2013 Lazio regional election
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.
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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