2024 Ligurian regional election

2024 Ligurian regional election
All 31 seats to the Regional Council of Liguria
President before election; Giovanni Toti; Cambiamo!	President ; TBD;

The 2024 Ligurian regional election is taking place in Liguria, Italy on 27–28 October 2024.^[1] The snap election was called after the resignation of incumbent president, Giovanni Toti, following an investigations into corruption, particularly regarding favors to local businessmen in Genoa in exchange for financial support in local elections in 2021 and 2022.^[2]^[3]

Electoral system

The Regional Council of Liguria is composed of 30 members, plus the president elect. The president elect is the candidate winning a plurality of votes at the election. Within the council, 24 seats are elected in provincial constituencies by proportional representation. The remaining 6 councillors are assigned as a majority bonus if the winning candidate has less than 18 seats, otherwise they are distributed among the losing coalitions.^[4]

A single list must get at least 3% of the votes in a province in order to access the proportional distribution of seats, unless the list is connected to a coalition with more than 5% of the vote.^[4]

Opinion polls

Candidates

Hypothetical polls

Date	Polling firm/ Client	Sample size	Centre-right	Orlando	Others	Lead
Date	Polling firm/ Client	Sample size			Others	Lead
Sep 2024	Tecnè	–	46.0	54.0^[a]	–	8.0
			47.0^[b]	53.0	–	6.0
			48.0^[c]	52.0	–	4.0
			45.0^[d]	55.0	–	10.0
			45.0^[e]	55.0	–	10.0
			47.0^[f]	53.0	–	6.0
			45.0^[g]	55.0	–	10.0

Parties

Date	Polling firm	Sample size	Centre-right					Centre-left							UpC	Others	Lead
			FdI	FI	Lega	NM	Pres.	PD	M5S	Pres.	AVS	IV	Az	+E	UpC
							Pres.			Pres.
Sep 2024	Tecnè	–	25.0	9.0	6.0	4.0	1.0	27.0	8.0	8.0	5.0	2.0	2.0	1.0	1.0	1.0	2.0

^ Generic centre-left candidate
^ Carlo Bagnasco
^ Ilaria Cavo
^ Lorenzo Cuocolo
^ Pietro Piciocchi
^ Edoardo Rixi
^ Marco Scajola

References

^ Elezioni regionali 2024. Regione Liguria
^ "An Italian governor accused in a corruption probe has been placed under house arrest". Associated Press. 8 May 2024. Retrieved 8 May 2024.
^ "Italy's Liguria regional leader resigns after corruption probe arrest". Reuters. Retrieved 30 July 2024.
^ ^a ^b "Elezioni regionali Liguria 2020, la guida: candidati, liste e regolamento". Money.it (in Italian). 20 September 2020. Retrieved 20 September 2020.

[5] Generic centre-left candidate

[6] Carlo Bagnasco

[7] Ilaria Cavo

[8] Lorenzo Cuocolo

[9] Pietro Piciocchi

[10] Edoardo Rixi

[11] Marco Scajola

[1] Elezioni regionali 2024. Regione Liguria

[2] "An Italian governor accused in a corruption probe has been placed under house arrest". Associated Press. 8 May 2024. Retrieved 8 May 2024.

[3] "Italy's Liguria regional leader resigns after corruption probe arrest". Reuters. Retrieved 30 July 2024.

[money.it-4] "Elezioni regionali Liguria 2020, la guida: candidati, liste e regolamento". Money.it (in Italian). 20 September 2020. Retrieved 20 September 2020.

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