2018 Lazio regional election

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.

2018 Lazio regional election

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All 51 seats to the Regional Council of Lazio
Turnout66.6% (Decrease5.4%)
  Majority party Minority party Third party
 
Leader Nicola Zingaretti Stefano Parisi Roberta Lombardi
Party Democratic Party Energies for Italy Five Star Movement
Alliance Centre-left Centre-right None
Seats won 25 15 10
Seat change Decrease 3 Increase 2 Increase 3
Popular vote 1,018,736 964,418 834,995
Percentage 32.9% 31.2% 27.0%
Swing Decrease7.8% Increase1.9% Increase6.8%

Map of both presidential and legislative elections.

President before election

Nicola Zingaretti
Democratic Party

President-elect

Nicola Zingaretti
Democratic Party

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

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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

Parties and candidate

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Candidate lists at a Rome polling station (4 March 2018).jpg
Political party or alliance Constituent lists Previous result Candidate
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 ItalyUDC
Energies for Italy
Five Star Movement 16.6 7
Pirozzi for President Pirozzi list
PLIPRI
CasaPound 0.7
Mauro Antonini
Popular Civic List
Power to the People
Elisabetta Canitano
Christian Democracy
Giovanni Paolo Azzaro
Reconquer Italy
Stefano Rosati

Opinion polls

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Date Polling firm Zingaretti Parisi Lombardi Pirozzi Others Lead
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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4 March 2018 Lazio regional election results
 
Candidates Votes % Seats Parties Votes % Seats
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 ItalyUDC 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 (PLIPRI) 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

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2018 motion of no confidence

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On 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
Required majority → 26 out of 51  N
 Y Yes
22 / 51
 N No
  • PD (19)
  • • Zingaretti (3)
  • LeU (1)
  • +E (1)
  • CS (1)
  • FI (1)
26 / 51
Abstentions
0 / 51
Absentees
3 / 51
Sources[4][5]

References

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  1. ^ "Election day il 4 marzo: si vota anche per Lazio e Lombardia". www.ilmessaggero.it. January 5, 2018.
  2. ^ "Elezioni Lazio, Zingaretti confermato Presidente: 'Me vie' da piagne'". Repubblica TV - Repubblica. March 5, 2018.
  3. ^ "Regionali, il nuovo consiglio regionale del Lazio: la possibile suddivisione dei seggi". RomaToday.
  4. ^ "Lazio, il consiglio regionale respinge la mozione di sfiducia a Zingaretti". December 1, 2018.
  5. ^ "Sfiducia a Zingaretti respinta: il centrodestra si sfalda, Governatore più forte". Ciociariaoggi.it. December 1, 2018.