2023 Friuli-Venezia Giulia regional election
The 2023 Friuli-Venezia Giulia regional election took place from 2 to 3 April 2023. The election took place concurrently with the municipal election in 19 comuni of the Region.
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All 48 seats to the Regional Council 25 seats needed for a majority | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Turnout | 45.26%  4.39% | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Map of the results of the regional election. Colors identify the candidate who received a plurality in each province. Blue indicates a Fedriga majority. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Electoral system
editNumber of councilors
editThe Special Statute provides that the number of the regional councilors is determinated by one every 25,000 inhabitants or fraction greater than 10,000, according to the data taken by the last official detection of Istat. In the 2018 election, 47 councilors were elected in the constituencies, while 1 was the seat for the president and 1 was the seat for the "best loser", the first losing candidate.[2]
Majority bonus
editFollowing the regional electoral law, the candidate that obtains the largest number of valid votes becomes president. The lists that are accepted in the distribution of seats are the ones that:
- obtained at least 4% of the regional votes
- obtained at least 1.5% of the regional votes and are in a coalition that obtained at least 15% of the votes
- obtained at least 20% of the votes in one of the constituencies
The winning coalition has to have at least 55% of the seats if the president is elected with less than 45% of votes, and if the votes of the winning candidate are more than 45%, his/her coalition has to have at least 60% of the seats.
Seat for the Slovenian minority
editThe lists that represent the Slovenian minority must have at least one seat if they obtained 1% or more votes.
Constituencies
editThe territory of the region is divided in five constituencies: Trieste, Gorizia, Udine, Tolmezzo and Pordenone.
| Constituency | Number of seats |
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| Trieste | 9 |
| Gorizia | 5 |
| Udine | 18 |
| Tolmezzo | 3 |
| Pordenone | 12 |
How to vote
editThere are 4 different ways to vote:
- Choosing only a candidate for president, drawing a sign on the name of the candidate
- Choosing a candidate and a list, drawing a sign on the name of the candidate and on the list symbol. The split vote is allowed.
- Choosing a candidate, a list and expressing a preference for a list candidate.
- Choosing only a list; in this case the vote automatically counts as a vote for the candidate for president of the chosen list.
Parties and candidates
edit| Political party or alliance | Constituent lists | Previous results | Candidate | |||
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| Votes (%) | Seats | |||||
| Centre-right coalition | Lega Friuli-Venezia Giulia | 34.91 | 17 | Massimiliano Fedriga | ||
| Forza Italia | 12.06 | 5 | ||||
| Fedriga for President (incl. PFVG) | 6.29 | 3 | ||||
| Brothers of Italy | 5.49 | 2 | ||||
| Responsible Autonomy (incl. Trieste Libera) | 3.97 | 1 | ||||
| Centre-left coalition | Democratic Party | 18.11 | 10 | Massimo Moretuzzo | ||
| Five Star Movement | 7.06 | 4 | ||||
| Pact for Autonomy | 4.09 | 2 | ||||
| Open – Left FVG | 2.78 | 1 | ||||
| Slovene Union | 1.16 | 1 | ||||
| Greens and Left Alliance | — | — | ||||
| Action – Italia Viva – More Europe | — | — | Alessandro Maran | |||
| Together Free (Incl. Italexit, M3V and PdF) | — | — | Giorgia Tripoli | |||
Results
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| Candidates | Votes | % | Seats | Parties | Votes | % | Seats | ||
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| Massimiliano Fedriga | 314,824 | 64.24 | 1 | Lega Friuli-Venezia Giulia | 75,117 | 19.02 | 9 | ||
| Brothers of Italy | 71,503 | 18.10 | 8 | ||||||
| Fedriga for President | 70,192 | 17.77 | 8 | ||||||
| Forza Italia | 26,329 | 6.67 | 3 | ||||||
| Responsible Autonomy | 7,762 | 1.97 | – | ||||||
| Total | 250,903 | 63.53 | 28 | ||||||
| Massimo Moretuzzo | 139,018 | 28.37 | 1 | Democratic Party | 65,143 | 16.49 | 10 | ||
| Pact for Autonomy | 24,838 | 6.29 | 4 | ||||||
| Five Star Movement | 9,486 | 2.40 | 1 | ||||||
| Greens and Left Alliance | 8,029 | 2.03 | 1 | ||||||
| Open – Left FVG | 5,957 | 1.51 | 1 | ||||||
| Slovene Union | 4,016 | 1.02 | 1 | ||||||
| Total | 117,469 | 29.74 | 18 | ||||||
| Giorgia Tripoli | 22,840 | 4.66 | – | Together Free | 15,712 | 3.98 | – | ||
| Alessandro Maran | 13,374 | 2.73 | – | Action – Italia Viva – More Europe | 10,869 | 2.75 | – | ||
| Blank and invalid votes | 12,019 | 2.39 | |||||||
| Total candidates | 490,056 | 100.00 | 2 | Total parties | 394,957 | 100.00 | 46 | ||
| Registered voters/turnout | 1,109,395 | 45.26 | |||||||
| Source: Friuli-Venezia Giulia Region | |||||||||