2023 Friuli-Venezia Giulia regional election

The 2023 Friuli-Venezia Giulia regional election took place from 2 to 3 April 2023. The election took place concurrently with the municipal election in 19 comuni of the Region.

2023 Friuli-Venezia Giulia regional election

← 2018 2–3 April 2023

All 48 seats to the Regional Council
25 seats needed for a majority
Turnout45.26% Decrease 4.39%
  Majority party Minority party
 
Candidate Massimiliano Fedriga Massimo Moretuzzo
Party League Pact for Autonomy
Alliance Centre-right Centre-left
Last election 29 seats, 57.1% 18 seats, 42.9%[1]
Seats won 29 19
Seat change Steady0 Increase1
Popular vote 314,824 139,018
Percentage 64.2% 28.4%
Swing Increase7.1% Decrease14.5%

Map of the results of the regional election. Colors identify the candidate who received a plurality in each province. Blue indicates a Fedriga majority.

Government before election

Massimiliano Fedriga
Centre-right

Elected Government

Massimiliano Fedriga
Centre-right

Electoral system

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Number of councilors

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The Special Statute provides that the number of the regional councilors is determinated by one every 25,000 inhabitants or fraction greater than 10,000, according to the data taken by the last official detection of Istat. In the 2018 election, 47 councilors were elected in the constituencies, while 1 was the seat for the president and 1 was the seat for the "best loser", the first losing candidate.[2]

Majority bonus

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Following the regional electoral law, the candidate that obtains the largest number of valid votes becomes president. The lists that are accepted in the distribution of seats are the ones that:

  • obtained at least 4% of the regional votes
  • obtained at least 1.5% of the regional votes and are in a coalition that obtained at least 15% of the votes
  • obtained at least 20% of the votes in one of the constituencies

The winning coalition has to have at least 55% of the seats if the president is elected with less than 45% of votes, and if the votes of the winning candidate are more than 45%, his/her coalition has to have at least 60% of the seats.

Seat for the Slovenian minority

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The lists that represent the Slovenian minority must have at least one seat if they obtained 1% or more votes.

Constituencies

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The territory of the region is divided in five constituencies: Trieste, Gorizia, Udine, Tolmezzo and Pordenone.

 
Map showing the constituencies by comune
Seats by constituency
Constituency Number of seats
Trieste 9
Gorizia 5
Udine 18
Tolmezzo 3
Pordenone 12

How to vote

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There are 4 different ways to vote:

  • Choosing only a candidate for president, drawing a sign on the name of the candidate
  • Choosing a candidate and a list, drawing a sign on the name of the candidate and on the list symbol. The split vote is allowed.
  • Choosing a candidate, a list and expressing a preference for a list candidate.
  • Choosing only a list; in this case the vote automatically counts as a vote for the candidate for president of the chosen list.

Parties and candidates

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Political party or alliance Constituent lists Previous results Candidate
Votes (%) Seats
Centre-right coalition Lega Friuli-Venezia Giulia 34.91 17 Massimiliano Fedriga
Forza Italia 12.06 5
Fedriga for President (incl. PFVG) 6.29 3
Brothers of Italy 5.49 2
Responsible Autonomy (incl. Trieste Libera) 3.97 1
Centre-left coalition Democratic Party 18.11 10 Massimo Moretuzzo
Five Star Movement 7.06 4
Pact for Autonomy 4.09 2
Open – Left FVG 2.78 1
Slovene Union 1.16 1
Greens and Left Alliance
Action – Italia VivaMore Europe Alessandro Maran
Together Free (Incl. Italexit, M3V and PdF) Giorgia Tripoli

Results

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Candidates Votes % Seats Parties Votes % Seats
Massimiliano Fedriga 314,824 64.24 1 Lega Friuli-Venezia Giulia 75,117 19.02 9
Brothers of Italy 71,503 18.10 8
Fedriga for President 70,192 17.77 8
Forza Italia 26,329 6.67 3
Responsible Autonomy 7,762 1.97
Total 250,903 63.53 28
Massimo Moretuzzo 139,018 28.37 1 Democratic Party 65,143 16.49 10
Pact for Autonomy 24,838 6.29 4
Five Star Movement 9,486 2.40 1
Greens and Left Alliance 8,029 2.03 1
Open – Left FVG 5,957 1.51 1
Slovene Union 4,016 1.02 1
Total 117,469 29.74 18
Giorgia Tripoli 22,840 4.66 Together Free 15,712 3.98
Alessandro Maran 13,374 2.73 Action – Italia VivaMore Europe 10,869 2.75
Blank and invalid votes 12,019 2.39
Total candidates 490,056 100.00 2 Total parties 394,957 100.00 46
Registered voters/turnout 1,109,395 45.26
Source: Friuli-Venezia Giulia Region


References

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  1. ^ Centre-left+Five Star Movement+Pact for Autonomy
  2. ^ "Guida Elezioni 2023" (PDF).