2023 Lombard regional election

2023 Lombard regional election

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All 80 seats to the Regional Council of Lombardy
Turnout	41.61% ( 31.49%)
Majority party Minority party Third party   Candidate Attilio Fontana Pierfrancesco Majorino Letizia Moratti Party Lega Democratic Party Independent Alliance Centre-right Centre-left Action – Italia Viva Last election 49 seats, 49.8% 31 seats, 48.4% [1] New Seats won 49 24 7 Seat change 7 7 Popular vote 1,774,477 1,101,417 320,346 Percentage 54.6% 33.9% 9.9% Swing 4.8% 14.5% 9.9%
2023 Lombard regional election map results
President before election Attilio Fontana Lega Elected President Attilio Fontana Lega

The 2023 Lombard regional election took place on 12 and 13 February 2023. The election took place concurrently with the 2023 Lazio regional election, as decided by the Italian government on 9 December 2022. ^[2]

According to the final results, Attilio Fontana was reelected President of Lombardy with more than 54% of the votes, obtaining the greater bonus given by the electoral law. Voter turnout was registered at 41.61%, the lowest ever recorded for a regional election.

Electoral system

Since 2012, Lombardy adopted its own legislation to elect its regional council, which is similar to the national Tatarella Law of 1995. While the president of Lombardy and the leader of the opposition are still elected at-large, 78 councilors are elected by party lists under a form of semi-proportional representation. The winning coalition receives a jackpot of at least 45 seats, which are divided between all majority parties using the D'Hondt method, as it happens between the losing lists. Each party then distributes its seats to its provincial lists, where candidates are selected through open lists. According to the Law 17 February 1968, no. 108, the Regional Council is elected every five years. The election can take place no earlier than the fourth Sunday before the completion of this five years period and no later than 60 days after that date. ^{[3] [4] [5]}

Political parties and candidates

Political party or alliance		Constituent lists		Previous result		Candidate
				Votes (%)	Seats
	Centre-right coalition		League (Lega)	29.6	28	Attilio Fontana
			Forza Italia (FI)	14.3	14
			Brothers of Italy (FdI)	3.6	3
			Ideal Lombardy – Fontana for President [lower-alpha 1]	1.5	1
			Us Moderates – Renaissance	1.3	1
	Centre-left coalition		Democratic Party (PD)	19.2	15	Pierfrancesco Majorino
			Five Star Movement (M5S)	17.8	13
			Greens and Left Alliance (AVS)	—	—
			Civic Pact – Majorino for President [lower-alpha 2]	—	—
	Centre coalition		Action – Italia Viva (A–IV)	—	—	Letizia Moratti
			Moratti for President [lower-alpha 3]	—	—
	People's Union (UP)			—	—	Mara Ghidorzi

1. Including Coraggio Italia (CI), Us of the Centre (NdC), Popular Alternative (AP), and Italian Republican Party (PRI)
2. Including Italian Radicals (RI), Possible (Pos), Europeanist Civic Lombard Movement (MLCE), Green and Civic Alliance (AVEC), Solidary Democracy (DEMOS), and Volt Italy (Volt)
3. Including Great North (GN)

Opinion polling

Candidates

Date	Polling firm	Sample size	Fontana	Majorino	Moratti	Others	Lead
12–13 Feb 2023	Election results	—	54.7	33.9	9.9	1.5	20.8
26 Jan 2023	Noto	TBD	51.5	29.0	18.0	1.5	22.5
24–26 Jan 2023	SWG	1,000	48.0	34.0	16.0	2.0	14.0
23–26 Jan 2023	Quorum	400	48.4	34.4	14.3	2.9	14.0
23–25 Jan 2023	IZI	1,004	45.0	39.5	14.0	1.5	5.5
16–24 Jan 2023	Ipsos	1,000	45.0	33.8	19.0	2.2	11.2
10-18 Jan 2023	Index	800	45.0	36.0	17.5	1.5	9.0
13–15 Jan 2023	IZI	1,008	43.9	39.8	14.8	1.5	4.1
9–12 Jan2023	Winpoll	2,000	41.3	25.2	27.6	5.9	13.7
5–6 Jan2023	IZI	1,012	43.2	39.0	17.8	—	4.2
5 Dec2022	IZI	1,013	45.1	40.1	14.8	—	5.0

Hypothetical candidates

Date	Polling firm	Sample size	Fontana	Other CDX	Majorino	Other CSX	Moratti	Other CX	M5S	Others	Lead
30 Nov–1 Dec2022	Winpoll	1,000	43.9	—	24.5	—	28.4	—	w. CSX	3.2 [lower-alpha 1]	15.5
			42.8	—	20.9	—	27.1	—	6.3	2.9 [lower-alpha 1]	15.7
25–28 Nov2022	BiDiMedia	3,000	47.6	—	29.0	—	15.0	—	5.9	2.5	18.6
			52.7	—	35.7	—	w. CSX	—	9.0	2.6	17.0
			50.0	—	—	26.0 [lower-alpha 2]	—	—	8.0	16.6	24.0
21–22 Nov2022	IZI	1,004	45.2	—	29.8	—	13.4	—	11.6	—	15.4
3–4 Nov2022	Winpoll	1,000	51.1	—	—	42.6 [lower-alpha 3]	—	—	—	6.3	8.5
			43.3	—	—	49.1 [lower-alpha 2]	—	—	—	7.6	5.8
			53.0	—	39.3	—	—	—	—	7.7	13.7
			52.5	—	—	38.7 [lower-alpha 4]	—	—	—	8.8	13.8
7–10 Oct2022	Winpoll	1,700	—	49.7 [lower-alpha 2]	—	34.4 [lower-alpha 3]	—	6.8	3.5	5.6	15.3
			—	50.5 [lower-alpha 2]	—	31.7 [lower-alpha 5]	—	5.8	5.0	7.0	18.8
			35.3	—	—	47.8 [lower-alpha 2]	—	—	8.7	8.2	12.5

1. Vittorio Agnoletto
2. Letizia Moratti
3. Carlo Cottarelli
4. Pierfrancesco Maran
5. Giuseppe Sala

Political parties

Date	Polling firm	Sample size	Centre-right					Centre-left				Centre		UP	Others	Lead
			FdI	Lega	FI	LIF	NM	PD	M5S	AVS	PCM	A–IV	MP
12–13 Feb2023	Election results	—	25.2	16.5	7.2	6.2	1.2	21.8	3.9	3.2	3.8	4.2	5.3	1.4	—	3.4
24–26 Jan2023	SWG	1,000	24.8	14.1	7.8	3.0	1.0	16.7	7.6	3.8	6.3	7.3	5.8	1.8	—	8.1
23–25 Jan2023	IZI	1,004	23.5	12.9	6.6	2.1	2.1	19.8	9.2	5.9	2.5	9.1	4.5	1.8	—	3.7
16–24 Jan2023	Ipsos	1,000	24.9	13.4	6.5	4.7		18.4	8.1	6.0		7.5	8.6	1.9	—	6.5
13–15 Jan2023	IZI	1,008	25.7	13.5	6.7	1.4	—	18.9	10.2	6.9	3.5	8.5	3.2	1.5	—	6.8
5–6 Jan2023	IZI	1,012	27.1	13.4	7.6	1.2	—	17.5	8.3	5.4	2.7	10.3	3.5	—	3.4	9.6
5 Dec2022	IZI	1,013	27.0	14.9	8.9	—	—	17.0	9.8	5.4	—	9.8	—	—	7.2	10.0
25–28 Nov2022	BiDiMedia	3,000	31.0	11.4	6.9	—	—	17.2	9.0	3.7	—	11.8	—	1.1	6.9	13.8
21–22 Nov2022	IZI	1,004	31.0	15.8	4.1	—	—	16.8	9.3	5.0	—	9.3	—	—	8.7	14.2
7–10 Oct2022	Winpoll	1,700	23.7	11.5	7.0	—	—	20.1	5.9	4.1	—	6.5	11.8	0.7	8.7	3.6

Results

Composition of the Regional Council of Lombardy by coalition since 2023:
  Centre-right (49)
  Centre-left (24)
  Action – Italia Viva (7)

12–13 February 2023 Lombard regional election results

Candidates		Votes	%	Seats	Parties		Votes	%	Seats
	Attilio Fontana	1,774,477	54.67	1
						Brothers of Italy	725,402	25.18	22
						League – Lombard League	476,175	16.53	14
						Forza Italia	208,420	7.23	6
						Fontana for President	177,387	6.16	5
						Us Moderates – Renaissance	33,711	1.17	1
					Total		1,621,095	56.27	48
	Pierfrancesco Majorino	1,101,417	33.93	1
						Democratic Party	628,774	21.82	17
						Five Star Movement	113,229	3.93	3
						Civic Pact – Majorino for President	110,126	3.82	2
						Greens and Left Alliance	93,019	3.23	1
					Total		945,148	32.80	23
	Letizia Moratti	320,346	9.87	–		Moratti for President	152,652	5.30	4
						Action – Italia Viva	122,356	4.25	3
					Total		275,008	9.55	7
	Mara Ghidorzi	49,514	1.53	–		People's Union	39,913	1.39	–
Blank and invalid votes		93,265	2.79
Total candidates		3,245,754	100.00	2	Total parties		2,881,164	100.00	78
Registered voters/turnout		8,010,538	41.68
Source: Ministry of the Interior – Historical Archive of Elections

Results by provinces

Province	Attilio Fontana	Pierfrancesco Majorino	Letizia Moratti	Mara Ghidorzi	Turnout
Milan	454,439 44.86%	425,848 42.04%	115,573 11.41%	17,181 1.70%	41.55%
Brescia	269,589 61.88%	125,456 28.79%	34,667 7.96%	5,983 1.37%	45.33%
Bergamo	234,229 60.88%	112,339 29.20%	31,790 8.26%	6,363 1.65%	44.55%
Varese	164,856 59.43%	81,801 29.49%	26,921 9.70%	3,840 1.38%	38.49%
Monza and Brianza	155,469 53.73%	98,945 34.19%	30,639 10.59%	4,310 1.49%	42.54%
Como	119,679 61.22%	53,190 27.21%	20,012 10.24%	2,607 1.33%	39.08%
Pavia	99,437 60.53%	47,834 29.12%	14,368 8.75%	2,644 1.61%	38.50%
Mantua	64,567 54.17%	41,891 35.15%	10,873 9.12%	1,855 1.56%	36.75%
Cremona	68,148 57.90%	36,908 31.36%	10,534 8.95%	2,111 1.79%	42.46%
Lecco	67,009 55.89%	38,083 31.77%	13,177 10.99%	1,619 1.35%	44.92%
Lodi	39,233 57.05%	23,094 33.58%	5,904 8.59%	535 0.78%	40.76%
Sondrio	37,822 62.82%	16,028 26.62%	5,888 9.78%	466 0.77%	37.96%

Results by capital city

City	Attilio Fontana	Pierfrancesco Majorino	Letizia Moratti	Mara Ghidorzi	Turnout
Milan	160,781 37.69%	199,760 46.83%	58,994 13.83%	7,006 1.64%	42.17%
Brescia	29,682 43.46%	31,473 46.09%	6,034 8.84%	1,102 1.61%	47.58%
Monza	19,484 46.46%	15,999 38.15%	5,841 13.93%	616 1.47%	43.80%
Bergamo	17,256 41.29%	18,506 44.28%	5,233 12.52%	798 1.91%	45.16%
Como	12,525 49.24%	9,252 36.38%	3,328 13.08%	330 1.30%	36.26%
Varese	15,194 56.12%	8,804 32.52%	2,758 10.19%	318 1.17%	42.05%
Pavia	10,944 45.97%	9,708 40.78%	2,723 11.44%	430 1.81%	40.76%
Cremona	10,989 48.20%	9,319 40.87%	2,041 8.95%	450 1.97%	42.09%
Mantua	5,938 39.29%	7,488 49.55%	1,421 9.40%	265 1.75%	39.89%
Lecco	8,723 50.69%	6,226 36.18%	2,023 11.76%	236 1.37%	45.75%
Lodi	7,263 48.30%	6,211 41.31%	1,435 9.54%	127 0.84%	44.40%
Sondrio	3,718 52.02%	2,704 37.83%	661 9.25%	64 0.90%	40.33%

Elected councillors

Constituency Party Member Individual votes Lombardy (at-large) Lega Attilio Fontana [lower-alpha 1] — PD Pierfrancesco Majorino — Milan PD Paolo Romano 9,226 PD Carlo Borghetti 6,675 PD Pietro Bussolati 6,334 PD Alfredo Negri 5,661 PD Carmela Rozza 5,345 PD Paola Bocci 5,324 FdI Christian Garavaglia 10,329 FdI Marco Alparone 7,796 FdI Franco Lucente 6,685 FdI Vittorio Feltri 6,076 FdI Chiara Valcepina 5,464 FdI Matteo Forte 5,229 Lega Silvia Scurati 4,081 Lega Riccardo Pase 3,762 PC Michela Palestra 3,960 PC Luca Paladini 3,790 M5S Nicola Di Marco 1,516 M5S Paola Pizzighini 753 FI Gianluca Comazzi 7,902 AVS Onorio Rosati 2,038 LI Carmelo Ferraro 1,200 NM Vittorio Sgarbi 873 LM Manfredi Palmeri 1,129 A–IV Lisa Noja 3,246

Constituency Party Member Individual votes Brescia FdI Carlo Bravo 7,056 FdI Barbara Mazzali 6,738 FdI Diego Invernici 5,548 PD Emilio Del Bono 35,761 PD Miriam Cominelli 10,042 Lega Floriano Massardi 10,485 Lega Davide Caparini 9,196 FI Simona Tironi 8,671 A–IV Massimo Vizzardi 3,014 M5S Paola Pollini 402 Bergamo FdI Paolo Franco 8,399 FdI Lara Magoni 8,013 FdI Michele Schiavi 6,638 PD Davide Casati 14,776 PD Jacopo Scandella 6,632 Lega Giovanni Malanchini 5,831 Lega Roberto Anelli 3,762 FI Jonathan Lobati 5,284 LM Ivan Rota 598 Monza and Brianza FdI Federico Romani 5,123 FdI Alessia Villa 4,506 PD Luigi Ponti 4,440 Lega Alessandro Corbetta 6,406 FI Fabrizio Figini 5,172 LM Martina Sassoli 502 LI Jacopo Dozio 93

Constituency Party Member Individual votes Varese FdI Giuseppe Martignoni 3,269 FdI Francesca Caruso 2,938 PD Samuele Astuti 8,396 Lega Emanuele Monti 6,456 LI Giacomo Cosentino 1,304 LM Luca Ferrazzi 477 A–IV Giuseppe Licata 1,464 Como Lega Alessandro Fermi 13,883 FdI Anna Dotti 3,422 PD Angelo Orsenigo 5,453 FI Sergio Gaddi 1,804 LI Marisa Cesana 634 Pavia FdI Claudio Mangiarotti 5,466 Lega Elena Lucchini 7,680 FI Ruggero Invernizzi 3,228 LI Alessandro Cantoni 434 Cremona FdI Marcello Maria Ventura 2,525 PD Matteo Piloni 5,566 Lega Filippo Bongiovanni 1,907 Lecco FdI Giacomo Zamperini 2,632 PD Gianmario Fragomeli 4,442 Lega Mauro Piazza 5,695 Mantua FdI Alessandro Beduschi 6,032 PD Marco Carra 5,696 Lega Alessandra Cappellari 4,599 Lodi FdI Patrizia Baffi 2,647 PD Roberta Valacchi 3,150 Sondrio Lega Massimo Sertori 7,907

1. As president of the region.

References

1. The combined result of the Centre-left coalition (29.1%), Five Star Movement (17.4%) and Free and Equal (1.9%) in the 2018 regional election.
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