2018 Lazio regional election

2018 Lazio regional election

4 March 2018
All 51 seats to the Regional Council of Lazio
Turnout	66.6% (5.4%)
Majority party Minority party Third party   Leader Nicola Zingaretti Stefano Parisi Roberta Lombardi Party Democratic Party Energies for Italy Five Star Movement Alliance Centre-left Centre-right None Seats won 25 15 10 Seat change 3 2 3 Popular vote 1,018,736 964,418 834,995 Percentage 32.9% 31.2% 27.0% Swing 7.8% 1.9% 6.8%
Map of both presidential and legislative elections.
President before election Nicola Zingaretti Democratic Party President-elect Nicola Zingaretti Democratic Party

The Lazio regional election of 2018 took place in Lazio, Italy, on 4 March 2018,^[1] concurrently with the Italian general election and the Lombard regional election.

The election was won by centre-left incumbent President Nicola Zingaretti, with just under a third of the vote, over the centre-right one Stefano Parisi, who gain 31%, and the Five Star Movement's candidate Roberta Lombardi with 27%.^[2][3]

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

Parties and candidate

Candidate lists at a Rome polling station (4 March 2018).jpg

Political party or alliance		Constituent lists		Previous result		Candidate
				Votes (%)	Seats
	Centre-left		Democratic Party	29.7	13	Nicola Zingaretti
			Zingaretti List	4.5	2
			Free and Equal	—	—
			More Europe	—	—
			Solidary Centre	—	—
			Together	—	—
	Centre-right		Forza Italia (incl. Cuoritaliani)	21.2	9	Stefano Parisi
			League	—	—
			Brothers of Italy	3.8	1
			Us with Italy – UDC	—	—
			Energies for Italy	—	—
	Five Star Movement			16.6	7	Roberta Lombardi
	Pirozzi for President		Pirozzi list	—	—	Sergio Pirozzi
			PLI – PRI	—	—
	CasaPound			0.7	–	Mauro Antonini
	Popular Civic List			—	—	Jean Leonard Touadi
	Power to the People			—	—	Elisabetta Canitano
	Christian Democracy			—	—	Giovanni Paolo Azzaro
	Reconquer Italy			—	—	Stefano Rosati

Opinion polls

Date	Polling firm	Zingaretti	Parisi	Lombardi	Pirozzi	Others	Lead
15 Feb 2018	Index Research	37.0	27.0	25.5	7.5	3.0	10.0
13 Feb 2018	Termometro Politico	30.9	25.0	27.0	10.7	6.4	3.9
12 Feb 2018	Ipsos	33.0	22.0	29.0	12.0	4.0	4.0
8 Feb 2018	Index Research	39.0	26.0	23.5	8.5	3.0	13.0
2 Feb 2018	Piepoli	40.0	17.0	26.5	7.0	9.5	13.5
30 Jan–1 Feb 2018	Izi	36.6	23.2	25.7	11.7	2.8	10.9
18 Jan 2018	Index Research	45.0	20.0	20.0	11.0	4.0	25.0
8–10 Jan 2018	Index Research	44.0	25.0	20.0	8.0	3.0	19.0

Results

4 March 2018 Lazio regional election results

Candidates		Votes	%	Seats	Parties		Votes	%	Seats
	Nicola Zingaretti	1,018,736	32.93	1
						Democratic Party	539,131	21.25	18
						Zingaretti List	110,080	4.34	3
						Free and Equal	88,416	3.48	1
						More Europe	52,451	2.07	1
						Solidary Centre	48,872	1.93	1
						Together	28,443	1.12	–
					Total		867,393	34.19	24
	Stefano Parisi	964,757	31.18	1
						Forza Italia	371,155	14.63	6
						League	252,772	9.96	4
						Brothers of Italy	220,460	8.69	3
						Us with Italy–UDC	41.234	1.63	1
						Energies for Italy	37,043	1.46	–
					Total		922,664	36.37	14
	Roberta Lombardi	835,137	26.99	–		Five Star Movement	559,752	22.06	10
	Sergio Pirozzi	151,339	4.89	–
						Sergio Pirozzi for President	93,942	3.70	1
						Nathan List (PLI–PRI)	3,443	0.14	–
					Total		97,385	3.84	1
	Mauro Antonini	59,898	1.94	–		CasaPound	42,609	1.68	–
	Elisabetta Canitano	43,895	1.42	–		Power to the People	33,372	1.32	–
	Jean Leonard Touadi	7,708	0.25	–		Popular Civic List	6,073	0.24	–
	Giovanni Paolo Azzaro	7,614	0.25	–		Christian Democracy	5,325	0.21	–
	Rosati Stefano	4,952	0.16	–		Reconquer Italy	2,565	0.10	–
Total candidates		3,094,036	100.00	2	Total parties		2,537,138	100.00	49
Source: Ministry of the Interior

Aftermath

2018 motion of no confidence

On 1 December 2018, a motion of no confidence in the government of Nicola Zingaretti tabled by centre-right coalition was defeated 22 to 26, with one no-vote of Forza Italia and a few absent.

Motion of no confidence
Ballot →		1 December 2018
Required majority →		26 out of 51 N
	Y Yes • M5S (10) • FI (3) • League (3) • FdI (3) • NcI (1) • EpI (1) • Mixed Group (1)	22 / 51
	N No • PD (19) • Zingaretti (3) • LeU (1) • +E (1) • CS (1) • FI (1)	26 / 51
	Abstentions	0 / 51
	Absentees • Pirozzi (1) • FI (1) • Mixed Group (1)	3 / 51
Sources[4][5]

References

1. "Election day il 4 marzo: si vota anche per Lazio e Lombardia". www.ilmessaggero.it. January 5, 2018.
2. "Elezioni Lazio, Zingaretti confermato Presidente: 'Me vie' da piagne'". Repubblica TV - Repubblica. March 5, 2018.
3. "Regionali, il nuovo consiglio regionale del Lazio: la possibile suddivisione dei seggi". RomaToday.
4. "Lazio, il consiglio regionale respinge la mozione di sfiducia a Zingaretti". December 1, 2018.
5. "Sfiducia a Zingaretti respinta: il centrodestra si sfalda, Governatore più forte". Ciociariaoggi.it. December 1, 2018.