The politics of Piedmont, a

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, takes place in a framework of a

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, whereby the

president of Piedmont The president of Piedmont is the head of the government of the region. The presidents elected between 1970 and 1995 were elected by the Regional Council of Piedmont. Later they were directly elected by the population. This is the list of president ...

is the

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, and of a pluriform

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is exercised by the regional government.

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is vested in both the government and the

Regional Council of Piedmont The Regional Council of Piedmont () is the parliament, legislative assembly of Piedmont. It was first elected in 1970, when the Regions of Italy, ordinary regions were instituted, on the basis of the Constitution of Italy of 1948. Composition T ...

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, who are currently 14, including a Vice President (''Vice Presidente'').

List of presidents

Local government

Provinces

Municipalities

Provincial capitals

Other municipalities with more than 45,000 inhabitants

Legislative branch

The Regional Council of Piedmont (''Consiglio Regionale del Piemonte'') is composed of 60 members. 48 councilors are elected in

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constituencies by

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using the

largest remainder method Party-list proportional representation Apportionment methods The quota or divide-and-rank methods make up a category of apportionment rules, i.e. algorithms for allocating seats in a legislative body among multiple groups (e.g. parties or f ...

with a

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and

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s, while 12 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 6 candidates from the regional list will be chosen and the number of those elected in provincial constituencies will be 54. 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. 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.

Parties and elections

Latest regional election

The latest regional election took place on 8–9 June 2024. Incumbent president

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Forza Italia (FI; ) was a centre-right liberal-conservative political party in Italy, with Christian democratic,Chiara Moroni, , Carocci, Rome 2008 liberalOreste Massari, ''I partiti politici nelle democrazie contempoiranee'', Laterza, Rome-Bari 2004 (esp ...

, supported also by

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(FdI), Lega Piemonte and other parties, was re-elected. FdI was the most voted party, ahead of the Democratic Party.

References

External links

Piedmont RegionRegional Council of PiedmontConstitution of Piedmont
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