# 2018 Lazio regional election

The Lazio regional election of 2018 took place in Lazio, Italy, on 4 March 2018, concurrently with the Italian general election and the Lombard regional election.
The election was won by centre-left incumbent President Nicola Zingaretti, with just under a third of the vote, over the centre-right one Stefano Parisi, who gain 31%, and the Five Star Movement's candidate Roberta Lombardi with 27%.

## Electoral system

The Regional Council is elected with a mixed system: 39 MPs are chosen with a form of proportional representation using a largest remainder method with open lists and a 5% threshold, while 11 MPs are elected with a block voting system with closed lists. One seat is for the elected president.
| RM | LT | VT | FR | RT | Total |
| 30 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 39 |

## Parties and candidate

| Political party or alliance | Political party or alliance | Constituent lists | Constituent lists | Previous result | Previous result | Candidate | Candidate |
| Political party or alliance | Political party or alliance | Constituent lists | Constituent lists | Votes (%) | Seats | Candidate | Candidate |
| | Centre-left | | Democratic Party | 29.7 | 13 | Nicola Zingaretti |
| | Centre-left | | Zingaretti List | 4.5 | 2 | Nicola Zingaretti |
| | Centre-left | | Free and Equal | — | — | Nicola Zingaretti |
| | Centre-left | | More Europe | — | — | Nicola Zingaretti |
| | Centre-left | | Solidary Centre | — | — | Nicola Zingaretti |
| | Centre-left | | Together | — | — | Nicola Zingaretti |
| | Centre-right | | Forza Italia (incl. Cuoritaliani) | 21.2 | 9 | Stefano Parisi |
| | Centre-right | | League | — | — | Stefano Parisi |
| | Centre-right | | Brothers of Italy | 3.8 | 1 | Stefano Parisi |
| | Centre-right | | Us with Italy – UDC | — | — | Stefano Parisi |
| | Centre-right | | Energies for Italy | — | — | Stefano Parisi |
| | Five Star Movement | Five Star Movement | Five Star Movement | 16.6 | 7 | Roberta Lombardi |
| | Pirozzi for President | | Pirozzi list | — | — | Sergio Pirozzi |
| | Pirozzi for President | | PLI – PRI | — | — | Sergio Pirozzi |
| | CasaPound | CasaPound | CasaPound | 0.7 | – | Mauro Antonini |
| | Popular Civic List | Popular Civic List | Popular Civic List | — | — | Jean Leonard Touadi |
| | Power to the People | Power to the People | Power to the People | — | — | Elisabetta Canitano |
| | Christian Democracy | Christian Democracy | Christian Democracy | — | — | Giovanni Paolo Azzaro |
| | Reconquer Italy | Reconquer Italy | Reconquer Italy | — | — | Stefano Rosati |

## Opinion polls

| Date | Polling firm | Zingaretti | Parisi | Lombardi | Pirozzi | Others | Lead |
| 15 Feb 2018 | Index Research | 37.0 | 27.0 | 25.5 | 7.5 | 3.0 | 10.0 |
| 13 Feb 2018 | Termometro Politico | 30.9 | 25.0 | 27.0 | 10.7 | 6.4 | 3.9 |
| 12 Feb 2018 | Ipsos | 33.0 | 22.0 | 29.0 | 12.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 |
| 8 Feb 2018 | Index Research | 39.0 | 26.0 | 23.5 | 8.5 | 3.0 | 13.0 |
| 2 Feb 2018 | Piepoli | 40.0 | 17.0 | 26.5 | 7.0 | 9.5 | 13.5 |
| 30 Jan–1 Feb 2018 | Izi | 36.6 | 23.2 | 25.7 | 11.7 | 2.8 | 10.9 |
| 18 Jan 2018 | Index Research | 45.0 | 20.0 | 20.0 | 11.0 | 4.0 | 25.0 |
| 8–10 Jan 2018 | Index Research | 44.0 | 25.0 | 20.0 | 8.0 | 3.0 | 19.0 |

## Results

4 March 2018 Lazio regional election results :
| Candidates | Candidates | Votes | % | Seats | Parties | Parties | Votes | % | Seats |
| | Nicola Zingaretti | 1,018,736 | 32.93 | 1 |
| | Nicola Zingaretti | 1,018,736 | 32.93 | 1 | | Democratic Party | 539,131 | 21.25 | 18 |
| | Nicola Zingaretti | 1,018,736 | 32.93 | 1 | | Zingaretti List | 110,080 | 4.34 | 3 |
| | Nicola Zingaretti | 1,018,736 | 32.93 | 1 | | Free and Equal | 88,416 | 3.48 | 1 |
| | Nicola Zingaretti | 1,018,736 | 32.93 | 1 | | More Europe | 52,451 | 2.07 | 1 |
| | Nicola Zingaretti | 1,018,736 | 32.93 | 1 | | Solidary Centre | 48,872 | 1.93 | 1 |
| | Nicola Zingaretti | 1,018,736 | 32.93 | 1 | | Together | 28,443 | 1.12 | – |
| | Nicola Zingaretti | 1,018,736 | 32.93 | 1 | Total | Total | 867,393 | 34.19 | 24 |
| | Stefano Parisi | 964,757 | 31.18 | 1 |
| | Stefano Parisi | 964,757 | 31.18 | 1 | | Forza Italia | 371,155 | 14.63 | 6 |
| | Stefano Parisi | 964,757 | 31.18 | 1 | | League | 252,772 | 9.96 | 4 |
| | Stefano Parisi | 964,757 | 31.18 | 1 | | Brothers of Italy | 220,460 | 8.69 | 3 |
| | Stefano Parisi | 964,757 | 31.18 | 1 | | Us with Italy–UDC | 41.234 | 1.63 | 1 |
| | Stefano Parisi | 964,757 | 31.18 | 1 | | Energies for Italy | 37,043 | 1.46 | – |
| | Stefano Parisi | 964,757 | 31.18 | 1 | Total | Total | 922,664 | 36.37 | 14 |
| | Roberta Lombardi | 835,137 | 26.99 | – | | Five Star Movement | 559,752 | 22.06 | 10 |
| | Sergio Pirozzi | 151,339 | 4.89 | – |
| | Sergio Pirozzi | 151,339 | 4.89 | – | | Sergio Pirozzi for President | 93,942 | 3.70 | 1 |
| | Sergio Pirozzi | 151,339 | 4.89 | – | | Nathan List (PLI–PRI) | 3,443 | 0.14 | – |
| | Sergio Pirozzi | 151,339 | 4.89 | – | Total | Total | 97,385 | 3.84 | 1 |
| | Mauro Antonini | 59,898 | 1.94 | – | | CasaPound | 42,609 | 1.68 | – |
| | Elisabetta Canitano | 43,895 | 1.42 | – | | Power to the People | 33,372 | 1.32 | – |
| | Jean Leonard Touadi | 7,708 | 0.25 | – | | Popular Civic List | 6,073 | 0.24 | – |
| | Giovanni Paolo Azzaro | 7,614 | 0.25 | – | | Christian Democracy | 5,325 | 0.21 | – |
| | Rosati Stefano | 4,952 | 0.16 | – | | Reconquer Italy | 2,565 | 0.10 | – |
| Total candidates | Total candidates | 3,094,036 | 100.00 | 2 | Total parties | Total parties | 2,537,138 | 100.00 | 49 |
| Source: Ministry of the Interior ||||||||||

## Aftermath
### 2018 motion of no confidence

On 1 December 2018, a motion of no confidence in the government of Nicola Zingaretti tabled by centre-right coalition was defeated 22 to 26, with one no-vote of Forza Italia and a few absent.
Motion of no confidence :
| Ballot → | Ballot → | 1 December 2018 |
| Required majority → | Required majority → | 26 out of 51 N |
| | Y Yes • M5S (10) • FI (3) • League (3) • FdI (3) • NcI (1) • EpI (1) • Mixed Group (1) | 22 / 51 |
| | N No • PD (19) • Zingaretti (3) • LeU (1) • +E (1) • CS (1) • FI (1) | 26 / 51 |
| | Abstentions | 0 / 51 |
| | Absentees • Pirozzi (1) • FI (1) • Mixed Group (1) | 3 / 51 |
| Sources |||