2013 Basilicata regional election

2013 Basilicata regional election

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All 21 seats to the Regional Council of Basilicata
Turnout	47.60% ( 15.21%)
Majority party Minority party Third party   Leader Marcello Pittella Salvatore Di Maggio Piernicola Pedicini Party Democratic Party Civic Choice Five Star Movement Alliance Centre-left Centre-right Seats won 13 5 2 Seat change 6 5 New Popular vote 148,696 48,370 32,919 Percentage 59.6% 19.4% 13.2% Swing 1.1% 8.5% New
President before election Vito De Filippo Democratic Party President-elect Marcello Pittella Democratic Party

Politics of Basilicata
Statute Regional Government President: Vito Bardi Vice President: Pasquale Pepe Regional Council President: Marcello Pittella Elections Political parties Provinces
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The 2013 Basilicata regional election took place on 17–18 November 2013. The election was for all 21 seats, reduced from 30, of the Regional Council of Basilicata and the president of Basilicata, who automatically became a member of the council alongside the second-placed candidate. It was the last election of the 2013 Italian regional elections.

The snap election was called upon the resignation of the incumbent president of Basilicata, Vito De Filippo of the Democratic Party, on 24 April 2013 and the subsequent dissolution of the Regional Council of Basilicata. Several regional ministers and councillors had been involved in an expenses scandal, and one minister and two councillors had been arrested.

As Basilicata is a traditional stronghold of the centre-left coalition, Marcello Pittella (a former Italian Socialist Party member and brother of Gianni Pittella, the then Vice President of the European Parliament) was elected by a landslide 59.6% of the votes. Its main opponent, Tito Di Maggio of Civic Choice (supported by the centre-right coalition, comprising The People of Freedom and the Union of the Centre), gained 19.4% of the votes. The Democratic Party was the most voted party with 24.8%, followed by Pittella's personal list with 16.0%.