2023 Friuli-Venezia Giulia regional election

2023 Friuli-Venezia Giulia regional election

←  2018 2–3 April 2023
All 48 seats to the Regional Council 25 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	45.26% 4.39%
Majority party Minority party   Candidate Massimiliano Fedriga Massimo Moretuzzo Party League Pact for Autonomy Alliance Centre-right Centre-left Last election 29 seats, 57.1% 18 seats, 42.9% [1] Seats won 29 19 Seat change 0 1 Popular vote 314,824 139,018 Percentage 64.2% 28.4% Swing 7.1% 14.5%
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 Massimiliano Fedriga Centre-right Elected Government Massimiliano Fedriga Centre-right

The 2023 Friuli-Venezia Giulia regional election took place from 2 to 3 April 2023. The election took place concurrently with the municipal election in 19 comuni of the Region.

Electoral system

Number of councilors

The Special Statute provides that the number of the regional councilors is determinated by one every 25,000 inhabitants or fraction greater than 10,000, according to the data taken by the last official detection of Istat. In the 2018 election, 47 councilors were elected in the constituencies, while 1 was the seat for the president and 1 was the seat for the "best loser", the first losing candidate. ^[2]

Majority bonus

Following the regional electoral law, the candidate that obtains the largest number of valid votes becomes president. The lists that are accepted in the distribution of seats are the ones that:

• obtained at least 4% of the regional votes
• obtained at least 1.5% of the regional votes and are in a coalition that obtained at least 15% of the votes
• obtained at least 20% of the votes in one of the constituencies

The winning coalition has to have at least 55% of the seats if the president is elected with less than 45% of votes, and if the votes of the winning candidate are more than 45%, his/her coalition has to have at least 60% of the seats.

Seat for the Slovenian minority

The lists that represent the Slovenian minority must have at least one seat if they obtained 1% or more votes.

Constituencies

The territory of the region is divided in five constituencies: Trieste, Gorizia, Udine, Tolmezzo and Pordenone.

Map showing the constituencies by comune

Seats by constituency

Constituency	Number of seats
Trieste	9
Gorizia	5
Udine	18
Tolmezzo	3
Pordenone	12

How to vote

There are 4 different ways to vote:

• Choosing only a candidate for president, drawing a sign on the name of the candidate
• Choosing a candidate and a list, drawing a sign on the name of the candidate and on the list symbol. The split vote is allowed.
• Choosing a candidate, a list and expressing a preference for a list candidate.
• Choosing only a list; in this case the vote automatically counts as a vote for the candidate for president of the chosen list.

Parties and candidates

Political party or alliance		Constituent lists		Previous results		Candidate
				Votes (%)	Seats
	Centre-right coalition		Lega Friuli-Venezia Giulia	34.91	17	Massimiliano Fedriga
			Forza Italia	12.06	5
			Fedriga for President (incl. PFVG)	6.29	3
			Brothers of Italy	5.49	2
			Responsible Autonomy (incl. Trieste Libera)	3.97	1
	Centre-left coalition		Democratic Party	18.11	10	Massimo Moretuzzo
			Five Star Movement	7.06	4
			Pact for Autonomy	4.09	2
			Open – Left FVG	2.78	1
			Slovene Union	1.16	1
			Greens and Left Alliance	—	—
	Action – Italia Viva – More Europe			—	—	Alessandro Maran
	Together Free (Incl. Italexit, M3V and PdF)			—	—	Giorgia Tripoli

Results

Candidates		Votes	%	Seats	Parties		Votes	%	Seats
	Massimiliano Fedriga	314,824	64.24	1		Lega Friuli-Venezia Giulia	75,117	19.02	9
						Brothers of Italy	71,503	18.10	8
						Fedriga for President	70,192	17.77	8
						Forza Italia	26,329	6.67	3
						Responsible Autonomy	7,762	1.97	–
					Total		250,903	63.53	28
	Massimo Moretuzzo	139,018	28.37	1		Democratic Party	65,143	16.49	10
						Pact for Autonomy	24,838	6.29	4
						Five Star Movement	9,486	2.40	1
						Greens and Left Alliance	8,029	2.03	1
						Open – Left FVG	5,957	1.51	1
						Slovene Union	4,016	1.02	1
					Total		117,469	29.74	18
	Giorgia Tripoli	22,840	4.66	–		Together Free	15,712	3.98	–
	Alessandro Maran	13,374	2.73	–		Action – Italia Viva – More Europe	10,869	2.75	–
Blank and invalid votes		12,019	2.39
Total candidates		490,056	100.00	2	Total parties		394,957	100.00	46
Registered voters/turnout		1,109,395	45.26
Source: Friuli-Venezia Giulia Region

References

1. Centre-left+Five Star Movement+Pact for Autonomy
2. "Guida Elezioni 2023" (PDF).