Liberal Democrats – Popular Campania – Moderates	84,769	3.60	2
						Democratic Centre	76,141	3.23	2
						Italian Socialist Party	60,100	2.55	1
						More Campania in Europe	45,500	1.93	1
						Green Europe – Solidary Democracy	42,996	1.82	1
						Really – Animalist Party	33,681	1.43	1
						For the People and the Community	26,452	1.12	–
						Democrats and Progressives	25,254	1.07	–
						Italian Republican Party	5,745	0.24	–
					Total		1,616,540	68.57	32
	Stefano Caldoro	464,921	18.06	1		Brothers of Italy	140,918	5.98	4
						League	133,152	5.65	3
						Forza Italia	121,695	5.16	2
						Caldoro for President – Union of the Centre	45,326	1.92	1
						Alliance of the Centre	6,432	0.27	–
						Southern Identity – South Macroregion	3,333	0.14	–
					Total		450,856	19.12	10
	Valeria Ciarambino	255,714	9.93	–		Five Star Movement	233,974	9.92	7
	Giuliano Granato	30,955	1.20	–		Power to the People	26,711	1.13	–
	Luca Saltalamacchia	27,475	1.07	–		Terra	25,125	1.07	–
	Sergio Angrisano	4,028	0.16	–		Third Pole	3,056	0.13	–
	Giuseppe Cirillo	2,608	0.10	–		Party of Good Manners	1,348	0.06	–

Blank and invalid votes		199,386	7.19
Total candidates		2,574,718	100.00	2	Total parties		2,357,610	100.00	49
Registered voters/turnout		4,996,921	55.52
Source: Ministry of the Interior – Results^{[permanent dead link]}