South Tyrol (Südtirol) regional election - 21 Oct. 2018

[Andrea]

Eligible postal voters are 27,908

Out of them, 26,425 have their residence outside Italy.
1,483 eligible postal voters have still their residency in Bolzano province but they are out of it for a long period: 1,360 outside of Italy, 123 in another Italian province.

I am not sure if they are counted in the turnout stats because it says  (at least, in the Italian version of the website) "turnout data is calculcated based on the Alto Adige municipalities". And the majority of postal voters can't be associated to any municipalities as their residency is in a foreign country.

Last week Durnwalder was estimating 5,000 postal votes to be received in the end.

Count will be tomorrow.

[Andrea]

From what I understand, residents outside Italy had to present a request only if they want to come back to South Tyrol to vote. 891 presented it. So the rest (27316) has been automatically enrolled as postal voters.

For people still resident in South Tyrol but living somewhere else, they had to present a specific request to vote by post. 1483 presented it.

[Andrea]

So the rest (27316) has been automatically enrolled as postal voters.

Do you know if those 27.316 did get an absentee ballot sent to them automatically ?

I don't know. This is the German press release by the authority regarding postal votes
http://www.provinz.bz.it/lpa/285.asp?aktuelles_action=4&aktuelles_article_id=437542

[Andrea]

I counted 22 Ladin candidates, half of them in Ladins Dolomites list

[Andrea]

49% polling stations reported

SVP 42.6%
Freiheitlichen 16.2%
PD 8.8%
Greens 8.6%
Süd-Tiroler Freiheit 6.4%
Forza Alto Adige - Lega Nord 3.4%
5 Stars 3.1%
L’Alto Adige nel cuore 2.9%
Unitalia Movimento per l’Alto Adige 2.4%
Civic List 2.1%
 Ladins Dolomites 2%
The Right 0.7%
Communist Refoundation 0.5%
Italian Communists 0.3%

[Andrea]

The Greens seem to win the battle against the PD.

PD should be passed by Süd-Tiroler Freiheit now. PD could probably fall back to their 2008 result more or less.

[Andrea]

is a seat projection available?

[Andrea]

is a seat projection available?

I don't see a seat projection on the website ...

Probably after all votes are counted.

But with 45%, the SVP should get 17 of the 35 seats, 1 short of an absolute majority.

Thanks.

Meanwhile, for the new regional council (which is made up by all South Tyrol councillors + Trento councillors), the centre-left is far ahead in Trento elections.

[Andrea]

is a seat projection available?

I don't see a seat projection on the website ...

Probably after all votes are counted.

But with 45%, the SVP should get 17 of the 35 seats, 1 short of an absolute majority.

Thanks.

Meanwhile, for the new regional council (which is made up by all South Tyrol councillors + Trento councillors), the centre-left is far ahead in Trento elections.

Does the SVP count as "center-left" in this one ?

In the previous term, SVP allied itself with PD-PATT-UPT (which are the main parties within the center-left coalition in Trento. In Trento they vote with the electoral system used for local elections in the rest of Italy. So there's the direct election of the province president who can be supported by a declared coalition of lists) to run the regional council.

[Andrea]

Seats

SVP 17

Die Freiheitlichen 6
Greens 3
Süd-Tiroler Freiheit 3
PD 2
Berlusconi - Lega 1
5 Stars 1
Ladins Dolomites  1
L’Alto Adige nel cuore 1

[Andrea]

What's this High Etsch in the Heart outfit? Who did they take votes from?

l'Alto Adige nel cuore? Former Fini's followers. They split from Futuro and Libertà when the centrist block agreed to stand down from parliamentary constituencies in order to give PD and SVP a free run.

[Andrea]

South Tyrol is one of the areas with the highest share of public workers out of the local population in Italy.