| Election Name: | 2018 Valdostan regional election |
| Country: | Aosta Valley |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2013 |
| Next Election: | 2020 |
| Seats For Election: | All 35 seats to the Regional Council of Aosta Valley |
| Election Date: | 20 May 2018 |
| Results Sec: | Results |
| Turnout: | 65.13% |
| Party1: | UV |
| Leader1: | Augusto Rollandin |
| Percentage1: | 19.3% |
| Seats1: | 7 |
| Last Election1: | 13 |
| Party2: | Lega |
| Leader2: | Nicoletta Spelgatti |
| Percentage2: | 17.1% |
| Seats2: | 7 |
| Last Election2: | 0 |
| Party3: | PNV – SA |
| Leader3: | Antonio Fosson |
| Percentage3: | 10.7% |
| Seats3: | 4 |
| Last Election3: | 5 |
| Party4: | UVP |
| Leader4: | Elisa Bonin |
| Percentage4: | 10.6% |
| Seats4: | 4 |
| Last Election4: | 7 |
| Party5: | M5S |
| Leader5: | Davide Bono (ad interim) |
| Percentage5: | 10.4% |
| Seats5: | 4 |
| Last Election5: | 2 |
| Party6: | ALPE |
| Colour6: |
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| Leader6: | Alexis Vallet |
| Percentage6: | 9.0% |
| Seats6: | 3 |
| Last Election6: | 5 |
| Colour7: |
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| Leader7: | Elio Riccarand |
| Percentage7: | 7.5% |
| Seats7: | 3 |
| Last Election7: | new |
| Colour8: |
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| Leader8: | Mauro Caniggia Nicolotti |
| Percentage8: | 7.1% |
| Seats8: | 3 |
| Last Election8: | new |
| President | |
| Before Election: | Laurent Viérin |
| Before Party: | Progressive Valdostan Union |
| After Election: | Nicoletta Spelgatti |
| After Party: | League |
The 2018 Valdostan regional election took place on 20 May 2018 in Aosta Valley, Italy.[1] [2]
The 2013 regional election confirmed the incumbent autonomist coalition government, led by the Valdostan Union (UV), which retained its absolute majority in the Regional Council of Aosta Valley. The coalition lost 14pp from 2008, however.
In July 2015 the regional government, which had been led by UV's Augusto Rollandin since 2008 (he had been President also in 1984–1990 and senator for Aosta Valley in 2001–2006), was enlarged to the centre-left Democratic Party (PD).[3] In June 2016, after months of negotiations, the government was joined also by the Progressive Valdostan Union (UVP).[4] [5]
In March 2017 the UVP left the government and, along with Edelweiss (SA), Autonomy Liberty Participation Ecology (ALPE) and For Our Valley (PNV), formed a new government without the UV, under President Pierluigi Marquis (SA).[6] [7] [8] [9] Finally, in October, Marquis resigned and was replaced by UVP's Laurent Viérin at the head of a coalition composed of the UV, the UVP, the Valdostan Autonomist Popular Edelweiss (EPAV) and the PD.[10]
This is the list of parties that participated in the election.[11]
| Party | Ideology | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Valdostan Union (UV) | Regionalism, Centrism | ||
| Progressive Valdostan Union (UVP) | Regionalism, Progressivism | ||
| Autonomy Liberty Participation Ecology (ALPE) | Regionalism, Social democracy | ||
| For Our Valley – Edelweiss (PNV–SA) | Regionalism, Christian democracy | ||
| Democratic Party – VdA Left (PD–SVdA) | Social democracy, Christian left | ||
| Five Star Movement (M5S) | Populism, Anti-establishment | ||
| Centre-right Aosta Valley | Conservatism, Liberal conservatism | ||
| League–Young Aosta Valley (Lega) | Regionalism, Right-wing populism | ||
| Civic Commitment (IC) | Regionalism, Democratic socialism | ||
| Regionalism, Progressivism | |||
| Parties | Votes | % | Seats | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Valdostan Union | 12,265 | 19.25 | 7 | ||
| League–Young Aosta Valley | 10,872 | 17.06 | 7 | ||
| For Our Valley – Edelweiss | 6,792 | 10.66 | 4 | ||
| Progressive Valdostan Union | 6,750 | 10.59 | 4 | ||
| Five Star Movement | 6,652 | 10.44 | 4 | ||
| Autonomy Liberty Participation Ecology | 5,733 | 9.00 | 3 | ||
| Civic Commitment | 4,806 | 7.54 | 3 | ||
| 4,545 | 7.13 | 3 | |||
| Democratic Party – VdA Left | 3,436 | 5.39 | – | ||
| Centre-right Aosta Valley | 1,862 | 2.92 | – | ||
| Valid votes | 63,713 | 94.90 | – | ||
| Blank votes | 813 | 1.21 | – | ||
| Invalid votes | 2,612 | 3.89 | – | ||
| Total | 67,161 | 100.00 | 35 | ||
| Registered voters/turnout | 103,117 | 65.13 | – | ||
| Source: Autonomous Region of Aosta Valley – Results | |||||