2013 Lega Nord leadership election

The 2013 Lega Nord leadership election took place in November–December 2013.

Background and race[edit]

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]

Main candidates[edit]

Portrait	Name		Most recent position
		Matteo Salvini (1973– )	Federal Secretary of Lega Lombarda (2012–incumbent) Other positions Member of the European Parliament (2009–incumbent; 2004–2006) Member of the Chamber of Deputies (2008–2009)
		Umberto Bossi (1941– )	Federal Secretary of Lega Nord (1989–2012) Other positions Minister of Federal Reforms (2008–2011) Minister for Institutional Reforms and Devolution (2001–2004) Member of the Chamber of Deputies (2008–incumbent; 1992–2004) Member of the Senate of the Republic (1987–1992)

First round[edit]

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

Source: La Stampa^[4]

Primary election[edit]

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]

Popular vote

Salvini			81.7%
Bossi			18.3%

Results by Regions[edit]

Region	Salvini	Bossi
Region
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

References[edit]

^ 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.
^ ^a ^b "Segreteria Lega, in corsa Salvini e Bossi". Turin: La Stampa. 2013-11-28.
^ ^a ^b "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.

[1] Gandolfi, Anna (2013-09-02). "L'annuncio di Maroni: lascio la segreteria entro Natale". Milan: Corriere della Sera.

[2] Albertino (2013-09-03). "Maroni abdica. Tosi va verso la Balena Verde. La Lega non si sa". Milan: L'Intraprendente.

[3] Zapperi, Cesare (2013-11-12). "Stucchi scende in campo per il fronte anti-Salvini". Milan: Corriere della Sera.

[La_Stampa-4] "Segreteria Lega, in corsa Salvini e Bossi". Turin: La Stampa. 2013-11-28.

[Adnkronos-5] "Adnkronos". www.adnkronos.com. Retrieved 2 March 2018.

[6] "Salvini, primo discorso da leader della Lega "L'euro è un crimine contro l'umanità"". 15 December 2013. Retrieved 2 March 2018.

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