# 2017 Sicilian regional election

The 2017 Sicilian regional election for the renewal of the Sicilian Regional Assembly and the election of the President of Sicily was held on 5 November 2017. Incumbent President Rosario Crocetta was not his party's candidate due to his low popularity. Nello Musumeci, leader of the movement Diventerà Bellissima, was elected president.

## Electoral system

The Sicilian Parliament is elected with a mixed system: 62 MPs are chosen with a form of proportional representation using a largest remainder method with open lists and a 5% threshold, while 8 MPs (7+1) are elected using Party bloc vote.
| AG | CL | CT | EN | ME | PA | RG | SR | TP | Total |
| 6 | 3 | 13 | 2 | 8 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 62 |

## Parties and leaders

| Political party or alliance | Political party or alliance | Constituent lists | Constituent lists | Previous result | Previous result | Candidate |
| Political party or alliance | Political party or alliance | Constituent lists | Constituent lists | Votes (%) | Seats | Candidate |
| | Centre-right coalition | | Forza Italia (incl. SC and PLI) | 18.9 | 17 | Nello Musumeci |
| | Centre-right coalition | | Populars and Autonomists | 15.4 | 14 | Nello Musumeci |
| | Centre-right coalition | | Union of the Centre (incl. RD and Sicilia Vera) | 10.8 | 11 | Nello Musumeci |
| | Centre-right coalition | | Diventerà Bellissima (incl. EpI) | — | — | Nello Musumeci |
| | Centre-right coalition | | Brothers of Italy – Us with Salvini | — | — | Nello Musumeci |
| | Five Star Movement | Five Star Movement | Five Star Movement | 14.9 | 15 | Giancarlo Cancelleri |
| | Centre-left coalition | | Democratic Party | 13.4 | 14 | Fabrizio Micari |
| | | Future Sicily – Italian Socialist Party | — | — | | Fabrizio Micari |
| | | Popular Alternative – Centrists for Micari | — | — | | Fabrizio Micari |
| | | Micari list (inc. The Megaphone) | — | — | | Fabrizio Micari |
| | One Hundred Steps for Sicily (incl. MDP, SI, PRC, FdV, Pos and PSS) | One Hundred Steps for Sicily (incl. MDP, SI, PRC, FdV, Pos and PSS) | One Hundred Steps for Sicily (incl. MDP, SI, PRC, FdV, Pos and PSS) | 3.1 | – | Claudio Fava |
| | Free Sicilians | Free Sicilians | Free Sicilians | — | — | Roberto La Rosa |
* ↑ 12.9 (PdL) + 6.0 (GS)
* ↑ 12 (PdL) + 5 (GS)
* ↑ 5.9 (CP) + 9.5 (PdS)
* ↑ 4 (CP) + 10 (PdS)

## Opinion polling

| Date | Polling firm | Micari | Musumeci | Cancelleri | Fava | Others | Lead |
| 20 Oct 2017 | Piepoli | 25.0 | 42.0 | 25.0 | 8.0 | 0.0 | 17.0 |
| 20 Oct 2017 | Demos&Pi | 15.7 | 35.5 | 33.2 | 13.8 | 1.8 | 2.3 |
| 20 Oct 2017 | Demopolis Archived 2017-10-20 at the Wayback Machine | 21.0 | 36.0 | 35.0 | 7.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 |
| 19 Oct 2017 | Tecnè Archived 2017-10-19 at the Wayback Machine | 16.0 | 42.0 | 33.0 | 9.0 | 0.0 | 9.0 |
| 18 Oct 2017 | Keix | 24.2 | 33.0 | 33.2 | 7.6 | 1.6 | 0.2 |
| 12 Ott 2017 | Demopolis | 22.0 | 35.0 | 33.0 | 9.0 | 1.0 | 2.0 |
| 11 Oct 2017 | Piepoli | 16.0 | 42.0 | 33.0 | 9.0 | 1.0 | 9.0 |
| 5 Oct 2017 | Index research | 20.0 | 37.0 | 30.0 | 10.0 | 3.0 | 7.0 |
| 4 Oct 2017 | Demopolis | 22.5 | 34.5 | 32.0 | 9.0 | 2.0 | 2.5 |
| 3 Oct 2017 | Tecnè | 15.0 | 37.0 | 31.0 | 11.0 | 6.0 | 6.0 |
| 24 Sep 2017 | Ipsos | 13.0 | 38.0 | 31.0 | 10.0 | 8.0 | 7.0 |
| 21 Sep 2017 | Index Research | 15.0 | 36.0 | 30.0 | 16.0 | 3.0 | 6.0 |
| 5 Sep 2017 | Demopolis | 22.0 | 34.0 | 35.0 | 6.0 | 3.0 | 1.0 |
| 29–30 Aug 2017 | Euromedia | 16.0 | 36.1 | 33.0 | 9.5 | 7.5 | 3.1 |
| 26–28 Aug 2017 | Lorien | 21.3 | 40.5 | 38.2 | — | 0.0 | 2.3 |

## Results

5 November 2017 Sicilian regional election results :
| Candidates | Candidates | Votes | % | Seats | Parties | Parties | Votes | % | Seats |
| | Nello Musumeci | 830,821 | 39.85 | 7 |
| | Nello Musumeci | 830,821 | 39.85 | 7 | | Forza Italia | 315,056 | 16.37 | 12 |
| | Nello Musumeci | 830,821 | 39.85 | 7 | | Populars and Autonomists | 136,520 | 7.09 | 5 |
| | Nello Musumeci | 830,821 | 39.85 | 7 | | Union of the Centre | 134,124 | 6.97 | 5 |
| | Nello Musumeci | 830,821 | 39.85 | 7 | | Diventerà Bellissima | 114,708 | 5.96 | 4 |
| | Nello Musumeci | 830,821 | 39.85 | 7 | | Brothers of Italy – Us with Salvini | 108,713 | 5.65 | 3 |
| | Nello Musumeci | 830,821 | 39.85 | 7 | Total | Total | 809,121 | 42.04 | 29 |
| | Giancarlo Cancelleri | 722,555 | 34.65 | 1 | | Five Star Movement | 513,359 | 26.67 | 19 |
| | Fabrizio Micari | 388,886 | 18.65 | – |
| | Fabrizio Micari | 388,886 | 18.65 | – | | Democratic Party | 250,633 | 13.02 | 11 |
| | Fabrizio Micari | 388,886 | 18.65 | – | | Future Sicily – Italian Socialist Party | 115,751 | 6.01 | 2 |
| | Fabrizio Micari | 388,886 | 18.65 | – | | Popular Alternative – Centrists for Micari | 80,366 | 4.18 | – |
| | Fabrizio Micari | 388,886 | 18.65 | – | | Micari for President | 42,189 | 2.19 | – |
| | Fabrizio Micari | 388,886 | 18.65 | – | Total | Total | 488,939 | 25.41 | 13 |
| | Claudio Fava | 128,157 | 6.15 | – | | One Hundred Steps for Sicily | 100,583 | 5.23 | 1 |
| | Roberto La Rosa | 14,656 | 0.70 | – | | Free Sicilians | 12,600 | 0.66 | – |
| Total candidates | Total candidates | 2,085,075 | 100.00 | 8 | Total parties | Total parties | 1,924,602 | 100.00 | 62 |
| Source: Sicilian Region ||||||||||
Popular vote
M5S
26.67%
FI
16.37%
PD
13.02%
CP–MpA
7.09%
UdC
6.97%
SF–PSI
6.01%
DB
5.96%
FdI–NcS
5.65%
CPpS
5.23%
AP–CpM
4.18%
MP
2.19%
SL
0.66% :
President
Musumeci
39.85%
Cancelleri
34.65%
Micari
18.65%
Fava
6.15%
La Rosa
0.70% :