Politics of Lazio

The Politics of Lazio, Italy takes place in a framework of a presidential representative democracy, whereby the President of Regional Government is the head of government, and of a pluriform multi-party system. Executive power is exercised by the Regional Government. Legislative power is vested in both the government and the Regional Council.

Executive branch

The Regional Government (Giunta Regionale) is presided by the President of the Region (Presidente della Regione), who is elected for a five-year term, and is composed by the president and the ministers (Assessori), who are currently 16, including a vice president.^[1]

List of Presidents

Local government

Provinces

Province	Inhabitants	President		Party
Metropolitan City of Rome Capital	4,352,359 #FFEB3B	Virginia Raggi (metropolitan mayor)	Five Star Movement	2016
Province of Frosinone	489,716 #EF1C27	Antonio Pompeo	Democratic Party	2014
Province of Latina	575,218 #EF1C27	Carlo Medici	Democratic Party	2018
Province of Rieti	156,148 #0087DC	Mariano Calisse	Independent (centre-right)	2018
Province of Viterbo	317,799 #EF1C27	Pietro Nocchi	Democratic Party	2017

Municipalities

Provincial capitals

Municipality	Inhabitants	Mayor		Party
Frosinone	46,649 #0087DC	Nicola Ottaviani	Forza Italia	2012
Latina	126,478 #EF1C27	Damiano Coletta	Independent (centre-left)	2016
Rieti	47,405 #0087DC	Antonio Cicchetti	Forza Italia	2017
Rome	2,857,046 #FFEB3B	Virginia Raggi	Five Star Movement	2016
Viterbo	67,831 #0087DC	Giovanni Arena	Forza Italia	2018

Legislative branch

The Regional Council of Lazio (Consiglio Regionale del Lazio) is composed of 51 members, of which 39 are elected in provincial constituencies with proportional representation, 10 from the so-called "regional list" of the elected president and the last one is for the candidate for president who comes second, who usually becomes the leader of the opposition in the council.

The council is elected for a five-year term, but, if the president suffers a vote of no confidence, resigns or dies, under the simul stabunt vel simul cadent clause (introduced in 1999), also the council will be dissolved and there will be a fresh election.^[2]

Parties and elections

Latest regional election

In the latest regional election, which took place on 4 March 2018, incumbent President Nicola Zingaretti (Democratic Party) was narrowly re-elected.

4 March 2018 Lazio regional election results
Candidates		Votes	%	Seats	Parties		Votes	%	Seats

	Nicola Zingaretti	1,018,736	32.93	1
						Democratic Party	539,131	21.25	18
						Zingaretti List	110,080	4.34	3
						Free and Equal	88,416	3.48	1
						More Europe	52,451	2.07	1
						Solidary Centre	48,872	1.93	1
						Together	28,443	1.12	–
					Total		867,393	34.19	24
	Stefano Parisi	964,757	31.18	1
						Forza Italia	371,155	14.63	6
						League	252,772	9.96	4
						Brothers of Italy	220,460	8.69	3
						Us with Italy–UDC	41.234	1.63	1
						Energies for Italy	37,043	1.46	–
					Total		922,664	36.37	14
	Roberta Lombardi	835,137	26.99	–		Five Star Movement	559,752	22.06	10
	Sergio Pirozzi	151,339	4.89	–
						Sergio Pirozzi for President	93,942	3.70	1
						Nathan List (PLI–PRI)	3,443	0.14	–
					Total		97,385	3.84	1
	Mauro Antonini	59,898	1.94	–		CasaPound	42,609	1.68	–
	Elisabetta Canitano	43,895	1.42	–		Power to the People	33,372	1.32	–
	Jean Leonard Touadi	7,708	0.25	–		Popular Civic List	6,073	0.24	–
	Giovanni Paolo Azzaro	7,614	0.25	–		Christian Democracy	5,325	0.21	–
	Rosati Stefano	4,952	0.16	–		Reconquer Italy	2,565	0.10	–

Total candidates		3,094,036	100.00	2	Total parties		2,537,138	100.00	49
Source: Ministry of the Interior

References

External links

[1] Regione Lazio – Composizione della Giunta regionale

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