2012 Sicilian regional election

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2012 Sicilian regional election
Flag of Sicily (revised).svg
  2008 28 October 2012 2017  

All 90 seats to the Sicilian Regional Assembly
46 seats needed for a majority
Turnout47.42% (Decrease2.svg 19.26%)
 First partySecond party
  Rosario Crocetta crop.jpeg Nello Musumeci stampa estera.jpg
Leader Rosario Crocetta Nello Musumeci
Party Democratic Party The Right
Alliance Centre-left Centre-right
Seats won3921
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 10Decrease2.svg 24 [1]
Popular vote617,073521,022
Percentage30.47%25.73%
SwingIncrease2.svg 0.9%Decrease2.svg 36.62%

 Third partyFourth party
  Giancarlo Cancelleri.jpg Gianfranco Micciche daticamera 2008.jpg
Leader Giancarlo Cancelleri Gianfranco Micciché
Party Five Star Movement Great South
Alliance GSPdSFLI
Seats won1515
Seat changeIncrease2.svg 15Steady2.svg
Popular vote368,006312,112
Percentage18.17%15.41%
SwingIncrease2.svg 13.73%new

2012 Sicilian Election Map.png

President before election

Raffaele Lombardo
MpA

Elected President

Rosario Crocetta
PD

The 2012 Sicilian regional election for the renewal of the Sicilian Regional Assembly and the election of the President of Sicily was held on 28 October 2012. It was a snap election, following the resignation of President Raffaele Lombardo for judicial and financial reasons.

Contents

The election was competed by ten candidates from newly reshuffled political alliances, and was an unusually close race. The winner of the election was Rosario Crocetta, [2] [3] candidate for a centre-left coalition of Democratic Party and the Union of the Centre. [3]

Candidates

Electoral system

The Sicilian Parliament is elected with a mixed system: 80 MPs are chosen with a form of proportional representation using a largest remainder method with open lists and a 5% threshold, while 10 MPs are elected with a block voting system with closed lists.

  AG    CL    CT    EN    ME    PA    RG    SR    TP  total
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Results

28 October 2012 Sicilian regional election results
Assemblea Regionale Siciliana 2012.svg
CandidatesVotes%SeatsPartiesVotes%Seats
Rosario Crocetta 617,07330.479
Democratic Party 257,27413.4214
Union of the Centre 207,82710.8411
Crocetta for President (incl. ApI and PSI)118,3466.175
Democratic Union for Consumers 1000.00
Total583,54730.4330
Nello Musumeci 521,02225.731
The People of Freedom 247,35112.9112
Cantiere Popolare 112,1695.854
Musumeci List (incl. The Right)107,3975.604
Alliance of the Centre (incl. PSDI and MRN)5,0170.26
Total471,93424.6220
Giancarlo Cancelleri368,00618.17 Five Star Movement 285,20214.8815
Gianfranco Micciché 312,11215.41
Party of Sicilians 182,7379.5310
Great South 115,4446.025
Future and Freedom 83,8914.37
Thought and Action Party9590.05
Total383,03119.9715
Giovanna Marano112,6336.10
Italy of Values 67,7383.53
Left Ecology FreedomFederation of the LeftGreens 58,7533.06
Total126,4916.59
Mariano Ferro31,3901.55The People of Pitchforks (incl. FN)23,9651.20
Cateno De Luca 25,0581.23Sicilian Revolution (incl. Sicilia Vera)23,9661.20
Gaspare Sturzo19,2480.95Sturzo for President14,9290.77
Giacomo Di Leo4,4950.22 Workers' Communist Party 2,0310.10
Lucia Pinsone3,6590.18Volunteers for Italy2,2780.11
Total candidates2,024,696100.0010Total parties1,915,830100.0080
Source: Sicilian Region
Popular vote
M5S
14.88%
PD
13.42%
PdL
12.91%
UDC
10.84%
PdS
9.53%
Megafono
6.17%
GS
6.02%
CP
5.85%
LM
5.60%
FLI
4.37%
IdV
3.53%
SELFdSFdV
3.06%
President
Crocetta
30.47%
Musumeci
25.73%
Cancelleri
18.17%
Micciché
15.41%
Marano
6.10%

Aftermath

Following the result of the election, Crocetta was elected as president of Sicily, which turned out to be surprising in what was considered the strongest conservative stronghold of Italy. As he did not have a full majority in the Sicilian assembly, Crocetta decided to form a minority government with the support of the Five Star Movement in a number of shared legislative acts.

Notes

  1. without Movement for Autonomy
  2. "Politics this week | The Economist". 3 November 2012. Retrieved 2012-11-04.
  3. 1 2 Day, Michael (31 October 2012). "Sicily's first gay governor opens a new schism between Italy's old enemies - Europe - World - The Independent" . London. Archived from the original on 2022-05-01. Retrieved 2012-11-05.