# 2023 More Europe leadership election

The 2023 More Europe leadership election was a congressional primary election that took place on 24, 25, and 26 February 2023 in Rome to elect the new party leadership.
As a result of an agreement between long-time Radical activist Riccardo Magi and the former mayor of Parma, Federico Pizzarotti, the former was elected unopposed as secretary, and the latter was elected President of the party.

## Procedure
### Timetable

Timetable of events for the 2023 More Europe leadership election :
| Date(s) | Event |
| 22 November 2022 | Assembly approves the Congress rules and deliberates on key dates for the third Congress. Primaries begin. |
| 15 January | Enrollment for members closes. |
| 23 January | Opening of the pre-congressional phase. |
| 23 January | Submission of candidacies for delegates closes. |
| 23 January | Submission of candidacies for statutory amendments opens. |
| 24 January–2 February | Party members can endorse candidacies for delegates. |
| 12–13 February | Election of delegates takes place. |
| 14 February | Publication of results for the elected delegates. |
| 15 February | Submission of candidacies for statutory amendments closes. |
| 17–24 February | Voting on statutory amendments takes place. |
| 14 –24 February | Filing of candidacies for the Secretary, President, Treasurer, and Assembly positions. |
| 24–26 February | Start of the Congress, held in Rome. |
| 26 February | Election of the Secretary, President, Treasurer, and Assembly members takes place. |

## Candidates
### Secretary

| Portrait | Name | Name | Most recent position | Announced | Refs |
| | | Riccardo Magi (age 48) | Member of the Chamber of Deputies for More Europe (2018–present) Other positions President of More Europe (2021–2023) Secretary of Italian Radicals (2015–2018) President of Italian Radicals (2014–2015) Municipal Councillor of Rome (2013–2016) | 25 February 2023 | |

### Assembly Lists

| List | List | Campaign website | Top candidate |
| | Free Energies (Energie Libere) | Facebook page | Piercamillo Falasca |
| | IMAGIne More Europe (ImMAGIna +Europa) | Facebook page | Matteo Hallissey |
| | Liberal shock (Scossa liberale) | Facebook page | Giulio del Balzo |
| | Next Generation +EU (Next Generation +EU) | Facebook page | Benedetto Della Vedova |
| Source: Assembly lists ||||

## Results
### Secretary

| Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Riccardo Magi | 211 | 85.1 |
| Blank ballots | Blank ballots | 37 | 14.9 |
| Total | Total | 248 | 100.00 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 211 | 85.1 |
| Invalid and blank votes | Invalid and blank votes | 37 | 14.9 |
| Votes cast / Turnout | Votes cast / Turnout | 248 | 99.2 |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | 2 | 0.8 |
| Registered delegates | Registered delegates | 250 | 100.00 |
| Source: Results ||||
Vote by delegates
Magi
85.1%
Blank ballots
14.9% :

### President

| Candidate | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Federico Pizzarotti | 203 | 81.2 |
| Blank ballots | Blank ballots | 47 | 18.8 |
| Total | Total | 250 | 100.00 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 211 | 85.1 |
| Invalid and blank votes | Invalid and blank votes | 37 | 14.9 |
| Votes cast / Turnout | Votes cast / Turnout | 250 | 100.00 |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | 0 | 0.0 |
| Registered delegates | Registered delegates | 250 | 100.00 |
| Source: Results ||||
Vote by delegates
Pizzarotti
81.2%
Blank ballots
18.8% :

### Delegates

| Lists | Lists | Votes | % | Weighted votes | % | Delegates |
| | New Energies with Federico Pizzarotti | — | — | 1,265.9 | 34.83 | 87 / 250 |
| | IMAGIne More Europe | — | — | 950.9 | 26.16 | 66 / 250 |
| | Next Generation +EU | — | — | 767.5 | 21.12 | 53 / 250 |
| | Liberal shock | — | — | 387.35 | 10.66 | 26 / 250 |
| | Europe in Common | — | — | 201.9 | 5.55 | 14 / 250 |
| | Territories Rights and Freedom | — | — | 60.85 | 1.67 | 4 / 250 |
| Total | Total | 3,786 | 100.00 | 3,634.4 | 100.00 | 250 |
| Valid votes | Valid votes | 3,786 | 99.42 | 3,634.4 | 99.42 | — |
| Invalid and blank votes | Invalid and blank votes | 22 | 0.58 | 20.90 | 0.58 | — |
| Votes cast / Turnout | Votes cast / Turnout | 3,808 | 97.32 | 3,655.30 | 97.29 | — |
| Abstentions | Abstentions | 105 | 2.68 | 101.65 | 2.71 | — |
| Registered voters | Registered voters | 3,913 | 100.00 | 3,756.95 | 100.00 | — |
| Source: Delegates elected |||||||

### Assembly

| Lists | Lists | Votes | % | Seats |
| | Free Energies | 115 | 46.0 | 42 / 100 |
| | IMAGIne More Europe | 69 | 27.6 | 25 / 100 |
| | Next Generation +EU | 51 | 20.4 | 18 / 100 |
| | Liberal shock | 14 | 5.6 | 5 / 100 |
| Invalid and blank votes | Invalid and blank votes | 1 | 0.4 | — |
| | Magi's list | Magi's list | Magi's list | 10 / 100 |
| Total | Total | 250 | 100.0 | 100 |
| Source: Assembly results |||||
* ↑ Ten seats are assigned to the winner Secretary's list, that does not directly run as an Assembly list.