Primary elections were first introduced in Italy by Lega Nord in 1995,but were seldom used until before the 2005 regional elections.
Independence Republic of Sardinia is a regionalist,Sardinian nationalist,left-wing nationalist,social-democratic and non-violent separatist political party in Sardinia. The party,whose long-time leader has been Gavino Sale,supports the establishment of a "Republic of Sardinia" and its independence from Italy.
Mariastella Gelmini is an Italian politician and attorney. She served as Italian Minister of Education in the Berlusconi IV Cabinet until 16 November 2011. She served as minister of Regional Affairs and Autonomies in the Draghi Cabinet from 2021 to 2022.
Left Ecology Freedom was a democratic socialist political party in Italy whose bulk was formed by former members of the Communist Refoundation Party.
Alliance for Italy was a centrist political party in Italy.
Act! was a centre-right liberal political party in Italy,based in Veneto.
Municipal elections were held in Milan on 5 and 19 June 2016 to elect the Mayor and the 48 members of the City Council,as well as the nine presidents and 270 councillors of the nine administrative zones in which the municipality is divided,each one having one president and 30 councillors.
Popular Alternative is a Christian-democratic political party in Italy that was founded on 18 March 2017 after the dissolution of New Centre-Right (NCD),one of the two parties that emerged at the break-up of The People of Freedom. "Popular" is a reference to popolarismo,the Italian variety of Christian democracy. The party has been a member of the European People's Party (EPP) since its foundation,having inherited the membership of the NCD.
Federico Pizzarotti is an Italian politician who served as mayor of Parma from 2012 to 2022. Elected mayor as a member of the Five Star Movement,which he had first joined in 2009,he successfully ran for re-election in 2017 through a civic list,after dissent within the M5S. He was the first M5S mayor in a provincial capital of Italy,after being elected on 21 May 2012 with 60.22% of votes in a runoff election. He was re-elected with 57.87% of the votes.
The 2019 Democratic Party leadership election was an open primary election held on 3 March 2019. The election was triggered by the resignation of Matteo Renzi on 12 March 2018,following the party's defeat at the 2018 general election. Vice Secretary Maurizio Martina was appointed Secretary in July 2018 by the National Assembly,but he resigned after few months to officially start the party's congress.
Emilio Del Bono is an Italian politician from the Democratic Party and former mayor of Brescia.
Paolo Corsini is an Italian politician and university professor,former mayor of Brescia from 1992 to 1994 and from 1998 to 2008.
Adriano Paroli is an Italian politician and lawyer,former mayor of Brescia from 2008 to 2013.
The 2019 Umbrian regional election took place on 27 October 2019. The election was for all 20 members of the Legislative Assembly of Umbria,as well as for the President of the Region,who is also a member of the Assembly.
South calls North is a regionalist and populist political party in Italy,based in Sicily and led by former mayor of Messina Cateno De Luca.
The 2023 Democratic Party leadership election was a primary election that was held in Italy in February 2023 to elect the National Assembly and secretary of the Italian Democratic Party (PD). It consisted of a closed primary election among party members held from 9 to 19 February,and an open primary election held on 26 February.
Paolo Inselvini is an Italian politician who was elected a Member of the European Parliament (MEP) in 2024. A member of Brothers of Italy (FdI),he sits with the European Conservatives and Reformists (ECR).
