2018 Friuli-Venezia Giulia regional election

2018 Friuli-Venezia Giulia regional election

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All 49 seats to the Regional Council
Turnout	49.65% 0.86%
Majority party Minority party Third party   Leader Massimiliano Fedriga Sergio Bolzonello Alessandro Fraleoni Morgera Party League Democratic Party Five Star Movement Alliance Centre-right Centre-left Seats won 29 14 4 Seat change 12 13 1 Popular vote 307,123 144,363 62,776 Percentage 57.1% 26.8% 11.7% Swing 18.1% 12.6% 7.5%
Map of the results of the regional election. Colors identify the candidate who received a plurality in each province. Blue indicates a Fedriga majority.
Government before election Serracchiani Cabinet Centre-left Government after election Fedriga Cabinet Centre-right

The 2018 Friuli-Venezia Giulia regional election took place on 29 April 2018, to elect the President and the Regional council of the Italian autonomous region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia. ^[1]

The election saw a large victory of the centre-right candidate, Massimiliano Fedriga, with more than 57% of votes and a great showing of the League, followed by the centre-left candidate Sergio Bolzonello, who arrived second with almost 27% of votes, and the Five Star one, who gained less than 12% of votes. ^{[2] [3]}

Background

In the 2013 regional election, the centre-left candidate, Debora Serracchiani, a Socialist MEP and regional leader of the Democratic Party (PD), narrowly defeated incumbent Renzo Tondo of The People of Freedom (PdL) 39.39% to 39.00%; Saverio Galluccio of the Five Star Movement (M5S) came third with 19.2% of the vote. Serracchiani was the second woman to hold the office of President of Friuli-Venezia Giulia, after Alessandra Guerra of the Northern League in 1994–1995. ^[4]

However in 2017 Serracchiani announced her intention not to seek a re-election and the centre-left selected Sergio Bolzonello, former mayor of Pordenone, as the candidate for the presidency. ^{[5] [6]} The centre-right coalition choose Massimiliano Fedriga, a member of the Chamber of Deputies for the League and a close ally of Matteo Salvini, as its candidate; ^[7] while the Five Star Movement's candidate was Alessandro Fraleoni Morgera, a former member of the right-wing party, National Alliance. ^[8] The former mayor of Udine, Sergio Cecotti, run as an independent at the head of an autonomist list. ^[9]

Parties and candidates

Political party or alliance		Constituent lists		Previous result		Candidate
				Votes (%)	Seats
	Centre-right coalition		League (Lega)	8.3	3	Massimiliano Fedriga
			Forza Italia (FI)	20.1	8
			Brothers of Italy (FdI) (incl. PdF)	—	—
			FVG Project	—	—
			Responsible Autonomy (AR)	10.7	4
	Centre-left coalition		Democratic Party (PD)	26.8	19	Sergio Bolzonello
			Citizens for Bolzonello President	5.3	3
			Open – Left FVG	—	—
			Slovene Union (SSk)	1.5	1
	Five Star Movement (M5S)			13.8	5	Alessandro Fraleoni Morgera
	Pact for Autonomy (PpA)			—	—	Sergio Cecotti

Opinion polling

This section reports in chronological order the data of the electoral surveys related to this election. The percentages attributed to the candidates are relative to the part of the sample that expresses a voting intention.

Date	Polling firm	Fedriga	Bolzonello	Fraleoni Morgera	Cecotti	Undecided	Lead
14 April 2018	SWG	47–51	26–30	18–22	2–4	21	25–17
8 April 2018	Demopolis	45–51	22–28	21–27	1–5	20	29–17

Results

29 April 2018 Friuli-Venezia Giulia regional election results

Candidates		Votes	%	Seats	Parties		Votes	%	Seats
	Massimiliano Fedriga	307,123	57.09	1
						League	147,464	34.87	17
						Forza Italia	51,234	12.11	5
						FVG Project	26,596	6.29	3
						Brothers of Italy	23,128	5.47	2
						Responsible Autonomy	16,802	3.97	1
					Total		265,224	62.71	28
	Sergio Bolzonello	144,363	26.84	1
						Democratic Party	76,579	18.11	9
						Citizens for Bolzonello President	17,297	4.09	2
						Open – Left FVG	11,715	2.77	1
						Slovene Union	4,895	1.16	1
					Total		110,486	26.12	13
	Alessandro Fraleoni Morgera	62,776	11.67	–		Five Star Movement	29,862	7.06	4
	Sergio Cecotti	23,696	4.40	–		Pact for Autonomy	17,350	4.10	2
Total candidates		537,958	100.00	2	Total parties		422,922	100.00	47
Source: Region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia.

Popular vote Lega   34.87% PD   18.11% FI   12.11% M5S   7.06% PFVG   6.29% FdI   5.47% PpA   4.10% CBP   4.09% AR   3.97% O–SFVG   2.77% SSk   1.16%

President Fedriga   57.09% Bolzonello   26.84% Fraleoni Morgera   11.67% Cecotti   4.40%

Analysis

Similar to the election in Molise, the M5S lost almost 20% of votes compared to the general election. On March 4, they reached almost 25%, ^[10] but now just over 7%. By contrast, the centre-right coalition gained more than 20% compared to March 4. ^[10]

See also

• 2018 Italian general election
• 2018 Molise regional election

References

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3. Elezioni Friuli-Venezia Giulia, i risultati dello spoglio: Fedriga oltre il 50%, crollo del M5S
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