2025 Marche regional election

2025 Marche regional election

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All 31 seats to the Legislative Assembly of Marche
Opinion polls
Registered	1,325,689[1]
Turnout	50.01% (9.74%)
Majority party Minority party   Leader Francesco Acquaroli Matteo Ricci Party FdI PD Alliance Centre-right Centre-left Seats won 20 11 Seat change Popular vote 337,679 286,209 Percentage 52.4% 44.4% Swing 3.3% 3.8%
Map of the election result
President before election Francesco Acquaroli FdI President-elect Francesco Acquaroli FdI

The 2025 Marche regional election in Marche, Italy, took place on 28–29 September 2025.[2] The date was announced by Regional President Francesco Acquaroli, who stated the vote would be held in late September.[3]

The contest featured incumbent President Francesco Acquaroli, a senator and former mayor of Potenza Picena, who ran for a second term as the centre-right coalitions alliance "Più Marche", which included Brothers of Italy (FdI), Lega, Forza Italia and seven other parties and civic lists.[4] His main opponent was Matteo Ricci of the Democratic Party (PD), leading the centre-left "Alleanza del Cambiamento", an alliance of 19 parties and civic lists, including the PD, M5S, Italia Viva, PRC, +Europa, Volt and Europa Verde.[5]

Acquaroli was first elected in 2020 with 49.13% of the vote and 20 out of 31 assembly seats, the first centre-right president in Marche's post-war history.[6]

The Region of Marche operates under a standard regional statute. Both the Legislative Assembly and the President of the Region are elected at the same time through a regional election.

The Legislative Assembly is composed of 30 seats, filled using a system of proportional representation with open lists and preferential voting. Voters may express preferences for individual candidates within the lists. The electoral system includes a 5% threshold, which parties must reach in order to gain representation. However, this threshold is lowered to 3% for parties running as part of a coalition. The use of panachage (voting across multiple lists) is not permitted.

The region is divided into five provinces, each electing between four and nine councillors depending on population. The assembly members are elected proportionally within these constituencies.

The President of the Region is elected in a single-round, first-past-the-post vote. Each presidential candidate must be affiliated with one of the lists running for the Legislative Assembly, effectively barring independent candidates.

The electoral law includes a majority bonus for the list of the elected president to ensure stable governance:

• If the president's list receives between 34% and 37% of the vote, it is awarded 16 seats.
• Between 37% and 40% grants 17 seats.
• More than 40% awards 18 seats.

After assigning the bonus, the remaining seats are distributed proportionally among the other lists that passed the electoral threshold. Finally, the elected president automatically becomes a member of the Legislative Assembly, increasing the total number of members to 31.

Seat distribution

Provinces	Seats
Ancona	9
Ascoli Piceno	4
Fermo	4
Macerata	6
Pesaro and Urbino	7
President	1
Total	31

Candidate	Experience	Campaign	Alliance
Francesco Acquaroli	President of Marche (2020–present) Member of the Chamber of Deputies for Marche (2018–2020) Mayor of Potenza Picena (2014-2018)	14 June 2025 Website		Centre-right coalition (More Marche)
Matteo Ricci	MEP for Central Italy (2024–present) Mayor of Pesaro (2014–2024) President of the Province of Pesaro and Urbino (2009–2014)	12 June 2025 Website		Centre-left coalition (Alliance of Change)

• Claudio Bolletta, supported by Sovereign Popular Democracy.[9]
• Francesco Gerardi, supported by the Forza del Popolo list.[9]
• Lidia Mangani, municipal councilor of Ancona supported by the Italian Communist Party.[9]
• Beatrice Marinelli, supported by the Evolution of the Revolution list.[10]

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A list of the candidates at the Macerata constituency displayed outside of the municipal council office of Civitanova Marche.

On July 23, 2025, Ricci received a notice of investigation [it] informing him that he was being investigated by the Pesaro prosecutor's office in connection with the "Affidopoli" investigation into alleged irregularities in the public procurement system that occurred during his tenure as mayor of the city.

Ricci denied the accusations, but despite this, the M5S requested clarification, and President Giuseppe Conte declared that he would read the prosecutor's case files against him to decide whether to continue supporting him in the elections. After the reading, the party reiterated its support for the candidate, arguing that there was no reason to do otherwise.

Subsequently, on 4 August 2025, in a centre-right conference held in Ancona during the electoral campaign, it was announced by Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni that the Marche and Umbria regions would enter the ZES, a project aimed at economic development and which was initially dedicated exclusively to the southern regions, but now also extended to part of central Italy.

Date	Location	Organizer	Link	Participants						Source
				Acquaroli	Ricci	Bolletta	Gerardi	Mangani	Marinelli
28 August 2025	Ancona	Uil Marche	Video	PI	PI	NI	NI	NI	NI	[16]
12 September 2025		TGR Marche	Video	PI	PI	PI	PI	PI	PI	[17]
25 September 2025	Rome	Sky TG24	Video	PI	PI	NI	NI	NI	NI	[18]
PI  Present Invited  NI  Not Invited

On 26 September 2025, a fabricated opinion poll was circulated in the lead-up to the election, falsely indicating that centre-left candidate Matteo Ricci was leading over incumbent President Francesco Acquaroli.[19] The poll, attributed to the polling institute SWG, was widely shared on social media, including by Democratic Party member, Alessia Morani, who referenced it in her posts.[20] However, SWG publicly denied conducting or releasing the poll, stating it was a fake and reserving the right to take legal action.[21]

Fratelli d'Italia responded by filing a formal complaint with Italy's communications authority, AGCOM, and the Public prosecutor's office in Ancona.[22] Giovanni Donzelli, a prominent member of FdI, condemned the incident, calling it "a deliberate attempt to disseminate fake news during the election period".[23]

Date	Polling firm/ Client	Sample size	Acquaroli	Ricci	Marinelli	Mangani	Bolletta	Gerardi	Others	Lead	Abstention	Margin of error	Total contacts	Refusals	Method
9–11 September 2025	Tecnè srl – BiDimedia	800	51.0	45.5	–				3.5	5.5	10	±3.5	5281	4281 (84.9%)	CAWI – CATI
9–11 September 2025	IPSOS – Corriere della Sera	800	50.1	44.8	1.1	1.5	1.6	0.9	–	5.3	15	–	4249	–	CAWI – CATI – CAMI
26–29 August 2025	BiDiMedia / Citynews – AnconaToday	1,000	49.6	47.5	0.3	1.0	1.3	0.3	–	2.1	42 – 47	±3.1	1856	–	CAWI – Panel
11–12 July 2025	IZI S.p.A.	1,000	49.5	50.5	–					1.0	36.3 – 36.6	±3.0	–		CAMI–CAWI
16–17 Jun 2025	Tecnè / Dire	1,009	50.5–54.5	45.5–49.5	–					5.0	46	±3.	6,343	5,334 (84.1)	CATI–CAWI
10-17 April 2025	Tecnè / Corriere Adriatico	1,500	52.0–55.0	48.0	–					4.0–7.0	49	–			CATI-CAWI

Date	Polling firm/ Client	Sample size	CDX							CSX							Others	Lead	Abstention
			FdI	Lega	FI	MpA	Civici-McA	Civici-UdC	NM	PD	M5S	AVS	MRP	AcR	PSL (PRC-DdN)	PMMR
9–11 September 2025	IPSOS – Corriere della Sera	800	25	5.9	7.3	4.8	2.7	2.5	1.7	21.6	6.5	6.9	4	2.3	2.1	1.6	5.1	4.9 CDX	15
26–29 Aug 2025	BiDiMedia / Citynews – AnconaToday	1,856	26.1	7.7	6.4	4.1	2.9	1.8	1.0	25.2	6.1	5.6	4.3	2.3	1.0	2.6	3.9%[g]	2.9 CDX	20
16–17 Jun 2025	Tecnè / agenzia DIRE	1,009	29.8	8.5	11	-				21.8	11.8	6.2	-			2.2	4.9[h]	9.5 CDX	46

28–29 September 2025 Marche regional election results

Candidates		Votes	%	Seats	Parties		Votes	%	Seats
	Francesco Acquaroli	337,679	52.43	1		Brothers of Italy	155,540	27.41	10
						Forza Italia	48,823	8.60	3
						Lega Marche	41,805	7.37	3
						Marchigiani for Acquaroli President	24,104	4.25	1
						Civics for Acquaroli President	14,680	2.59	1
						Union of the Centre	10,853	1.91	1
						Us Moderates	9,299	1.64	–
					Total		305,104	53.77	19
	Matteo Ricci	286,209	44.44	1 (0)[i]		Democratic Party	127,638	22.50	6
						Civic List Ricci for President	41,650	7.34	2
						Five Star Movement	28,836	5.08	1
						Greens and Left Alliance	23,565	4.15	1
						Marche Alive Project	10,872	1.92	– (1)[j]
						Civic Project Forward with Ricci	8,100	1.43	–
						Peace Health Work	6,392	1.13	–
					Total		247,053	43.54	10 (11)[k]
	Beatrice Marinelli	6,302	0.98	–		Evolution of the Revolution	4,867	0.86	–
	Lidia Mangani	5,039	0.78	–		Italian Communist Party	3,388	0.60	–
	Claudio Bolletta	4,851	0.75	–		Sovereign Popular Democracy	3,953	0.70	–
	Francesco Gerardi	3,916	0.61	–		Force of the People	3,037	0.54	–
Blank and invalid votes		–	–
Total candidates		643,996	100.00	2 (1) [l]	Total parties		567,402	100.00	29
Registered voters/turnout		–	50.01
Source: Marche Region – Results

Voter turnout[24]
Constituency	Sunday, September 28			Monday, September 29	Previous Election
	12:00 PM	19:00 PM	23:00 PM	15:00 PM
Ancona	9.60%	30.08%	37.72%	50.41%	60.50%	10.11%
Ascoli Piceno	10.33%	29.09%	36.26%	48.97%	57.70%	8.70%
Fermo	10.90%	30.64%	38.37%	51.22%	61.20%	9.95%
Macerata	10.15%	28.28%	35.82%	47.02%	56.60%	9.58%
Pesaro-Urbino	12.35%	32.84%	40.07%	52.38%	62.30%	9.89%
Total	10.59%	30.23%	37.71%	50.01%	59.75%	9.74%

Acquaroli defeated Ricci by 8 points, with greater support in southern Marche and a majority overall in the region, including 7 of the 11 cities with populations over 30,000. Ricci’s support was concentrated in northern Marche, particularly in Ancona and his hometown of Pesaro. South of Ancona, he won in 13 municipalities, including Grottammare and Monteprandone, both with populations over 10,000.[25]

While Ricci was elected as the second-place presidential candidate, he chose not to take his seat and remained in the European Parliament.[26]

Party / List		Councilor elected	Preference votes	Constituency
	Brothers of Italy	Francesco Acquaroli	President-Elect
		Francesco Baldelli	6,447	Pesaro and Urbino
		Nicola Barbieri	4,412	Pesaro and Urbino
		Marco Ausili	4,235	Ancona
		Giacomo Bugaro	4,073	Ancona
		Corrado Canafoglia	3,396	Ancona
		Silvia Luconi	3,953	Macerata
		Pierpaolo Borroni	3,834	Macerata
		Andrea Putzu	6,005	Fermo
		Francesca Pantaloni	8,407	Ascoli Piceno
		Andrea Cardilli	7,358	Ascoli Piceno
	Forza Italia	Tiziano Consoli	2,200	Ancona
		Gianluca Pasqui	4,043	Macerata
		Jessica Marcozzi	1,818	Fermo
	Lega	Enrico Rossi	3,436	Pesaro and Urbino
		Renzo Marinelli	2,847	Macerata
		Andrea Maria Antonini	2,822	Ascoli Piceno
	Marchigiani for Acquaroli President	Paolo Calcinaro	9,311	Fermo
	Civics Marche	Giacomo Rossi	2,604	Pesaro and Urbino
	Union of the Centre	Luca Marconi	1,067	Macerata
	Democratic Party	Matteo Ricci	Elected as the second-place presidential candidate, but chose not to take his seat
		Micaela Vitri	6,337	Pesaro and Urbino
		Valeria Mancinelli	8,050	Ancona
		Maurizio Mangialardi	4,078	Ancona
		Leonardo Catena	3,996	Macerata
		Fabrizio Cesetti	4,141	Fermo
		Enrico Piergallini	6,560	Ascoli Piceno
	Civic List Ricci for President	Massimo Seri	1,501	Pesaro and Urbino
		Antonio Mastrovincenzo	2,051	Ancona
	Five Star Movement	Marta Carmela Raimonda Ruggeri	2,630	Pesaro and Urbino
	Greens and Left Alliance	Andrea Nobili	1,961	Ancona
	Marche Alive Project	Michele Caporossi[m]	1,577	Ancona

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