2013 Basilicata regional election
{{short description|10th election of the Regional Council and president of Basilicata}}
{{use dmy dates|date=March 2024}}
{{Infobox election
| election_name = 2013 Basilicata regional election
| country = Basilicata
| type = legislative
| ongoing = no
| previous_election = 2010 Basilicata regional election
| previous_year = 2010
| next_election = 2019 Basilicata regional election
| next_year = 2019
| seats_for_election = All 21 seats to the Regional Council of Basilicata
| election_date = 17–18 November 2013
| turnout = 47.60% ({{decrease}} 15.21%)
| image1 = 140x140px
| leader1 = Marcello Pittella
| party1 = Democratic Party (Italy)
| alliance1 = Centre-left coalition (Italy)
| color1 = EF3E3E
| seats1 = 13
| seat_change1 = {{decrease}} 6
| popular_vote1 = 148,696
| percentage1 = 59.6%
| swing1 = {{decrease}} 1.1%
| image2 = 140x140px
| leader2 = Salvatore Di Maggio
| party2 = Civic Choice
| alliance2 = Centre-right coalition (Italy)
| color2 = 0A6BE1
| seats2 = 5
| seat_change2 = {{decrease}} 5
| popular_vote2 = 48,370
| percentage2 = 19.4%
| swing2 = {{decrease}} 8.5%
| image3 = 110px
| leader3 = Piernicola Pedicini
| party3 = Five Star Movement
| alliance3 =
| color3 = FFEB3B
| seats3 = 2
| seat_change3 = New
| popular_vote3 = 32,919
| percentage3 = 13.2%
| swing3 = New
| title = President
| posttitle = President-elect
| before_election = Vito De Filippo
| before_party = Democratic Party (Italy)
| after_election = Marcello Pittella
| after_party = Democratic Party (Italy)
| map_image = File:Basilicata_2013_Coalizioni.png
}}
{{Politics of Basilicata}}
The 2013 Basilicata regional election took place on 17–18 November 2013. The election was for all 21 seats, reduced from 30, of the Regional Council of Basilicata and the president of Basilicata, who automatically became a member of the council alongside the second-placed candidate. It was the last election of the 2013 Italian regional elections.
The snap election was called upon the resignation of the incumbent president of Basilicata, Vito De Filippo of the Democratic Party, on 24 April 2013 and the subsequent dissolution of the Regional Council of Basilicata. Several regional ministers and councillors had been involved in an expenses scandal, and one minister and two councillors had been arrested.
As Basilicata is a traditional stronghold of the centre-left coalition, Marcello Pittella (a former Italian Socialist Party member and brother of Gianni Pittella, the then Vice President of the European Parliament) was elected by a landslide 59.6% of the votes. Its main opponent, Tito Di Maggio of Civic Choice (supported by the centre-right coalition, comprising The People of Freedom and the Union of the Centre), gained 19.4% of the votes. The Democratic Party was the most voted party with 24.8%, followed by Pittella's personal list with 16.0%.
Background
In the 2010 Basilicata regional election, the incumbent president Vito De Filippo won in a landslide election. On 24 April 2013, De Filippo resigned, resulting in a snap election.{{Cite web |date=24 April 2013 |title=Si dimette Vito de Filippo (Pd), presidente della Regione Basilicata |url=https://st.ilsole24ore.com/art/notizie/2013-04-24/dimette-vito-filippo-presidente-194422.shtml |access-date=26 March 2024 |website=Il Sole 24 Ore |language=it}}{{Cite web |last=Sarzanini |first=Fiorenza |date=25 April 2013 |title=Arresti in Basilicata si dimette il governatore |url=https://archivio.corriere.it/Archivio/interface/slider.html#!-Arresti-in-Basilicata-si-dimette-il-governatore/NobwRAdghgtgpmAXGA1nAngdwPYCcAmYANGAC5wAepSYABAIK65wDOpAlrexLQEJQt2AG3YBjKKSi1BtfO3ilyXIbQDm2AG5xc0UngQBfALpA |access-date=26 March 2024 |website=Corriere della Sera |page=26 |language=it}} He had resigned after investigations into councilors and aldermen led to the house arrest of two centre-left coalition councilors (Vicenzo Viti of the Democratic Party and Rosa Mastrosimone of Italy of Values) and the People of Freedom group leader and 2010 candidate Nicola Pagliuca. They were later released.{{Cite web |date=24 April 2013 |title=Rimborsi illeciti, arrestati due assessori e un consigliere in Basilicata |url=https://st.ilsole24ore.com/art/notizie/2013-04-24/rimborsi-illeciti-arrestati-assessori-090427.shtml |access-date=26 March 2024 |website=Il Sole 24 Ore |language=it}}{{Cite web |date=4 May 2013 |title=Basilicata, liberi assessori e capogruppo del Pdl |url=https://archivio.corriere.it/Archivio/interface/slider.html#!Basilicata-liberi-assessori-capogruppo-del-Pdl/NobwRAdghgtgpmAXGA1nAngdwPYCcAmYANGAC5wAepSYAQlAM4CWANkwMZSlQAEbARnFxMejBnAYM8IzgAdsAc1wBXWfJ744LMAF8AukA |access-date=26 March 2024 |website=Corriere della Sera |page=25}} Additionally, the Regional Council of Basilicata had its seats reduced from 30 to 20.{{Cite web |date=19 October 2013 |title=Elezioni in Basilicata sono 9 i candidati per le Regionali Tutte le liste presentate |url=https://www.lagazzettadelmezzogiorno.it/elezioni-in-basilicata-presentate-gi-4-liste-domani-tocca-a-pdl-e-no662405 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210323180018/https://www.lagazzettadelmezzogiorno.it/news/home/499299/elezioni-in-basilicata-sono-9-i-candidati-per-le-regionali-tutte-le-liste-presentate.html |archive-date=23 March 2021 |access-date=27 March 2024 |website=La Gazzetta del Mezzogiorno |language=it}} Basilicata is considered the political equivalent of the left-wing Emilia-Romagna region in Southern Italy.{{cite web |last=Ferrara |first=Pierfrancesco |date=14 March 2024 |title=Regionali in Basilicata, quando si vota e gli scenari |url=https://tg24.sky.it/politica/2024/03/13/elezioni-regionali-basilicata |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240322163104/https://tg24.sky.it/politica/2024/03/13/elezioni-regionali-basilicata |archive-date=22 March 2024 |access-date=22 March 2024 |website=Sky TG24 |language=it}}
The centre-left coalition chose its candidate through a primary election held on 22 September 2013. In an upset Marcello Pittella, the brother of Gianni Pittella, defeated the province of Potenza president and official candidate Piero Lacorazza of the Democratic Party, Nicola Benedetto of the Democratic Centre, and Miko Somma of the Lucan Community – No Oil Movement.{{Cite web |date=23 September 2019 |title=In Basilicata primarie al fotofinish: vince Marcello Pittella |url=http://www.europaquotidiano.it/2013/09/23/in-basilicata-primarie-al-fotofinish-vince-marcello-pittella/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130926004936/http://www.europaquotidiano.it/2013/09/23/in-basilicata-primarie-al-fotofinish-vince-marcello-pittella/ |archive-date=26 September 2013 |access-date=26 March 2024 |website=Europa |language=it}}{{Cite web |date=23 September 2013 |title=Centrosinistra, Pittella a sorpresa |url=https://www.lastampa.it/politica/2013/09/23/news/centrosinistra-pittella-a-sorpresa-1.35982278/ |access-date=26 March 2024 |website=La Stampa |language=it}} The Five Star Movement also chose its candidate with primaries held on 4 October 2013. The winner was the lieutenant of the provincial Police of Potenza Giuseppe Di Bello, who was excluded the same day by Beppe Grillo for "formal irregularities in the presentation of documents"; thus, the presidential candidate became the runner-up Piernicola Pedicini.{{Cite web |last=Panettieri |first=Valerio |date=5 October 2013 |title=Psicodramma a Cinque Stelle per la scelta del candidato governatore |url=http://ilquotidianodellabasilicata.it/news/politica/717557/Psicodramma-a-Cinque-Stelle--per.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141222230125/http://ilquotidianodellabasilicata.it/news/politica/717557/Psicodramma-a-Cinque-Stelle--per.html |archive-date=22 December 2014 |access-date=26 March 2024 |website=Il Quotidiano della Basilicata}}
To the left-wing of the centre-left coalition, the candidate was Maria Murante, regional secretary of Left Ecology Freedom; the list in support of Murante was Basilicata 2.0, which was made up of Left Ecology Freedom, Communist Refoundation Party, Civil Action, Let's Free Basilicata, and Live Tramutola. Earlier, an alliance between Left Ecology Freedom and the Five Star Movement had been discussed. Di Bello had created the alternative list Let's Free Basilicata, through which he sought an agreement with Left Ecology Freedom and with a list organized by Silvana Arbia, chancellor of the International Criminal Court and hypothesized as a presidential candidate. The latter's last-minute resignation led to the reduction of the coalition to two lists and the candidacy of Murante as president.{{Cite web |last=Margherita |first=Agata |date=20 October 2013 |title=Il giorno delle liste. Il dietrofront dell'Arbia |url=http://www.ilquotidianodellabasilicata.com/news/politica/718177/Il-giorno-delle-liste--.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150716065609/http://www.ilquotidianodellabasilicata.it/news/politica/718177/Il-giorno-delle-liste--.html |archive-date=16 July 2015 |access-date=26 March 2024 |website=Il Quotidiano delal Basilicata}} For the centre-right coalition, the candidate was Salvatore Di Maggio, senator of Civic Choice. The coalition included the Union of the Centre, which in the previous legislature was instead part with a councillor of the centre-left coalition majority.{{Cite web |date=18 October 2013 |title=E un montiano sarà candidato del centrodestra |url=https://archivio.corriere.it/Archivio/interface/slider.html#!-E-un-montiano-sar%C3%A0-candidato-del-centrodestra/NobwRAdghgtgpmAXGA1nAngdwPYCcAmYANGAC5wAepSYABAKK0CuEtM2EpAllBNrQGcouAAe0Axr3xd8UUv3xwANhLidc2RQNK4oYAL4BdIA |access-date=26 March 2024 |website=Corriere della Sera |page=11 |language=it}}{{Cite web |last=Cipolla |first=Alessandro |date=25 March 2019 |title=Elezioni regionali Basilicata 2019, risultati definitivi liste e candidati: Bardi nuovo governatore |url=https://www.money.it/elezioni-regionali-Basilicata-data-risultati-candidati-sondaggi |access-date=26 March 2024 |website=Money.it |language=it}}
Political parties and candidates
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:left"
! colspan="2" rowspan="2" |Political party or alliance ! colspan="2" rowspan="2" |Constituent lists ! colspan="2" |Previous result ! colspan="2" rowspan="2" |Candidate |
| Votes (%)
!Seats |
|---|
| rowspan="6" bgcolor="{{party color|Centre-left coalition (Italy)}}" |
| rowspan="6" |Centre-left coalition | bgcolor="{{party color|Democratic Party (Italy)}}" | |Democratic Party (PD) |27.1 |7 | rowspan="6" style="text-align:center;" |Marcello Pittella |
| bgcolor="{{party color|Italy of Values}}" |
|Italy of Values (IdV) |9.9 |3 |
| bgcolor="{{party color|Italian Socialist Party (2007)}}" |
|Italian Socialist Party (PSI) |4.7 |1 |
| bgcolor="00BFFF" |
|Reality Italy (RI) |{{N/A}} |{{N/A}} |
| bgcolor="5F9556" |
|Pittella for President |{{N/A}} |{{N/A}} |
| bgcolor="{{party color|Democratic Centre (Italy)}}" |
|Democratic Centre (CD) ({{abbr|incl.|including}} PU) |{{N/A}} |{{N/A}} |
| rowspan="4" bgcolor="{{party color|Centre-right coalition (Italy)}}" |
| rowspan="4" |Centre-right coalition | bgcolor="{{party color|The People of Freedom}}" | |The People of Freedom (PdL) |19.4 |7 | rowspan="4" style="text-align:center;" |Salvatore Di Maggio |
| bgcolor="{{party color|Union of the Centre (2002)}}" |
|Union of the Centre (UdC) |7.4 |2 |
| bgcolor="{{party color|Brothers of Italy}}" |
|Basilicata Laboratory (FdI, SC, and GS) |{{N/A}} |{{N/A}} |
| bgcolor="00ADEF" |
|Moderates in Revolution (MIR) |{{N/A}} |{{N/A}} |
| bgcolor="{{party color|Left Ecology Freedom}}" |
| colspan="3" |Basilicata 2.0 (SEL) ({{abbr|incl.|including}} PRC) |4.0 |1 | style="text-align:center;" |Maria Murante |
| bgcolor="{{party color|Five Star Movement}}" |
| colspan="3" |Five Star Movement (M5S) |{{N/A}} |{{N/A}} | style="text-align:center;" |Piernicola Pedicini |
| bgcolor="{{party color|Workers' Communist Party (Italy)}}" |
| colspan="3" |Workers' Communist Party (PCL) |{{N/A}} |{{N/A}} | style="text-align:center;" |Florenzo Doino |
| bgcolor="2DA4D9" |
| colspan="3" |Matera Moves (MM) |{{N/A}} |{{N/A}} | style="text-align:center;" |Doriano Manuello |
| bgcolor="E0EDF5" |
| colspan="3" |Work and Pensions (LP) |{{N/A}} |{{N/A}} | style="text-align:center;" |Franco Grillo |
| bgcolor="orange" |
| colspan="3" |Rose in the Fist (RnP) |{{N/A}} |{{N/A}} | style="text-align:center;" |Elisabetta Zamparutti |
Results
| class="wikitable"
|+{{nowrap|17 November 2013 Basilicata regional election results}} |
| colspan=10|File:Basilicata Regional Council 2013.svg |
| colspan="2" |Candidates
!Votes !% !Seats ! colspan="2" |Parties !Votes !% !Seats |
|---|
| rowspan="7" bgcolor="{{party color|Centre-left coalition (Italy)}}" |
| rowspan="7" |Marcello Pittella | rowspan="7" |148,696 | rowspan="7" |59.60 | rowspan="7" |3 | bgcolor="{{party color|Democratic Party (Italy)}}" | | align="left" |Democratic Party |58.730 |24.84 |4 |
| bgcolor="#5F9556" |
| align="left" |Pittella for President |37,861 |16.01 |3 |
| bgcolor="{{party color|Italian Socialist Party (2007)}}" |
| align="left" |Italian Socialist Party |17,680 |7.48 |1 |
| bgcolor="00BFFF" |
| align="left" |Reality Italy |14,012 |5.93 |1 |
| bgcolor="{{party color|Democratic Centre (Italy)}}" |
| align="left" |Democratic Centre |11,938 |5.05 |1 |
| bgcolor="{{party color|Italy of Values}}" |
| align="left" |Italy of Values |8,160 |3.45 |– |
| colspan="2" align="left" |Total
|148.381 |62.75 |10 |
| rowspan="5" bgcolor="{{party color|Centre-right coalition (Italy)}}" |
| rowspan="5" align="left" |Salvatore Di Maggio | rowspan="5" |48,370 | rowspan="5" |19.39 | rowspan="5" |1 | bgcolor="{{party color|The People of Freedom}}" | | align="left" |The People of Freedom |29,022 |12.27 |2 |
| bgcolor="{{party color|Brothers of Italy}}" |
| align="left" |Basilicata Laboratory (FdI, SC, and GS) |12,033 |5.09 |1 |
| bgcolor="{{party color|Union of the Centre (2002)}}" |
| align="left" |Union of the Centre |9,002 |3.81 |1 |
| bgcolor="00ADEF" |
| align="left" |Moderates in Revolution |847 |0.36 |– |
| colspan="2" align="left" |Total
|50.904 |21,53 |4 |
| bgcolor="{{party color|Five Star Movement}}" |
| align="left" |Piernicola Pedicini |32,919 |13.19 |– | bgcolor="{{party color|Five Star Movement}}" | | align="left" |Five Star Movement |21,219 |8.97 |2 |
| bgcolor="{{party color|Left Ecology Freedom}}" |
| align="left" |Maria Murante |12,888 |5.17 |– | bgcolor="{{party color|Left Ecology Freedom}}" | | align="left" |Basilicata 2.0 |12,204 |5.16 |1 |
| bgcolor="{{party color|Workers' Communist Party (Italy)}}" |
| align="left" |Florenzo Doino |2,178 |0.87 |– | bgcolor="{{party color|Workers' Communist Party (Italy)}}" | | align="left" |Workers' Communist Party |869 |0.37 |– |
| bgcolor="2DA4D9" |
| align="left" |Doriano Manuello |1,917 |0.77 |– | bgcolor="2DA4D9" | | align="left" |Matera Moves |1,370 |0.58 |– |
| bgcolor="E0EDF5" |
|Franco Grillo |1,300 |0.52 |– | bgcolor="E0EDF5" | |Work and Pensions |799 |0.34 |– |
| bgcolor="orange" |
| align="left" |Elisabetta Zamparutti |1,215 |0.49 |– | bgcolor="orange" | | align="left" |Rose in the Fist |724 |0.31 |– |
| colspan="10" | |
| colspan="2" align="left" |Total candidates
|249,483 |100.00 |4 | colspan="2" align="left" |Total parties |236,470 |100.00 |17 |
| colspan="2" align="left" |Registered voters
|575,160 |47.60 | colspan="6" | |
| colspan="11" align="left" |Source: [https://elezionistorico.interno.gov.it/index.php?tpel=R&dtel=17/11/2013&tpa=I&tpe=R&lev0=0&levsut0=0&lev1=17&levsut1=1&ne1=17&es0=S&es1=S&ms=S Ministry of the Interior – Results] |
{{bar box|title=Popular vote|titlebar=#ddd|width=515px|barwidth=350px|bars={{bar percent|PD|{{party color|Democratic Party (Italy)}}|24.84}}
{{bar percent|Pittella List|#5F9556|16.01}}
{{bar percent|PdL|{{party color|People of Freedom}}|12.27}}
{{bar percent|M5S|{{party color|Five Star Movement}}|8.97}}
{{Bar percent|PSI|{{party color|Italian Socialist Party (2007)}}|7.48}}
{{bar percent|RI|#00BFFF|5.93}}
{{bar percent|SEL|{{party color|Left Ecology Freedom}}|5.16}}
{{bar percent|FdI–SC–GS|{{party color|Brothers of Italy}}|5.09}}
{{bar percent|CD|{{party color|Democratic Centre (Italy)}}|5.05}}
{{bar percent|UdC|{{party color|Union of the Centre (2002)}}|3.81}}
{{bar percent|IdV|{{party color|Italy of Values}}|3.45}}
{{bar percent|Others|{{party color|Other}}|1.94}}}}{{bar box|title=President|titlebar=#ddd|width=515px|barwidth=350px|bars={{bar percent|Pittella|{{party color|Centre-left coalition (Italy)}}|59.60}}
{{bar percent|Di Maggio|{{party color|Centre-right coalition (Italy)}}|19.39}}
{{bar percent|Pedicini|{{party color|Five Star Movement}}|13.19}}
{{bar percent|Murante|{{party color|Left Ecology Freedom}}|5.17}}
{{bar percent|Others|{{party color|Other}}|2.65}}}}
= Voter turnout =
| class="wikitable"
!Region !Turnout |
| Basilicata
|47.60% |
| Province
!Turnout |
|---|
| Potenza
|47.87% |
| Matera
|47.02% |