Politics of Basilicata

The politics of Basilicata takes place in a framework of a presidential representative democracy, whereby the President of Regional Government is the head of government, and of a pluriform multi-party system. Executive power is exercised by the Regional Government. Legislative power is vested in both the government and the Regional Council.

Executive branch

The Regional Government (Giunta Regionale) is presided by the President of the Region (Presidente della Regione), who is elected for a five-year term, and is composed by the President and the Ministers (Assessori), who are currently 6, including a vice president.^[1]

List of presidents

Elected by the Regional Council (1970–1995)

№	Name	Term of office		Political party	Legislature
1	Vincenzo Verrastro	1970	1975	DC	I (1970)
		1975	1980		II (1975)
		1980	1982		III (1980)
2	Carmelo Azzarà	1982	1985	DC	III (1980)
3	Gaetano Michetti	1985	1990	DC	IV (1985)
4	Antonio Boccia	1990	1995	DC	V (1990)

Directly-elected presidents (since 1995)

N.	President	Term of office		Tenure (Years and days)		Composition	Legislature
5	Angelo Raffaele Dinardo (1932–2015)	15 June 1995	13 May 2000	4 years, 333 days	Italian People's Party	PDS–PPI–FL–PdD–FdV	VI (1995)
6	Filippo Bubbico (1954– )	13 May 2000	6 May 2005	4 years, 358 days	Democrats of the Left	DS–PPI–Dem–UDEUR–SDI– FdV–PRC–RI–PdCI	VII (2000)
7	Vito De Filippo (1963– )	6 May 2005	21 April 2010	8 years, 226 days	The Daisy/ Democratic Party	Ulivo–UDEUR–FdV– PRC–PdCI–IdV	VIII (2005)
7	Vito De Filippo (1963– )	21 April 2010	18 December 2013^[a]	8 years, 226 days	The Daisy/ Democratic Party	PD–IdV–UDC–PU– PSI–ApI–SEL	IX (2010)
8	Marcello Pittella (1962– )	18 December 2013	24 January 2019	5 years, 37 days	Democratic Party	PD–PSI–RI–CD	X (2013)
9	Vito Bardi (1951– )	16 April 2019	Incumbent	5 years, 225 days	Forza Italia	Lega–FI–FdI–IdeA	XI (2019)
9	Vito Bardi (1951– )	Re-elected		5 years, 225 days	Forza Italia	FdI–FI–Az–Lega	XII (2024)

^ Resigned on 24 April 2013 after a corruption scandal. Remained in office as acting President till a new regional election was called.

Legislative branch

The Regional Council of Basilicata (Consiglio Regionale della Basilicata) is composed of 30 members. 24 councillors are elected in provincial constituencies by proportional representation using the largest remainder method with a Droop quota and open lists, while 6 councillors (elected in bloc) come from a "regional list", including the President-elect. One seat is reserved for the candidate who comes second. If a coalition wins more than 50% of the total seats in the council with PR, only 3 candidates from the regional list will be chosen and the number of those elected in provincial constituencies will be 26. If the winning coalition receives less than 40% of votes special seats are added to the council to ensure a large majority for the President's coalition.^[2]

The council is elected for a five-year term, but, if the President suffers a vote of no confidence, resigns or dies, under the simul stabunt, simul cadent clause introduced in 1999 (literally they will stand together or they will fall together), also the council is dissolved and a snap election is called.^[3]

Local government

Provinces

Province	Inhabitants^[4]	President		Party	Election
Matera	198,190		Pietro Marrese	Democratic Party	2018
Potenza	365,304		Rocco Guarino	Civic list	2018

Municipalities

Provincial capitals

Municipality	Inhabitants^[4]	Mayor		Party	Election
Matera	60,459		Domenico Bennardi	Five Star Movement	2020
Potenza	66,809		Mario Guarente	League	2019

Parties and elections

Latest regional election

In the latest regional election, which took place on 21-22 April 2024, incumbent president Vito Bardi of Forza Italia was re-elected at the head of a centre-right coalition, enlarged to Action and Italia Viva (within Lucanian Pride). Brothers of Italy was the largest party.

21–22 April 2024 Basilicata regional election results
Candidates		Votes	%	Seats	Parties		Votes	%	Seats
Results by party Results by coalition
	Vito Bardi	153,088	56.63	1		Brothers of Italy	45,458	17.39	4
						Forza Italia	34,018	13.01	3
						League	20,430	7.81	2
						Action	19,646	7.51	2
						Lucanian Pride (incl. IV)	18,371	7.03	1
						Union of the Centre–DC–PU	6,636	2.54	–
						True Basilicata	5,822	2.23	–
					Total		150,381	57.52	12
	Piero Marrese	113,979	42.16	1		Democratic Party	36,254	13.87	2
						Common House Basilicata	29,228	11.88	2
						Five Star Movement	20,026	7.66	2
						Greens and Left Alliance–PSI–Possible Basilicata	15,144	5.79	1
						United Basilicata	7,483	2.87	–
					Total		108,135	41.36	7
	Eustachio Follia	3,269	1.21	–		Volt Italy	2,947	1.13	–

Invalid votes		18,197	–
Total candidates		270,336	100.00	2	Total parties		261,463	100.00	19
Registered voters		567,939	49.81
Source: Ministry of the Interior – Results

References

^ Basilicatanet.it Archived 22 June 2008 at the Wayback Machine
^ La Repubblica – Regional electoral law
^ "Regional Council of Lombardy – 1999 Constitutional law" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 March 2009. Retrieved 6 March 2009.
^ ^a ^b "Bilancio demografico anno 2018 (October 2018)". Istat. Retrieved 26 March 2018.

External links

[2] Resigned on 24 April 2013 after a corruption scandal. Remained in office as acting President till a new regional election was called.

[1] Basilicatanet.it Archived 22 June 2008 at the Wayback Machine

[3] La Repubblica – Regional electoral law

[4] "Regional Council of Lombardy – 1999 Constitutional law" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 March 2009. Retrieved 6 March 2009.

[istat-5] "Bilancio demografico anno 2018 (October 2018)". Istat. Retrieved 26 March 2018.

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