Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol provincial elections, 2013

The Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol provincial elections of 2013 took place on 27 October 2013.

Trentino

Centre-left primary election

A primary election to determine the candidate for President of the centre-left autonomist coalition were held on 13 July 2013. The winner was Ugo Rossi of the Trentino Tyrolean Autonomist Party.^[1]

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Ugo Rossi	Trentino Tyrolean Autonomist Party (PATT)	8,119	34.2
	Alessandro Olivi	Democratic Party (PD)	7,980	33.6
	Mauro Gilmozzi	Union for Trentino (UpT)	6,610	27.9
	Lucia Coppola	Greens and Democrats (VD)	462	2.0
	Alexander Schuster	Italian Socialist Party (PSI)	455	1.9
	Blank/invalid		111	0.5
Total			23,737	100.0

Source: Official results

General election

In Trentino, where the President is elected directly by the people, Ugo Rossi (Trentino Tyrolean Autonomist Party, supported also by the Democratic Party, the Trentino Tyrolean Autonomist Party and other minor parties) was elected by a landslide (58.1%). Diego Mosna (Trentino Project) arrived a distant second with 19.3% of the vote, while Maurizio Fugatti (Lega Nord Trentino) came third with 6.6%.

The Democratic Party was confirmed as the largest party in the Province (22.1%), followed by the Trentino Tyrolean Autonomist Party (17.5%), Union for Trentino (13.3%), Trentino Project (9.0%), Lega Nord Trentino (6.2%) and the Five Star Movement (5.8%).

Candidates and parties	votes	votes (%)	seats
Ugo Rossi	144,609	58.1	22+1
Democratic Party	52,406	22.1	9
Trentino Tyrolean Autonomist Party	41,684	17.6	7
Union for Trentino	31,650	13.3	5
Greens, Ecologists and Civics	4,548	1.9	-
Italy of Values	3,913	1.6	-
Ladin Autonomist Union	2,717	1.1	1
Reformists for Autonomy	2,579	1.1	-
Diego Mosna	47,966	19.3	6+1
Trentino Project	21,447	9.0	4
Trentino Civic List	8,798	3.7	1
Administer Trentino	5,060	2.1	1
Together for Autonomy	3,370	1.4	-
Autonomy 2020	3,160	1.3	-
Act Trentino	1,947	0.8	-
Maurizio Fugatti	16,395	6.6	1+1
Lega Nord Trentino	14,759	6.2	1
others	547	0.2	-
Filippo Degasperi	14,240	5.7	1+1
Five Star Movement	13,877	5.8	1
Giacomo Bezzi	10,628	4.3	0+1
Forza Trentino	10,493	4.4	-
Emilio Arisi	4,425	1.8	-
Left Ecology Freedom	4,287	1.8	-
Cristiano de Eccher	3,839	1.5	-
Brothers of Italy	3,699	1.6	-
Ezio Casagranda	2,848	1.1	-
Communist Refoundation Party	2,746	1.2	-
Alessandra Cloch	1,988	0.8	-
Fassa Association	1,959	0.8	-
Others	1,890	0.8	-
Total	248,828	100.0	35

Source: Province of Trento

South Tyrol

SVP primary election

The South Tyrolean People's Party held a primary election on 21 April 2013 to select the party's head of the provincial list. Arno Kompatscher won by a landslide.^[2]

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Arno Kompatscher	South Tyrolean People's Party (SVP)	19,308	82.8
	Elmar Pichler Rolle	South Tyrolean People's Party (SVP)	4,028	17.2
Total			24,145	100.0

Source: Official results

General election

In South Tyrol the South Tyrolean People's Party (SVP), lost the absolute majority it maintained for 65 years, but was confirmed by far as the largest party. Die Freiheitlichen (+3.6%), the Greens (+2.9%), South Tyrolean Freedom (+2.3%) and the Democratic Party (+0.7%) made gains,^[3] while the Italian centre-right, divided in four lists, lost votes and seats. Only five of the elected councillors were Italian-speakers, a record low.^[4][5]

Parties		votes	votes (%)	seats
	South Tyrolean People's Party	131,236	45.7	17
	Die Freiheitlichen	51,504	17.9	6
	Greens (incl. Left Ecology Freedom)	25,067	8.7	3
	South Tyrolean Freedom	20,736	7.2	3
	Democratic Party	19,207	6.7	2
	Forza Alto Adige–Lega Nord Alto Adige/Südtirol	7,118	2.5	1
	Five Star Movement	7,097	2.5	1
	Citizens' Union–We South Tyroleans–Ladins	6,065	2.1	1
	Alto Adige in the Heart	6,057	2.1	1
	Unitalia–Movement for Alto Adige	4,831	1.7	-
	Civic Choice	4,525	1.6	-
	The Right	1,654	0.6	-
	Communist Refoundation Party	1,134	0.4	-
	Party of Italian Communists	730	0.3	-
Total		286,962	100.0	35

Source: Province of Bolzano

References

1. "Pd, oltre 23 mila alle primarie in Trentino Vince l'autonomista Ugo Rossi" (in Italian). Corriere della Sera. 13 July 2013. Retrieved 15 July 2013.
2. "Stravince Arno Kompatscher Pichler Rolle sconfitto 2 volte" (in Italian). Alto Adige. 22 April 2013. Retrieved 14 August 2013.
3. "Risultati elettorali Provincia nel suo complesso - Elezioni provinciali 2013 – Provincia autonoma di Bolzano" (in Italian). Retrieved October 28, 2013.
4. "Elezioni in Trentino-Alto Adige: centrosinistra avanti a Trento, Svp al 44,7%. Crolla il centrodestra" (in Italian). Il Sole 24 Ore. 28 October 2013. Retrieved 28 October 2013.
5. "Il voto in Alto Adige: la Svp perde la maggioranza assoluta e scende a 17 consiglieri" (in Italian). Alto Adige. 29 October 2013. Retrieved 29 October 2013.