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.
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All 51 seats to the Regional Council of Lazio | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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This article is part of a series on the politics and government of Lazio |
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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
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 |
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30 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 39 |
Parties and candidate
Political party or alliance | Constituent lists | Previous result | Candidate | ||||
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Votes (%) | Seats | ||||||
Centre-left coalition | Democratic Party (PD) | 29.7 | 13 | ||||
Zingaretti List (LZ) | 4.5 | 2 | |||||
Free and Equal (LeU) | N/A | N/A | |||||
More Europe (+Eu) | N/A | N/A | |||||
Solidary Centre (CS) | N/A | N/A | |||||
Together | N/A | N/A | |||||
Centre-right coalition | Forza Italia (FI) | 21.2 | 9 | ||||
League (Lega) | N/A | N/A | |||||
Brothers of Italy (FdI) | 3.8 | 1 | |||||
Us with Italy–UDC (NcI–UDC) | N/A | N/A | |||||
Energies for Italy (EpI) | N/A | N/A | |||||
Five Star Movement (M5S) | 16.6 | 7 | |||||
Pirozzi for President | Sergio Pirozzi for President (SPP) | N/A | N/A | ||||
Nathan List (PLI – PRI) | N/A | N/A | |||||
CasaPound Italy (CPI) | 0.7 | – | |||||
Popular Civic List (CP) | N/A | N/A | |||||
Power to the People (PaP) | N/A | N/A | |||||
Christian Democracy (DC) | N/A | N/A | |||||
Reconquer Italy (RI) | N/A | N/A |
Opinion polls
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
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 Italy | 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
2018 motion of no confidence
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 | |
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Required majority → | 26 out of 51 | |
22 / 51 | ||
26 / 51 | ||
Abstentions | 0 / 51 | |
Absentees
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3 / 51 | |
Sources[4][5] |
References
- Election day il 4 marzo: si vota anche per Lazio e Lombardia
- Elezioni Lazio, Zingaretti confermato Presidente: "Me vie' da piagne"
- Gli Eletti in Consiglio Regionale
- http://www.dire.it/01-12-2018/268453-lazio-il-consiglio-regionale-respinge-la-mozione-di-sfiducia-a-zingaretti/
- https://www.ciociariaoggi.it/news/politica/68479/sfiducia-a-zingaretti-respinta-il-centrodestra-si-sfalda-governatore-pia-forte