Overview

• Forza Italia’s Roberto Occhiuto won Calabria with about 57% of the vote, defeating center-left candidate Pasquale Tridico.
• The governing right currently leads in 15 of Italy’s 20 regions, reinforcing the coalition’s dominance across the country.
• Turnout in Calabria was roughly 43.2%, making non-voters the largest group in the election.
• Giorgia Meloni is set to reach three years in office on October 22, with Fratelli d’Italia polling near 30%.
• The government points to lower unemployment, a declining debt ratio, and a reported 60%+ drop in sea arrivals in 2024, even as critics challenge plans to expand premier powers and courts block offshore asylum processing in Albania.