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The 2023 Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol provincial elections happened on October 22, 2023. These elections were important because they helped choose two seats for the region of Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol in the Conference of Regions and Autonomous Provinces. Out of 21 seats in this group, these elections decided who would represent the people of Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol. This process is a key part of how the region's leaders are chosen and how they can have a voice in important decisions affecting their area.
Background
Main articles: 2018 Italian general election in Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol, 2018 Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol provincial elections, and 2022 Italian general election in Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol
Since the 2018 Italian general election, Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol saw many political changes. For the first time since the 1996 Italian general election, the centre-right coalition won over the centre-left coalition in Trentino during a general election. This shift led the Trentino Tyrolean Autonomist Party to run separately, resulting in the first win for the Maurizio Fugatti-led centre-right coalition in Trentino since the 1994 Italian general election.
In South Tyrol, the South Tyrolean People's Party lost its majority in the 2013 Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol provincial elections. By the 2018 general election, they had to form a coalition with Lega Alto Adige Südtirol because of the ethnischer Proporz system. In later elections, they sometimes joined forces with the centre-right instead of the centre-left.
Trentino
In Trentino, the people vote directly to choose their president. The candidate with the most votes becomes the president.
| Political party or alliance | Constituent lists | Previous result | Candidate | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes (%) | Seats | |||||
| Centre-right coalition | Trentino League (LT) | 27.1 | 13 | |||
| Trentino Tyrolean Autonomist Party–Popular Autonomists (PATT–AP) (incl. PT) | 17.8 | 6 | ||||
| La Civica (LC) | 4.6 | 2 | ||||
| Forza Italia (FI) | 2.8 | 1 | ||||
| Union of the Centre (UDC) | 2.1 | 0 | ||||
| Brothers of Italy (FdI) | 1.4 | 0 | ||||
| Fassa Association (Fassa) | 1.0 | 1 | ||||
| Fugatti for President | —N/a | —N/a | ||||
| Democratic Alliance for Trentino | Democratic Party (PD) (incl. Futura) | 13.9 | 4 | Francesco Valduga | ||
| Campobase (CB) | 4.0 | 1 | ||||
| Greens and Left Alliance (AVS) | 1.4 | 0 | ||||
| Action (Az) | —N/a | —N/a | ||||
| Italia Viva (IV) | —N/a | —N/a | ||||
| Fascegn | —N/a | —N/a | ||||
| Autonomy House (CA) | —N/a | —N/a | ||||
| Five Star Movement (M5S) | 7.2 | 1 | Alex Marini | |||
| People's Wave | People's Union | 0.8 | 0 | Filippo Degasperi | ||
| Wave | —N/a | —N/a | ||||
| My Valley | —N/a | —N/a | ||||
| Alliance for Trentino | Us with Divina for President (NcD) | —N/a | —N/a | Sergio Divina | ||
| Popular Alternative (AP) | —N/a | —N/a | ||||
| Youth for Divina | —N/a | —N/a | ||||
| Sovereign Popular Democracy (DSP) | —N/a | —N/a | ||||
| Alternative | —N/a | —N/a | Elena Dardo | |||
| Candidates | Votes | % | Seats | Parties | Votes | % | Seats | +/− | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maurizio Fugatti | 129,758 | 51.82 | 1 | |||||||
| Trentino League | 30,347 | 13.05 | 5 | –8 | ||||||
| Brothers of Italy | 28,714 | 12.35 | 5 | +4 | ||||||
| Fugatti for President | 24,953 | 10.73 | 4 | New | ||||||
| Trentino Tyrolean Autonomist Party | 19,011 | 8.18 | 3 | –3 | ||||||
| La Civica | 11,285 | 4.85 | 2 | ±0 | ||||||
| Forza Italia | 4,708 | 2.02 | 0 | –1 | ||||||
| Fassa Association | 2,018 | 0.87 | 1 | ±0 | ||||||
| Union of the Centre | 1,362 | 0.59 | 0 | ±0 | ||||||
| Total | 122,398 | 52.64 | 20 | –4 | ||||||
| Francesco Valduga | 93,888 | 37.50 | 1 | |||||||
| Democratic Party | 38,689 | 16.64 | 7 | +3 | ||||||
| Campobase | 19,553 | 8.41 | 3 | +2 | ||||||
| Autonomy House | 9,968 | 4.29 | 1 | New | ||||||
| Greens and Left Alliance | 7,565 | 3.25 | 1 | +1 | ||||||
| Fascegn | 3,634 | 1.56 | 0 | ±0 | ||||||
| Italia Viva | 3,399 | 1.46 | 0 | New | ||||||
| Action | 3,302 | 1.42 | 0 | New | ||||||
| Total | 86,110 | 37.03 | 12 | +5 | ||||||
| Filippo Degasperi | 9,533 | 3.81 | 1 | |||||||
| Wave | 5,864 | 2.52 | 0 | New | ||||||
| My Valley | 1,204 | 0.52 | 0 | New | ||||||
| People's Union | 1,088 | 0.47 | 0 | ±0 | ||||||
| Total | 8,156 | 3.51 | 0 | — | ||||||
| Marco Rizzo | 5,651 | 2.26 | 0 | Sovereign Popular Democracy | 5,457 | 2.35 | 0 | New | ||
| Sergio Divina | 5,558 | 2.22 | 0 | |||||||
| Popular Alternative | 2,261 | 0.97 | 0 | New | ||||||
| Us with Divina for President | 1,845 | 0.79 | 0 | New | ||||||
| Youth for Divina | 642 | 0.28 | 0 | New | ||||||
| Total | 4,748 | 2.04 | 0 | — | ||||||
| Alex Marini | 4,796 | 1.92 | 0 | Five Star Movement | 4,523 | 1.95 | 0 | –1 | ||
| Elena Dardo | 1,205 | 0.48 | 0 | Alternative | 1,121 | 0.48 | 0 | New | ||
| Total candidates | 250,389 | 100 | 3 | Total parties | 232,513 | 100 | 32 | ±0 | ||
| Source: Autonomous Province of Trento | ||||||||||
South Tyrol
The 2023 Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol provincial elections were held on October 22, 2023. These elections were important because they helped decide two seats in the Conference of Regions and Autonomous Provinces.
Local regression trend line of poll results
| Name | Ideology | Leading candidate(s) | 2018 result | Current seats | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes (%) | Seats | ||||||
| SVP | South Tyrolean People's Party | Christian democracy Regionalism | Arno Kompatscher | 41.9% | 15 / 35 | 14 / 35 | |
| TK | Team K | Liberalism Regionalism | Paul Köllensperger Maria Elisabeth Rieder | 15.2% | 6 / 35 | 4 / 35 | |
| Lega | League – United for Alto Adige | Right-wing populism Regionalism | Christian Bianchi | 11.4% | 4 / 35 | 3 / 35 | |
| V–G–V | Greens (incl. SI) | Eco-socialism Regionalism | Brigitte Foppa | 6.8% | 3 / 35 | 3 / 35 | |
| dF | Die Freiheitlichen | National conservatism Separatism | Sabine Zoderer | 6.2% | 2 / 35 | 2 / 35 | |
| STF | South Tyrolean Freedom | National conservatism Separatism | Sven Knoll | 6.2% | 2 / 35 | 2 / 35 | |
| PD | Democratic Party (incl. PSI) | Social democracy | Sandro Repetto | 3.8% | 1 / 35 | 1 / 35 | |
| M5S | Five Star Movement | Populism | Diego Nicolini | 2.4% | 1 / 35 | 1 / 35 | |
| FdI | Brothers of Italy | National conservatism | Marco Galateo | 1.7% | 1 / 35 | 1 / 35 | |
| FI | Forza Italia (incl. UdC) | Liberal conservatism | Carlo Vettori | 1.0% | 0 / 35 | 1 / 35 | |
| FSmW | For South Tyrol with Widmann | Christian democracy Regionalism | Thomas Widmann | DNE | 1 / 35 | ||
| Enzian | Enzian | COVID-19 scepticism Regionalism | Josef Unterholzner | DNE | 1 / 35 | ||
| Vita | Vita | COVID-19 scepticism Anti-establishment | Renate Holzeisen | DNE | 0 / 35 | ||
| JWA | JWA List | Separatism Right-wing populism | Jürgen Wirth Anderlan | DNE | 0 / 35 | ||
| CD | Centre-Right | Conservatism | Filippo Maturi | DNE | 0 / 35 | ||
| LC | La Civica (incl. Az, IV) | Liberalism | Emanuela Albieri | DNE | 0 / 35 | ||
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