2013 Lega Nord leadership election
The 2013 Lega Nord leadership election took place in November–December 2013.
Background and race
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]
First round
| Candidate | Status on 30 November | |
|---|---|---|
| bgcolor="Template:Lega Nord/meta/color"| | Matteo Salvini | Admitted to primary election |
| bgcolor="Template:Lega Nord/meta/color"| | Umberto Bossi | Admitted to primary election |
| bgcolor="Template:Lega Nord/meta/color"| | Giacomo Stucchi | Retired |
| bgcolor="Template:Lega Nord/meta/color"| | Manes Bernardini | Retired |
| bgcolor="Template:Lega Nord/meta/color"| | Roberto Stefanazzi | Retired |
Primary election
| Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| bgcolor="Template:Lega Nord/meta/color"| | Matteo Salvini | 8,161 | 81.7 |
| bgcolor="Template:Lega Nord/meta/color"| | Umberto Bossi | 1,833 | 18.3 |
| Total valid votes | 9,994 | 100.0 | |
| Invalid votes | 121 | 1.2 | |
| Blank votes | 105 | 1.0 | |
| Total | 10,221 | 100.0 | |
Turnout: 60.0% Source: Adnkronos[5]
References
- ^ Gandolfi, Anna (2013-09-02). "L'annuncio di Maroni: lascio la segreteria entro Natale". Milan: Corriere della Sera.
- ^ "Maroni abdica. Tosi va verso la Balena Verde. La Lega non si sa". Milan: L'Intraprendente. 2013-09-03.
{{cite news}}:|first1=missing|last1=(help) - ^ 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 http://www.adnkronos.com/IGN/News/Politica/Lega-primarie-a-Salvini-l8166-dei-voti-a-Bossi-il-1834_32965449296.html
- ^ http://milano.corriere.it/milano/notizie/cronaca/13_dicembre_15/salvini-primo-discorso-leader-lega-l-euro-crimine-contro-l-umanita-73aa2104-658b-11e3-95f1-73e6b5fcc151.shtml