The 2022 Sicilian regional election for the renewal of the Sicilian Regional Assembly and the election of the President of Sicily were held on 25 September, 2022. Renato Schifani, candidate of the centre-right coalition, easily won the election, becoming the next president of the region.

Electoral system The Sicilian Parliament is elected with a mixed system: 62 MPs are chosen with a form of proportional representation using a largest remainder method with open lists and a 5% threshold, while 8 MPs (7+1) are elected using Party bloc vote.  AG   CL   CT   EN   ME   PA   RG   SR   TP  Total 6 3 13 2 8 16 4 5 5 62

Background Progressive camp primary election On 18 June a press conference was held between the leaders of Democratic Party, Five Star Movement, Italian Left, Green Europe, Article One, Italian Socialist Party and One Hundred Steps for Sicily. They presented the guidelines for the Progressive camp primary election, which was held on 23 July. The deadline for the candidacies was set for June 30. Caterina Chinnici won the primary election with 44% of votes, ahead of Barbara Floridia (32%) and Claudio Fava (23%).

Candidate Party Votes % Notes Caterina Chinnici Democratic Party14,552 44.77% Barbara Floridia Five Star Movement10,317 31.74% Claudio Fava One Hundred Steps for Sicily7,547 23.22%Total 100%

Parties and candidates Below is a list of the parties and their respective leaders in the election.

Political party or allianceConstituent listsPrevious resultCandidateRef.Votes (%)Seats Centre-right coalition Forza Italia 16.412 Renato Schifani Populars and Autonomists – Us With Sicily7.15 Brothers of Italy (incl. DB) 5.6 3 Italy First – League Christian Democracy (incl. UDC) Five Star Movement26.719 Centre-left coalition Democratic Party (incl. PSI) 13.011 Caterina Chinnici One Hundred Steps for Sicily (incl. Art.1, SI and EV)5.21 Free Sicilians 0.7– Action – Italia Viva (incl. Together and PSS) De Luca's coalition South calls North Cateno De Luca Sicilia Vera

Opinion polling Candidates

Date Polling firm Sample size Schifani Di Paola Chinnici De Luca Armao Others Lead 25 Sep 2022 Opinio – 37–41 13–17 15.5–19.5 24–28 1.5–3.5 1.5–3.5 13.0 1–8 Sep 2022 SWG 1,800 33–37 10–14 17–21 26–30 1–3 2–6 7.0 7 Sep 2022 Noto 1,000 41.0 15.0 25.0 12.0 4.0 2.0 16.0 2–6 Sep 2022 Ipsos 1,200 28.7 19.5 22.1 23.5 4.6 1.6 5.2 1–3 Sep 2022 Tecnè 2,000 37–41 11–15 25–29 13–17 3–5 2–3 12.0 26–29 Aug 2022 Tecnè 2,000 38–42 8–12 27–31 12–16 3–5 2–4 11.0

Hypothetical candidates Date Polling firm Musumeci Cancelleri Micari Fava De Luca No-one Lead26 Jun 2021Keix 26.1 22.1 6.0 13.2 31.0 4.0 28.1 27.1 44.8 1.0 24.2 21.1 13.8 40.9 3.1 23.6 21.1 14.6 TBA 2.5 28.5 25.4 TBA 3.1

Parties Date Polling firm Sample sizeCDX M5SCSX IV A +E Others LeadFIMpA/NcIUDC–CP–IS#DBFdILegaCIOtherPD CPpS Art.1 SI EVOther 9–14 March 2022 Keix 1,920 10.3 0.6 1.6 6.8 15.4 7.8 22.9 9.82.6 3.3 0.6 7.5 16 February 2022 Demopolis 14.0 26.0 9.0 21.0 18.2 colspan="3" 11.85.0 23 December 2021 Noto 11 3.5 9 15 8 1 3.5 15.0 17.02.5 2.0 2.0 2 1.5 1.5 5.0 2.0 26 June 2021 Keix 9.2 2.5 3.5 8.1 13.7 10.5 22.7 13.9 4.4 3.1 0.7 4.2 3.1 9.0

Results + Candidates Votes % Seats Parties Votes % Seats Renato Schifani887,21542.057 Brothers of Italy282,34515.1011 Forza Italia275,73614.7511 Italy First – League127,4546.804 Populars and Autonomists127,0966.803 Christian Democracy121,6916.514Total934,32249.9633 Cateno De Luca505,38623.951 South calls North254,45313.617 Sicilia Vera50,8772.72– Sicilian Pride18,1650.97– Land of Love3,3900.18– Young Sicilians3,0420.16– Sicilian Autonomy3,0420.16– Sicily Feat2,7020.14– Work in Sicily1,7930.10– Enough Mafias1,3560.07–Total336,39018.117 Caterina Chinnici341,25216.17 – Democratic Party238,76112.7711 One Hundred Steps for Sicily55,5992.97–Total294,36015.7411 Nuccio di Paola321,14215.22 – Five Star Movement254,97413.6411 Gaetano Armao43,8352.08 – Action – Italia Viva39,7882.13– Eliana Esposito10,9730.52– Free Sicilians7,6540.41– Blank and invalid votes140,5966.25 Total candidates2,250,399100.008Total parties1,869,863100.0062 Registered voters/turnout4,609,98448.82 Source: Regione Sicilia

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