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. La Repubblica, October 26, 2012. 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.Italy corruption probes claim Lombardy legislature, Miami Herald, 16 October 2012Mafia probe claims political victim, Financial Times, 14 October 2012

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. La Repubblica, December 16, 2012.

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 allianceConstituent listsPrevious resultCandidateVotes (%)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 CarcanoAct 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.

+ Candidates Votes % Seats Parties Votes % Seat Roberto Maroni2,456,92142.821 The People of Freedom904,74216.7319 Northern League – Lombard League700,90712.9615 Maroni for President552,86310.2311 Brothers of Italy83,8101.552 Pensioners' Party50,8430.941 Labour and Freedom List27,3740.51– Ecological Alliance8,2700.15–Total2,328,80943.0748 Umberto Ambrosoli2,194,16938.24 1 Democratic Party1,369,44025.3317 Ambrosoli for President – Civic Pact380,2417.034 Left Ecology Freedom97,6271.81– Lombard Popular Centre63,8851.18– Ethical to the Left52,1520.96– Italy of Values35,1410.65– Italian Socialist Party16,6240.31–Total2,015,11037.2721 Silvana Carcano782,00713.63– Five Star Movement775,21114.349 Gabriele Albertini236,5974.12– Civic Lombardy133,435 2.47– Union of the Centre85,721 1.59–Total219,1564.05– Carlo Pinardi68,1331.19– Act to Stop the Decline68,4691.27– Total candidates5,737,827100.002Total parties5,406,755100.0078 Source: Ministry of the Interior – Historical Archive of Elections

Results by province

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 - - - - - 1Total 17 26 19 9 4 2 1 78

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