2013 Monegasque general election

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2013 Monegasque general election
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  2008 10 February 2013 2018  

All 24 seats in the National Council
13 seats needed for a majority
PartyLeaderVote %Seats+/–
Horizon Monaco Laurent Nouvion 50.3420New
UM Jean-François Robillon 38.993−18
Renaissance Jean-Michel Rapaire 10.671New
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
President of the National Council beforePresident of the National Council after
Jean-François Robillon
UP
Laurent Nouvion
Rally & Issues

General elections were held in Monaco on 10 February 2013. [1] The result was a victory for the Horizon Monaco alliance, which won 20 of the 24 seats in the National Council. [2]

Contents

Electoral system

Voters can either choose a party list or choose candidates from various lists ("panachage") for the 24 seats. The 16 candidates with the most votes are elected (with the older candidate breaking possible ties in votes). The eight other seats are chosen from lists in accordance with the proportional representation system for parties that have at least five percent of votes. [3]

Parties

The election was contested by two alliances, Horizon Monaco and Union Monégasque, as well as Renaissance, a party whose candidates were all employees of SBM. Horizon Monaco was an alliance of Rassemblement et Enjeux, the Union for the Principality and Synergie Monegasque, whilst Union Monégasque consisted of the Union de Monégasques and the National Union for the Future of Monaco. [3] A total of 72 candidates contested the election. [4]

Campaign

An unnamed official of the administration team said: "We have had three lists before, as in 2008, but they were never full. We must therefore revise certain aspects, such as the voting cards, where the 72 names must be listed." Renaissance said that it seeks achievable goals instead of new policies. The party said that is sought representation in parliament "to defend the interests of the SBM workers in Monaco." Horizon Monaco's leader Laurent Nouvion told Monaco Matin : "I am very calm. I am more determined than ever to secure the future of Monaco and its compatriots. I believe that our campaign has been clean and honest. We tried as hard as possible to connect to the Monegasque people and to respond to their concerns. This is the heart of our commitment. For me and my fellow candidates, this campaign has brought us even closer together and given us the sense of being a real team, just like a sports team....Adversity has strengethened our relationship." Union Monégasque's leader Jean-François Robillon said: "We have worked hard at this long campaign. We are here to make plans for the future, not to abuse our adversaries, frighten the population and create an atmosphere of hatred... This has been our goal throughout the campaign: we have sought to promote our programme while avoiding aggressive confrontation." [4]

Conduct

The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe was invited by Monaco's ambassador to OSCE and sent a team of four observers from four countries led by Poland's Konrad Olszewski. They arrived on 30 January and will depart on 13 February. [5]

Buses and car parks were free of charge in order to encourage voter turnout.

Results

An 18-metre screen broadcast the result at the only voting centre at Salle du Canto from 08:00 to 19:00, with the result expected between 4:00–4:30 the following day. [4] [6]

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PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Horizon Monaco 56,47250.3420+15
Union Monégasque 43,74338.993–11
Renaissance 11,96410.671New
Total112,179100.00240
Valid votes4,86195.63
Invalid votes1593.13
Blank votes631.24
Total votes5,083100.00
Registered voters/turnout6,82574.48
Source: Journal de Monaco [7]

By candidate

PartyCandidatesVotesTotal party votes%Seats
Horizon Monaco Jacques Rit 2,51456,47250.3420
Christophe Steiner2,484
Laurent Nouvion2,475
Marc Burini2,467
Cristophe Robino2,396
Thierry Poyet2,391
Caroline Rougaignon-Vernin 2,370
Pierre Svara2,362
Philippe Clerissi2,361
Thierry Crovetto2,357
Jean-Charles Allavena2,348
Nathalie Amoratti-Blanc2,347
Valérie Rossi2,347
Béatrice Fresko-Rolfo2,346
Sophie Lavagna2,346
Claude Boisson2,345
Jean-Michel Cucchi2,341
Christian Barilaro2,320
Daniel Boeri2,296
Alain Ficini2,293
Cristophe Spiliotis-Saquet2,257
Dylian Antonioli-Peyronel2,240
Anne Poyard-Vatrican2,236
Yves Chaki2,233
Union Monégasque Jean-Louis Grinda1,97143,74338.993
Jean-François Robillon1,968
Bernard Pasquier1,941
Michèle Dittlot1,935
Fabrice Notari1,918
Gérard Bertrand1,912
Gilles Pages1,911
Pascale Olivie-Dastakian1,867
Valérie Bernard1,859
Arnaud Giusti1,840
Pierre Lorenzi1,836
Jean-Charles Gardetto1,826
Guillaume Rose1,815
Alberte Escande1,795
Raphaël Rigoli1,795
Philippe Orecchia1,773
Claude Cottalorda1,772
Maurice De L'Arbre1,768
Claude Cellario1,763
Danielle Daumerie1,750
Jocelyne Beraudo1,745
Nicole Manzone-Saquet 1,708
Bernard Marquet1,644
Roland Marquet1,631
Renaissance Eric Elena56611,96410.671
Jean-Michel Rapaire548
Rudy Tarditi533
Thierry Raymond528
Stéphane Lorenzi516
Gilles Doria513
Etienne Ruzic507
Baise Devissi502
Claude Savoca502
Joël Soriano494
Frédéric Almondo492
Michaël Tubino492
Cédric Capra491
Jean-François Carpinelli489
Philippe Barriera488
Martial Socci486
Pierre Rivetta485
Jean-Christophe Caisson479
Roland Caisson477
Marc Carpinelli477
Yann Lorenzi476
Françoise Raimbert476
Frédéric Basile474
Georges Testa473

References

  1. "Elections nationales le 10 février 2013" (in French). Nice-Matin. Archived from the original on 13 April 2012. Retrieved 10 February 2013.
  2. Landslide victory for Horizon Monaco Archived 9 November 2014 at the Wayback Machine Riviera Times, 11 February 2013
  3. 1 2 "Election Profile". IFES. Retrieved 11 February 2013.
  4. 1 2 3 "Monaco elections this weekend". The Riviera Times Online. Archived from the original on 13 February 2013. Retrieved 10 February 2013.
  5. "Observation of the Parliamentary Elections in Monaco, 10 February 2013". Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights. Retrieved 10 February 2013.
  6. "Voting in Monaco". Angloinfo. Archived from the original on 7 August 2016. Retrieved 14 June 2016.
  7. "Journal de Monaco No. 8108" (PDF). Journal de Monaco. 15 February 2013.