2013 Lombard regional election

The Lombard regional election of 2013 took place on 24 and 25 February 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.

2013 Lombard regional election

24–25 February 2013
All 80 seats to the Regional Council of Lombardy
Turnout	76.74% (12.10%)
Majority party Minority party   Leader Roberto Maroni Umberto Ambrosoli Party League Democratic Party Alliance Centre-right coalition Centre-left coalition Last election 49 seats, 56.1% 28 seats, 33.3% Seats won 49 22 Seat change 6 Popular vote 2,456,921 2,194,169 Percentage 42.8% 38.2% Swing 13.3% 4.9%
President before election Roberto Formigoni PdL President-elect Roberto Maroni LN

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

On 16 October 2012, Formigoni announced the dissolution of the regional legislature after one of his commissioners, Domenico Zambetti of the PdL was arrested on accusations he bought votes from the 'Ndrangheta in 2010 and extorted favours and public building contracts, including construction tenders for the World Expo 2015 in Milan.[2][3]

Center-left primary election, 2012

On 15 December 2012 the center-left primary election took place 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.[4]

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 (LN), former Minister of the Interior
• Umberto Ambrosoli (independent member of the PD)
• Gabriele Albertini (SC), MEP and former Mayor of Milan
• Silvana Carcano (M5S)
• Carlo Maria Pinardi (FFD)

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.

24–25 February 2013 Lombard regional election results

Candidates		Votes	%	Seats	Parties		Votes	%	Seat
	Roberto Maroni	2,456,921	42.82	1
						The People of Freedom	904,742	16.73	19
						Northern League – Lombard League	700,907	12.96	15
						Maroni for President	552,863	10.23	11
						Brothers of Italy	83,810	1.55	2
						Pensioners' Party	50,843	0.94	1
						Labour and Freedom List	27,374	0.51	–
						Ecological Alliance	8,270	0.15	–
					Total		2,328,809	43.07	48
	Umberto Ambrosoli	2,194,169	38.24	1
						Democratic Party	1,369,440	25.33	17
						Ambrosoli for President – Civic Pact	380,241	7.03	4
						Left Ecology Freedom	97,627	1.81	–
						Lombard Popular Centre	63,885	1.18	–
						Ethical to the Left	52,152	0.96	–
						Italy of Values	35,141	0.65	–
						Italian Socialist Party	16,624	0.31	–
					Total		2,015,110	37.27	21
	Silvana Carcano	782,007	13.63	–		Five Star Movement	775,211	14.34	9
	Gabriele Albertini	236,597	4.12	–
						Civic Lombardy	133,435	2.47	–
						Union of the Centre	85,721	1.59	–
					Total		219,156	4.05	–
	Carlo Pinardi	68,133	1.19	–		Act to Stop the Decline	68,469	1.27	–
Total candidates		5,737,827	100.00	2	Total parties		5,406,755	100.00	78
Source: Ministry of the Interior – Historical Archive of Elections

Popular vote (party) PD   25.33% PdL   16.73% M5S   14.34% LN   12.96% Maroni List   10.23% Ambrosoli List   7.03% SC   2.47% SEL   1.81% UdC   1.59% FdI   1.55% FFD   1.27% CPL   1.18% Others   1.96%

President Maroni   42.82% Ambrosoli   38.24% Carcano   13.63% Albertini   4.12% Pinardi   1.27%

Results by province

Election results map. Orange denotes municipalities won by Ambosoli and Blue denotes those won by Maroni.

Province	Roberto Maroni	Umberto Ambrosoli	Silvana Carcano	Gabriele Albertini	Carlo Pinardi	Turnout
Milan	654,388 (36.25%)	795,290 (44.18%)	245,753 (13.65%)	84,136 (4.67%)	20,456 (1.14%)	76.48%
Brescia	346,234 (47.52%)	250,248 (34.25%)	93,315 (12.81%)	29,215 (4.01%)	9,608 (1.32%)	80.58%
Bergamo	315,372 (49.16%)	221,301 (34.50%)	72,608 (11.32%)	22,861 (3.56%)	9,330 (1.45%)	78.59%
Varese	241,138 (47.49%)	169,966 (33.47%)	70,661 (13.92%)	21,024 (4.14%)	5,010 (0.99%)	73.11%
Monza and Brianza	216,112 (42.14%)	193,041 (37.64%)	76,307 (14.88%)	20,856 (4.07%)	6,559 (1.28%)	78.95%
Como	166,302 (48.70%)	114,630 (33.57%)	43,532 (12.75%)	13,230 (3.87%)	3,762 (1.10%)	72.20%
Pavia	138,333 (43.78%)	114,386 (36.20%)	49,300 (15.60%)	10,646 (3.37%)	3,308 (1.05%)	74.59%
Mantua	89,032 (37.38%)	95,268 (40.00%)	42,975 (18.04%)	8,170 (3.43%)	2,738 (1.15%)	76.84%
Cremona	92,458 (43.30%)	79,934 (37.43%)	30,769 (14.41%)	8,081 (3.78%)	2,305 (1.08%)	78.27%
Lecco	86,685 (43.24%)	77,326 (38.58%)	25,217 (12.58%)	8,497 (4.24%)	2,726 (1.36%)	77.41%
Lodi	56,278 (42.91%)	48,750 (37.17%)	19,994 (15.24%)	4,888 (3.73%)	1,255 (0.96%)	79.19%
Sondrio	54,589 (51.37%)	34,026 (32.02%)	11,576 (10.89%)	4,993 (4.70%)	1,076 (1.01%)	68.54%

Results by capital city

City	Roberto Maroni	Umberto Ambrosoli	Silvana Carcano	Gabriele Albertini	Carlo Pinardi	Turnout
Milan	246,918 (34.45%)	346,495 (48.35%)	71,430 (9.97%)	41,890 (5.85%)	9,910 (1.38%)	73.63%
Brescia	42,623 (38.71%)	49,453 (44.91%)	11,993 (10.89%)	4,391 (3.99%)	1,659 (1.51%)	79.76%
Monza	27,150 (38.09%)	30,696 (43.07%)	9,037 (12.68%)	3,237 (4.54%)	1,154 (1.62%)	77.59%
Bergamo	25,709 (37.55%)	32,108 (46.90%)	6,184 (9.03%)	3,007 (4.39%)	1,449 (2.12%)	77.06%
Como	18,567 (40.68%)	19,168 (42.00%)	5,115 (11.21%)	2,203 (4.83%)	590 (1.29%)	67.47%
Varese	20,853 (46.84%)	16,774 (37.68%)	4,227 (9.61%)	2,084 (4.68%)	530 (1.19%)	70.02%
Pavia	16,704 (38.72%)	19,111 (44.30%)	4,993 (11.57%)	1,675 (3.88%)	658 (1.53%)	76.60%
Cremona	15,258 (36.18%)	18,583 (44.06%)	6,281 (14.89%)	1,585 (3.76%)	467 (1.11%)	78.16%
Mantua	8,326 (29.65%)	14,063 (50.08%)	4,235 (15.08%)	994 (3.54%)	462 (1.65%)	75.49%
Lecco	10,829 (38.50%)	12,470 (44.34%)	3,101 (11.03%)	1,335 (4.75%)	390 (1.39%)	76.33%
Lodi	10,208 (39.53%)	11,358 (43.99%)	2,800 (10.84%)	1,130 (4.38%)	325 (1.26%)	78.78%
Sondrio	4,749 (37.30%)	5,369 (42.17%)	1,672 (13.13%)	700 (5.50%)	242 (1.90%)	71.29%

Seats by province

Province	PD	LN/Maroni List	PdL	M5S	Ambrosoli List	FdI	Others	Total
Milan	5	7	5	3	2	1	1	24
Brescia	2	4	2	1	1	-	-	10
Bergamo	2	3	2	1	1	-	-	9
Varese	1	3	2	1	-	-	-	7
Monza and Brianza	2	2	2	1	-	-	-	7
Como	1	2	1	-	-	1	-	5
Pavia	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	4
Cremona	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	3
Lecco	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	3
Mantua	1	-	1	1	-	-	-	3
Lodi	-	1	1	-	-	-	-	2
Sondrio	-	1	-	-	-	-	-	1
Total	17	26	19	9	4	2	1	78

References

1. La Repubblica, October 26, 2012.
2. Italy corruption probes claim Lombardy legislature, Miami Herald, 16 October 2012
3. Mafia probe claims political victim, Financial Times, 14 October 2012
4. La Repubblica, December 16, 2012.