2013 Italian presidential election

2013 Italian presidential election
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1,007 voters
(315 Senators, 4 Senators for life,
630 Deputies and 58 regional representatives)
672 (1st–3rd ballots) or 504 (4th ballot onwards) votes needed to win
 
Nominee Giorgio Napolitano Stefano Rodotà
Party Independent Independent
Electoral vote 738 217
Percentage 73.3% 21.5%
Result on the sixth ballot
(20 April 2013)

  Napolitano 738   Rodotà 217
  Others 20

  Invalids, blanks, abstentions 32
President before election

Giorgio Napolitano
Independent

Elected President

Giorgio Napolitano
Independent

The 2013 Italian presidential election was held in Italy on 18–20 April 2013. The result was the re-election of Giorgio Napolitano,[1] the first time a president had been elected for a second term.[2]

Only members of Parliament and regional delegates were entitled to vote, most of these electors having been elected in the 2013 general election. As head of state of the Italian Republic, the president has a role of representation of national unity and guarantees that Italian politics comply with the Italian Constitution, in the framework of a parliamentary system.

  1. ^ http://www.quirinale.it/elementi/Continua.aspx?tipo=Notizia&key=35357 [dead link]
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference Reuters was invoked but never defined (see the help page).