Lega Umbria
Lega Nord Umbria | |
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| Secretary | Virginio Caparvi |
| President | Valerio Mancini |
| Ideology | Federalism Regionalism |
| National affiliation | Lega |
| Regional Council of Umbria[a] | 10 / 21 |
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| http://www.leganordumbria.org | |
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Lega Nord Umbria (English: "Northern League Umbria") is a regionalist political party in Italy which also functions as the Umbrian national (i.e. regional) section of Lega Nord. Since 2018 the party has been led by Virginio Caparvi as secretary,[1][2] while Valerio Mancini serves as the party's president.[3][4]
One of its members, Donatella Tesei, has served as President of Umbria since November 2019.
Recent history
In the 2010 Umbrian regional election the party obtained 4.3% and entered the Regional Council for the first time with a regional councillor[5], while in 2015 it obtained 14.0% and, despite a reduction of the Council's numbers, two councillors.[6]
In the 2018 general election the party won 20.2% of the vote regionally[7] and in the subsequent municipal election Leonardo Latini, a leghista, was elected mayor of Terni, the region's second largest city.[8]
In the 2019 European Parliament election the party increased its share to 38.2%.
In the 2019 regional election the party fielded Donatella Tesei as candidate for president. She was handily elected with 57.6% of the vote and a 20% lead over its main opponent, Vincenzo Bianconi, who was the candidate of a joint list of the centre-left coalition and the Five Star Movement.[9] The LNT and the "Tesei President" list won a combined 40.9% of the vote. The election ended 49 years of governments led by the Italian Communist Party and its successors.
Popular support
The party is a tiny one among the national sections of the LN, but it is recently gaining clout.
The electoral results of Lega Nord Umbria in Umbria are shown in the tables below.
| 1990 regional | 1992 general | 1994 general | 1995 regional | 1996 general | 1999 European | 2000 regional | 2001 general | 2004 European | 2005 regional | 2006 general | 2008 general | 2009 European | 2010 regional |
| 0.2 | 1.1 | - | - | 1.1 | 0.3 | 0.3 | - | 0.6 | - | 0.8 | 1.7 | 3.6 | 4.3 |
| 2013 general | 2014 European | 2015 regional | 2018 general | 2019 European | 2019 regional |
| 0.6 | 2.5 | 14.0 | 20.2 | 38.2 | 37.1 |
Electoral results
Legislative Assembly of Umbria
| Election year | Votes | % | Seats | +/− | Leader |
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| 1985 | 2,103 | 0.4 | 0 / 30
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| 1990 | 1,370 | 0.2 | 0 / 30
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| 1995 | – | – | 0 / 31
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| 2000 | 1,227 (13th) | 0.3 | 0 / 31
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| 2005 | – | – | 0 / 31
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| 2010 | 17,887 (7th) | 4.3 | 1 / 31
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| 2015 | 49,203 (3rd) | 14.0 | 2 / 21
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| 2019 | 154,413 (1st) | 37.0 | 9 / 21
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Leadership
- National Secretary: Alessandro Salvaneschi (1995–1999), Francesco Miroballo (1999–2009), Luca Rodolfo Paolini (federal commissioner, 2009–2012), Gianluca Cirignoni (federal commissioner, 2012–2013), Stefano Candiani (federal commissioner, 2013–2018), Virginio Caparvi (2018–present)
- National President: unknown (1995–2018), Valerio Mancini (2018–present)
References
- ^ "Terni, Virgilio Caparvi nuovo segretario regionale della Lega Umbria". www.ilmessaggero.it.
- ^ "Virginio Caparvi è il nuovo segretario regionale della Lega". 28 May 2018.
- ^ "Lega Umbra, definita la squadra verso le elezioni". Quotidiano dell'Umbria.
- ^ Redazione (30 August 2018). "Lega Umbria presenta la squadra per la battaglia delle Regionali del 2020".
- ^ "ELEZIONI REGIONALI 2010 – ELENCO DEGLI ELETTI CON I RISULTATI DEFINITIVI DEI VOTI DELLE LISTE REGIONALI E PROVINCIALI | Assemblea Legislativa - Regione Umbria". www.consiglio.regione.umbria.it (in Italian). Retrieved 2018-08-29.
- ^ "Umbria - Elezioni Regionali - 31 maggio 2015". Retrieved 2 March 2018.
- ^ "Dipartimento per gli Affari Interni e Territoriali". elezionistorico.interno.gov.it.
- ^ "Il leghista Leonardo Latini è il nuovo sindaco". corrieredellumbria.corr.it.
- ^ Giuffrida, Angela (28 October 2019). "Salvini's coalition sweeps to power in Umbria elections". The Guardian. Retrieved 28 October 2019.