| Election name | 2013 Lazio regional election |
|---|---|
| Country | Lazio |
| Ongoing | no |
| Previous election | 2010 Lazio regional election |
| Previous year | 2010 |
| Next election | 2018 Lazio regional election |
| Next year | 2018 |
| Seats for election | All 51 seats to the Regional Council of Lazio |
| Election date | 24–25 February 2013 |
| Leader 1 | Nicola Zingaretti |
| Party 1 | Democratic Party (Italy) |
| Color 1 | EF3E3E |
| Alliance 1 | Centre-left coalition (Italy) |
| Seats 1 | 28 |
| Popular vote 1 | 1,330,398 |
| Seat change 1 | 1 |
| Percentage 1 | 40.7% |
| Swing 1 | 7.6% |
| Leader 2 | Francesco Storace |
| Party 2 | The Right (Italy) |
| Color 2 | 0A6BE1 |
| Alliance 2 | Centre-right coalition (Italy) |
| Seats 2 | 13 |
| Seat change 2 | 32 |
| Popular vote 2 | 959,685 |
| Percentage 2 | 29.3% |
| Swing 2 | 21.8% |
| Leader 3 | Davide Barillari |
| Party 3 | Five Star Movement |
| Alliance 3 | — |
| Seats 3 | 7 |
| Seat change 3 | new |
| Popular vote 3 | 661,865 |
| Percentage 3 | 20.2% |
| Swing 3 | new |
| Posttitle | President of Lazio |
| Before election | Renata Polverini |
| Before party | People of Freedom |
| After election | Nicola Zingaretti |
| After party | Democratic Party (Italy) |
The Lazio regional election of 2013 took place in Lazio, Italy, on 24–25 February 2013.
Renata Polverini of The People of Freedom (PdL), who was elected president in 2010, was toppled by an expense scandal in October 2012 which led to her resignation.
After that, the candidate of Democratic Party (PD) seemed a shoo-in for victory. In December 2012, the Commissioner of the Province of Rome, Nicola Zingaretti, decided to run as Governor of Lazio for 2013 regional election. As Lazio had been a traditional stronghold of National Alliance party, the former president Francesco Storace, secretary of the national-conservative party The Right and supported by Silvio Berlusconi's coalition, was chosen for the center-right coalition.[1]
The other candidates were Davide Barillari (M5S), who received the 20% of the votes, Giulia Bongiorno (Civic Choice) and Alessandro Ruotolo (Civil Revolution).
Electoral system
The Regional Council is elected with a mixed system: 39 MPs are chosen with a form of proportional representation using a largest remainder method with open lists and a 5% threshold, while 11 MPs are elected with a block voting system with closed lists. One seat is for the elected president.
| RM | LT | VT | FR | RT | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 39 |
Results
| Candidates | Votes | % | Seats | Parties | Votes | % | Seats | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| rowspan=7 | Nicola Zingaretti | 1,330,398 | 40.65 | 11 | |||||
| Democratic Party | 834,286 | 29.72 | 13 | ||||||
| Zingaretti List | 126,646 | 4.51 | 2 | ||||||
| Left Ecology Freedom | 103,692 | 3.69 | 1 | ||||||
| Italian Socialist Party | 55,588 | 1.98 | 1 | ||||||
| Democratic Centre | 48,748 | 1.74 | 1 | ||||||
| Total | 1,168,960 | 41.64 | 18 | ||||||
| rowspan=14 | Francesco Storace | 959,683 | 29.32 | 1 | |||||
| The People of Freedom | 595,220 | 21.20 | 9 | ||||||
| Brothers of Italy | 107,731 | 3.84 | 1 | ||||||
| The Right | 94,113 | 3.35 | 1 | ||||||
| Storace List | 45,997 | 1.64 | 1 | ||||||
| Centre League | 32,979 | 1.17 | – | ||||||
| Federation of Christian Populars | 18,176 | 0.65 | – | ||||||
| Citizens and Workers Movement | 10,959 | 0.39 | – | ||||||
| Moderates in Revolution | 8,213 | 0.29 | – | ||||||
| Great South | 3,905 | 0.14 | – | ||||||
| Green Front – All Together for Italy | 2,021 | 0.07 | – | ||||||
| Liberal Network | 1,083 | 0.04 | – | ||||||
| Alliance of the Centre | 464 | 0.02 | – | ||||||
| Total | 920,861 | 32.80 | 12 | ||||||
| Davide Barillari | 661,865 | 20.22 | – | Five Star Movement | 467,249 | 16.64 | 7 | ||
| Giulia Bongiorno | 154,986 | 4.74 | – | Bongiorno President (incl. SC, UDC, FLI) | 124,244 | 4.43 | 2 | ||
| Sandro Ruotolo | 71,219 | 2.18 | – | Civil Revolution | 58,685 | 2.09 | – | ||
| Simone Di Stefano | 18,491 | 0.80 | – | CasaPound | 18,491 | 0.66 | – | ||
| Alessandra Baldassarri | 18,772 | 0.57 | – | Act to Stop the Decline | 14,315 | 0.51 | – | ||
| Giuseppe Rossodivita | 15,567 | 0.45 | – | Amnesty Justice Freedom List | 10,956 | 0.39 | – | ||
| Roberto Fiore | 12,168 | 0.37 | – | New Force | 7,774 | 0.28 | – | ||
| Luca Romagnoli | 11,245 | 0.34 | – | Tricolour Flame | 7,473 | 0.27 | – | ||
| Luigi Sorge | 8,980 | 0.27 | – | Workers' Communist Party | 5,886 | 0.21 | – | ||
| Giuseppe Strano | 2,802 | 0.09 | – | Citizens' Network | 2,536 | 0.09 | – | ||
| Total candidates | 3,272,742 | 100.00 | 12 | Total parties | 2,807,430 | 100.00 | 39 | ||
| Source: Ministry of the Interior | |||||||||