2015 Five Star Movement presidential primary election
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The 2015 Five Star Movement presidential primary election was held online in January 2015 to determine the Five Star Movement candidate in the 2015 Italian presidential election.[1][2][3]
Ferdinando Imposimato, former Member of the Parliament and honorary president of Supreme Court of Cassation, won the primary with a plurality of the vote, but ultimately lost the presidential election to Sergio Mattarella, coming in second on the fourth ballot.
Candidates
| Portrait | Name | Office(s) held | Profession | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ferdinando Imposimato (1936–2018) | Member of the Senate (1987 – 1992; 1994 –1996) Other positions
| Magistrate | |
| Romano Prodi (born 1939) | President of the European Commission (1999–2004) Other offices
| University professor | |
| Nino Di Matteo (born 1961) | Member of the High Council of the Judiciary (2019 – present) | Magistrate | |
| Pierluigi Bersani (born 1951) | Secretary of the Democratic Party (Italy) (2009–2013) Other offices
| Career politician | |
| Gustavo Zagrebelsky (born 1943) | President of the Constitutional Court (2004) Other positions
| Jurist | |
| Raffaele Cantone (born 1963) | President of the National Anticorruption Authority (2014–2019) | Magistrate | |
| Elio Lannutti (born 1948) | Member of the Senate (2008–2013; 2018–2022) | Journalist | |
| Salvatore Settis (born 1941) | N/A | Rector | ||
| Paolo Maddalena (born 1936) | Vice President of the Constitutional Court of Italy (2010–2011) Other offices Judge of the Constitutional Court of Italy (2002–2011) | Magistrate | |
Results
| Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Independent | 16,635 | 34.45% | ||
| Romano Prodi | Democratic Party | 10,288 | 21.31% | |
| Nino Di Matteo | Independent | 6,693 | 13.86% | |
| Pierluigi Bersani | Democratic Party | 5,787 | 11.99% | |
| Gustavo Zagrebelsky | Independent | 5,547 | 11.49% | |
| Raffaele Cantone | Independent | 3,341 | 6.92% | |
| Elio Lannutti | Five Star Movement | 1,528 | 3.16% | |
| Salvatore Settis | Independent | 1,517 | 3.14% | |
| Paolo Maddalena | Independent | 392 | 0.81% | |
| Total | 48,282 | 100.00 | ||


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