On Sunday 5 and Monday 6 October the regional elections in Calabria will be held to elect the new president of the Region and the members of the Regional Council. Voters will be able to vote from 7 to 23 on Sunday and from 7 to 15 on Monday.
In the regional elections in Calabria there are about 1.9 million citizens, distributed in the three electoral circumscriptions. This number also includes the Calabrians residing abroad or in other regions of Italy, which, to exercise the right to vote, will have to go to its municipality of residence, since the regional electoral law does not allow to vote in a different municipality.
The voter will have three voting possibilities
– express preference only for a candidate president;
– vote for a candidate president and a connected list;
– Vote only for a list, in which case the vote will also be automatically attributed to the candidate president supported by that list.
The so -called disjointed vote is not foreseen, that is, the possibility of choosing a president and a list connected to another candidate. The voter may also indicate up to two preferences for candidates for the regional council, provided that they are of different sex: otherwise, the second preference will be canceled.
The ballot will begin at 3 pm on Monday 6 October, immediately after the seats closure. The candidate who will have obtained the highest number of votes, without the possibility of ballot, will be elected President of the Region.
The three circumscriptions
There are three electoral circumscriptions and the distribution map is as follows:
North – includes the province of Cosenza, with 674,543 inhabitants: 9 seats
Center – Includes the provinces of Catanzaro, Crotone and Vibo Valentia, with 658,784 inhabitants: 8 seats
South – corresponds to the province of Reggio Calabria, with 522,127 inhabitants: 7 seats
The remaining 6 seats are to be attributed to the winning coalition, to be calculated in the circumscriptions where they recorded the highest remains.
The barrier thresholds
The Regional Council will be made up of 30 directors plus the President of the Council. The electoral law establishes two barrier thresholds:
– coalitions enter the council if they reach at least 8% of the votes;
– The individual lists, inside the coalitions, must obtain at least 4% to elect representatives.
The distribution of the seats takes place through a proportional system correct by majority prizes. In particular:
If the winning coalition gets less than 40% of the votes, however, it is up to at least 16 seats (equal to 55% of the Council);
If it exceeds 40%, guaranteed seats rise to at least 18 (equal to 60% of the Council).