The Politics of Calabria,

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takes place in a framework of a presidential

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, whereby the President of Regional Government 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.

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 11, including a Vice President (''Vice Presidente'').

List of presidents

Legislative branch

The Regional Council of Calabria (''Consiglio Regionale della Calabria'') is composed of 50 members. 40 councillors are elected in provincial constituencies by

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using the

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with a Droop quota and

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s, while 10 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 5 candidates from the regional list will be chosen and the number of those elected in provincial constituencies will be 45. 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. Parties obtaining less than 4% receive no seats, no matter if they are in coalition with larger parties or not. 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.

Local government

Provinces

Municipalities

Calabria is also divided in 404 ''

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'' (

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), which have even more history, having been established in the

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when they were the main places of government.

Provincial capitals

Other municipalities with more than 20,000 inhabitants

Parties and elections

Latest regional election

In the latest regional election, which took place on 26 January 2020, Jole Santelli of Forza Italia was elected president by a landslide, after that in the previous election in 2014 the

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had won by a landslide.

References

External links

Calabria RegionRegional Council of Calabria
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