2017 Sicilian regional election
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The 2017 Sicilian regional election for the renewal of the Sicilian Regional Assembly and the election of the President of Sicily was held on 5 November 2017. Incumbent President Rosario Crocetta was not his party's candidate due to his low popularity.[2] Nello Musumeci, leader of the movement Diventerà Bellissima, was elected president.
Electoral system
[edit]The Sicilian Parliament is elected with a mixed system: 62 MPs are chosen with a form of proportional representation using a largest remainder method with open lists and a 5% threshold, while 8 MPs (7+1) are elected using Party bloc vote.
| AG | CL | CT | EN | ME | PA | RG | SR | TP | Total |
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| 6 | 3 | 13 | 2 | 8 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 62 |
Parties and leaders
[edit]| Political party or alliance | Constituent lists | Previous result | Candidate | |||
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| Votes (%) | Seats | |||||
| Centre-right coalition | Forza Italia (incl. SC and PLI) | 18.9[a] | 17[b] | Nello Musumeci | ||
| Populars and Autonomists | 15.4[c] | 14[d] | ||||
| Union of the Centre (incl. RD and Sicilia Vera) | 10.8 | 11 | ||||
| Diventerà Bellissima (incl. EpI) | — | — | ||||
| Brothers of Italy – Us with Salvini | — | — | ||||
| Five Star Movement | 14.9 | 15 | Giancarlo Cancelleri
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| Centre-left coalition | Democratic Party | 13.4 | 14 | Fabrizio Micari | ||
| Future Sicily – Italian Socialist Party | — | — | ||||
| Popular Alternative – Centrists for Micari | — | — | ||||
| Micari list (inc. The Megaphone) | — | — | ||||
| One Hundred Steps for Sicily (incl. MDP, SI, PRC, FdV, Pos and PSS) | 3.1 | – | ||||
| Free Sicilians | — | — | Roberto La Rosa[4]
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Opinion polling
[edit]| Date | Polling firm | Micari | Musumeci | Cancelleri | Fava | Others | Lead |
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| 20 Oct 2017 | Piepoli | 25.0 | 42.0 | 25.0 | 8.0 | 0.0 | 17.0 |
| 20 Oct 2017 | Demos&Pi | 15.7 | 35.5 | 33.2 | 13.8 | 1.8 | 2.3 |
| 20 Oct 2017 | Demopolis Archived 2017-10-20 at the Wayback Machine | 21.0 | 36.0 | 35.0 | 7.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| 19 Oct 2017 | Tecnè Archived 2017-10-19 at the Wayback Machine | 16.0 | 42.0 | 33.0 | 9.0 | 0.0 | 9.0 |
| 18 Oct 2017 | Keix | 24.2 | 33.0 | 33.2 | 7.6 | 1.6 | 0.2 |
| 12 Ott 2017 | Demopolis | 22.0 | 35.0 | 33.0 | 9.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 |
| 11 Oct 2017 | Piepoli | 16.0 | 42.0 | 33.0 | 9.0 | 1.0 | 9.0 |
| 5 Oct 2017 | Index research | 20.0 | 37.0 | 30.0 | 10.0 | 3.0 | 7.0 |
| 4 Oct 2017 | Demopolis | 22.5 | 34.5 | 32.0 | 9.0 | 2.0 | 2.5 |
| 3 Oct 2017 | Tecnè | 15.0 | 37.0 | 31.0 | 11.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 |
| 24 Sep 2017 | Ipsos | 13.0 | 38.0 | 31.0 | 10.0 | 8.0 | 7.0 |
| 21 Sep 2017 | Index Research | 15.0 | 36.0 | 30.0 | 16.0 | 3.0 | 6.0 |
| 5 Sep 2017 | Demopolis | 22.0 | 34.0 | 35.0 | 6.0 | 3.0 | 1.0 |
| 29–30 Aug 2017 | Euromedia[permanent dead link] | 16.0 | 36.1 | 33.0 | 9.5 | 7.5 | 3.1 |
| 26–28 Aug 2017 | Lorien | 21.3 | 40.5 | 38.2 | — | 0.0 | 2.3 |
Results
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| Candidates | Votes | % | Seats | Parties | Votes | % | Seats | ||
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| Nello Musumeci | 830,821 | 39.85 | 7 | ||||||
| Forza Italia | 315,056 | 16.37 | 12 | ||||||
| Populars and Autonomists | 136,520 | 7.09 | 5 | ||||||
| Union of the Centre | 134,124 | 6.97 | 5 | ||||||
| Diventerà Bellissima | 114,708 | 5.96 | 4 | ||||||
| Brothers of Italy – Us with Salvini | 108,713 | 5.65 | 3 | ||||||
| Total | 809,121 | 42.04 | 29 | ||||||
| Giancarlo Cancelleri | 722,555 | 34.65 | 1 | Five Star Movement | 513,359 | 26.67 | 19 | ||
| Fabrizio Micari | 388,886 | 18.65 | – | ||||||
| Democratic Party | 250,633 | 13.02 | 11 | ||||||
| Future Sicily – Italian Socialist Party | 115,751 | 6.01 | 2 | ||||||
| Popular Alternative – Centrists for Micari | 80,366 | 4.18 | – | ||||||
| Micari for President | 42,189 | 2.19 | – | ||||||
| Total | 488,939 | 25.41 | 13 | ||||||
| Claudio Fava | 128,157 | 6.15 | – | One Hundred Steps for Sicily | 100,583 | 5.23 | 1 | ||
| Roberto La Rosa | 14,656 | 0.70 | – | Free Sicilians | 12,600 | 0.66 | – | ||
| Total candidates | 2,085,075 | 100.00 | 8 | Total parties | 1,924,602 | 100.00 | 62 | ||
| Source: Sicilian Region | |||||||||
Notes
[edit]- ^ The swing comes from the combined result of the Centre-right coalition (25.73%) and New Pole for Italy (15.41%) in the 2012 regional election.
- ^ Regionali, Crocetta: "Sono io il candidato legittimo del Pd"
- ^ Fava candidato unico della sinistra: in Sicilia Navarra si defila.
- ^ Siciliani liberi, parte la campagna elettorale a sostegno di La Rosa.
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