2013 Molise regional election

2013 Molise regional election

24–25 February 2013
All 21 seats to the Regional Council of Molise
Majority party Minority party Third party   Leader Paolo Di Laura Frattura Michele Iorio Antonio Federico Party Democratic Party People of Freedom Five Star Movement Alliance Centre-left Centre-right none Seats won 12 5 2 Seat change 13 2 Popular vote 85,881 49,567 32,200 Percentage 44.7% 25.8% 16.8% Swing 1.5% 21.2% 11.2%
President before election Michele Iorio People of Freedom Elected President Paolo Di Laura Frattura Democratic Party

The Molise regional election of 2013 took place on 24–25 February 2013, after that the 2011–2016 legislature was prematurely dissolved due to irregularities in the 2011 regional election. Paolo di Laura Frattura of the Democratic Party was elected President and the center-left performed approximately 16 points better than the center-left list for the Chamber of Deputies in the general election held the same day.

Background

In May 2012 a tribunal declared the 2011 election invalid due to irregularities and fraud committed by Michele Iorio (The People of Freedom, President of Molise since 2001) and his center-right coalition. After an appeal filed by the center-right failed, the Italian Council of State confirmed the 2011 election as invalid on 29 October 2012 and a new election was scheduled for February 2013.

Results

Candidates	Regional lists			Provincial lists				Total
	votes	%	seats	Parties	votes	%	seats	group
Paolo di Laura Frattura	85,881	44.70	3	Democratic Party	24,892	14.84	3	12
				Rise Molise	14,282	8.51	1
				Italy of Values	12,156	7.25	1
				Union for Molise	11,022	6.57	1
				Union of Democrats for Europe	6,831	4.07	1
				Party of Italian Communists	5,512	3.29	1
				Left Ecology Freedom	5,015	2.99	1
				Italian Socialist Party	3,149	1.88	0
				We for Molise	1,282	0.76	-
Michele Iorio	49,567	25.80	1	The People of Freedom	17,310	10.32	2	5
				Union of the Centre	10,514	6.27	1
				Great South	8,565	5.10	1
				Project Molise	7,383	4.40	-
				The Right	2,440	1.45	-
Antonio Federico	32,200	16.76	-	Five Star Movement	20,437	12.18	2	2
Massimo Romano	21.160	11.0	-	Building Democracy	8,503	5.07	1	1
				Act Molise	4,941	2.94	0
				Democrats for Molise	1,114	0.66	0
Antonio De Lellis	2,158	1.12	-	Democratic Revolution	1,562	0.93	0	–
Camillo Colella	1,141	0.59	-	Work, Sport and Social	873	0.52	0	–
Total candidates	192,107	100.00	5	Total parties	167,783	100.00	16	21

Source: Ministry of the Interior