The time has come Lazio Regional Elections 2023. Sunday 12 and Monday 13 February 3 million Lazio voters will go to vote to elect the new president of the Region and the regional council. Five candidates for the seat occupied in the last 10 years by Nicola Zingaretti and, as in Lombardy, the favorite is the center-right candidate Francesco Rocca.
But when and how to vote at regional elections of Lazio? When does the poll start? How is the regional council elected? Here you are answers to frequently asked questions.
Lazio 2023 regional elections: when do you vote? When does the poll start?
We vote Sunday February 12, from 7 to 23, e Monday 13 February, from 7 to 15. Voters must go to the polls with an identification document e electoral card in hand. In the event of loss or deterioration of the electoral card, exhaustion of spaces or card stolen, citizens can go to any Town Hall for the release - on sight - of the new card. The electoral offices remain open from 9 to 18 in the two days preceding the date of the consultation and, on the days of the vote, for the entire duration of the voting operations. Those who will have to travel to exercise their right to vote will be able to take advantage of the discounts made available by the State Railways.
Lo ballot it will begin on Monday immediately after 15 pm. The name of the new president of the region should already arrive in the evening.
Lazio regional elections 2023: the candidates for the office of president
Compared to Lombardy there are two differences that should not be underestimated: if on the one hand Pd and Third Pole will run together, supporting Alessio D'Amato, on the other Democratic Party and Movimento 5 Stelle will be separated, with the pentastellati who have decided to bet on Donatella Whites. The three main candidates for the presidency of the Lazio region.
Francesco Rocca: supported by the centre-right coalition (Lega, Fratelli d'Italia, Forza Italia plus two civic lists. Rocca was president of the Italian Red Cross and of the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (FICR). During during the electoral campaign there was much talk of his old conviction for drug dealing of which Rocca himself has also spoken several times, claiming that it served him as a lesson and to change his life for the better.
Alessio D'Amato: supported by the centre-left coalition (Pd, Action-Italia Viva, Verdi-Italian Left, +Europe, Psi plus two civic lists). D'Amato was regional health councilor of the Zingaretti junta. He managed the Covid pandemic and the judgments on his work are overall positive.
Donatella Bianchi: supported by the 5 Star Movement and the Progressive Pole. Bianchi is a journalist, p was President of WWF Italy. and since 2019 he has been President of the Cinque Terre National Park and the Eugenio Montale Literary Park and the Cinque Terre. She is known to the general public above all for hosting the TV program Linea Blu broadcast on Rai 1.
Running for the chair of president there are two other candidates: Sonia Pecorilli for the PCI e Rosa Rinaldi for the People's Union.
Lazio regional elections 2023: the ballot paper
Lazio voters will receive only one electoral card green colour. In the left part of the tab is located the list of lists which support the different candidates. Alongside the lines in which to enter the preferences. On the right side instead there are the names of the five candidates to the presidency of the Region.
Lazio 2023 regional elections: how do you vote?
For regional elections, there are four voting options available to choose from:
- vote for the candidate: the vote does not extend to the list or linked lists;
- vote on the list: the vote goes both to the list and to the candidate it supports;
- An X on the list and one on the candidate: the vote goes to both;
- disjoint vote: you can vote for a list and for a candidate not connected to the list itself.
The voter can express one or two preferences, writing next to the selected list, in the appropriate lines, the name of the candidates for regional councilors included in the list itself.
If two preferences are expressed, one must concern a male candidate and the other a female candidate from the same list. By indicating two men or two women, the second preference is cancelled.
How to elect the president of the Lazio region
In the regionals there is no second round in the event that an absolute majority is not reached, therefore the candidate who obtains the highest number of votes becomes president of the region, regardless of the percentages obtained.
How to elect the regional council
At least 40 of the 50 regional councilors will be elected with a proportional system, the remaining 10 will instead be elected as a majority bonus assigned to the lists linked to the president-elect. One condition: the winning lists must not exceed a total of 60% of the seats.
What the latest polls say
In both Lombardy and Lazio, the centre-right candidate is favored. According to the latest Ipsos poll for Corriere della Sera, Francesco Rocca he should get more than 41% of the vote. The centre-left candidate Alessio D'Amato it would instead be above 34%. The candidate of the M5S Donatella Bianchi it would stop at 19,6%. Followed at a distance by Rosa Rinaldi (Unione Popolare, 2,1%) and Sonia Pecorilli (Communist Party, 1,2%).
As for the parties in Lazio Brothers of Italy stands at 29,5%, the league is at 5,3%, Forza Italia at 5,2%. The Pd it should be 21,2%, the M5S 15,7% and Action-Iv 6,5%.
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