2012 Sicilian regional election

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All 90 seats to theSicilian Regional Assembly 46 seats needed for a majority
Turnout	47.42% ( 19.26%)
First party Second party   Leader Rosario Crocetta Nello Musumeci Party Democratic Party The Right Alliance Centre-left Centre-right Seats won 39 21 Seat change 10 24[1] Popular vote 617,073 521,022 Percentage 30.47% 25.73% Swing 0.9% 36.62%   Third party Fourth party   Leader Giancarlo Cancelleri Gianfranco Micciché Party Five Star Movement Great South Alliance GS–PdS–FLI Seats won 15 15 Seat change 15 Popular vote 368,006 312,112 Percentage 18.17% 15.41% Swing 13.73% new
President before election Raffaele Lombardo MpA Elected President Rosario Crocetta PD

The2012 Sicilian regional election for the renewal of theSicilian Regional Assembly and the election of the President ofSicily was held on 28 October 2012. It was asnap election, following the resignation of PresidentRaffaele 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 wasRosario Crocetta,^[2][3] candidate for acentre-left coalition ofDemocratic Party and theUnion of the Centre.^[3]

• Nello Musumeci: a long-timeMember of European Parliament and former 2006 election candidate, heads a "regular" centre-right coalition formed byThe People of Freedom (PdL) andThe 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 ofSilvio Berlusconi, will lead a Sicilianist (pro-autonomy) coalition formed byRaffaele Lombardo'sMovement for the Autonomies (MpA), renamedParty of Sicilians for the occasion, Micciché's own partyGreat South (GS), and the regional section ofFuture and Freedom (FLI).
• Rosario Crocetta: Member of European Parliament and former Mayor ofGela, will be the candidate of a moderate centre-left coalition formed by Crocetta'sDemocratic Party (PD) and theUnion of the Centre (UdC);
• Giovanna Marano: a Sicilian trade union leader, leads a left-wing coalition made ofLeft Ecology Freedom (SEL),Italy of Values (IdV), theFederation of the Left (FdS) and theFederation of the Greens (FdV). She was put in place of original candidateClaudio Fava after the latter failed to move his residence to Sicily in time;
• Giancarlo Cancellieri: leading member candidate for the Sicilian wing ofBeppe Grillo'sFive Star Movement (M5S). His candidacy was extensively supported by Grillo himself, who reached the island swimming across theStrait 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 the2012 Sicilian protests, runs as a candidate for the Pitchforks Movement;
• Cateno De Luca: a formerMovement for the Autonomies member and outgoing Sicilian MP, runs as a candidate for his own movement Sicilian Revolution.
• Giacomo Di Leo: candidate forWorkers' Communist Party (PCL);
• Gaspare Sturzo: a descendant ofItalian People's Party founderLuigi Sturzo, runs as an independent candidate for "Sturzo Presidente" (Sturzo President);
• Lucia Pinsone: independent candidate for "Volontari per l'Italia" (Volunteers for Italy).

The Sicilian Parliament is elected with a mixed system: 80 MPs are chosen with a form ofproportional representation using alargest remainder method withopen lists and a 5% threshold, while 10 MPs are elected with ablock voting system withclosed lists.

28 October 2012 Sicilian regional election results

Candidates		Votes	%	Seats	Parties		Votes	%	Seats
	Rosario Crocetta	617,073	30.47	9
						Democratic Party	257,274	13.42	14
						Union of the Centre	207,827	10.84	11
						Crocetta for President (incl.ApI andPSI)	118,346	6.17	5
						Democratic Union for Consumers	100	0.00	–
					Total		583,547	30.43	30
	Nello Musumeci	521,022	25.73	1
						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 andMRN)	5,017	0.26	–
					Total		471,934	24.62	20
	Giancarlo Cancelleri	368,006	18.17	–		Five Star Movement	285,202	14.88	15
	Gianfranco Micciché	312,112	15.41	–
						Party of Sicilians	182,737	9.53	10
						Great South	115,444	6.02	5
						Future and Freedom	83,891	4.37	–
						Thought and Action Party	959	0.05	–
					Total		383,031	19.97	15
	Giovanna Marano	112,633	6.10	–
						Italy of Values	67,738	3.53	–
						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	1.20	–
	Cateno De Luca	25,058	1.23	–		Sicilian Revolution (incl.Sicilia Vera)	23,966	1.20	–
	Gaspare Sturzo	19,248	0.95	–		Sturzo for President	14,929	0.77	–
	Giacomo Di Leo	4,495	0.22	–		Workers' Communist Party	2,031	0.10	–
	Lucia Pinsone	3,659	0.18	–		Volunteers for Italy	2,278	0.11	–
Total candidates		2,024,696	100.00	10	Total parties		1,915,830	100.00	80
Source:Sicilian Region

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 theFive Star Movement in a number of shared legislative acts.

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