2018 Friuli-Venezia Giulia regional election

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2018 Friuli-Venezia Giulia regional election
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All 49 seats to the Regional Council
Turnout49.65% Decrease2.svg 0.86%
 Majority partyMinority partyThird party
  Massimiliano Fedriga daticamera 2013.jpg
Sergio Bolzonello.jpg
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Leader Massimiliano Fedriga Sergio Bolzonello Alessandro Fraleoni Morgera
Party League Democratic Party Five Star Movement
Alliance Centre-right Centre-left
Seats won29144
Seat changeIncrease2.svg12Decrease2.svg13Decrease2.svg1
Popular vote307,123144,36362,776
Percentage57.1%26.8%11.7%
SwingIncrease2.svg18.1%Decrease2.svg12.6%Decrease2.svg7.5%
2018 FVG election map.png
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]

Contents

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 allianceConstituent listsPrevious resultCandidate
Votes (%)Seats
Centre-right coalition League (Lega)8.33
Forza Italia (FI)20.18
Brothers of Italy (FdI) (incl. PdF)——
FVG Project ——
Responsible Autonomy (AR)10.74
Centre-left coalition Democratic Party (PD)26.819
Sergio Bolzonello
Citizens for Bolzonello President 5.33
Open – Left FVG ——
Slovene Union (SSk)1.51
Five Star Movement (M5S)13.85
Alessandro Fraleoni Morgera
Pact for Autonomy (PpA)——

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.

DatePolling firmFedrigaBolzonelloFraleoni MorgeraCecottiUndecidedLead
14 April 2018 SWG 47–5126–3018–222–42125–17
8 April 2018 Demopolis 45–5122–2821–271–52029–17

Results

29 April 2018 Friuli-Venezia Giulia regional election results
Regional Council FVG 2018.svg
CandidatesVotes %SeatsPartiesVotes %Seats
Massimiliano Fedriga 307,12357.091
League 147,46434.8717
Forza Italia 51,23412.115
FVG Project 26,5966.293
Brothers of Italy 23,1285.472
Responsible Autonomy 16,8023.971
Total265,22462.7128
Sergio Bolzonello144,36326.841
Democratic Party 76,57918.119
Citizens for Bolzonello President 17,2974.092
Open – Left FVG 11,7152.771
Slovene Union 4,8951.161
Total110,48626.1213
Alessandro Fraleoni Morgera62,77611.67– Five Star Movement 29,8627.064
Sergio Cecotti 23,6964.40– Pact for Autonomy 17,3504.102
Total candidates537,958100.002Total parties422,922100.0047
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]

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  2. ↑ Voto in Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Fedriga vola con il 56 per cento verso la vittoria. Crolla il M5s
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  9. ↑ Cecotti si candida alla guida del FVG
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