Overview
- Official results confirm a 2–1 split: Roberto Fico won Campania with about 60.7% over Edmondo Cirielli at 35.6%, Antonio Decaro took Puglia with roughly 64.1%, and Alberto Stefani prevailed in Veneto with about 64.4%.
- Turnout fell sharply to an average 43.6% (Campania 44.1%, Puglia 41.8%, Veneto 44.6%), a decline widely flagged by party leaders as the election’s most troubling signal.
- In Veneto the Lega cemented primacy with roughly 36% to FdI’s 18.7%, a ‘Zaia effect’ that is reshaping the centre‑right’s internal balance despite the coalition holding the region.
- The PD emerged as the top party in both Campania and Puglia within the winning ‘campo largo’, reinforcing the strategy of PD–M5S cooperation in the South.
- FdI’s Giovanni Donzelli urged rapid electoral‑law reform and Antonio Tajani signalled openness to a proportional system with a majority bonus, proposals that face political disagreement within the right and constitutional hurdles, especially for the Senate’s regional basis.