2025 Apulian regional election
The 2025 Apulian regional election was held in Apulia, Italy, from 23 to 24 November 2025.
Electoral system
The Regional Council of Apulia is made up of 51 seats, in which, one is reserved for the President and the second place candidate, per the electorate law.The first 23 seats are divided at the district level and the remaining 27 at the level of the single regional constituency. The law provides for a single round, with list voting, the possibility of expressing two preferences of different gender within the chosen list, and voting for the candidate for president, on a single ballot.
It is possible to vote for a slate and a candidate for the chair that are not connected to each other.
The candidate who obtains the majority of the votes is elected President of the Region. The lists linked to the elected president are eventually assigned a majority bonus in the following measure:
- At least 29 seats if the elected president has obtained a percentage of preferences higher than 40%
- At least 28 seats if the elected president has obtained a percentage of preferences between 35% and 40%.
- If it falls below 35%, at least 27 councilors would be assigned.
Outcome
Result
Analysis
Antonio Decaro won with 64% of the total votes, winning all provinces with at least 53% of the votes. He was the strongest in his former bailiwick, the Metropolitan City of Bari, where he received over 70% of the votes, and also in the Province of Foggia, where he also won more than two-thirds of the vote.Luigi Lobuono was stronger in the Salento area, especially in the province of Lecce, where he won 45.32% of the vote, but still lost to Decaro by 8.5 points, and in Taranto, where he won nearly 40 percent of the vote, though still lost to Decaro by 20 points.
Decaro swept the region's 26 cities with population over 30,000, with Lobuono winning only one, by 15.5 points. Decaro won his hometown Bari by 71.5%, with a 44.5% margin. The only provincial capital where Lobuono received over 40% of the vote was Lecce, albeit barely and still lost to Decaro by 18 points.
| Province | Antonio Decaro | Luigi Lobuono | Others |
| Province | |||
| Foggia | 137,246 68.62% | 61,456 30.73% | 1,298 0.65% |
| Barletta-Andria-Trani | 85,405 63.89% | 47,424 35.48% | 853 0.64% |
| Bari | 322,722 70.37% | 131,244 28.62% | 4,641 1.01% |
| Taranto | 113,292 59.34% | 75,924 39.77% | 1,696 0.89% |
| Brindisi | 92,634 65.82% | 46,860 33.30% | 1,246 0.88% |
| Lecce | 168,366 53.68% | 142,147 45.32% | 3,155 1.01% |
| City | Antonio Decaro | Luigi Lobuono | Others |
| City | |||
| Bari | 81,866 71.51% | 30,837 26.94% | 1,771 1.55% |
| Taranto | 33,283 63.06% | 18,908 35.82% | 592 1.12% |
| Foggia | 32,925 69.36% | 14,055 29.61% | 491 1.04% |
| Andria | 22,512 65.02% | 11,944 34.50% | 169 0.48% |
| Lecce | 20,184 58.34% | 13,959 40.35% | 454 1.31% |
| Barletta | 22,811 63.52% | 12,886 35.88% | 216 0.60% |
| Brindisi | 18,204 64.78% | 9,672 34.42% | 225 0.80% |
| Altamura | 16,609 64.48% | 8,976 34.85% | 173 0.67% |
| Molfetta | 16,420 80.06% | 3,836 18.70% | 253 1.23% |
| Cerignola | 8,409 57.50% | 6,146 42.02% | 70 0.48% |
| Trani | 12,290 62.17% | 7,348 37.17% | 131 0.67% |
| Bisceglie | 13,488 74.47% | 4,462 24.63% | 163 0.90% |
| Manfredonia | 12,006 68.44% | 5,429 30.95% | 108 0.62% |
| Bitonto | 13,300 69.52% | 5,698 29.78% | 134 0.70% |
| San Severo | 10,098 71.56% | 3,941 27.93% | 73 0.52% |
| Monopoli | 10,819 62.86% | 6,275 36.46% | 118 0.69% |
| Corato | 11,210 67.90% | 5,142 31.15% | 157 0.95% |
| Martina Franca | 11,261 56.62% | 8,435 42.41% | 191 0.96% |
| Gravina in Puglia | 8,623 59.23% | 5,856 40.22% | 80 0.55% |
| Fasano | 9,577 68.24% | 4,358 31.05% | 99 0.71% |
| Modugno | 11,280 81.57% | 2,416 17.47% | 132 0.95% |
| Francavilla Fontana | 7,075 62.39% | 4,174 36.81% | 91 0.81% |
| Massafra | 7,168 69.59% | 3,096 30.06% | 36 0.35% |
| Nardò | 6,103 41.98% | 8,353 57.46% | 81 0.56% |