Politics of Molise

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	I (1970)
3	Florindo D'Aimmo	1975	1980	DC	II (1975)
3	Florindo D'Aimmo	1980	1982	DC	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	IV (1985)
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^[a]	PDS	VI (1995)
11	Angelo Michele Iorio (b. 1948)	20 November 1998	11 May 1999^[b]	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^[c]	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^[d]		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)

^ 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.
^ Resigned after losing the majority in the Regional Council, which then re-elected the former President Marcello Veneziale to the office.
^ 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.
^ 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

^ "Componenti della Giunta, Attribuzioni".
^ La Repubblica – Regional electoral law
^ "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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[2] 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.

[3] Resigned after losing the majority in the Regional Council, which then re-elected the former President Marcello Veneziale to the office.

[4] 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.

[5] In 2012 the Administrative Regional Court (Tribunale Amministrativo Regionale or TAR) found some irregularities in the 2011 regional election and ordered a recall election.

[1] "Componenti della Giunta, Attribuzioni".

[6] La Repubblica – Regional electoral law

[7] "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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