The 2023 Lombard regional election took place on 12 and 13 February 2023. The election took place concurrently with the

2023 Lazio regional election 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 Z ...

, as decided by the

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on 9 December 2022. According to the final results,

Attilio Fontana Attilio Fontana (born 28 March 1952) is an Italian politician from Varese, Lombardy. He has served as President of Lombardy since 2018 leading a centre-right coalition. Biography Early political career A long-time member of Lega Lombarda and Leg ...

was reelected

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with more than 54% of the votes, obtaining the greater bonus given by the electoral law. Voter turnout was registered at 41.61%, the lowest ever recorded for a regional election.

Electoral system

Since 2012,

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adopted its own legislation to elect its regional council, which is similar to the national Tatarella Law of 1995. While the

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and the

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are still elected

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, 78 councilors are elected by

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s under a form of

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. The winning coalition receives a jackpot of at least 45 seats, which are divided between all

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parties using the

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, as it happens between the losing lists. Each party then distributes its seats to its provincial lists, where candidates are selected through

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s. According to the Law 17 February 1968, no. 108, the Regional Council is elected every five years. The election can take place no earlier than the fourth Sunday before the completion of this five years period and no later than 60 days after that date.

Political parties and candidates

Opinion polling

Results

Results by provinces

Results by capital city

Elected councillors

References

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