2013_Lega_Nord_leadership_election
The 2013 Lega Nord leadership election took place in November–December 2013.
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In September 2013 Roberto Maroni, who had been secretary of the party for just about a year, announced he would soon step down from the party's leadership.[1][2]
A federal congress was scheduled for mid December and five candidates filed their bid to become secretary: Umberto Bossi (the party's founder and former leader), Matteo Salvini, Giacomo Stucchi, Manes Bernardini and Roberto Stefanazzi.[3] Of these, only Bossi and Salvini gathered the 1,000 necessary signatures by party members to take part to a closed "primary" (open only to a selected public of party members), and Salvini collected four times the signatures gathered by Bossi.[4]
On 7 December Salvini trounced Bossi with 82% of the vote in the "primary".[5] His election was ratified by the party's federal congress on 15 December.[6]
| Portrait | Name | Most recent position | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Matteo Salvini (1973– ) |
Federal Secretary of Lega Lombarda (2012–incumbent) Other positions
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| Umberto Bossi (1941– ) |
Other positions
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| Candidate | Status on 30 November | |
|---|---|---|
| Matteo Salvini | Admitted to primary election | |
| Umberto Bossi | Admitted to primary election | |
| Giacomo Stucchi | Retired | |
| Manes Bernardini | Retired | |
| Roberto Stefanazzi | Retired | |
| Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Matteo Salvini | 8,162 | 81.7 | |
| Umberto Bossi | 1,833 | 18.3 | |
| Total valid votes | 9,995 | 100.0 | |
| Invalid votes | 121 | 1.2 | |
| Blank votes | 105 | 1.0 | |
| Total | 10,221 | 100.0 | |
Turnout: 60.0% Source: Adnkronos[5]
Results by Regions
| Region | Salvini | Bossi |
|---|---|---|
| Aosta Valley | 80.0 | 20.0 |
| Emilia-Romagna | 66.0 | 34.0 |
| Friuli-Venezia Giulia | 90.0 | 10.0 |
| Liguria | 91.0 | 9.0 |
| Lombardy | 79.0 | 21.0 |
| Marche | 86.0 | 14.0 |
| Piedmont | 83.0 | 17.0 |
| Tuscany | 89.0 | 11.0 |
| Trentino Alto-Adige | 72.0 | 28.0 |
| Umbria | 67.0 | 33.0 |
| Veneto | 84.0 | 16.0 |
- Gandolfi, Anna (2013-09-02). "L'annuncio di Maroni: lascio la segreteria entro Natale". Milan: Corriere della Sera.
- Albertino (2013-09-03). "Maroni abdica. Tosi va verso la Balena Verde. La Lega non si sa". Milan: L'Intraprendente.
- Zapperi, Cesare (2013-11-12). "Stucchi scende in campo per il fronte anti-Salvini". Milan: Corriere della Sera.
- "Segreteria Lega, in corsa Salvini e Bossi". Turin: La Stampa. 2013-11-28.
- "Adnkronos". www.adnkronos.com. Retrieved 2 March 2018.
- "Salvini, primo discorso da leader della Lega "L'euro è un crimine contro l'umanità"". 15 December 2013. Retrieved 2 March 2018.