2013 Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol provincial elections

2013 Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol provincial elections
	Provincial election in Trentino
President before election; Alberto Pacher; PD	Elected President ; Ugo Rossi; PATT
	Provincial election in South Tyrol
	All 35 seats to the Landtag of South Tyrol
Luis Durnwalder; SVP	Arno Kompatscher; SVP

The Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol provincial elections of 2013 took place on 27 October 2013.

Trentino

Centre-left primary election

A primary election to determine the candidate for President of the centre-left autonomist coalition were held on 13 July 2013. The winner was Ugo Rossi of the Trentino Tyrolean Autonomist Party.^[1]

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Ugo Rossi	PATT	8,119	34.2
	Alessandro Olivi	PD	7,980	33.6
	Mauro Gilmozzi	UpT	6,610	27.9
	Lucia Coppola	Greens	462	2.0
	Alexander Schuster	PSI	455	1.9
Blank/invalid votes			111	0.5
Total			23,737	100.0
Source: Official results

Parties and candidates

Political party or alliance		Constituent lists		Previous result		Candidate
Political party or alliance		Constituent lists		Votes (%)	Seats	Candidate
	Centre-left coalition		Democratic Party (PD)	21.6	8	Ugo Rossi
			Union for Trentino (UpT)	17.9	6
			Trentino Tyrolean Autonomist Party (PATT)	8.5	3
			Greens, Ecologists and Civics (VEC)	2.8	1
			Italy of Values (IdV)	2.7	1
			Ladin Autonomist Union (UAL)	1.2	1
			Reformists for Autonomy (RpA)	—	—
	LNT – CEU		Lega Nord Trentino (LNT)	14.1	6	Maurizio Fugatti
	LNT – CEU		United European Catholics (CEU)	—	—	Maurizio Fugatti
	Forza Trentino (FT)			12.3	5	Giacomo Bezzi
	Civic lists		Trentino Project (PT)	—	—	Diego Mosna
			Trentino Civic List (CT)	—	—
			Administer Trentino (FdI)	—	—
			Together for Autonomy	—	—
			Autonomy 2020	—	—
			Act Trentino	—	—
	Five Star Movement (M5S)			—	—	Filippo Degasperi
	Left Ecology Freedom (SEL)			—	—	Emilio Arisi
	Brothers of Italy (FdI)			—	—	Cristano de Eccher
	Communist Refoundation Party (PRC)			—	—	Ezio Casagranda
	Fassa Association (Fassa)			0.6	–	Alessandra Cloch

Results

In Trentino, where the President is elected directly by the people, Ugo Rossi (Trentino Tyrolean Autonomist Party, supported also by the Democratic Party, the Trentino Tyrolean Autonomist Party and other minor parties) was elected by a landslide (58.1%). Diego Mosna (Trentino Project) arrived a distant second with 19.3% of the vote, while Maurizio Fugatti (Lega Nord Trentino) came third with 6.6%.

The Democratic Party was confirmed as the largest party in the Province (22.1%), followed by the Trentino Tyrolean Autonomist Party (17.5%), Union for Trentino (13.3%), Trentino Project (9.0%), Lega Nord Trentino (6.2%) and the Five Star Movement (5.8%).

2013 Trentino provincial election results
Candidates		Votes	%	Seats	Parties		Votes	%	Seats

	Ugo Rossi	144,616	58.11	1
						Democratic Party	52,412	22.06	9
						Trentino Tyrolean Autonomist Party	41,689	17.55	7
						Union for Trentino	31,653	13.33	5
						Greens, Ecologists and Civics	4,548	1.91	–
						Italy of Values	3,927	1.65	–
						Ladin Autonomist Union	2,721	1.15	1
						Reformists for Autonomy	2,579	1.09	–
					Total		139,529	58.74	22
	Diego Mosna	47,970	19.28	1
						Trentino Project	21,450	9.03	4
						Trentino Civic List	8,806	3.71	1
						Administer Trentino	5,060	2.13	1
						Together for Autonomy	3,371	1.42	–
						Autonomy 2020	3,160	1.33	–
						Act Trentino	1,946	0.82	–
					Total		43,793	18.44	6
	Maurizio Fugatti	16,401	6.59	1
						Lega Nord Trentino	14,768	6.22	1
						United European Catholics	547	0.23	–
					Total		15,315	6.45	1
	Filippo Degasperi	14,241	5.72	1		Five Star Movement	13,889	5.85	1
	Giacomo Bezzi	10,631	4.27	1		Forza Trentino	10,495	4.42	–
	Emilio Arisi	4,425	1.78	–		Left Ecology Freedom	4,286	1.80	–
	Cristano de Eccher	3,839	1.54	–		Brothers of Italy	3,699	1.56	–
	Ezio Casagranda	2,848	1.14	–		Communist Refoundation Party	2,742	1.15	–
	Alessandra Cloch	1,992	0.80	–		Fassa Association	1,963	0.83	–
	Giuseppe Filippin	1,061	0.42	–		Moderates in Revolution	1,035	0.44	–
	Agostino Carollo	829	0.33	–		Ago Carollo	793	0.33	–

Total candidates		248,853	100.00	5	Total parties		237,539	100.00	30
Source: Province of Trento – Results

Popular vote (party)

PD			22.1%
PATT			17.6%
UpT			13.3%
PT			9.0%
LNT			6.2%
M5S			5.9%
FT			4.4%
CT			3.7%
AT			2.1%
VEC			1.9%
SEL			1.8%
IdV			1.7%
FdI			1.6%
Others			8.7%

Popular vote (president)

Rossi			58.1%
Mosna			19.3%
Fugatti			6.6%
Degasperi			5.7%
Bezzi			4.3%
Arisi			1.8%
De Eccher			1.6%
Others			2.6%

South Tyrol

SVP primary election

The South Tyrolean People's Party held a primary election on 21 April 2013 to select the party's head of the provincial list. Arno Kompatscher won by a landslide.^[2]

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Arno Kompatscher	SVP	19,308	82.8
	Elmar Pichler Rolle	SVP	4,028	17.2
Total			24,145	100.0
Source: Official results

Results

In South Tyrol the South Tyrolean People's Party (SVP), lost the absolute majority it maintained for 65 years, but was confirmed by far as the largest party. Die Freiheitlichen (+3.6%), the Greens (+2.9%), South Tyrolean Freedom (+2.3%) and the Democratic Party (+0.7%) made gains,^[3] while the Italian centre-right, divided in four lists (FI-LN, AAC, Unitalia and La Destra), lost votes and seats. Only five of the elected councillors were Italian-speakers, a record low.^[4]^[5]

Parties		Votes	%	Seats

	South Tyrolean People's Party	131,236	45.7	17
	Die Freiheitlichen	51,504	17.9	6
	Greens (incl. SEL)	25,067	8.7	3
	South Tyrolean Freedom	20,736	7.2	3
	Democratic Party	19,207	6.7	2
	Forza Alto Adige–LNAAST–Team Autonomies	7,118	2.5	1
	Five Star Movement	7,097	2.5	1
	Citizens' Union–We South Tyroleans–Ladins	6,065	2.1	1
	Alto Adige in the Heart	6,057	2.1	1
	Unitalia–Movement for Alto Adige	4,831	1.7	–
	Civic Choice	4,525	1.6	–
	The Right	1,654	0.6	–
	Communist Refoundation Party	1,134	0.4	–
	Party of Italian Communists	730	0.3	–
Total		286,962	100.0	35
Source: Province of Bolzano – Results

Popular vote

SVP			45.7%
dF			17.9%
Grüne			8.7%
STF			7.2%
PD			6.7%
FAA–LNAAST–TA			2.5%
M5S			2.5%
UfS–WS–L			2.1%
AAC			2.1%
Unitalia			1.7%
SC			1.6%
LD			0.6%
PRC			0.4%
PdCI			0.3%

References

^ "Pd, oltre 23 mila alle primarie in Trentino Vince l'autonomista Ugo Rossi" (in Italian). Corriere della Sera. 13 July 2013. Retrieved 15 July 2013.
^ "Stravince Arno Kompatscher Pichler Rolle sconfitto 2 volte" (in Italian). Alto Adige. 22 April 2013. Archived from the original on 18 June 2013. Retrieved 14 August 2013.
^ "Risultati elettorali Provincia nel suo complesso - Elezioni provinciali 2013 – Provincia autonoma di Bolzano" (in Italian). Archived from the original on October 30, 2013. Retrieved October 28, 2013.
^ "Elezioni in Trentino-Alto Adige: centrosinistra avanti a Trento, Svp al 44,7%. Crolla il centrodestra" (in Italian). Il Sole 24 Ore. 28 October 2013. Retrieved 28 October 2013.
^ "Il voto in Alto Adige: la Svp perde la maggioranza assoluta e scende a 17 consiglieri" (in Italian). Alto Adige. 29 October 2013. Archived from the original on 27 October 2013. Retrieved 29 October 2013.

[1] "Pd, oltre 23 mila alle primarie in Trentino Vince l'autonomista Ugo Rossi" (in Italian). Corriere della Sera. 13 July 2013. Retrieved 15 July 2013.

[2] "Stravince Arno Kompatscher Pichler Rolle sconfitto 2 volte" (in Italian). Alto Adige. 22 April 2013. Archived from the original on 18 June 2013. Retrieved 14 August 2013.

[3] "Risultati elettorali Provincia nel suo complesso - Elezioni provinciali 2013 – Provincia autonoma di Bolzano" (in Italian). Archived from the original on October 30, 2013. Retrieved October 28, 2013.

[4] "Elezioni in Trentino-Alto Adige: centrosinistra avanti a Trento, Svp al 44,7%. Crolla il centrodestra" (in Italian). Il Sole 24 Ore. 28 October 2013. Retrieved 28 October 2013.

[5] "Il voto in Alto Adige: la Svp perde la maggioranza assoluta e scende a 17 consiglieri" (in Italian). Alto Adige. 29 October 2013. Archived from the original on 27 October 2013. Retrieved 29 October 2013.

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