Politics of Apulia

The Politics of Apulia, (Apulia, 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.

Politics of Apulia

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 ten.[1]

List of presidents
Main article: List of presidents of Apulia
Presidents elected by the Regional Council (1970–1995)
N. Name Term of office Political party Legislature
1 Gennaro Trisorio Liuzzi 8 June 1970 16 June 1975 Christian Democracy I (1970)
2 Nicola Rotolo 16 June 1975 23 December 1978 Christian Democracy II (1975)
3 Nicola Quarta 23 December 1978 9 June 1980 Christian Democracy
9 June 1980 4 July 1983 III (1980)
4 Angelo Monfredi 4 July 1983 23 September 1983 Christian Democracy
(1) Gennaro Trisorio Liuzzi 23 September 1983 13 May 1985 Christian Democracy
5 Salvatore Fitto 13 May 1985 29 August 1988[2] Christian Democracy IV (1985)
6 Franco Borgia 29 August 1988 23 November 1988 Italian Socialist Party
7 Giuseppe Colasanto 23 November 1988 6 May 1990 Christian Democracy
8 Michele Bellomo 6 May 1990 23 October 1992 Christian Democracy V (1990)
9 Cosimo Convertino 23 October 1992 4 December 1992 Italian Socialist Party
10 Giovanni Copertino 4 December 1992 3 September 1993 Christian Democracy
11 Vito Savino 3 September 1993 1 March 1994 Christian Democracy
12 Giuseppe Martellotta 1 March 1994 23 April 1995 Italian People's Party
Directly-elected presidents (since 1995)
N. Portrait President Term of office Tenure
(Years and days)		 Party Composition Legislature
11 Salvatore Distaso
(1937–2008)		 27 June
1995		 19 May
2000		 4 years, 327 days Forza Italia FI–AN–CDC VI
(1995)
12 Raffaele Fitto
(1969– )		 19 May
2000		 27 April
2005		 4 years, 343 days Forza Italia FI–AN–CDC–CDU VII
(2000)
13 Nichi Vendola
(1958– )		 27 April
2005		 26 April
2010		 10 years, 60 days Communist
Refoundation Party /
Left Ecology Freedom		 DS–DL–PRC–SDI–
UDEUR–PdCI−IdV–FdV		 VIII
(2005)
26 April
2010		 26 June
2015		 PD–SEL–IdV IX
(2010)
14 Michele Emiliano
(1959– )		 26 June
2015		 24 November
2020		 8 years, 2 days Democratic Party PD–SEL–IdV–SC–UdC X
(2015)
24 November
2020		 Incumbent PD–CON–PpI–M5S[3] XI
(2020)

Legislative branch
Main article: Regional Council of Apulia

The Regional Council of Apulia (Consiglio Regionale della Puglia) is composed of 70 members and is elected with proportional representation plus a majority premium for the winning coalition.[4] 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 vel simul cadent clause (introduced in 1999), also the council will be dissolved and there will be a fresh election.[5]

Local government

Provinces and Metropolitan City
Provinces of Apulia

Apulia is divided into five provinces and one metropolitan city:

Province / Metropolitan City Inhabitants President Party Election
Metropolitan City of Bari 1,261,954 Antonio Decaro Democratic Party 2015
Province of Barletta-Andria-Trani 384,293 Bernardo Lodispoto Independent (centre-left) 2019
Province of Brindisi 401,652 Riccardo Rossi Independent (centre-left) 2018
Province of Foggia 627,102 Nicola Gatta Independent (centre-right) 2018
Province of Lecce 802,807 Stefano Minerva Democratic Party 2018
Province of Taranto 581,092 Giovanni Gugliotti Forza Italia 2018

Municipalities

Apulia is also divided into 258 comuni (municipalities), which have even more history, having been established in the Middle Ages when they were the main places of government. There are eight provincial capital cities in Apulia, as the Province of Barletta-Andria-Trani is the only province in Italy with three capital cities.

There are 258 communes in Apulia (as of January 2019):

Provincial capitals
Municipality Inhabitants Mayor Party Election
Andria 100,357 Giovanna Bruno Democratic Party 2020
Bari 311,997 Antonio Decaro Democratic Party 2019
Barletta 94,664 Cosimo Cannito Independent (centre-right) 2018
Brindisi 88,482 Riccardo Rossi Independent (centre-left) 2018
Foggia 152,700 Franco Landella Forza Italia 2019
Lecce 89,902 Carlo Salvemini Independent (centre-left) 2019
Taranto 198,083 Rinaldo Melucci Democratic Party 2017
Trani 55,808 Amedeo Bottaro Democratic Party 2015

Other municipalities with more than 50,000 inhabitants
Municipality Inhabitants Mayor Party Election
Altamura 70,789 Rosa Melodia Independent (centre-left) 2018
Molfetta 60,272 Tommaso Minervini Democratic Party 2017
Cerignola 57,007 Franco Metta Civic List 2015
Manfredonia 56,318 Angelo Riccardi Civic List 2015
Bitonto 56,304 Michele Abbaticchio Italy in Common 2017
San Severo 55,297 Francesco Miglio Democratic Party 2019
Bisceglie 54,847 Angelantonio Angarano Civic List 2018

Parties and elections
Main articles: List of political parties in Apulia and Elections in Apulia

Latest regional election
Main article: 2020 Apulian regional election

In the latest regional election, which took place on 20–21 September 2020, Michele Emiliano of the Democratic Party was re-elected President with 46.8% of the vote.

20–21 September 2020 Apulian regional election results
Candidates Votes % Seats Parties Votes % Seats
Michele Emiliano 871,028 46.78 1 Democratic Party 289,188 17.25 16
With Emiliano 110,559 6.59 6
Populars with Emiliano 99,621 5.94 5
Civic Sense – A New Olive Tree for Apulia 69,780 4.16 –
Italia in Comune 64,886 3.87 –
Solidary and Green Apulia 63,725 3.80 –
Emiliano Mayor of Apulia 43,404 2.59 –
Animalist Party 5,573 0.33 –
Alternative Left 4,192 0.25 –
Pensioners and Disabled 3,119 0.19 –
Party of the South 1,410 0.08 –
Thought and Action Party 1,243 0.07 –
Independent South 1,179 0.07 –
Christian Democracy 1,047 0.06 –
Open Society Association – The Liberals 806 0.05 –
Total 759,732 45.32 27
Raffaele Fitto 724,928 38.93 1 Brothers of Italy 211,693 12.63 6
League 160,507 9.57 4
Forza Italia 149,399 8.91 4
Apulia Tomorrow 141,201 8.42 3
Union of the Centre – New PSI 31,736 1.89 –
Total 694,536 41.43 17
Antonella Laricchia 207,038 11.12 – Five Star Movement 165,243 9.86 5
Future Apulia 9,897 0.59 –
Total 175,140 10.45 5
Ivan Scalfarotto 29,808 1.60 – Italia Viva 18,025 1.08 –
Scalfarotto for President 5,062 0.30 –
Green Future 1,888 0.11 –
Total 24,975 1.49 –
Mario Conca 16,531 0.89 – Apulian Citizens 12,162 0.73 –
Nicola Cesaria 7,222 0.39 – Work Environment Constitution 5,880 0.35 –
Pierfranco Bruni 3,115 0.17 – Tricolour Flame 2,362 0.14 –
Andrea D'Agosto 2,353 0.13 – Reconquer Italy 1,712 0.10 –
Blank and invalid votes 149,658 7.44
Total candidates 1,862,023 100.00 2 Total parties 1,676,499 100.00 49
Registered voters/turnout 3,565,013 56.43
Source: Ministry of the Interior – Results

References
  1. "QUIregione". www.regione.puglia.it. Archived from the original on 12 July 2007.
  2. Died in office.
  3. Since 2021.
  4. La Repubblica – Regional electoral law
  5. "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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