The Lazio regional election of 2018 took place in Lazio, Italy, on 4 March 2018,[1] concurrently with the Italian general election and the Lombard regional election.
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All 51 seats to the Regional Council of Lazio | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Turnout | 66.6% ( 5.4%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The election was won by centre-left incumbent President Nicola Zingaretti, with just under a third of the vote, over the centre-right one Stefano Parisi, who gain 31%, and the Five Star Movement's candidate Roberta Lombardi with 27%.[2][3]
Electoral system
editThe 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 |
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| 30 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 39 |
Parties and candidate
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| Political party or alliance | Constituent lists | Previous result | Candidate | ||||
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| Votes (%) | Seats | ||||||
| Centre-left | Democratic Party | 29.7 | 13 | ||||
| Zingaretti List | 4.5 | 2 | |||||
| Free and Equal | — | — | |||||
| More Europe | — | — | |||||
| Solidary Centre | — | — | |||||
| Together | — | — | |||||
| Centre-right | Forza Italia (incl. Cuoritaliani) | 21.2 | 9 | ||||
| League | — | — | |||||
| Brothers of Italy | 3.8 | 1 | |||||
| Us with Italy – UDC | — | — | |||||
| Energies for Italy | — | — | |||||
| Five Star Movement | 16.6 | 7 | |||||
| Pirozzi for President | Pirozzi list | — | — | ||||
| PLI – PRI | — | — | |||||
| CasaPound | 0.7 | – | Mauro Antonini
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| Popular Civic List | — | — | |||||
| Power to the People | — | — | Elisabetta Canitano
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| Christian Democracy | — | — | Giovanni Paolo Azzaro
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| Reconquer Italy | — | — | Stefano Rosati
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Opinion polls
edit| Date | Polling firm | Zingaretti | Parisi | Lombardi | Pirozzi | Others | Lead |
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| 15 Feb 2018 | Index Research | 37.0 | 27.0 | 25.5 | 7.5 | 3.0 | 10.0 |
| 13 Feb 2018 | Termometro Politico | 30.9 | 25.0 | 27.0 | 10.7 | 6.4 | 3.9 |
| 12 Feb 2018 | Ipsos | 33.0 | 22.0 | 29.0 | 12.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 |
| 8 Feb 2018 | Index Research | 39.0 | 26.0 | 23.5 | 8.5 | 3.0 | 13.0 |
| 2 Feb 2018 | Piepoli | 40.0 | 17.0 | 26.5 | 7.0 | 9.5 | 13.5 |
| 30 Jan–1 Feb 2018 | Izi | 36.6 | 23.2 | 25.7 | 11.7 | 2.8 | 10.9 |
| 18 Jan 2018 | Index Research | 45.0 | 20.0 | 20.0 | 11.0 | 4.0 | 25.0 |
| 8–10 Jan 2018 | Index Research | 44.0 | 25.0 | 20.0 | 8.0 | 3.0 | 19.0 |
Results
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| Candidates | Votes | % | Seats | Parties | Votes | % | Seats | ||
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| Nicola Zingaretti | 1,018,736 | 32.93 | 1 | ||||||
| Democratic Party | 539,131 | 21.25 | 18 | ||||||
| Zingaretti List | 110,080 | 4.34 | 3 | ||||||
| Free and Equal | 88,416 | 3.48 | 1 | ||||||
| More Europe | 52,451 | 2.07 | 1 | ||||||
| Solidary Centre | 48,872 | 1.93 | 1 | ||||||
| Together | 28,443 | 1.12 | – | ||||||
| Total | 867,393 | 34.19 | 24 | ||||||
| Stefano Parisi | 964,757 | 31.18 | 1 | ||||||
| Forza Italia | 371,155 | 14.63 | 6 | ||||||
| League | 252,772 | 9.96 | 4 | ||||||
| Brothers of Italy | 220,460 | 8.69 | 3 | ||||||
| Us with Italy–UDC | 41.234 | 1.63 | 1 | ||||||
| Energies for Italy | 37,043 | 1.46 | – | ||||||
| Total | 922,664 | 36.37 | 14 | ||||||
| Roberta Lombardi | 835,137 | 26.99 | – | Five Star Movement | 559,752 | 22.06 | 10 | ||
| Sergio Pirozzi | 151,339 | 4.89 | – | ||||||
| Sergio Pirozzi for President | 93,942 | 3.70 | 1 | ||||||
| Nathan List (PLI–PRI) | 3,443 | 0.14 | – | ||||||
| Total | 97,385 | 3.84 | 1 | ||||||
| Mauro Antonini | 59,898 | 1.94 | – | CasaPound | 42,609 | 1.68 | – | ||
| Elisabetta Canitano | 43,895 | 1.42 | – | Power to the People | 33,372 | 1.32 | – | ||
| Jean Leonard Touadi | 7,708 | 0.25 | – | Popular Civic List | 6,073 | 0.24 | – | ||
| Giovanni Paolo Azzaro | 7,614 | 0.25 | – | Christian Democracy | 5,325 | 0.21 | – | ||
| Rosati Stefano | 4,952 | 0.16 | – | Reconquer Italy | 2,565 | 0.10 | – | ||
| Total candidates | 3,094,036 | 100.00 | 2 | Total parties | 2,537,138 | 100.00 | 49 | ||
| Source: Ministry of the Interior | |||||||||
Aftermath
edit2018 motion of no confidence
editOn 1 December 2018, a motion of no confidence in the government of Nicola Zingaretti tabled by centre-right coalition was defeated 22 to 26, with one no-vote of Forza Italia and a few absent.
| Motion of no confidence | ||
| Ballot → | 1 December 2018 | |
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| Required majority → | 26 out of 51 
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26 / 51
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| Abstentions | 0 / 51
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Absentees
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| Sources[4][5] | ||
References
edit- ^ "Election day il 4 marzo: si vota anche per Lazio e Lombardia". www.ilmessaggero.it. January 5, 2018.
- ^ "Elezioni Lazio, Zingaretti confermato Presidente: 'Me vie' da piagne'". Repubblica TV - Repubblica. March 5, 2018.
- ^ "Regionali, il nuovo consiglio regionale del Lazio: la possibile suddivisione dei seggi". RomaToday.
- ^ "Lazio, il consiglio regionale respinge la mozione di sfiducia a Zingaretti". December 1, 2018.
- ^ "Sfiducia a Zingaretti respinta: il centrodestra si sfalda, Governatore più forte". Ciociariaoggi.it. December 1, 2018.