The Lazio regional election of 2018 took place in Lazio, Italy, on 4 March 2018, 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%.
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
Political party or allianceConstituent listsPrevious resultCandidateVotes (%)Seats Centre-left Democratic Party 29.713 Zingaretti List 4.52 Free and Equal More Europe Solidary Centre Together Centre-right Forza Italia (incl. Cuoritaliani)21.29 League Brothers of Italy 3.81 Us with Italy – UDC Energies for Italy Five Star Movement 16.67 Pirozzi for President Pirozzi list PLI – PRICasaPound 0.7– Popular Civic List Power to the People Christian Democracy Reconquer Italy
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 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 + Candidates Votes % Seats Parties Votes % Seats Nicola Zingaretti1,018,73632.931 Democratic Party539,13121.2518 Zingaretti List110,0804.343 Free and Equal88,4163.481 More Europe 52,4512.071 Solidary Centre48,8721.931 Together28,4431.12–Total867,39334.1924 Stefano Parisi964,75731.181 Forza Italia371,15514.636 League252,7729.964 Brothers of Italy220,4608.693 Us with Italy–UDC41.2341.631 Energies for Italy37,0431.46–Total922,66436.37 14 Roberta Lombardi835,13726.99– Five Star Movement559,75222.0610 Sergio Pirozzi151,3394.89– Sergio Pirozzi for President93,9423.701 Nathan List (PLI–PRI)3,4430.14–Total97,3853.841 Mauro Antonini59,8981.94– CasaPound42,6091.68– Elisabetta Canitano43,8951.42– Power to the People33,3721.32– Jean Leonard Touadi7,7080.25– Popular Civic List6,0730.24– Giovanni Paolo Azzaro7,6140.25– Christian Democracy5,3250.21– Rosati Stefano4,9520.16– Reconquer Italy2,5650.10– Total candidates3,094,036100.002Total parties2,537,138100.0049 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 Abstentions Sources
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