# 2018 Lombard regional election

The 2018 Lombard regional election took place on 4 March 2018.
The election took place concurrently with the Italian general election and the Lazio regional election.

## Electoral system

Since 2012, Lombardy has adopted its legislation to elect its Council, very similar to the national Tatarella Law of 1995.
While the President of Lombardy and the leader of the opposition are still elected at-large, 78 councilors are elected by party lists under a form of semi-proportional representation. The winning coalition receives a jackpot of at least 45 seats, which are divided between all majority parties using the D'Hondt method, as it happens between the losing lists. Each party then distributes its seats to its provincial lists, where candidates are openly selected.
According to the Law 17 February 1968, no. 108, the Regional Council is elected every five years. The election can take place on the fourth Sunday before the completion of five years period.

## Campaign

On 1 March 2016, President Maroni announced his intention to run for re-election as president. Nonetheless, on 8 January 2018 he announced he'd not seek a re-election as president, citing personal reasons and launching former mayor of Varese Attilio Fontana as a candidate of the center-right coalition.
On 1 June 2017 Giorgio Gori, the incumbent mayor of Bergamo, announced his decision to run for the presidency for the center-left coalition.
On 15 January 2018, Fontana stated that the white race and the Western culture were in danger due to the migration flows from Africa. This created lot of protests and criticisms from the centre-left Democratic Party and also the anti-establishment Five Star Movement.

## Parties and candidates

| 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-right coalition | | Forza Italia (FI) | 16.7 | 19 | Attilio Fontana |
| | Centre-right coalition | | League (Lega) | 13.0 | 15 | Attilio Fontana |
| | Centre-right coalition | | Brothers of Italy (FdI) | 1.6 | 2 | Attilio Fontana |
| | Centre-right coalition | | Us with Italy–UDC (NcI–UDC) | 1.6 | – | Attilio Fontana |
| | Centre-right coalition | | Pensioners' Party (PP) | 0.9 | 1 | Attilio Fontana |
| | Centre-right coalition | | Energies for Lombardy (EpL) | — | — | Attilio Fontana |
| | Centre-right coalition | | Fontana for President (FP) | — | — | Attilio Fontana |
| | Centre-left coalition | | Democratic Party (PD) | 25.3 | 17 | Giorgio Gori |
| | Centre-left coalition | | Together (PSI – Greens – AC) | — | — | Giorgio Gori |
| | Centre-left coalition | | More Europe (+E) | — | — | Giorgio Gori |
| | Centre-left coalition | | Popular Civic List (CP) | — | — | Giorgio Gori |
| | Centre-left coalition | | Progressive Lombardy (LP) | — | — | Giorgio Gori |
| | Centre-left coalition | | Gori for President (GP) | — | — | Giorgio Gori |
| | Centre-left coalition | | Lombardy for Autonomies Target (OLA) | — | — | Giorgio Gori |
| | Five Star Movement (M5S) | Five Star Movement (M5S) | Five Star Movement (M5S) | 14.3 | 9 | Dario Violi |
| | Free and Equal (LeU) | Free and Equal (LeU) | Free and Equal (LeU) | — | — | Onorio Rosati |
| | Great North (GN) | Great North (GN) | Great North (GN) | — | — | Giulio Arrighini |
| | CasaPound (CPI) | CasaPound (CPI) | CasaPound (CPI) | — | — | Angela De Rosa |

## Results

According to the final results, Attilio Fontana was the new President of Lombardy with more than 49% of the votes, obtaining the greater bonus given by the electoral law.
4 March 2018 Lombard regional election results :
| Candidates | Candidates | Votes | % | Seats | Parties | Parties | Votes | % | Seats |
| | Attilio Fontana | 2,793,370 | 49.75 | 1 |
| | Attilio Fontana | 2,793,370 | 49.75 | 1 | | League – Lombard League | 1,553,514 | 29.64 | 28 |
| | Attilio Fontana | 2,793,370 | 49.75 | 1 | | Forza Italia | 750,628 | 14.32 | 14 |
| | Attilio Fontana | 2,793,370 | 49.75 | 1 | | Brothers of Italy | 190,804 | 3.64 | 3 |
| | Attilio Fontana | 2,793,370 | 49.75 | 1 | | Fontana for President | 76,637 | 1.46 | 1 |
| | Attilio Fontana | 2,793,370 | 49.75 | 1 | | Us with Italy – UDC | 66,355 | 1.26 | 1 |
| | Attilio Fontana | 2,793,370 | 49.75 | 1 | | Energies for Lombardy | 27,967 | 0.53 | 1 |
| | Attilio Fontana | 2,793,370 | 49.75 | 1 | | Pensioners' Party | 20,259 | 0.38 | – |
| | Attilio Fontana | 2,793,370 | 49.75 | 1 | Total | Total | 2,686,610 | 51.29 | 48 |
| | Giorgio Gori | 1,633,367 | 29.09 | 1 |
| | Giorgio Gori | 1,633,367 | 29.09 | 1 | | Democratic Party | 1,008,496 | 19.24 | 15 |
| | Giorgio Gori | 1,633,367 | 29.09 | 1 | | Gori for President | 158,671 | 3.02 | 2 |
| | Giorgio Gori | 1,633,367 | 29.09 | 1 | | More Europe | 108,743 | 2.07 | – |
| | Giorgio Gori | 1,633,367 | 29.09 | 1 | | Lombardy for the Autonomies Target | 62,840 | 1.19 | – |
| | Giorgio Gori | 1,633,367 | 29.09 | 1 | | Together | 35,071 | 0.66 | – |
| | Giorgio Gori | 1,633,367 | 29.09 | 1 | | Popular Civic List | 20,668 | 0.39 | – |
| | Giorgio Gori | 1,633,367 | 29.09 | 1 | | Progressive Lombardy | 20,036 | 0.38 | – |
| | Giorgio Gori | 1,633,367 | 29.09 | 1 | Total | Total | 1,414,674 | 26.99 | 17 |
| | Dario Violi | 974,984 | 17.36 | – | | Five Star Movement | 933,243 | 17.80 | 13 |
| | Onorio Rosati | 108,407 | 1.93 | – | | Free and Equal | 111,296 | 2.12 | – |
| | Angela De Rosa | 50,368 | 0.89 | – | | CasaPound | 45,416 | 0.86 | – |
| | Massimo Gatti | 38,194 | 0.68 | – | | Left for Lombardy | 35,713 | 0.68 | – |
| | Giulio Arrighini | 15,791 | 0.28 | – | | Great North | 13,769 | 0.26 | – |
| Total candidates | Total candidates | 5,614,481 | 100.00 | 2 | Total parties | Total parties | 5,240,126 | 100.00 | 78 |
| Source: Ministry of the Interior – Historical Archive of Elections ||||||||||
Popular vote (party)
Lega
29.64%
PD
19.24%
M5S
17.80%
FI
14.32%
FdI
3.64%
GP
3.02%
LeU
2.12%
+E
2.07%
FP
1.46%
NcI–UDC
1.26%
Others
5.43% :
Popular vote (coalition)
CDX
51.33%
CSX
27.02%
M5S
17.80%
LeU
2.12%
Others
1.77% :
President
Fontana
49.75%
Gori
29.09%
Violi
17.36%
Rosati
1.93%
De Rosa
0.89%
Gatti
0.68%
Arrighini
0.26% :

### Results by province

| Province | Attilio Fontana | Giorgio Gori | Dario Violi | Onorio Rosati | Others | Turnout |
| Milan | 742,685 42.83% | 589,969 34.02% | 326,040 18.80% | 42,123 2.42% | 33,169 1.90% | 72.03% |
| Brescia | 391,419 54.59% | 189,426 26.42% | 106,845 14.90% | 12,498 1.74% | 16,786 2.33% | 76.55% |
| Bergamo | 352,462 54.98% | 185,003 28.86% | 83,409 13.01% | 8,254 1.28% | 11,889 1.84% | 75.87% |
| Varese | 271,614 53.59% | 123,917 24.45% | 93,234 18.39% | 7,985 1.57% | 10,064 1.98% | 71.06% |
| Monza and Brianza | 245,806 48.39% | 145,63528.67% | 98,71719.43% | 9,639 1.89% | 8,144 1.58% | 75.82% |
| Como | 194,66556.23% | 85,53824.70% | 56,61316.35% | 5,266 1.52% | 4,107 1.17% | 70.59% |
| Pavia | 153,81151.42% | 76,416 25.55% | 56,535 18.90% | 5,941 1.98% | 6,375 2.12% | 69.76% |
| Mantua | 99,923 44.53% | 64,569 28.77% | 49,990 22.27% | 4,981 2.21% | 4,927 2.19% | 70.36% |
| Cremona | 105,759 51.67% | 55,815 27.26% | 34,676 16.94% | 3,683 1.79% | 4,744 2.31% | 73.94% |
| Lecco | 103,87551.85% | 60,26930.08% | 30,643 15.29% | 3,705 1.84% | 1,821 0.89% | 75.66% |
| Lodi | 66,06151.86% | 32,115 25.21% | 25,151 19.74% | 2,547 1.99% | 1,493 1.15% | 75.12% |
| Sondrio | 65,290 61.74% | 24,695 23.35% | 13,131 12.41% | 1,785 1.68% | 834 0.77% | 66.26% |

### Results by capital city

| City | Attilio Fontana | Giorgio Gori | Dario Violi | Onorio Rosati | Others | Turnout |
| Milan | 273,261 40.16% | 279,821 41.12% | 96,639 14.20% | 18,712 2.75% | 11,986 1.75% | 68.39% |
| Brescia | 45,453 43.38% | 38,680 36.92% | 15,405 14.70% | 2,984 2.84% | 2,244 2.13% | 74.37% |
| Monza | 30,841 44.93% | 24,285 35.38% | 10,892 15.87% | 1,553 2.26% | 1,060 1.52% | 73.07% |
| Bergamo | 27,463 41.51% | 28,652 43.30% | 7,518 11.36% | 1,364 2.06% | 1,159 1.74% | 73.09% |
| Como | 20,958 46.77% | 15,501 34.59% | 6,902 15.40% | 933 2.08% | 510 1.12% | 64.47% |
| Varese | 23,348 53.13% | 13,228 30.10% | 5,927 13.48% | 744 1.69% | 693 1.56% | 68.72% |
| Pavia | 17,035 43.22% | 14,863 37.66% | 5,530 14.03% | 1,194 3.02% | 811 2.05% | 68.02% |
| Cremona | 17,579 44.92% | 12,710 32.48% | 6,575 16.80% | 1,166 2.97% | 1,099 2.97% | 72.13% |
| Mantua | 9,262 35.70% | 10,126 39.03% | 4,986 19.22% | 866 3.33% | 698 2.68% | 68.46% |
| Lecco | 12,857 46.55% | 9,915 35.90% | 3,955 14.32% | 665 2.40% | 225 0.80% | 73.83% |
| Lodi | 11,593 47.35% | 8,040 32.84% | 3,932 16.06% | 607 2.47% | 307 1.24% | 72.86% |
| Sondrio | 6,038 50.47% | 3,998 33.42% | 1,514 12.65% | 313 2.61% | 99 0.81% | 66.93% |

### Seats by province

| Province | Lega | PD | FI | M5S | FdI | Others | Total |
| Milan | 6 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 24 |
| Brescia | 4 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | - | 10 |
| Bergamo | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| Varese | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 7 |
| Monza and Brianza | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 7 |
| Como | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 5 |
| Pavia | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 4 |
| Cremona | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 3 |
| Lecco | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 3 |
| Mantua | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 3 |
| Lodi | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| Sondrio | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Total | 28 | 15 | 14 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 78 |