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Centre-Left Takes Campania and Puglia as Lega Dominates Veneto in Final Regional Results

Low turnout sharpened coalition contrasts, prompting fresh calls on the right to change the electoral law.

Overview

  • Official tallies confirm a 2–1 split: Roberto Fico wins Campania with about 60.7%, Antonio Decaro takes Puglia near 64%, and Alberto Stefani secures Veneto with roughly 64.4%.
  • Participation falls sharply to an average 43.6%, well below the previous cycle, underscoring voter disengagement across all three regions.
  • In Veneto the Lega tops about 36% versus Fratelli d’Italia at roughly 18.7%, a gap credited to Luca Zaia’s capolista strategy and an estimated 200,000 personal preference votes.
  • Post-vote positioning intensifies over electoral rules, with FdI figures urging a new law for stability, Forza Italia’s Antonio Tajani reiterating support for a proportional system, and PD leader Elly Schlein rejecting changes she says would weaken Parliament.
  • Aggregate counts show the centre-left ahead by nearly 300,000 votes (about 4.12 million to 3.84 million), with analyses indicating notable voter transfers from the centre-right to Fico in Campania (~20%) and to Decaro in Puglia (~30%).