The 2018 Valdostan regional election took place on 20 May 2018 in
Aosta Valley,
Italy.
Background
The
2013 regional election confirmed the incumbent autonomist coalition government, led by the
Valdostan Union (UV), which retained its absolute majority in the Regional Council of Aosta Valley. The coalition lost 14pp from
2008
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, however.
In July 2015 the regional government, which had been led by UV's
Augusto Rollandin
Augusto Arduino Rollandin (born 13 June 1949 in Brusson, Aosta Valley, Italy) is an Italian politician and veterinarian. He is a member of the Valdostan Union, a center-right, pro-autonomy Italian political party active in the Aosta Valley.
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since 2008 (he had been President also in 1984–1990 and senator for Aosta Valley in 2001–2006), was enlarged to the centre-left
Democratic Party (PD). In June 2016, after months of negotiations, the government was joined also by the
Progressive Valdostan Union (UVP).
In March 2017 the UVP left the government and, along with
Edelweiss (SA),
Autonomy Liberty Participation Ecology (ALPE) and
For Our Valley (PNV), formed a new government without the UV, under President
Pierluigi Marquis (SA). Finally, in October, Marquis resigned and was replaced by UVP's
Laurent Viérin at the head of a coalition composed of the UV, the UVP, the
Valdostan Autonomist Popular Edelweiss (EPAV) and the PD.
Parties and candidate
This is the list of parties that participated in the election.
Results
Popular vote by list
References
{{Elections in Aosta Valley
Elections in Aosta Valley
2018 elections in Italy
May 2018 events in Italy