2013 Lombard regional election

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2013 Lombard regional election
Flag of Lombardy.svg
  2010 24–25 February 2013 2018  

All 80 seats to the Regional Council of Lombardy
Turnout76.74% (Increase2.svg12.10%)
 Majority partyMinority party
  Roberto Maroni 2010 (cropped).jpg Umberto Ambrosoli crop.jpg
Leader Roberto Maroni Umberto Ambrosoli
Party Northern League Independent
Alliance Centre-right Centre-left
Last election49 seats, 56.1%28 seats, 33.3%
Seats won4922
Seat changeSteady2.svgDecrease2.svg6
Popular vote2,456,9212,194,169
Percentage42.8%38.2%
SwingDecrease2.svg13.3%Increase2.svg4.9%

Lombardia 2013 Coalizioni.png

President before election

Roberto Formigoni
PdL

President-elect

Roberto Maroni
LN

The 2013 Lombard regional election 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.

Contents

Electoral system

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]

CandidateVotes %
Umberto Ambrosoli 86,73257.66
Andrea Di Stefano 34,94623.23
Alessandra Kustermann 28,74419.11
Total150,604100.00

Parties and candidates

Political party or allianceConstituent listsPrevious resultCandidate
Votes (%)Seats
Centre-right coalition The People of Freedom 31.823Roberto Maroni
Northern League 26.218
Pensioners' Party 2.61
Brothers of Italy
Others
Centre-left coalition Democratic Party 22.921Umberto Ambrosoli
Italy of Values 6.34
Left Ecology Freedom 1.41
Italian Socialist Party 0.3
Others
Centrist coalition Union of the Centre 3.83Gabriele Albertini
Civic Lombardy
Five Star Movement 2.3Silvana Carcano
Act to Stop the Decline Carlo Pinardi

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
Regional Council of Lombardy 2013.svg
CandidatesVotes %SeatsPartiesVotes %Seat
Roberto Maroni 2,456,92142.821
The People of Freedom 904,74216.7319
Northern LeagueLombard League 700,90712.9615
Maroni for President552,86310.2311
Brothers of Italy 83,8101.552
Pensioners' Party 50,8430.941
Labour and Freedom List 27,3740.51
Ecological Alliance8,2700.15
Total2,328,80943.0748
Umberto Ambrosoli 2,194,16938.241
Democratic Party 1,369,44025.3317
Ambrosoli for President – Civic Pact380,2417.034
Left Ecology Freedom 97,6271.81
Lombard Popular Centre63,8851.18
Ethical to the Left52,1520.96
Italy of Values 35,1410.65
Italian Socialist Party 16,6240.31
Total2,015,11037.2721
Silvana Carcano782,00713.63 Five Star Movement 775,21114.349
Gabriele Albertini 236,5974.12
Civic Lombardy 133,4352.47
Union of the Centre 85,7211.59
Total219,1564.05
Carlo Pinardi68,1331.19 Act to Stop the Decline 68,4691.27
Total candidates5,737,827100.002Total parties5,406,755100.0078
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. Lombardia 2013 Coalizioni.png
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 OthersTotal
Milan575321124
Brescia24211--10
Bergamo23211--9
Varese1321---7
Monza and Brianza2221---7
Como121--1-5
Pavia1111---4
Cremona111----3
Lecco111----3
Mantua1-11---3
Lodi-11----2
Sondrio-1-----1
Total172619942178

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