The 2015 Regional Election in Italy: Fragmentation and Crisis of Subnational Representative Democracy

Abstract:

In May 2015, voters in seven Italian regions went to the polls to elect new regional councils and governments. The final election result was apparently similar to that of 2010: centre-left coalitions won in five out of seven regions, as in the previous election, leaving the remaining two to the centre-right. Yet behind this picture of stability, dramatic changes have occurred in the internal composition of regional coalitions, cross-party equilibriums and levels of participation. Generally, regional party-based democracy seems to be experiencing increasing fragmentation and a crisis of representation and legitimacy.

• Primary Source

ESO: Background information: Italian regional elections, 2015 http://www.europeansources.info/record/italian-regional-elections-2015/

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