The 2021 Calabrian regional election took place in
Calabria
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Italy, on 3 and 4 October 2021, following the dissolution of the regional parliament after the death of regional president
Jole Santelli
Jole Santelli (28 December 1968 – 15 October 2020) was an Italian politician. A member of Forza Italia (2013), Forza Italia, she was the President of Calabria from 15 February 2020 until her death eight months later.
Biography
After graduati ...
. It was originally scheduled to take place on 14 February 2021, then on 11 April 2021, and was delayed due to the
COVID-19 pandemic in Italy.
Electoral system
Even if a district list is linked to a regional list that exceeds 8% of the vote, the district list must obtain at least 4% of the vote in the whole region in order to elect their own representatives. To ensure governance, the candidate who receives the most votes wins a
majority bonus of 55% of the seats.
Parties and candidates
This is a list of the parties, and their respective leaders, which will participate in the election.
Potential candidates
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Centre-left coalition: Jasmine Cristallo,
Anna Falcone
Pietro Grasso
Pietro Grasso (; born 1 January 1945), also known as Piero Grasso, is an Italian anti-mafia magistrate and politician who served as President of the Senate from 2013 to 2018.
Grasso became the Acting President of Italy on 14 January 2015, upon th ...
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Marco Minniti
Marco Minniti (; born 6 June 1956) is an Italian politician. A member of the Democratic Party, he served in the government of Italy as Minister of the Interior from 12 December 2016 to 1 June 2018. Previously, he was one of the most prominent coun ...
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Franco Mirabelli,
Antonio Viscomi.
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Centre-right coalition
The centre-right coalition ( it, coalizione di centro-destra) is an alliance of political parties in Italy, active—under several forms and names—since 1994, when Silvio Berlusconi entered politics and formed his Forza Italia party. Despite ...
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Sergio Abramo
Sergio Abramo (born 29 March 1958) is an Italian politician and entrepreneur. He is member of the Forza Italia
Forza ItaliaThe name is not usually translated into English: ''forza'' is the second-person singular imperative of ''forzare'', in ...
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Fulvia Caligiuri,
Gianluca Gallo,
Maria Limardo
Maria Limardo (born 16 October 1960 in Cessaniti) is an Italian politician.
Formerly member of right-wing party National Alliance, she joined The People of Freedom in 2009. She served as assessor in the Elio Costa government in Vibo Valentia ...
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Mario Occhiuto
Mario Occhiuto (born 6 January 1964), is an Italian politician and architect.
Occhiuto was born in Cosenza and trained as an architect at the University of Florence
The University of Florence (Italian: ''Università degli Studi di Firenze'', ...
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Five Star Movement
The Five Star Movement ( it, Movimento 5 Stelle , M5S) is a political party in Italy. Its leader and president is Giuseppe Conte, Prime Minister of Italy from 2018 until 2021. The M5S was founded on 4 October 2009 by Beppe Grillo, a comedian an ...
: Nicola Morra.
Withdrawn candidates
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Centre-left coalition: Nicola Irto, Maria Antonietta Ventura.
Opinion polls
Candidates
Parties
Results
References
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Elections in Calabria
2021 elections in Italy
October 2021 events in Italy
Elections postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic