Lega Umbria (), whose complete name is (), is a regionalist

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active in

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. The party was a "national" section of

Lega Nord Lega Nord (LN; ), whose complete name is (), is a right-wing politics, right-wing, federalism, federalist, populism, populist and conservatism, conservative list of political parties in Italy, political party in Italy. In the run-up to the 201 ...

(LN) from 1991 to 2020 and has been the regional section of

Lega per Salvini Premier Lega (), whose official name is Lega per Salvini Premier (, LSP or LpSP), is a right-wing populist political party in Italy, led by Matteo Salvini. The LSP is the informal successor of Lega Nord (, LN). The LSP was established in December 20 ...

(LSP) in Umbria since 2020. The party is led by secretary Riccardo Augusto Marchetti. One of its leading members,

Donatella Tesei Donatella Tesei (born 17 June 1958) is an Italian politician and lawyer, former President of the Umbria region. Biography Tesei is a civil and administrative lawyer. She served as mayor of Montefalco from 2009 to 2019. She joined the right-win ...

, was

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in 2019–2020.

Recent history

In the 2010 Umbrian regional election the party obtained 4.3% and entered the Regional Council for the first time with a regional councillor, while in

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it obtained 14.0% and, despite a reduction of the Council's numbers, two councillors. In the 2018 general election the party won 20.2% of the vote regionally and in the subsequent municipal election Leonardo Latini, a ''leghista'', was elected mayor of

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, the region's second largest city. In 2018

Virginio Caparvi Virginio is a given name, and may refer to: * Virginio Cáceres (born 1962), Paraguayan footballer * Virginio Colombo (1885–1927), Italian architect * Virginio Ferrari (born 1952), Italian motorcycle racer * Virginio Ferrari (artist) (21st centur ...

was elected secretary. In the

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the party increased its share to 38.2%. In the 2019 regional election the party fielded

as candidate for president. She was handily elected with 57.6% of the vote and a 20pp-lead over its main opponent, Vincenzo Bianconi, who was the candidate of the

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, including the

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. The LNT and the "Tesei President" list won a combined 40.9% of the vote, of which 37.0% for the LNT. The election ended 49 years of governments led by the

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and its successors, lately the Democratic Party. In 2023 Riccardo Augusto Marchetti was elected secretary, after Caparvi's decision to step aside. In the 2024 regional election Tesei failed to be re-elected, being defeated 51.1% to 46.2% by the centre-left candidate

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, and the party was reduced to 7.7% of the vote, plus 5.0% for Tesei's personal list. As a result, the party was left with two assembly members, Tesei and Enrico Melasecche Germini.

Popular support

The party is a tiny one among the national sections of the LN, but it is recently gaining clout. The electoral results of Lega Nord Umbria in

are shown in the tables below.

Electoral results

;Legislative Assembly of Umbria

Leadership

*Secretary: Alessandro Salvaneschi (1995–1999), Francesco Miroballo (1999–2009), Luca Rodolfo Paolini (commissioner 2009–2012), Gianluca Cirignoni (commissioner 2012–2013), Stefano Candiani (commissioner 2013–2018),

(2018–2023, commissioner 2020–2023), Riccardo Augusto Marchetti (2023–present) *President: ''unknown'' (1995–2018), Valerio Mancini (2018–2020)

Gallery

File:Flag of Umbria (Lega Nord).svg, alt=, Proposed flag of Umbria by Lega Umbria

References

External links

Official website
{{Lega Nord Federalist parties in Italy Italian leagues Lega Nord Political parties in Umbria