Primary elections were first introduced in Italy by Lega Nord in 1995,but were seldom used until before the 2005 regional elections.
Leoluca Orlando,is an Italian politician. He was Mayor of Palermo for over twenty years and was president of the Italian Federation of American Football (FIDAF). He is best known for his strong opposition to the Sicilian Mafia during his mayoralty in the 1980s,which was publicly referenced in the media as the Palermo Spring.
Rosario Crocetta is an Italian politician. He was the first openly gay mayor in Italy when he became Mayor of Gela in 2003,a post he held until 2009.
Cantiere Popolare is a Christian-democratic political party in Italy,based in Sicily.
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.
Vincenzo Ciampi is an Italian politician.
Rinaldo Melucci is an Italian politician.
Raffaele Stancanelli is an Italian politician.
Roberto Cosolini is an Italian politician who served as Mayor of Trieste from 2011 to 2016.
Renzo Tondo is an Italian politician,former President of Friuli-Venezia Giulia.
Antonfrancesco Vivarelli Colonna is an Italian politician.
Pietro Fontanini is an Italian politician from the Lega Nord,former Mayor of Udine and former President of Friuli-Venezia Giulia.
The 2019 Piedmontese regional election took place on 26 May 2019,the same day as the 2019 European Parliament election in Italy. The election was for all 50 members of the Regional Council of Piedmont,as well as for the president of Piedmont,who is also a member of the council.
The 2020 Italian by-elections were called to fill seats in the Parliament that became vacant after the 2018 general elections. In 2020,by-elections were held for the Chamber of Deputies the Senate of the Republic.
Francesco Acquaroli is an Italian politician of the Brothers of Italy (FdI).
Municipal elections took place in Rome on 3–4 October 2021 and 17–18 October 2021. Open for election were the office of Mayor of Rome and all the 48 seats of the City Council,as well as the presidents and councils of each of the fifteen municipi in which the city is divided.
Riccardo Mastrangeli is an Italian politician,Mayor of Frosinone since 2022.
Act for Trentino was a regionalist political party active in Trentino.
Christian Democracy Sicily,also known as New Christian Democracy,is a Christian-democratic political party based in Sicily,Italy. Its leader is Salvatore Cuffaro,a former President of Sicily.
The Molise regional election of 2023,for the renewal of the Regional Council of Molise and the election of the President of Molise,have been held on 25 and 26 June 2023.
