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{{Politics of Calabria}}

The '''Politics of [[Calabria]]''', [[Italy]] takes place in a framework of a [[Presidential system|presidential]] [[representative democracy]], whereby the President of Regional Government is the [[head of government]], and of a pluriform [[multi-party system]]. [[Executive power]] is exercised by the Regional Government. [[Legislative power]] is vested in both the government and the Regional Council.

==Executive branch==
{{Main|Government of Calabria}}
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'').<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.regione.calabria.it/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogcategory&id=12&Itemid=126 |title=Regione Calabria - Giunta |access-date=9 June 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100322223454/http://www.regione.calabria.it/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogcategory&id=12&Itemid=126 |archive-date=22 March 2010 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

===List of presidents===
{{Main|List of presidents of Calabria}}
{{:List of presidents of Calabria}}

==Legislative branch==
{{Main|Regional Council of Calabria}}

The Regional Council of Calabria (''Consiglio Regionale della Calabria'') is composed of 50 members. 40 councillors are elected in [[Provinces of Italy|provincial]] constituencies by [[proportional representation]] using the [[largest remainder method]] with a [[Droop quota]] and [[open list]]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.<ref>[http://www.repubblica.it/speciale/2005/elezioni/regionali/sistema_calabria.html La Repubblica – Regional electoral law]</ref>

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.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.consiglio.regione.lombardia.it/c/portal/layout?p_l_id=PRI.1046.1&p_p_id=20&p_p_action=1&p_p_state=exclusive&p_p_col_id=null&p_p_col_pos=2&p_p_col_count=3&_20_struts_action=%2Fdocument_library%2Fget_file&_20_folderId=69&_20_name=l+cost+199_PDF.pdf |title=Regional Council of Lombardy – 1999 Constitutional law |access-date=6 March 2009 |archive-url=https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20090306051303/http://www.consiglio.regione.lombardia.it/c/portal/layout?p_l_id=PRI.1046.1&p_p_id=20&p_p_action=1&p_p_state=exclusive&p_p_col_id=null&p_p_col_pos=2&p_p_col_count=3&_20_struts_action=/document_library/get_file&_20_folderId=69&_20_name=l+cost+199_PDF.pdf |archive-date=6 March 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

==Local government==
===Provinces===
There are five provinces in Calabria: [[Province of Cosenza|Cosenza]], [[Province of Catanzaro|Catanzaro]], [[Province of Crotone|Crotone]], [[Province of Reggio Calabria|Reggio Calabria]], and [[Province of Vibo Valentia|Vibo Valentia]]. Catanzaro is the capital of the region.{{Expand section|date=April 2019}}

===Municipalities===
{{update section|date=December 2022}}
Calabria is also divided in 404 ''[[Comune|comuni]]'' ([[municipality|municipalities]]), which have even more history, having been established in the [[Middle Ages]] when they were the main places of government.

====Provincial capitals====
{| class="wikitable" border="1"
|-
! scope="col" | Municipality
! colspan=1 | Inhabitants
! colspan=2 | Mayor
! colspan=1 | Party
! colspan=1 | Election
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | [[List of mayors of Catanzaro|Catanzaro]]
|89,364
| {{party color cell|Forza Italia (2013)}}
|[[Sergio Abramo]]
|[[Forza Italia (2013)|Forza Italia]]
|2017
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | [[List of mayors of Cosenza|Cosenza]]
|69,484
| {{party color cell|Forza Italia (2013)}}
|[[Mario Occhiuto]]
|[[Independent politician|Independent]] ([[Centre-right politics|centre-right]])
|2016
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | [[List of mayors of Crotone|Crotone]]
|58,881
| {{party color cell|Independent politician}}
|[[Vincenzo Voce]]
|[[Civic List (Italy)|Civic List]]
|2020
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | [[List of mayors of Reggio Calabria|Reggio Calabria]]
|180,817
| {{party color cell|Democratic Party (Italy)}}
|[[Giuseppe Falcomatà]]
|[[Democratic Party (Italy)|Democratic Party]]
|2014
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | [[List of mayors of Vibo Valentia|Vibo Valentia]]
|33,357
| {{party color cell|Forza Italia (2013)}}
|[[Maria Limardo]]
|[[Forza Italia (2013)|Forza Italia]]
|2019
|}

====Other municipalities with more than 20,000 inhabitants====
{| class="wikitable" border="1"
|-
! scope="col" | Municipality
! colspan=1 | Inhabitants
! colspan=2 | Mayor
! colspan=1 | Party
! colspan=1 | Election
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Corigliano-Rossano
|74,848
| {{party color cell|Democratic Party (Italy)}}
|Flavio Stasi
|[[Independent politician|Independent]] ([[Centre-left politics|centre-left]])
|2019
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Lamezia Terme
|70,336
| {{party color cell|Forza Italia (2013)}}
|Paolo Mascaro 
|[[Independent politician|Independent]] ([[Centre-right politics|centre-right]])
|2015
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Rende
|33,555
| {{party color cell|Independent politician}}
|Marcello Manna
|[[Civic List (Italy)|Civic List]]
|2019
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Castrovillari
|22,515
| {{party color cell|Democratic Party (Italy)}}
|Domenico Lo Polito
|[[Independent politician|Independent]] ([[Centre-left politics|centre-left]])
|2015
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Acri
|21,458
| {{party color cell|Democratic Party (Italy)}}
|Pino Capalbo
|[[Democratic Party (Italy)|Democratic Party]]
|2017
|-
! scope="row" style="text-align: left;" | Gioia Tauro
|20,089
| {{party color cell|Democratic Party (Italy)}}
|Aldo Alessio
|[[Independent politician|Independent]] ([[Centre-left politics|centre-left]])
|2019
|}

==Parties and elections==
{{Main|List of political parties in Calabria|Elections in Calabria}}

===Latest regional election===
{{Main|2020 Calabrian regional election}}

In the latest regional election, which took place on 26 January 2020, [[Jole Santelli]] of [[Forza Italia (2013)|Forza Italia]] was elected president by a landslide, after that in the previous election in 2014 the [[Democratic Party (Italy)|Democratic Party]] had won by a landslide.
{{:2020 Calabrian regional election}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.regione.calabria.it/ Calabria Region]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20080522195733/http://www.consiglioregionale.calabria.it/hp2/index2.asp Regional Council of Calabria]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20060508084047/http://www.dirittocostituzionale.mi.it/regionale/Att_Ist_Parl/Calabria_II_Lettura_Luglio_04.htm Constitution of Calabria]
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