The 2023 Lazio regional election took place on 12 and 13 February 2023. It was held concurrently with the 2023 Lombard regional election, as decided by the Italian government on 9 December 2022. On 12 October 2022, the president of Lazio Nicola Zingaretti decided to step down, having been elected to the national parliament.
The election saw the centre-right coalition win with a majority of the popular vote, gaining a 11-seat majority and taking control of the Regional Council of Lazio for the first time since the 2010 Lazio regional election.
Electoral system The Regional Council of Lazio is elected with a mixed system: 39 councilmembers are chosen with a form of proportional representation using a largest remainder method with open lists, while 11 councilmembers are elected with a plurality-at-large voting system with closed lists. One seat is for the elected president.
RM LT VT FR RT Total30333039
Political parties and candidates Below are listed the parties and candidates for the election.
Political party or allianceConstituent listsPrevious resultCandidateVotes (%)Seats Centre-left coalition Democratic Party 21.318 More Europe – Radicals – Volt2.11 Solidary Democracy1.91 Greens and Left1.10 Action – Italia Viva Italian Socialist Party D'Amato List (including SD, PRI, and Art.1) Centre-right coalition Forza Italia 14.66 League10.04 Brothers of Italy 8.73 Union of the Centre – Green is Popular1.61 Us Moderates – Renaissance Rocca for President (including AP) Five Star Movement coalition Five Star Movement 22.110 Progressive Pole3.51 People's Union–– Italian Communist Party––
Opinion polling Candidates +DatePolling firmSample sizeRoccaD'AmatoBianchiRinaldiPecorilliOthersLeadTecnè1,00046.035.016.03.011.0BiDiMedia2,70045.136.015.31.50.51.69.1 IZI 1,01242.6 34.8 18.3 4.37.8 Hypothetical candidates +DatePolling firmSample sizeRoccaOther D'AmatoM5SLeftOthersLead Winpoll 1,00040.5 38.2 12.9 8.42.3 rowspan="3" IZI 1,009 48.8 27.4 23.8 with M5S 21.4 46.6 26.4 17.8 9.2 20.2 48.8 32.9 18.3 with 15.9
Political parties DatePolling firmSample sizeCentre-rightCentre-leftM5S–SIAVSUPPCIOthersLeadFdIFILegaRoccaNMUdCPDA–IV+EEVD'AmatoPSIDemoSM5SBianchiSITecnè1,00034.05.55.017.08.03.03.515.01.57.517.0BiDiMedia2,70035.33.84.11.70.50.517.58.72.62.72.50.50.813.02.01.60.51.717.8IZI1,01232.45.74.10.518.16.73.02.91.61.40.216.52.84.113.3Winpoll1,00033.86.55.217.08.22.815.93.51.35.816.8IZI1,00932.65.85.516.77.02.516.74.29.915.9
Results
+ Candidates Votes % Seats Parties Votes % Seats Francesco Rocca934,61453.881 Brothers of Italy 519,63333.6222 League131,6318.523 Forza Italia130,3688.433 Rocca List31,4372.031 Union of the Centre24,9831.621 Us Moderates17,3981.13–Total855,45055.3430 Alessio D'Amato581,033 33.501Democratic Party313,02320.2510 Action – Italia Viva75,2724.872D'Amato List47,1843.051 Greens and Left42,3142.741 Solidary Democracy18,4171.19– More Europe – Radicals – Volt14,8700.96– Italian Socialist Party7,9740.52–Total519,06633.5814 Donatella Bianchi186,56210.76– Five Star Movement132,0418.544 Progressive Pole7,9741.211Total150,7689.755 Sonia Pecorilli16,9320.98– Italian Communist Party10,2120.66– Rosa Rinaldi15,3310.88– People's Union10,2890.67– Blank and invalid votes45,1112.53 Total candidates1,734,472100.002Total parties1,545,785100.0049 Registered voters/turnout4,791,61237.20 Source: Ministry of the Interior
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