2015 Five Star Movement presidential primary election

The 2015 Five Star Movement presidential primary election was held online in January 2015 to determine the Five Star Movement candidate in the 2015 Italian presidential election.

Ferdinando Imposimato, former Member of the Parliament and honorary president of Supreme Court of Cassation, won the primary with a plurality of the vote, but ultimately lost the presidential election to Sergio Mattarella, coming in second on the fourth ballot.

Candidates Portrait Name Office(s) held Profession Ferdinando Imposimato(1936–2018) Member of the Senate(1987 – 1992; 1994 –1996)Magistrate Romano Prodi(born 1939) President of the European Commission (1999–2004) University professor Nino Di Matteo (born 1961) Member of the High Council of the Judiciary (2019 – present) Magistrate Pierluigi Bersani (born 1951) Secretary of the Democratic Party (Italy)(2009–2013) Career politician Gustavo Zagrebelsky (born 1943) President of the Constitutional Court(2004) Jurist Raffaele Cantone (born 1963) President of the National Anticorruption Authority(2014–2019) MagistrateElio Lannutti (born 1948) Member of the Senate(2008–2013; 2018–2022) Journalist Salvatore Settis (born 1941) N/A Rector Paolo Maddalena (born 1936)Vice President of the Constitutional Court of Italy(2010–2011)Magistrate

Results CandidatePartyVotes% Ferdinando ImposimatoIndependent16,635 Romano ProdiDemocratic Party10,288Nino Di MatteoIndependent6,693Pierluigi BersaniDemocratic Party5,787Gustavo ZagrebelskyIndependent5,547Raffaele CantoneIndependent3,341Elio LannuttiFive Star Movement1,528Salvatore SettisIndependent1,517Paolo MaddalenaIndependent392Total48,282100.00

See also 2013 Five Star Movement presidential primary election

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