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.[1] On 12 October 2022, the president of Lazio Nicola Zingaretti decided to step down, having been elected to the national parliament.[2]
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All 51 seats to the Regional Council of Lazio | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Turnout | 37.2% ( 29.4%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 2023 Lazio regional election map results | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.[3]
| RM | LT | VT | FR | RT | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 30 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 39 |
Political parties and candidates
Below are listed the parties and candidates for the election.[4][5]
| Political party or alliance | Constituent lists | Previous result | Candidate | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes (%) | Seats | ||||||
| Centre-left coalition | Democratic Party | 21.3 | 18 | Alessio D'Amato | |||
| More Europe – Radicals – Volt | 2.1 | 1 | |||||
| Solidary Democracy | 1.9 | 1 | |||||
| Greens and Left | 1.1 | 0 | |||||
| Action – Italia Viva | — | — | |||||
| Italian Socialist Party | — | — | |||||
| D'Amato List (including SD, PRI, and Art.1) | — | — | |||||
| Centre-right coalition | Forza Italia | 14.6 | 6 | ||||
| League | 10.0 | 4 | |||||
| Brothers of Italy | 8.7 | 3 | |||||
| Union of the Centre – Green is Popular | 1.6 | 1 | |||||
| Us Moderates – Renaissance | |||||||
| Rocca for President (including AP) | — | — | |||||
| Five Star Movement coalition | Five Star Movement | 22.1 | 10 | Donatella Bianchi | |||
| Progressive Pole[a] | 3.5 | 1 | |||||
| People's Union | – | – | Rosa Rinaldi | ||||
| Italian Communist Party | – | – | Sonia Pecorilli | ||||
Opinion polling
Candidates
| Date | Polling firm | Sample size | Rocca | D'Amato | Bianchi | Rinaldi | Pecorilli | Others | Lead |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 13–16 Jan 2023 | Tecnè | 1,000 | 46.0 | 35.0 | 16.0 | — | — | 3.0 | 11.0 |
| 9–11 Jan 2023 | BiDiMedia | 2,700 | 45.1 | 36.0 | 15.3 | 1.5 | 0.5 | 1.6 | 9.1 |
| 27–28 Dec 2022 | IZI | 1,012 | 42.6 | 34.8 | 18.3 | — | — | 4.3 | 7.8 |
Hypothetical candidates
| Date | Polling firm | Sample size | Rocca | Other CDX | D'Amato | M5S | Left | Others | Lead |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14–15 Nov 2022 | Winpoll | 1,000 | 40.5 | — | 38.2 | 12.9[a] | — | 8.4 | 2.3 |
| 12–14 Nov 2022 | IZI | 1,009 | — | 48.8[b] | 27.4 | 23.8[c] | with M5S | — | 21.4 |
| — | 46.6[b] | 26.4 | 17.8[c] | 9.2 | — | 20.2 | |||
| — | 48.8[b] | 32.9 | 18.3[c] | with CSX | — | 15.9 |
Political parties
| Date | Polling firm | Sample size | Centre-right | Centre-left | M5S–SI | AVS | UP | PCI | Others | Lead | |||||||||||||
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| FdI | FI | Lega | Rocca | NM | UdC | PD | A–IV | +E | EV | D'Amato | PSI | DemoS | M5S | Bianchi | SI | ||||||||
| 13–16 Jan 2023 | Tecnè | 1,000 | 34.0 | 5.5 | 5.0 | — | — | — | 17.0 | 8.0 | 3.0 | 3.5 | — | — | — | 15.0 | — | 1.5 | — | — | — | 7.5 | 17.0 |
| 9–11 Jan 2023 | BiDiMedia | 2,700 | 35.3 | 3.8 | 4.1 | 1.7 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 17.5 | 8.7 | 2.6 | 2.7 | 2.5 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 13.0 | — | 2.0 | — | 1.6 | 0.5 | 1.7 | 17.8 |
| 27–28 Dec 2022 | IZI | 1,012 | 32.4 | 5.7 | 4.1 | 0.5 | — | — | 18.1 | 6.7 | 3.0 | 2.9 | 1.6 | 1.4 | 0.2 | 16.5 | 2.8 | — | — | — | — | 4.1 | 13.3 |
| 14–15 Nov 2022 | Winpoll | 1,000 | 33.8 | 6.5 | 5.2 | — | — | — | 17.0 | 8.2 | 2.8 | — | — | — | — | 15.9 | — | — | 3.5 | 1.3 | — | 5.8 | 16.8 |
| 12–14 Nov 2022 | IZI | 1,009 | 32.6 | 5.8 | 5.5 | — | — | — | 16.7 | 7.0 | 2.5 | — | — | — | — | 16.7 | — | — | 4.2 | — | — | 9.9 | 15.9 |
Results
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| Candidates | Votes | % | Seats | Parties | Votes | % | Seats | ||
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| Francesco Rocca | 934,614 | 53.88 | 1 | ||||||
| Brothers of Italy | 519,633 | 33.62 | 22 | ||||||
| League | 131,631 | 8.52 | 3 | ||||||
| Forza Italia | 130,368 | 8.43 | 3 | ||||||
| Rocca List | 31,437 | 2.03 | 1 | ||||||
| Union of the Centre | 24,983 | 1.62 | 1 | ||||||
| Us Moderates | 17,398 | 1.13 | – | ||||||
| Total | 855,450 | 55.34 | 30 | ||||||
| Alessio D'Amato | 581,033 | 33.50 | 1 | ||||||
| Democratic Party | 313,023 | 20.25 | 10 | ||||||
| Action – Italia Viva | 75,272 | 4.87 | 2 | ||||||
| D'Amato List | 47,184 | 3.05 | 1 | ||||||
| Greens and Left | 42,314 | 2.74 | 1 | ||||||
| Solidary Democracy | 18,417 | 1.19 | – | ||||||
| More Europe – Radicals – Volt | 14,870 | 0.96 | – | ||||||
| Italian Socialist Party | 7,974 | 0.52 | – | ||||||
| Total | 519,066 | 33.58 | 14 | ||||||
| Donatella Bianchi | 186,562 | 10.76 | – | Five Star Movement | 132,041 | 8.54 | 4 | ||
| Progressive Pole | 7,974 | 1.21 | 1 | ||||||
| Total | 150,768 | 9.75 | 5 | ||||||
| Sonia Pecorilli | 16,932 | 0.98 | – | Italian Communist Party | 10,212 | 0.66 | – | ||
| Rosa Rinaldi | 15,331 | 0.88 | – | People's Union | 10,289 | 0.67 | – | ||
| Blank and invalid votes | 45,111 | 2.53 | |||||||
| Total candidates | 1,734,472 | 100.00 | 2 | Total parties | 1,545,785 | 100.00 | 49 | ||
| Registered voters/turnout | 4,791,612 | 37.20 | |||||||
| Source: Ministry of the Interior | |||||||||