The right’s vote was a big advance on its 37% at the previous election in 2018. But the more important trend is one that has persisted for at least 10 years: the mounting appetite of Italian conservatives for ever-more radical offerings
Save time by listening to our audio articles as you multitask, the local daily, was outraged. Stazzema and the surrounding region of Tuscany had “shelved [their] memory”, it thundered. The historical significance of fascism had been lost in “a sea of indifference and populism”. Of the 36 lawmakers elected in Tuscany, once part of Italy’s communist “red belt”, 19 were from the nationally victorious right-wing alliance.
But the right owes its victory not so much to popularity as to canny adaptation to the electoral system. In Italy 37% of the seats are allocated on a first-past-the-post basis, which generously rewards alliances. And while Italy’s conservatives hung together, their adversaries split. Instead they committed electoral suicide. The effects were starkest in the winner-takes-all constituencies. With fewer than half the votes, the right took more than three-quarters of the first-past-the-post seats. Mr Letta took the rap. The day after the election, he announced acongress at which, he said, he would not stand for re-election. Front-runners to succeed him include Stefano Bonaccini, governor of Emilia-Romagna, and Dario Nardella, mayor of Florence.
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