2013 Lega Nord leadership election

The 2013 Lega Nord leadership election took place in November–December 2013.

Background and race

In September 2013 Roberto Maroni, who had been secretary of the party for just about a year, announced he would soon step down from the party's leadership.^[1]^[2]

A federal congress was scheduled for mid December and five candidates filed their bid to become secretary: Umberto Bossi (the party's founder and former leader), Matteo Salvini, Giacomo Stucchi, Manes Bernardini and Roberto Stefanazzi.^[3] Of these, only Bossi and Salvini gathered the 1,000 necessary signatures by party members to take part to a closed "primary" (open only to a selected public of party members), and Salvini collected four times the signatures gathered by Bossi.^[4]

On 7 December Salvini trounced Bossi with 82% of the vote in the "primary".^[5] His election was ratified by the party's federal congress on 15 December.^[6]

Main candidates

Portrait	Name		Most recent position
		Matteo Salvini (1973– )	Federal Secretary of Lega Lombarda (2012–incumbent) Other positions Member of the European Parliament (2009–incumbent; 2004–2006) Member of the Chamber of Deputies (2008–2009)
		Umberto Bossi (1941– )	Federal Secretary of Lega Nord (1989–2012) Other positions Minister of Federal Reforms (2008–2011) Minister for Institutional Reforms and Devolution (2001–2004) Member of the Chamber of Deputies (2008–incumbent; 1992–2004) Member of the Senate of the Republic (1987–1992)

First round

Candidate		Status on 30 November
	Matteo Salvini	Admitted to primary election
	Umberto Bossi	Admitted to primary election
	Giacomo Stucchi	Retired
	Manes Bernardini	Retired
	Roberto Stefanazzi	Retired

Source: La Stampa^[4]

Primary election

Candidate		Votes	%
	Matteo Salvini	8,162	81.7
	Umberto Bossi	1,833	18.3
Total valid votes		9,995	100.0
Invalid votes		121	1.2
Blank votes		105	1.0
Total		10,221	100.0

Turnout: 60.0% Source: Adnkronos^[5]

Popular vote

Salvini			81.7%
Bossi			18.3%

Results by Regions

Region	Salvini	Bossi
Region
Aosta Valley	80.0	20.0
Emilia-Romagna	66.0	34.0
Friuli-Venezia Giulia	90.0	10.0
Liguria	91.0	9.0
Lombardy	79.0	21.0
Marche	86.0	14.0
Piedmont	83.0	17.0
Tuscany	89.0	11.0
Trentino Alto-Adige	72.0	28.0
Umbria	67.0	33.0
Veneto	84.0	16.0

References

^ Gandolfi, Anna (2013-09-02). "L'annuncio di Maroni: lascio la segreteria entro Natale". Milan: Corriere della Sera.
^ Albertino (2013-09-03). "Maroni abdica. Tosi va verso la Balena Verde. La Lega non si sa". Milan: L'Intraprendente.
^ Zapperi, Cesare (2013-11-12). "Stucchi scende in campo per il fronte anti-Salvini". Milan: Corriere della Sera.
^ ^a ^b "Segreteria Lega, in corsa Salvini e Bossi". Turin: La Stampa. 2013-11-28.
^ ^a ^b "Adnkronos". www.adnkronos.com. Retrieved 2 March 2018.
^ "Salvini, primo discorso da leader della Lega "L'euro è un crimine contro l'umanità"". 15 December 2013. Retrieved 2 March 2018.

[1] Gandolfi, Anna (2013-09-02). "L'annuncio di Maroni: lascio la segreteria entro Natale". Milan: Corriere della Sera.

[2] Albertino (2013-09-03). "Maroni abdica. Tosi va verso la Balena Verde. La Lega non si sa". Milan: L'Intraprendente.

[3] Zapperi, Cesare (2013-11-12). "Stucchi scende in campo per il fronte anti-Salvini". Milan: Corriere della Sera.

[La_Stampa-4] "Segreteria Lega, in corsa Salvini e Bossi". Turin: La Stampa. 2013-11-28.

[Adnkronos-5] "Adnkronos". www.adnkronos.com. Retrieved 2 March 2018.

[6] "Salvini, primo discorso da leader della Lega "L'euro è un crimine contro l'umanità"". 15 December 2013. Retrieved 2 March 2018.

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