2018 Lombard regional election

The 2018 Lombard regional election took place on 4 March 2018.

The election took place concurrently with the Italian general election and the Lazio regional election.

Electoral system Since 2012, Lombardy has adopted its legislation to elect its Council, very similar to the national Tatarella Law of 1995.

While the President of Lombardy and the leader of the opposition are still elected at-large, 78 councilors 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.

According to the Law 17 February 1968, no. 108, the Regional Council is elected every five years. The election can take place on the fourth Sunday before the completion of five years period.

Campaign On 1 March 2016, President Maroni announced his intention to run for re-election as president.Tangenti, Maroni: mi ricandido nel 2018, Ansa, 1 March 2016 Nonetheless, on 8 January 2018 he announced he'd not seek a re-election as president, citing personal reasons and launching former mayor of Varese Attilio Fontana as a candidate of the center-right coalition.

On 1 June 2017 Giorgio Gori, the incumbent mayor of Bergamo, announced his decision to run for the presidency for the center-left coalition.Lombardia un sindaco governatore, La Repubblica, 1 June 2017

On 15 January 2018, Fontana stated that the white race and the Western culture were in danger due to the migration flows from Africa.White race at risk - Fontana on migrants This created lot of protests and criticisms from the centre-left Democratic Party and also the anti-establishment Five Star Movement.Italian political candidate in race storm

Parties and candidates Political party or allianceConstituent listsPrevious resultCandidateVotes (%)Seats Centre-right coalition Forza Italia (FI)16.719 League (Lega)13.015 Brothers of Italy (FdI)1.62 Us with Italy–UDC (NcI–UDC)1.6–Pensioners' Party (PP)0.91 Energies for Lombardy (EpL) Fontana for President (FP) Centre-left coalition Democratic Party (PD)25.317 Together (PSI – Greens – AC) More Europe (+E) Popular Civic List (CP) Progressive Lombardy (LP) Gori for President (GP) Lombardy for Autonomies Target (OLA)Five Star Movement (M5S)14.39 Free and Equal (LeU) Great North (GN) CasaPound (CPI)

Results

According to the final results, Attilio Fontana was the new President of Lombardy with more than 49% of the votes, obtaining the greater bonus given by the electoral law. + Candidates Votes % Seats Parties Votes % Seats Attilio Fontana2,793,37049.751 League – Lombard League1,553,51429.6428 Forza Italia750,62814.3214 Brothers of Italy190,8043.643 Fontana for President76,6371.461 Us with Italy – UDC66,3551.261 Energies for Lombardy27,9670.531 Pensioners' Party20,2590.38–Total2,686,61051.2948 Giorgio Gori1,633,36729.091 Democratic Party1,008,49619.2415 Gori for President 158,6713.022 More Europe108,7432.07– Lombardy for the Autonomies Target62,8401.19– Together35,0710.66– Popular Civic List20,6680.39– Progressive Lombardy20,0360.38–Total1,414,67426.9917 Dario Violi974,98417.36– Five Star Movement933,24317.8013 Onorio Rosati108,4071.93– Free and Equal111,2962.12– Angela De Rosa50,3680.89– CasaPound45,4160.86– Massimo Gatti38,1940.68– Left for Lombardy35,7130.68– Giulio Arrighini15,7910.28– Great North13,7690.26– Total candidates5,614,481100.002Total parties5,240,126100.0078 Source: Ministry of the Interior – Historical Archive of Elections

Results by province

Province Attilio Fontana Giorgio Gori Dario Violi Onorio Rosati Others Turnout Milan 742,685 42.83% 589,969 34.02% 326,040 18.80% 42,123 2.42% 33,169 1.90% 72.03% Brescia 391,419 54.59% 189,426 26.42% 106,845 14.90% 12,498 1.74% 16,786 2.33% 76.55% Bergamo 352,462 54.98% 185,003 28.86% 83,409 13.01% 8,254 1.28% 11,889 1.84% 75.87% Varese 271,614 53.59% 123,917 24.45% 93,234 18.39% 7,985 1.57% 10,064 1.98% 71.06% Monza and Brianza 245,806 48.39% 145,63528.67% 98,71719.43% 9,639 1.89% 8,144 1.58% 75.82% Como 194,66556.23% 85,53824.70% 56,61316.35% 5,266 1.52% 4,107 1.17% 70.59% Pavia 153,81151.42% 76,416 25.55% 56,535 18.90% 5,941 1.98% 6,375 2.12% 69.76% Mantua 99,923 44.53% 64,569 28.77% 49,990 22.27% 4,981 2.21% 4,927 2.19% 70.36% Cremona 105,759 51.67% 55,815 27.26% 34,676 16.94% 3,683 1.79% 4,744 2.31% 73.94% Lecco 103,87551.85% 60,26930.08% 30,643 15.29% 3,705 1.84% 1,821 0.89% 75.66% Lodi 66,06151.86% 32,115 25.21% 25,151 19.74% 2,547 1.99% 1,493 1.15% 75.12% Sondrio 65,290 61.74% 24,695 23.35% 13,131 12.41% 1,785 1.68% 834 0.77% 66.26%

Results by capital city City Attilio Fontana Giorgio Gori Dario Violi Onorio Rosati Others Turnout Milan 273,261 40.16% 279,821 41.12% 96,639 14.20% 18,712 2.75% 11,986 1.75% 68.39% Brescia 45,453 43.38% 38,680 36.92% 15,405 14.70% 2,984 2.84% 2,244 2.13% 74.37% Monza 30,841 44.93% 24,285 35.38% 10,892 15.87% 1,553 2.26% 1,060 1.52% 73.07% Bergamo 27,463 41.51% 28,652 43.30% 7,518 11.36% 1,364 2.06% 1,159 1.74% 73.09% Como 20,958 46.77% 15,501 34.59% 6,902 15.40% 933 2.08% 510 1.12% 64.47% Varese 23,348 53.13% 13,228 30.10% 5,927 13.48% 744 1.69% 693 1.56% 68.72% Pavia 17,035 43.22% 14,863 37.66% 5,530 14.03% 1,194 3.02% 811 2.05% 68.02% Cremona 17,579 44.92% 12,710 32.48% 6,575 16.80% 1,166 2.97% 1,099 2.97% 72.13% Mantua 9,262 35.70% 10,126 39.03% 4,986 19.22% 866 3.33% 698 2.68% 68.46% Lecco 12,857 46.55% 9,915 35.90% 3,955 14.32% 665 2.40% 225 0.80% 73.83% Lodi 11,593 47.35% 8,040 32.84% 3,932 16.06% 607 2.47% 307 1.24% 72.86% Sondrio 6,038 50.47% 3,998 33.42% 1,514 12.65% 313 2.61% 99 0.81% 66.93%

Seats by province Province Lega PD FI M5S FdI Others Total Milan 6 5 4 5 1 3 24 Brescia 4 1 3 1 1 - 10 Bergamo 4 1 1 1 1 1 9 Varese 3 1 1 1 - 1 7 Monza and Brianza 3 1 2 1 - - 7 Como 2 1 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 28 15 14 13 3 5 78

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