2012 Sicilian regional election

2012 Sicilian regional election
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All 90 seats to the Sicilian Regional Assembly
46 seats needed for a majority
Turnout47.42% (Decrease 19.26%)
  First party Second party
 
Leader Rosario Crocetta Nello Musumeci
Party Democratic Party Right
Alliance Centre-left Centre-right
Seats won 39 21
Seat change Increase 10 Decrease 24[1]
Popular vote 617,073 521,022
Percentage 30.47% 25.73%
Swing Increase 0.9% Decrease 36.62%
  Third party Fourth party
 
Leader Giancarlo Cancelleri Gianfranco Micciché
Party Five Star Movement Great South
Alliance GS–PdS–FLI
Seats won 15 15
Seat change Increase 15 Steady
Popular vote 368,006 312,112
Percentage 18.17% 15.41%
Swing Increase 13.73% new
President before election

Raffaele Lombardo
MpA

Elected President

Rosario Crocetta
PD

The 2012 Sicilian regional election for the renewal of the Sicilian Regional Assembly and the election of the President of Sicily was held on 28 October 2012. It was a snap election, following the resignation of President Raffaele Lombardo for judicial and financial reasons.

The election was competed by ten candidates from newly reshuffled political alliances, and was an unusually close race. The winner of the election was Rosario Crocetta,[2][3] candidate for a centre-left coalition of Democratic Party and the Union of the Centre.[3]

  1. ^ without Movement for Autonomy
  2. ^ "Politics this week | The Economist". 3 November 2012. Retrieved 2012-11-04.
  3. ^ a b Day, Michael (31 October 2012). "Sicily's first gay governor opens a new schism between Italy's old enemies - Europe - World - The Independent". London. Archived from the original on 2022-05-01. Retrieved 2012-11-05.