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2021 Democratic Party (Italy) leadership by-election

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2021 Democratic Party leadership by-election

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Candidate Enrico Letta
Delegates' ballot 860
Percentage 99.3%

Secretary before election

Nicola Zingaretti

Elected Secretary

Enrico Letta

The 2021 Democratic Party leadership by-election was an election held on 14 March 2021 in which the members of the Democratic Party's National Assembly elected the party Secretary, whose seat had been vacant since 4 March of the same year.

Procedure

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Under the internal rules of the Democratic Party, if an incumbent Secretary resigns, the National Assembly can either decide to dissolve itself and call a new primary election, or choose a new Secretary who will serve until the expiration of the Assembly's four years term.

Candidates

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Portrait Name Offices held
Enrico Letta
(age 58)
Prime Minister of Italy
(2013–2014)
Other positions

History

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The 2019 Democratic Party leadership election had been won by Nicola Zingaretti, who had become Secretary after winning over 66% of the vote. On 4 March 2021, Zingaretti resigned,[1] planning to hand the party's leadership to former Prime Minister Enrico Letta. Letta, who at the time was working in Paris as a university professor, immediately returned to Italy,[2][3] where he was elected Secretary by the National Assembly in a nearly unanimous vote. In his first speech as leader of the Democratic Party, he set out his agenda, which included the formation a broad alliance alongside centre-left and centrist political forces, making it easier for children of immigrants to obtain Italian citizenship, lowering the minimum voting age from 18 to 16,[4] the introduction of an anti-defection law, and an electoral law reform.[5][6][7]

Results

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National Assembly of the Democratic Party

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Motion to elect Enrico Letta Secretary of the Democratic Party, 14 March 2021
Ballot →
In favor checkY
860 / 866 (99%)
Against ☒N
2 / 866 (0.2%)
Abstentions
4 / 866 (0.5%)

Sources

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  1. ^ "Zingaretti si dimette da segretario Pd: 'Mi vergogno si parli solo di poltrone, ora tutti si assumano responsabilità'. Il partito: 'Ci ripensi'". Il Messaggero (in Italian). 4 March 2021. Retrieved 5 April 2024.
  2. ^ Maurelli, Luca (12 March 2021). "Enrico Letta il 'francese' saprà difendere l'Italia? I dubbi sul doppio ruolo del neo leader del Pd". Il Secolo d'Italia (in Italian). Retrieved 5 April 2024.
  3. ^ "Nicola Zingaretti si dimette da segretario Pd". HuffPost Italia (in Italian). 4 March 2021. Retrieved 5 April 2024.
  4. ^ Cipolla, Alessandro (15 March 2021). "PD, il programma di Enrico Letta: voto ai sedicenni e ius soli". Money.it (in Italian). Retrieved 5 April 2024.
  5. ^ Roberts, Hannah (14 March 2021). "Italy's ex-PM Enrico Letta returns to lead Democratic Party". Politico Europe. Retrieved 5 April 2024.
  6. ^ Giuffrida, Angela (14 March 2021). "Italian ex-prime minister Enrico Letta elected to lead Democratic party". The Guardian. Retrieved 5 April 2024.
  7. ^ "Letta 'comincia bene' con un discorso più di sinistra che di centro". Wired (in Italian). 15 March 2021. Retrieved 5 April 2024.