The politics of Molise, Italy 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 8.[1]

List of presidents

Elected by the Regional Council (1970–2000)
Name Term of office Political party Legislature
1 Carlo Vitale 1970 1973 DC I (1970)
2 Giustino D'Uva 1973 1975 DC
3 Florindo D'Aimmo 1975 1980 DC II (1975)
1980 1982 III (1980)
(2) Giustino D'Uva 1982 1984 DC
4 Ulderico Adolfo Calogiovanni 1984 1985 DC
5 Paolo Nuvoli 1985 1988 DC IV (1985)
6 Fernando Di Laura Frattura 1988 1990 DC
7 Enrico Santoro 1990 1992 DC V (1990)
8 Luigi Di Bartolomeo 1992 1994 DC
9 Giovanni Di Giandomenico 1994 1995 DC
10 Marcello Veneziale
(b. 1941)		 7 June
1995		 20 November
1998[lower-alpha 1]		 PDS VI
(1995)
11 Angelo Michele Iorio
(b. 1948)		 20 November
1998		 11 May
1999[lower-alpha 2]		 FI
(10) Marcello Veneziale
(b. 1941)		 11 May
1999		 20 May
2000		 DS
Directly-elected presidents (since 2000)
President Term of office Party Legislature
12 Giovanni Di Stasi
(b. 1950)		 20 May
2000		 21 November
2001[lower-alpha 3]		 DS VII
(2000)
(11) Angelo Michele Iorio
(b. 1948)		 21 November
2001		 30 November
2006		 FI
PdL		 VIII
(2001)
30 November
2006		 15 November
2011		 IX
(2006)
15 November
2011		 18 March
2013[lower-alpha 4]		 X
(2011)
13 Paolo Di Laura Frattura
(b. 1962)		 18 March
2013		 8 May
2018		 PD XI
(2013)
14 Donato Toma
(b. 1957)		 8 May
2018		 6 July
2023		 FI XII
(2018)
15 Francesco Roberti
(b. 1967)		 6 July
2023		 In office FI XIII
(2023)
  1. ↑ Resigned after losing the majority in the Regional Council, which then elected the leader of the opposition Angelo Michele Iorio (FI) as the new President.
  2. ↑ Resigned after losing the majority in the Regional Council, which then re-elected the former President Marcello Veneziale to the office.
  3. ↑ In 2001 the Administrative Regional Court (Tribunale Amministrativo Regionale or TAR) found some irregularities in the previous year regional election and ordered a recall election.
  4. ↑ In 2012 the Administrative Regional Court (Tribunale Amministrativo Regionale or TAR) found some irregularities in the 2011 regional election and ordered a recall election.

Legislative branch

The Regional Council of Molise (Consiglio Regionale del Molise) 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 President Party Election
Campobasso 223,871 Francesco Roberti Forza Italia 2019
Isernia 84,548 Alfredo Ricci Forza Italia 2019

Municipalities

Municipality Inhabitants Mayor Party Election
Campobasso 49,148 Roberto Gravina Five Star Movement 2019
Isernia 21,654 Piero Castrataro Democratic Party 2016

Parties and elections

Latest regional election

25–26 June 2023 Molise regional election results
Candidates Votes  % Seats Parties Votes  % Seats
Francesco Roberti 94,770 62.24 1
Brothers of Italy 26,649 18.85 4
Forza Italia 16,924 11.97 3
Molise we want 13,971 9.88 2
Molise in Good Hands – Us Moderates 10,582 7.48 2
Populars for Molise 9,666 6.84 1
League 8,481 6.00 1
Union of the Centre–DC–NDC 5,005 3.54 0
Total 91,278 64.55 13
Roberto Gravina 55,308 36.32 1
Democratic Party 17,031 12.04 3
Five Star Movement 10,044 7.10 2
Building Democracy 8,105 5.73 1
Greens and Left Alliance–Territorial Equity 6,742 4.77 0
Gravina for President–Progress Molise 5,928 4.19 0
Democratic and Socialist Molise 1,086 0.77 0
Total 48,936 34.61 6
Emilio Izzo 2,191 1.44 0 I don't vote for the usual 1,197 0.85 0
Blank and invalid votes 4,912 3.13
Total candidates 152,269 100.00 2 Total parties 141,411 100.00 19
Registered voters/turnout 327,805 47.95
Source: Elezioni Molise 2023

References

  1. ↑ "Componenti della Giunta, Attribuzioni".
  2. ↑ La Repubblica – Regional electoral law
  3. ↑ "Regional Council of Lombardy – 1999 Constitutional law" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 6 March 2009. Retrieved 6 March 2009.
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