2013 Lega Nord leadership election

The 2013 Lega Nord leadership election took place in November–December 2013.

2013 Lega Nord leadership election
7 December 2013
 
Nominee Matteo Salvini Umberto Bossi
Party League League
Popular vote 8,162 1,833
Percentage 81.7% 18.3%
Federal Secretary before election

Roberto Maroni

 Elected Federal Secretary

Matteo Salvini

Background and race

In September 2013 Roberto Maroni, who had been secretary of the party for just about a year, announced he would soon step down from the party's leadership.[1][2]

A federal congress was scheduled for mid December and five candidates filed their bid to become secretary: Umberto Bossi (the party's founder and former leader), Matteo Salvini, Giacomo Stucchi, Manes Bernardini and Roberto Stefanazzi.[3] Of these, only Bossi and Salvini gathered the 1,000 necessary signatures by party members to take part to a closed "primary" (open only to a selected public of party members), and Salvini collected four times the signatures gathered by Bossi.[4]

On 7 December Salvini trounced Bossi with 82% of the vote in the "primary".[5] His election was ratified by the party's federal congress on 15 December.[6]

Main candidates
Portrait Name Most recent position
Matteo Salvini
(1973– )
Federal Secretary of Lega Lombarda
(2012–incumbent)

Umberto Bossi
(1941– )
Federal Secretary of Lega Nord
(1989–2012)

First round
Candidate Status on 30 November
Matteo Salvini Admitted to primary election
Umberto Bossi Admitted to primary election
Giacomo Stucchi Retired
Manes Bernardini Retired
Roberto Stefanazzi Retired

Source: La Stampa[4]

Primary election
Candidate Votes %
Matteo Salvini 8,162 81.7
Umberto Bossi 1,833 18.3
Total valid votes 9,995 100.0
Invalid votes 121 1.2
Blank votes 105 1.0
Total 10,221 100.0

Turnout: 60.0% Source: Adnkronos[5]

Popular vote
Salvini
 
 81.7%
Bossi
 
 18.3%

Results by Regions
Region Salvini Bossi
Aosta Valley 80.0 20.0
Emilia-Romagna 66.0 34.0
Friuli-Venezia Giulia 90.0 10.0
Liguria 91.0 9.0
Lombardy 79.0 21.0
Marche 86.0 14.0
Piedmont 83.0 17.0
Tuscany 89.0 11.0
Trentino Alto-Adige 72.0 28.0
Umbria 67.0 33.0
Veneto 84.0 16.0

References
  1. Gandolfi, Anna (2013-09-02). "L'annuncio di Maroni: lascio la segreteria entro Natale". Milan: Corriere della Sera.
  2. Albertino (2013-09-03). "Maroni abdica. Tosi va verso la Balena Verde. La Lega non si sa". Milan: L'Intraprendente.
  3. Zapperi, Cesare (2013-11-12). "Stucchi scende in campo per il fronte anti-Salvini". Milan: Corriere della Sera.
  4. "Segreteria Lega, in corsa Salvini e Bossi". Turin: La Stampa. 2013-11-28.
  5. "Adnkronos". www.adnkronos.com. Retrieved 2 March 2018.
  6. "Salvini, primo discorso da leader della Lega "L'euro è un crimine contro l'umanità"". Retrieved 2 March 2018.
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