2018 Lazio regional election

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2018 Lazio regional election
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All 51 seats to the Regional Council of Lazio
Turnout66.6% (Decrease2.svg5.4%)
 Majority partyMinority partyThird party
  Nicola Zingaretti 2012 crop.jpg Stefano Parisi crop.jpg Roberta Lombardi daticamera.jpg
Leader Nicola Zingaretti Stefano Parisi Roberta Lombardi
Party Democratic Party Energies for Italy Five Star Movement
Alliance Centre-left Centre-right None
Seats won251510
Seat changeDecrease2.svg 3Increase2.svg 2Increase2.svg 3
Popular vote1,018,736964,418834,995
Percentage32.9%31.2%27.0%
SwingDecrease2.svg7.8%Increase2.svg1.9%Increase2.svg6.8%
Map of 2018 Lazio presidential election.svg Map of 2018 Lazio legislative election.svg
Map of both presidential and legislative elections.
President before election

Nicola Zingaretti
Democratic Party

President-elect

Nicola Zingaretti
Democratic Party

The Lazio regional election of 2018 took place in Lazio, Italy, on 4 March 2018, [1] concurrently with the Italian general election and the Lombard regional election.

Contents

The election was won by centre-left incumbent President Nicola Zingaretti, with just under a third of the vote, over the centre-right one Stefano Parisi, who gain 31%, and the Five Star Movement's candidate Roberta Lombardi with 27%. [2] [3]

Electoral system

The Regional Council is elected with a mixed system: 39 MPs are chosen with a form of proportional representation using a largest remainder method with open lists and a 5% threshold, while 11 MPs are elected with a block voting system with closed lists. One seat is for the elected president.

  RM    LT    VT    FR    RT  Total
30333039

Parties and candidate

Candidate lists at a Rome polling station (4 March 2018).jpg Candidate lists at a Rome polling station, 4 March 2018 (40688224901).jpg
Candidate lists at a Rome polling station (4 March 2018).jpg
Political party or allianceConstituent listsPrevious resultCandidate
Votes (%)Seats
Centre-left Democratic Party 29.713
Zingaretti List4.52
Free and Equal ——
More Europe ——
Solidary Centre ——
Together ——
Centre-right Forza Italia (incl. Cuoritaliani)21.29
League ——
Brothers of Italy 3.81
Us with Italy – UDC ——
Energies for Italy ——
Five Star Movement 16.67
Pirozzi for PresidentPirozzi list——
PLI – PRI ——
CasaPound 0.7–
Mauro Antonini
Popular Civic List ——
Power to the People ——
Elisabetta Canitano
Christian Democracy ——
Giovanni Paolo Azzaro
Reconquer Italy——
Stefano Rosati

Opinion polls

DatePolling firmZingarettiParisiLombardiPirozziOthersLead
15 Feb 2018 Index Research 37.027.025.57.53.010.0
13 Feb 2018 Termometro Politico 30.925.027.010.76.43.9
12 Feb 2018 Ipsos 33.022.029.012.04.04.0
8 Feb 2018 Index Research 39.026.023.58.53.013.0
2 Feb 2018 Piepoli 40.017.026.57.09.513.5
30 Jan–1 Feb 2018 Izi 36.623.225.711.72.810.9
18 Jan 2018 Index Research 45.020.020.011.04.025.0
8–10 Jan 2018 Index Research 44.025.020.08.03.019.0

Results

4 March 2018 Lazio regional election results
Regional Council Lazio.svg
CandidatesVotes %SeatsPartiesVotes %Seats
Nicola Zingaretti 1,018,73632.931
Democratic Party 539,13121.2518
Zingaretti List110,0804.343
Free and Equal 88,4163.481
More Europe 52,4512.071
Solidary Centre 48,8721.931
Together 28,4431.12–
Total867,39334.1924
Stefano Parisi 964,75731.181
Forza Italia 371,15514.636
League 252,7729.964
Brothers of Italy 220,4608.693
Us with Italy–UDC 41.2341.631
Energies for Italy 37,0431.46–
Total922,66436.37 14
Roberta Lombardi 835,13726.99– Five Star Movement 559,75222.0610
Sergio Pirozzi 151,3394.89–
Sergio Pirozzi for President93,9423.701
Nathan List (PLI–PRI)3,4430.14–
Total97,3853.841
Mauro Antonini59,8981.94– CasaPound 42,6091.68–
Elisabetta Canitano43,8951.42– Power to the People 33,3721.32–
Jean Leonard Touadi 7,7080.25– Popular Civic List 6,0730.24–
Giovanni Paolo Azzaro7,6140.25– Christian Democracy 5,3250.21–
Rosati Stefano4,9520.16–Reconquer Italy2,5650.10–
Total candidates3,094,036100.002Total parties2,537,138100.0049
Source: Ministry of the Interior

Aftermath

2018 motion of no confidence

On 1 December 2018, a motion of no confidence in the government of Nicola Zingaretti tabled by centre-right coalition was defeated 22 to 26, with one no-vote of Forza Italia and a few absent.

Motion of no confidence
Ballot →1 December 2018
Required majority →26 out of 51 X mark.svg
Yes check.svgYYes
22 / 51
X mark.svgNNo
  • • PD (19)
  • • Zingaretti (3)
  • • LeU (1)
  • • +E (1)
  • • CS (1)
  • • FI (1)
26 / 51
Abstentions
0 / 51
Absentees
3 / 51
Sources [4] [5]

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  2. ↑ "Elezioni Lazio, Zingaretti confermato Presidente: 'Me vie' da piagne'". Repubblica TV - Repubblica. March 5, 2018.
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