Lombard regional election, 2018

Lombard regional election, 2018
Lombardy
On or before
25 February 2018

All 80 seats to the Regional Council of Lombardy

  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Roberto Maroni Giorgio Gori
Party Northern League Democratic Party
Last election 49 seats, 42.8% 22 seats, 38.2%

President before election

Roberto Maroni
LN

President-elect

TBD

The Lombard regional election of 2018 will take place in the first half of the 2018. The 11th term of the Regional Council will be chosen.

Electoral law

Since 2012, Lombardy has adopted its own legislation to elect its Council, very similar to national Tatarella Law of 1995. While the President of Lombardy and the leader of the opposition are still elected at-large, 78 councilors are elected by party lists under a form of semi-proportional representation. The winning coalition receives a jackpot of at least 45 seats, which are divided between all majority parties using the D'Hondt method, as it happens between the losing lists. Each party then distributes its seats to its provincial lists, where candidates are openly selected.

According to the Law 17 February 1968, no. 108, the Regional Council is elected every five years. The election can take place since the fourth Sunday before the completion of this five years period.

Campaign

On 1 March 2016 Maroni announced his intention to run for a re-election as president.[1]

On 1 June 2017 Giorgio Gori, the incumbent mayor of Bergamo, announced his decision to run for the presidency for the center-left coalition.[2]

References

  1. Tangenti, Maroni: mi ricandido nel 2018, Ansa, 1 March 2016
  2. Lombardia un sindaco governatore, La Repubblica, 1 June 2017


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