The 2018 Valdostan regional election took place on 20 May 2018 in

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Background

The 2013 regional election confirmed the incumbent autonomist coalition government, led by the

Valdostan Union The Valdostan Union (french: Union valdôtaine, UV), also Valdostian Union or Valdotanian Union is a regionalist and centrist political party in Aosta Valley, Italy. It represents mainly the Arpitan-speaking minority in the region. Former lead ...

(UV), which retained its absolute majority in the Regional Council of Aosta Valley. The coalition lost 14pp from

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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. Caree ...

since 2008 (he had been President also in 1984–1990 and senator for Aosta Valley in 2001–2006), was enlarged to the centre-left

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(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

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(SA),

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(ALPE) and

For Our Valley For Our Valley (''Pour Notre Vallée'', PNV) is a centrist political party active in Aosta Valley, Italy. In November 2016 two regional councillors, former senator Antonio Fosson and Claudio Restano, left the Valdostan Union (UV) in disagreeme ...

(PNV), formed a new government without the UV, under President

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(SA). Finally, in October, Marquis resigned and was replaced by UVP's

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at the head of a coalition composed of the UV, the UVP, the

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(EPAV) and the PD.

Parties and candidate

This is the list of parties that participated in the election.

Results

Popular vote by list

References

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