2013 Lazio regional election

2013 Lazio regional election

24–25 February 2013
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 1 32 new Popular vote 1,330,398 959,685 661,865 Percentage 40.7% 29.3% 20.2% Swing 7.6% 21.8% 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.

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