2013 Lombard regional election
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All 80 seats to the Regional Council of Lombardy
Turnout76.74% (Increase12.10%)
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Roberto Maroni Umberto Ambrosoli
Party Northern League Democratic Party
Alliance Centre-right Centre-left
Last election 49 seats, 56.1% 28 seats, 33.3%
Seats won 49 22
Seat change Steady Decrease6
Popular vote 2,456,921 2,194,169
Percentage 42.8% 38.2%
Swing Decrease13.3% Increase4.9%
President before election

Roberto Formigoni
PdL

President-elect

Roberto Maroni
LN

Politics of Lombardy

The 2013 Lombard regional election took place on 24 and 25 February 2013 and was the first snap election in Lombard political history, and the first one paired with a general election. The 10th term of the Regional Council was chosen.

Electoral system

Lombardy used for the first time its own legislation to elect its Council, very similar to national Tatarella Law of 1995. The new electoral law was adopted before the resignation of 74 members of the Council on October 26, 2012.[1] While the President of Lombardy and the leader of the opposition are still elected at-large, 78 councillors, instead of 64 as it was before, 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 openly selected.

Campaign

On 16 October 2012, Formigoni announced the dissolution of the regional legislature after one of his commissioners, Domenico Zambetti of the PdL was arrested on accusations he bought votes from the 'Ndrangheta in 2010 and extorted favours and public building contracts, including construction tenders for the World Expo 2015 in Milan.[2][3]

Center-left primary election, 2012

On 15 December 2012 the center-left primary election took place to decide the official candidate of the coalition in the election. There were three candidates: Umberto Ambrosoli, son of Giorgio killed in 1979, Alessandra Kustermann and Andrea Di Stefano. Umberto Ambrosoli received the 57% of the votes and became the center-left official candidate for the regional election.[4]

Candidate Votes %
Umberto Ambrosoli 86,732 57.66
Andrea Di Stefano 34,946 23.23
Alessandra Kustermann 28,744 19.11
Total 150,604 100.00

Parties and candidates

Political party or alliance Constituent lists Previous result Candidate
Votes (%) Seats
Centre-right coalition The People of Freedom 31.8 23 Roberto Maroni
Northern League 26.2 18
Pensioners' Party 2.6 1
Brothers of Italy — —
Others — —
Centre-left coalition Democratic Party 22.9 21 Umberto Ambrosoli
Italy of Values 6.3 4
Left Ecology Freedom 1.4 1
Italian Socialist Party 0.3 –
Others — —
Centrist coalition Union of the Centre 3.8 3 Gabriele Albertini
Civic Lombardy — —
Five Star Movement 2.3 – Silvana Carcano
Act to Stop the Decline — — Carlo Pinardi

Results

According to the final results, Roberto Maroni was the new President of Lombardy with more than 40% of the votes, obtaining the greater bonus given by the electoral law.

24–25 February 2013 Lombard regional election results
Candidates Votes % Seats Parties Votes % Seat
Roberto Maroni 2,456,921 42.82 1
The People of Freedom 904,742 16.73 19
Northern League – Lombard League 700,907 12.96 15
Maroni for President 552,863 10.23 11
Brothers of Italy 83,810 1.55 2
Pensioners' Party 50,843 0.94 1
Labour and Freedom List 27,374 0.51 –
Ecological Alliance 8,270 0.15 –
Total 2,328,809 43.07 48
Umberto Ambrosoli 2,194,169 38.24 1
Democratic Party 1,369,440 25.33 17
Ambrosoli for President – Civic Pact 380,241 7.03 4
Left Ecology Freedom 97,627 1.81 –
Lombard Popular Centre 63,885 1.18 –
Ethical to the Left 52,152 0.96 –
Italy of Values 35,141 0.65 –
Italian Socialist Party 16,624 0.31 –
Total 2,015,110 37.27 21
Silvana Carcano 782,007 13.63 – Five Star Movement 775,211 14.34 9
Gabriele Albertini 236,597 4.12 –
Civic Lombardy 133,435 2.47 –
Union of the Centre 85,721 1.59 –
Total 219,156 4.05 –
Carlo Pinardi 68,133 1.19 – Act to Stop the Decline 68,469 1.27 –
Total candidates 5,737,827 100.00 2 Total parties 5,406,755 100.00 78
Source: Ministry of the Interior – Historical Archive of Elections
Popular vote (party)
PD
 
 25.33%
PdL
 
 16.73%
M5S
 
 14.34%
LN
 
 12.96%
Maroni List
 
 10.23%
Ambrosoli List
 
 7.03%
SC
 
 2.47%
SEL
 
 1.81%
UdC
 
 1.59%
FdI
 
 1.55%
FFD
 
 1.27%
CPL
 
 1.18%
Others
 
 1.96%
President
Maroni
 
 42.82%
Ambrosoli
 
 38.24%
Carcano
 
 13.63%
Albertini
 
 4.12%
Pinardi
 
 1.27%

Results by province

Election results map. Orange denotes municipalities won by Ambosoli and Blue denotes those won by Maroni.
Province Roberto Maroni Umberto Ambrosoli Silvana Carcano Gabriele Albertini Carlo
Pinardi 		Turnout
Milan 654,388 (36.25%) 795,290 (44.18%) 245,753 (13.65%) 84,136 (4.67%) 20,456 (1.14%) 76.48%
Brescia 346,234 (47.52%) 250,248 (34.25%) 93,315 (12.81%) 29,215 (4.01%) 9,608
(1.32%) 		80.58%
Bergamo 315,372 (49.16%) 221,301 (34.50%) 72,608 (11.32%) 22,861 (3.56%) 9,330
(1.45%) 		78.59%
Varese 241,138 (47.49%) 169,966 (33.47%) 70,661 (13.92%) 21,024 (4.14%) 5,010
(0.99%) 		73.11%
Monza and Brianza 216,112 (42.14%) 193,041 (37.64%) 76,307 (14.88%) 20,856 (4.07%) 6,559
(1.28%) 		78.95%
Como 166,302 (48.70%) 114,630 (33.57%) 43,532 (12.75%) 13,230 (3.87%) 3,762
(1.10%) 		72.20%
Pavia 138,333 (43.78%) 114,386 (36.20%) 49,300 (15.60%) 10,646 (3.37%) 3,308
(1.05%) 		74.59%
Mantua 89,032 (37.38%) 95,268 (40.00%) 42,975 (18.04%) 8,170
(3.43%) 		2,738
(1.15%) 		76.84%
Cremona 92,458 (43.30%) 79,934 (37.43%) 30,769 (14.41%) 8,081
(3.78%) 		2,305
(1.08%) 		78.27%
Lecco 86,685 (43.24%) 77,326 (38.58%) 25,217 (12.58%) 8,497
(4.24%) 		2,726
(1.36%) 		77.41%
Lodi 56,278 (42.91%) 48,750 (37.17%) 19,994 (15.24%) 4,888
(3.73%) 		1,255
(0.96%) 		79.19%
Sondrio 54,589 (51.37%) 34,026 (32.02%) 11,576 (10.89%) 4,993
(4.70%) 		1,076
(1.01%) 		68.54%

Results by capital city

City Roberto Maroni Umberto Ambrosoli Silvana Carcano Gabriele Albertini Carlo
Pinardi 		Turnout
Milan 246,918 (34.45%) 346,495 (48.35%) 71,430 (9.97%) 41,890 (5.85%) 9,910
(1.38%) 		73.63%
Brescia 42,623 (38.71%) 49,453 (44.91%) 11,993 (10.89%) 4,391
(3.99%) 		1,659
(1.51%) 		79.76%
Monza 27,150 (38.09%) 30,696 (43.07%) 9,037
(12.68%) 		3,237
(4.54%) 		1,154
(1.62%) 		77.59%
Bergamo 25,709 (37.55%) 32,108 (46.90%) 6,184
(9.03%) 		3,007
(4.39%) 		1,449
(2.12%) 		77.06%
Como 18,567 (40.68%) 19,168 (42.00%) 5,115
(11.21%) 		2,203
(4.83%) 		590
(1.29%) 		67.47%
Varese 20,853 (46.84%) 16,774 (37.68%) 4,227
(9.61%) 		2,084
(4.68%) 		530
(1.19%) 		70.02%
Pavia 16,704 (38.72%) 19,111 (44.30%) 4,993
(11.57%) 		1,675
(3.88%) 		658
(1.53%) 		76.60%
Cremona 15,258 (36.18%) 18,583 (44.06%) 6,281
(14.89%) 		1,585
(3.76%) 		467
(1.11%) 		78.16%
Mantua 8,326
(29.65%) 		14,063 (50.08%) 4,235
(15.08%) 		994
(3.54%) 		462
(1.65%) 		75.49%
Lecco 10,829 (38.50%) 12,470 (44.34%) 3,101
(11.03%) 		1,335
(4.75%) 		390
(1.39%) 		76.33%
Lodi 10,208 (39.53%) 11,358 (43.99%) 2,800
(10.84%) 		1,130
(4.38%) 		325
(1.26%) 		78.78%
Sondrio 4,749
(37.30%) 		5,369 (42.17%) 1,672
(13.13%) 		700
(5.50%) 		242
(1.90%) 		71.29%

Seats by province

Province PD LN/Maroni List PdL M5S Ambrosoli List FdI Others Total
Milan 5 7 5 3 2 1 1 24
Brescia 2 4 2 1 1 - - 10
Bergamo 2 3 2 1 1 - - 9
Varese 1 3 2 1 - - - 7
Monza and Brianza 2 2 2 1 - - - 7
Como 1 2 1 - - 1 - 5
Pavia 1 1 1 1 - - - 4
Cremona 1 1 1 - - - - 3
Lecco 1 1 1 - - - - 3
Mantua 1 - 1 1 - - - 3
Lodi - 1 1 - - - - 2
Sondrio - 1 - - - - - 1
Total 17 26 19 9 4 2 1 78

References

  1. ^ [1] La Repubblica, October 26, 2012.
  2. ^ Italy corruption probes claim Lombardy legislature, Miami Herald, 16 October 2012
  3. ^ Mafia probe claims political victim, Financial Times, 14 October 2012
  4. ^ [2] La Repubblica, December 16, 2012.
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