The 2023 Friuli-Venezia Giulia regional election took place from 2 to 3 April 2023. The election took place concurrently with the municipal election in 19 comuni of the Region.
Electoral system
Number of councilors The Special Statute provides that the number of the regional councilors is determinated by one every 25,000 inhabitants or fraction greater than 10,000, according to the data taken by the last official detection of Istat. In the 2018 election, 47 councilors were elected in the constituencies, while 1 was the seat for the president and 1 was the seat for the "best loser", the first losing candidate.
Majority bonus Following the regional electoral law, the candidate that obtains the largest number of valid votes becomes president. The lists that are accepted in the distribution of seats are the ones that:
obtained at least 4% of the regional votes obtained at least 1.5% of the regional votes and are in a coalition that obtained at least 15% of the votes obtained at least 20% of the votes in one of the constituencies
The winning coalition has to have at least 55% of the seats if the president is elected with less than 45% of votes, and if the votes of the winning candidate are more than 45%, his/her coalition has to have at least 60% of the seats.
Seat for the Slovenian minority The lists that represent the Slovenian minority must have at least one seat if they obtained 1% or more votes.
Constituencies The territory of the region is divided in five constituencies: Trieste, Gorizia, Udine, Tolmezzo and Pordenone.
+Seats by constituencyConstituencyNumber of seatsTrieste9Gorizia5Udine18Tolmezzo3Pordenone12
How to vote There are 4 different ways to vote:
Choosing only a candidate for president, drawing a sign on the name of the candidate Choosing a candidate and a list, drawing a sign on the name of the candidate and on the list symbol. The split vote is allowed. Choosing a candidate, a list and expressing a preference for a list candidate. Choosing only a list; in this case the vote automatically counts as a vote for the candidate for president of the chosen list.
Parties and candidates +Political party or allianceConstituent listsPrevious resultsCandidateVotes (%)SeatsCentre-right coalitionLega Friuli-Venezia Giulia34.9117Massimiliano FedrigaForza Italia12.065Fedriga for President (incl. PFVG, UDC)6.293Brothers of Italy5.492Responsible Autonomy (incl. Trieste Libera)3.971Centre-left coalitionDemocratic Party18.1110Massimo MoretuzzoFive Star Movement7.064Pact for Autonomy4.092Open – Left FVG2.781Slovene Union1.161Greens and Left AllianceAction – Italia Viva – More EuropeAlessandro MaranTogether Free (Incl. Italexit, M3V and PdF)Giorgia Tripoli
Results CandidatesVotes %SeatsPartiesVotes %SeatsMassimiliano Fedriga314,82464.241Lega Friuli-Venezia Giulia75,11719.029Brothers of Italy71,50318.108Fedriga for President70,19217.778Forza Italia26,3296.673Responsible Autonomy7,7621.97–Total250,90363.5328Massimo Moretuzzo139,01828.371Democratic Party65,14316.4910Pact for Autonomy24,8386.294Five Star Movement9,4862.401Greens and Left Alliance8,0292.031Open – Left FVG5,9571.511Slovene Union4,0161.021Total117,46929.7418Giorgia Tripoli22,8404.66–Together Free15,7123.98–Alessandro Maran13,3742.73–Action – Italia Viva – More Europe10,8692.75– Blank and invalid votes12,0192.39Total candidates490,056100.002Total parties394,957100.0046 Registered voters/turnout1,109,39545.26Source: Friuli-Venezia Giulia Region
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