2020 Tuscan regional election


The 2020 Tuscan regional election was the 7th regional election held in Tuscany, Italy, and took place on 20 and 21 September 2020. It was originally scheduled to take place on 31 May 2020, but it was delayed due to the coronavirus pandemic in Italy. The Democratic candidate, Eugenio Giani, defeated the League candidate, Susanna Ceccardi. Giani took office as President of Tuscany on 8 October 2020.

Electoral system

Tuscany uses its own legislation of 2014 to elect its Regional Council. The councillors are elected in provincial constituencies by proportional representation using the D'Hondt method. The constituency of Florence is further divided into 4 sub-constituencies. Preferential voting is allowed: a maximum of two preferences can be expressed for candidates of the same party list and provided the two chosen candidates are of different gender.
In this system, parties are grouped in alliances supporting a candidate for the post of President of Tuscany. The candidate receiving at least 40% of the votes is elected to the post and his/her list is awarded a majority of 23 seats in the Regional Council plus the seat of the President. If no candidate gets more than 40% of the votes, a run-off is held fourteen days later, where the two top candidates from the first round run against each other. The winning candidate is then ensured a majority in the Regional Council.

Council apportionment

According to the official 2011 Italian census, the 40 Council seats which must be covered by proportional representation are so distributed between Tuscan provinces. The number of seats to be assigned in each province is the following:
AR FI GR LI LU MS PI PT PO SI
41124424333

The Province of Florence is further divided into smaller electoral colleges.

Results



Results by province and capital city

CityEugenio GianiSusanna CeccardiOthers
CityOthers
Florence109,025
60.30%
53,696
29.70%
18,083
10.00%
Prato38,794
46.85%
35,538
42.92%
8,382
10.23%
Livorno35,547
48.36%
24,009
32.67%
13,942
18.97%
Arezzo20,595
42.02%
24,002
49.01%
4,397
8.97%
Pisa23,046
52.66%
16,085
36.76%
4,631
10.58%
Pistoia21,365
48.54%
18,214
41.38%
4,438
10.08%
Lucca17,721
42.73%
19,735
47.58%
4,020
9.69%
Grosseto16,171
42.39%
18,246
47.83%
3,728
9.44%
Massa13,598
43.98%
13,890
44.93%
3,428
12.09%
Siena14,007
51.40%
10,925
40.09%
2,321
8.51%

Turnout