Lombard regional election, 2013

Lombard regional election, 2013

February 24, 2013

All 80 seats to the Regional Council of Lombardy   Majority party Minority party Third party   Leader Roberto Maroni Umberto Ambrosoli Silvana Carcano Party Lega Nord Democratic Party Five Star Movement Last election 49 seats, 56.1% 28 seats, 33.3% No seats, 3.0% Seats won 49 22 9 Seat change 6 9 Popular vote 2,456,921 2,194,169 782,007 Percentage 42.8% 38.2% 13.6% Swing 13.3% 4.9% 10.6%

Composition of the Regional Council

President before election Roberto Formigoni President-elect Roberto Maroni

The Lombard regional election of 2013 took place on February 24 and 25, 2013 and was the first snap election in Lombard political history, and the first one paired with a general election. The 10th term of the Regional Council was chosen.

Electoral law

Lombardy used for the first time its own legislation to elect its Council, very similar to national Tatarella Law of 1995. The new electoral law was adopted before the resignation of 74 members of the Council on October 26, 2012.^[1] While the President of Lombardy and the leader of the opposition are still elected at-large, 78 councillors, instead of 64 as it was before, are elected by party lists under a form of semi-proportional representation. The winning coalition receives a jackpot of at least 45 seats, which are divided between all majority parties using the D'Hondt method, as it happens between the losing lists. Each party then distributes its seats to its provincial lists, where candidates are openly selected.

Campaign

Center-left primary election, 2012

On December 15, 2012, took place the center-left primary election to decide the official candidate of the coalition in the election. There were three candidates: Umberto Ambrosoli, son of Giorgio killed in 1979, Alessandra Kustermann and Andrea Di Stefano. Umberto Ambrosoli received the 57% of the votes and became the center-left official candidate for the regional election.^[2]

Candidate	Votes	%
Umberto Ambrosoli	86,732	57.66
Andrea Di Stefano	34,946	23.23
Alessandra Kustermann	28,744	19.11
Total	150,604	100.00

Candidates for President

• Roberto Maroni, Lega Nord, former minister of Interior
• Umberto Ambrosoli, independent of the Democratic Party, attorney
• Gabriele Albertini, Civic Choice, MEP and former mayor of Milan
• Silvana Carcano, Five Star Movement
• Carlo Maria Pinardi, Act to Stop the Decline

Opinion polls

This is a list of opinion polls taken from January 2012. The data are expressed in %.

By party or joint electoral list

The following table shows opinion polls broken down by individual party, providing insight into the intra-coalition balance of power.

Institute	Release date			Italy. Common Good (Umberto Ambrosoli)				With Monti for Italy (Gabriele Albertini)					Centre-right (Roberto Maroni)				Oth.	U/A
		M5S	RC	SEL	PD	PSI	CD	SC	UdC	FLI	Rd	FiD	LN	PdL	FdI	LD
Election[3]	28 March 2010	2.3	2.8	1.4	22.9	0.3	–	–	3.8	–	–	–	26.2	31.8	–	0.2	8.2
Tecnè	6 February 2013	10.2	3.1	3.4	28.3		0.7	6.9	3.1			2.2	10.9	18.3	1.5	1.3	10.1	31.6
SP	2 February 2013	9.0	4.0	2.5	28.0		0.5	9.5	2.0	0.5	1.0	6.0	16.5	14.5	1.5	1.0	3.5
SP	24 January 2013	9.5	5.0	3.0	25.0	0.5	0.5	8.0	2.0	0.5	0.5	5.5	18.0	16.0	1.5	1.0	3.5
SP	10 January 2013	10.5	4.5	3.0	23.5	0.5	0.5	8.0	2.5	0.5	0.5	6.0	22.0	12.0	2.0	1.5	2.5
Ipsos	8 January 2013	11.5	5.6	2.5	29.2	0.6	0.2	16.3				1.5	14.8	14.5	2.2	1.0	0.1	30.3
SP	4 January 2013	15.0	6.0	4.0	24.0	0.5	0.0		3.5	0.5	1.0	4.0	21.0	14.0		1.0	4.5
SP	14 December 2013	19.5	3.5	4.0	23.5	0.5	0.0		3.5	0.5	1.0	2.0	18.0	14.0		1.5	8.5
GPG	21 October 2012	15.0	3.5	4.5	22.0	0.5	0.5		4.5	0.5	1.5	3.5	17.0	18.0		2.0	7.0
GPG	19 August 2012	15.0	3.5	5.0	22.0	0.5	0.5		5.5	1.0	1.5		16.5	20.0		2.0	7.0
GPG	2 June 2012	13.0	3.5	5.0	22.0	0.5	0.5		5.5	1.5	1.5		17.5	20.5		2.0	7.0
GPG	2 May 2012	7.5	4.0	5.0	22.5	0.5	0.5		6.0	2.0	1.5		18.0	22.5		2.0	8.0
Election	28 March 2010	2.3	2.8	1.4	22.9	0.3	–	–	3.8	–	–	–	26.2	31.8	–	0.2	8.2
		M5S	RC	SEL	PD	PSI	CD	SC	UdC	FLI	Rd	FiD	LN	PdL	FdI	LD	Oth.	U/A
				Italy. Common Good (Umberto Ambrosoli)				With Monti for Italy (Gabriele Albertini)					Centre-right (Roberto Maroni)

Notes:

• Merged columns denote that a common name was used in the polling.
• RC: Common list of IdV, PRC, PdCI, FdV and MA.
• Note on IdV: IdV's independent results from before 2013 are not added with RC. Their result is listed with the joint list from the time IdV agreed to join the joint list.
• SC: Listed as VTR in 2012.
• CD: Listed as ApI in 2012.
• U/A: Undecided or to abstain.

Results

According to the final results, Roberto Maroni was the new President of Lombardy with more than 40% of the votes, obtaining the greater bonus given by the electoral law.

Candidates	Regional candidates			Provincial lists					Total
	votes	%	seats	Parties	votes	%	swing	seats	party	group
Roberto Maroni	2,456,921	42.82	1	The People of Freedom	904,742	16.73	15.1	19	19	49
				Lega Lombarda–Lega Nord	700,907	12.96	13.2	15	16
				Maroni President	552,863	10.23	new	11	11
				Brothers of Italy	83,810	1.55	new	2	2
				Pensioners' Party	50,843	0.94	0.7	1	1
				Labour and Freedom List	27,374	0.51	new	0	0
				Ecological Alliance	8,270	0.15	new	0	0
Umberto Ambrosoli	2,194,169	38.24	1	Democratic Party	1,369,440	25.33	2.4	17	17	22
				Ambrosoli List – Civic Pact	380,241	7.03	new	4	5
				Left Ecology Freedom	97,627	1.81	0.4	0	0
				Lombard Popular Centre	63,885	1.18	new	0	0
				Ethical to Left	52,152	0.96	new	0	0
				Italy of Values	35,141	0.65	5.6	0	0
				Italian Socialist Party	16,624	0.31	0.0	0	0
Silvana Carcano	782,007	13.63	-	Five Star Movement	775,211	14.34	12.0	9	9	9
Gabriele Albertini	236,597	4.12	-	Civic Lombardy	133,435	2.47	new	0	0	-
				Union of the Centre	85,721	1.59	2.2	0	0
Carlo Pinardi	68,133	1.19	-	Act to Stop the Decline	68,469	1.27	new	0	0	-
Total candidates	5,737,827	100.00	2	Total parties	5,406,755	100.00	=	78	80	80

Source: Region Lombardy

References

1. La Repubblica, October 26, 2012.
2. La Repubblica, December 16, 2012.
3. Ministry of the Interior -- Historical Archive of Elections