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2012 Sicilian regional election

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Field	Value
election_name	2012 Sicilian regional election
country	Sicily
type	parliamentary
ongoing	no
turnout	47.42% ( 19.26%)
previous_election	2008 Sicilian regional election
previous_year	2008
next_election	2017 Sicilian regional election
next_year	2017
seats_for_election	All 90 seats to the Sicilian Regional Assembly
majority_seats	46
election_date	28 October 2012
image1	[[File:Rosario Crocetta crop.jpeg	165x165px]]
leader1	Rosario Crocetta
party1	Democratic Party (Italy)
alliance1	Centre-left coalition (Italy)
color1	EF3E3E
seats1	39
seat_change1	10
popular_vote1	617,073
percentage1	30.47%
swing1	0.9%
image2	[[File:Nello Musumeci stampa estera.jpg	165x165px]]
leader2	Nello Musumeci
party2	The Right
alliance2	Centre-right coalition (Italy)
color2	0A6BE1
seats2	21
seat_change2	24
popular_vote2	521,022
percentage2	25.73%
swing2	36.62%
image4	[[File:Giancarlo Cancelleri.jpg	165x165px]]
leader4	Giancarlo Cancelleri
party4	Five Star Movement
color4	FFEB3B
seats4	15
seat_change4	15
popular_vote4	368,006
percentage4	18.17%
swing4	13.73%
image5	[[File:Gianfranco_Miccichè_daticamera_2008.jpg	165x165px]]
leader5	Gianfranco Micciché
party5	Great South
alliance5	GS–PdS–FLI
color5	FF7F00
seats5	15
seat_change5
popular_vote5	312,112
percentage5	15.41%
swing5	new
title	President
before_election	Raffaele Lombardo
before_party	MpA
after_election	Rosario Crocetta
after_party	PD
map_image	2012 Sicilian Election Map.png

The 2012 Sicilian regional election for the renewal of the Sicilian Regional Assembly and the election of the President of Sicily was held on 28 October 2012. It was a snap election, following the resignation of President Raffaele Lombardo for judicial and financial reasons.

The election was competed by ten candidates from newly reshuffled political alliances, and was an unusually close race. The winner of the election was Rosario Crocetta, candidate for a centre-left coalition of Democratic Party and the Union of the Centre.

Candidates

Nello Musumeci: a long-time Member of European Parliament and former 2006 election candidate, heads a "regular" centre-right coalition formed by The People of Freedom (PdL) and The Right (LD), the latter being the party of Musumeci;
Gianfranco Micciché: a former minister for Development, deputy minister for Economy and - most recently - state undersecretary in several cabinets of Silvio Berlusconi, will lead a Sicilianist (pro-autonomy) coalition formed by Raffaele Lombardo's Movement for the Autonomies (MpA), renamed Party of Sicilians for the occasion, Micciché's own party Great South (GS), and the regional section of Future and Freedom (FLI).
Rosario Crocetta: Member of European Parliament and former Mayor of Gela, will be the candidate of a moderate centre-left coalition formed by Crocetta's Democratic Party (PD) and the Union of the Centre (UdC);
Giovanna Marano: a Sicilian trade union leader, leads a left-wing coalition made of Left Ecology Freedom (SEL), Italy of Values (IdV), the Federation of the Left (FdS) and the Federation of the Greens (FdV). She was put in place of original candidate Claudio Fava after the latter failed to move his residence to Sicily in time;
Giancarlo Cancellieri: leading member candidate for the Sicilian wing of Beppe Grillo's Five Star Movement (M5S). His candidacy was extensively supported by Grillo himself, who reached the island swimming across the Strait of Messina and then campaigned consecutively through the island for the last two weeks of electoral campaign;
Mariano Ferro: a leading member and figurehead of the 2012 Sicilian protests, runs as a candidate for the Pitchforks Movement;
Cateno De Luca: a former Movement for the Autonomies member and outgoing Sicilian MP, runs as a candidate for his own movement Sicilian Revolution.
Giacomo Di Leo: candidate for Workers' Communist Party (PCL);
Gaspare Sturzo: a descendant of Italian People's Party founder Luigi Sturzo, runs as an independent candidate for "Sturzo Presidente" (Sturzo President);
Lucia Pinsone: independent candidate for "Volontari per l'Italia" (Volunteers for Italy).

Electoral system

The Sicilian Parliament is elected with a mixed system: 80 MPs are chosen with a form of proportional representation using a largest remainder method with open lists and a 5% threshold, while 10 MPs are elected with a block voting system with closed lists.

AG		CL		CT		EN		ME		PA		RG		SR		TP		total
7

Results

Candidates	Votes	%	Seats	Parties	Votes	%	Seats
Centre-left coalition}}"		Rosario Crocetta	617,073	30.47	9
Democratic Party (Italy)}}"		Democratic Party	257,274	13.42	14
Union of the Centre (2002)}}"		Union of the Centre	207,827	10.84	11
	Crocetta for President (incl. ApI and PSI)	118,346	6.17	5
	Democratic Union for Consumers	100	0.00	–
Total	583,547	30.43	30
Centre-right coalition}}"		Nello Musumeci	521,022	25.73	1
The People of Freedom}}"		The People of Freedom	247,351	12.91	12
	Cantiere Popolare	112,169	5.85	4
	Musumeci List (incl. The Right)	107,397	5.60	4
	Alliance of the Centre (incl. PSDI and MRN)	5,017	0.26	–
Total	471,934	24.62	20
Five Star Movement}}"		Giancarlo Cancelleri	368,006	18.17	–	Five Star Movement}}"		Five Star Movement	285,202
	Gianfranco Micciché	312,112	15.41	–
Movement for Autonomies}}"		Party of Sicilians	182,737	9.53	10
	Great South	115,444	6.02	5
Future and Freedom}}"		Future and Freedom	83,891	4.37	–
	Thought and Action Party	959	0.05	–
Total	383,031	19.97	15
Left Ecology Freedom}}"		Giovanna Marano	112,633	6.10	–
Italy of Values}}"		Italy of Values	67,738	3.53	–
Left Ecology Freedom}}"		Left Ecology Freedom – Federation of the Left – Greens	58,753	3.06	–
Total	126,491	6.59	–
	Mariano Ferro	31,390	1.55	–		The People of Pitchforks (incl. FN)	23,965
	Cateno De Luca	25,058	1.23	–		Sicilian Revolution (incl. Sicilia Vera)	23,966
	Gaspare Sturzo	19,248	0.95	–		Sturzo for President	14,929
Workers' Communist Party (Italy)}}"		Giacomo Di Leo	4,495	0.22	–	Workers' Communist Party (Italy)}}"		Workers' Communist Party	2,031
	Lucia Pinsone	3,659	0.18	–		Volunteers for Italy	2,278
Total candidates	2,024,696	100.00	10	Total parties	1,915,830	100.00	80
Source: [Sicilian Region](https://web.archive.org/web/20121031195220/http://www.elezioni.regione.sicilia.it/rep_3/votiListeRegionali.html)

Aftermath

Following the result of the election, Crocetta was elected as president of Sicily, which turned out to be surprising in what was considered the strongest conservative stronghold of Italy. As he did not have a full majority in the Sicilian assembly, Crocetta decided to form a minority government with the support of the Five Star Movement in a number of shared legislative acts.

Notes

References

without Movement for Autonomy
(3 November 2012). "Politics this week | The Economist".
Day, Michael. (31 October 2012). "Sicily's first gay governor opens a new schism between Italy's old enemies - Europe - World - The Independent".

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