2013 Lazio regional election

2013 Lazio regional election

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All 51 seats to the Regional Council of Lazio
  Majority party Minority party Third party
 
Leader Nicola Zingaretti Francesco Storace Davide Barillari
Party Democratic Party Right Five Star Movement
Alliance Centre-left Centre-right
Seats won 28 13 7
Seat change Decrease 1 Decrease 32 new
Popular vote 1,330,398 959,685 661,865
Percentage 40.7% 29.3% 20.2%
Swing Decrease7.6% Decrease21.8% new


President of Lazio before election

Renata Polverini
People of Freedom

President of Lazio

Nicola Zingaretti
Democratic Party

The Lazio regional election of 2013 took place in Lazio, Italy, on 24–25 February 2013.

Renata Polverini of The People of Freedom (PdL), who was elected president in 2010, was toppled by an expense scandal in October 2012 which led to her resignation.

After that, the candidate of Democratic Party (PD) seemed a shoo-in for victory. In December 2012, the Commissioner of the Province of Rome, Nicola Zingaretti, decided to run as Governor of Lazio for 2013 regional election. As Lazio had been a traditional stronghold of National Alliance party, the former president Francesco Storace, secretary of the national-conservative party The Right and supported by Silvio Berlusconi's coalition, was chosen for the center-right coalition.[1]

The other candidates were Davide Barillari (M5S), who received the 20% of the votes, Giulia Bongiorno (Civic Choice) and Alessandro Ruotolo (Civil Revolution).

Electoral system

The Regional Council is elected with a mixed system: 39 MPs are chosen with a form of proportional representation using a largest remainder method with open lists and a 5% threshold, while 11 MPs are elected with a block voting system with closed lists. One seat is for the elected president.

 RM   LT   VT   FR   RT  Total
30 3 3 3 0 39

Results

24–25 February 2013 Lazio regional election results
Candidates Votes % Seats Parties Votes % Seats
Nicola Zingaretti 1,330,398 40.65 11
Democratic Party 834,286 29.72 13
Zingaretti List 126,646 4.51 2
Left Ecology Freedom 103,692 3.69 1
Italian Socialist Party 55,588 1.98 1
Democratic Centre 48,748 1.74 1
Total 1,168,960 41.64 18
Francesco Storace 959,683 29.32 1
The People of Freedom 595,220 21.20 9
Brothers of Italy 107,731 3.84 1
The Right 94,113 3.35 1
Storace List 45,997 1.64 1
Centre League 32,979 1.17
Federation of Christian Populars 18,176 0.65
Citizens and Workers Movement 10,959 0.39
Moderates in Revolution 8,213 0.29
Great South 3,905 0.14
Green Front – All Together for Italy 2,021 0.07
Liberal Network 1,083 0.04
Alliance of the Centre 464 0.02
Total 920,861 32.80 12
Davide Barillari 661,865 20.22 Five Star Movement 467,249 16.64 7
Giulia Bongiorno 154,986 4.74 Bongiorno President (incl. SC, UDC, FLI) 124,244 4.43 2
Sandro Ruotolo 71,219 2.18 Civil Revolution 58,685 2.09
Simone Di Stefano 18,491 0.80 CasaPound 18,491 0.66
Alessandra Baldassarri 18,772 0.57 Act to Stop the Decline 14,315 0.51
Giuseppe Rossodivita 15,567 0.45 Amnesty Justice Freedom List 10,956 0.39
Roberto Fiore 12,168 0.37 New Force 7,774 0.28
Luca Romagnoli 11,245 0.34 Tricolour Flame 7,473 0.27
Luigi Sorge 8,980 0.27 Workers' Communist Party 5,886 0.21
Giuseppe Strano 2,802 0.09 Citizens' Network 2,536 0.09
Total candidates 3,272,742 100.00 12 Total parties 2,807,430 100.00 39
Source: Ministry of the Interior

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