# 2025 Action (Italy) leadership election

The 2025 Action leadership election was a congressional primary election that took place on 14 and 15 February 2025 to elect the new party leadership. Outgoing secretary Carlo Calenda was re-elected for a second term, defeating Giulia Pastorella by 85.7% to 14.3%.

## Rules and procedure
### Timetable

Timetable of events for the 2025 Action leadership election :
| Date(s) | Event |
| 31 December 2024 | Enrollment for members closes. |
| 15 January 2025 | Publication of the delegate allocation tables. |
| 31 January 2025 | Submission of candidacies for secretary and their delegates' lists closes. |
| 14–15 February 2025 | Election of the secretary and Assembly members takes place. |
| 29–30 March 2025 | Convocation of the Assembly and the election of the president take place. |
According to the Congressional Rules of Procedure, voting rights are granted to members of Action who have fulfilled their membership dues for either 2024 or 2025 by 31 December 2024, or to members from 2023 who renew their registration on 15 February 2025.
Candidates willing to run for the position of secretary must submit a manifesto supported by at least 5% of the active membership of the party and obtain the endorsement of at least 10 provincial delegate lists across a minimum of four regions. If no candidate secures more than 40% of votes on 15 February, the secretary will be elected by the Assembly through a run-off between the top two contenders before 31 March.
On 15 February, party members will also vote for the 300 members of the Assembly by voting for provincial delegate lists. If a coalition of delegate lists receives more than 40% of valid votes but fails to secure 270 seats in the Assembly, it is granted a majority bonus of 45 additional seats until the coalition reaches 270 members. The Assembly also includes the incumbent secretary, members of Parliament, regional councillors, and mayors of cities with populations exceeding 70,000 inhabitants, provided they met their membership dues.

## Candidates
### Secretary

| Portrait | Name | Name | Most recent position | Campaign logo | Slogan | Announced | Refs |
| | | Carlo Calenda (age 51) | Member of the Senate of the Republic for Action (2022–present) Other positions Secretary for Action (2022–present) Member of the European Parliament (2019–2022) Municipal Councillor of Rome (2021) Minister of Economic Development (2016–2018) Permanent Representative of Italy to the European Union (2016) Deputy Minister of Economic Development (2013–2016) | (mozioneCarloCalenda2025-def.pdf) | Nati per correre (Born to run) | 13 December 2024 | |
| | | Giulia Pastorella (age 38) | Member of the Chamber of Deputies for Action (2022–present) Other positions Vice President for Action (2022–present) Municipal Councillor of Milan (2021–present) | (giuliapastorella.eu/mozione) | Dipende da noi (It's up to us) | 21 November 2024 | |

### Endorsements
#### Carlo Calenda
##### Senators

* Marco Lombardo

##### Former Senators

* Giuseppe Cucca [it]

##### Deputies

* Fabrizio Benzoni [it]
* Elena Bonetti
* Antonio D'Alessio [it]
* Valentina Grippo [it]
* Matteo Richetti
* Ettore Rosato
* Daniela Ruffino [it]
* Giulio Cesare Sottanelli [it]

##### Former Presidents of Regions

* Marcello Pittella (Basilicata)

##### Regional Councillors

* Salvatore Aversano (Campania)
* Sergio Bartoli (Piedmont)
* Luigi Cirillo (Campania)
* Sergio Clemente (Apulia)
* Francesco De Nisi (Calabria)
* Pasquale Di Fenza (Campania)
* Alessio D’Amato (Lazio)
* Giuseppe Graziano (Calabria)
* Ruggiero Mennea (Apulia)
* Nicola Massimo Morea (Basilicata)
* Enio Pavone (Abruzzo
* Giuseppe Sommese (Campania)

##### Former Regional Councillors

* Luigi Bosco (Campania)
* Giacomo Leonelli (Umbria)
* Marco Remaschi (Tuscany)

##### Municipal Councillors (only provincial capitals)

* Tommaso Fagioli (Ancona)
* Cristina Lodi (Genoa)
* Carlo Pasqualetto (Padua)

##### Former Municipal Councillors (only cities with less than 15,000 residents)

* Marco Bignotti (Étroubles, AO)

##### Other politicians

* Donato Pessolano (Regional Secretary for Action in Basilicata, 2019–present)

#### Giulia Pastorella
##### Deputies

* Federica Onori

##### Former Members of the European Parliament

* Fabio Massimo Castaldo

##### Municipal Councillors (only provincial capitals)

* Edoardo Arcidiacono (Milan)
* Giovanna Flor (Trento)
* Francesco Tomasini (Brescia)
* Adele Taramasso (Savona)
* Fabio Vittorini (Rome)
* Davide Varrà (Milano)

##### Municipal Councillors (only cities with no less than 15,000 residents)

* Tommaso Oliboni (Negrar di Valpolicella, VR)

##### Municipal Councillors (only cities with less than 15,000 residents)

* Marco Dessi (Pezzaze, BS)
* Davide Bassini (Roncadelle, BS)
* Artur Lastur (Poggio Renatico, FE)
* Luca Sergiampietri (Castelnuovo Magra, SP)

##### Municipal Assessors (only cities with no less than 15,000 residents)

* Fabrizio Zordan (Valdagno, VI)

## Results
### Secretary

| Candidate | Candidate | % |
| | Carlo Calenda | 85.72 |
| | Giulia Pastorella | 14.28 |
| Total | Total | 100.00 |
| Source: Results |||
Vote by membership
Calenda
85.7%
Pastorella
14.3% :

### Assembly
#### Delegates

Legend :
| | Calenda plurality of votes |
| | Pastorella plurality of votes |
| | Not a candidate in that constituency |
| — | The constituency did not hold any election |
| Constituency | Constituency | Constituency | Calenda | Calenda | Calenda | Pastorella | Pastorella | Pastorella | Invalid | Blank | Turnout | Source(s) |
| Region | Province or City | Delegates | Votes | % | Delegates | Votes | % | Delegates | Invalid | Blank | Turnout | Source(s) |
| Abruzzo | Chieti | 2 | | 100.0 | 2 | | | | — | — | — | |
| Abruzzo | L'Aquila | 2 | | 100.0 | 2 | | | | — | — | — | |
| Abruzzo | Pescara | 1 | | 100.0 | 1 | | | | — | — | — | |
| Abruzzo | Teramo | 2 | | 100.0 | 2 | | | | — | — | — | |
| Abruzzo | Abruzzo | 7 | | 100.0 | 7 | | | | — | — | — | |
| Basilicata | Matera | 4 | | 100.0 | 4 | | | | — | — | — | |
| Basilicata | Potenza | 7 | | 100.0 | 7 | | | | — | — | — | |
| Basilicata | Basilicata | 11 | | 100.0 | 11 | | | | — | — | — | |
| Calabria | Catanzaro | 4 | | 100.0 | 4 | | | | — | — | — | |
| Calabria | Cosenza | 4 | | 100.0 | 4 | | | | — | — | — | |
| Calabria | Crotone | 2 | | 100.0 | 2 | | | | — | — | — | |
| Calabria | Reggio Calabria | 2 | | 100.0 | 2 | | | | — | — | — | |
| Calabria | Vibo Valentia | 3 | | 100.0 | 3 | | | | — | — | — | |
| Calabria | Calabria | 15 | | 100.0 | 15 | | | | — | — | — | |
| Campania | Avellino | 3 | | 100.0 | 3 | | | | — | — | — | |
| Campania | Benevento | 1 | | 100.0 | 1 | | | | — | — | — | |
| Campania | Caserta | 9 | | 100.0 | 9 | | | | — | — | — | |
| Campania | Naples | 37 | | 100.0 | 37 | | | | — | — | — | |
| Campania | Salerno | 8 | | 100.0 | 8 | | | | — | — | — | |
| Campania | Campania | 58 | | 100.0 | 58 | | | | — | — | — | |
| Emilia-Romagna | Bologna | 4 | 20 | 40.0 | 2 | 30 | 60.0 | 2 | — | — | — | |
| Emilia-Romagna | Ferrara | 1 | 58 | 87.9 | 1 | 8 | 12.1 | 0 | — | — | — | |
| Emilia-Romagna | Forlì-Cesena | 1 | | | | 7 | 100.0 | 1 | — | — | — | |
| Emilia-Romagna | Modena | 3 | 44 | 52.4 | 3 | 40 | 47.6 | 0 | — | — | — | |
| Emilia-Romagna | Parma | 2 | 41 | 67.2 | 2 | 20 | 32.8 | 0 | — | — | — | |
| Emilia-Romagna | Piacenza | 1 | | 100.0 | 1 | | | | — | — | — | |
| Emilia-Romagna | Ravenna | 1 | 13 | 43.3 | 1 | 17 | 56.6 | 0 | — | — | — | |
| Emilia-Romagna | Reggio nell'Emilia | 2 | 30 | 46.2 | 1 | 35 | 53.8 | 1 | — | — | — | |
| Emilia-Romagna | Rimini | 1 | | 100.0 | 1 | | | | — | — | — | |
| Emilia-Romagna | Emilia-Romagna | 16 | 223 | 58.7 | 12 | 157 | 41.3 | 4 | — | — | — | |
| Friuli-Venezia Giulia | Gorizia | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Friuli-Venezia Giulia | Pordenone | 1 | 14 | 60.9 | 1 | 9 | 39.1 | 0 | — | — | — | |
| Friuli-Venezia Giulia | Trieste | 1 | 39 | 39.8 | 1 | 59 | 60.2 | 0 | — | — | — | |
| Friuli-Venezia Giulia | Udine | 2 | | 100.0 | 2 | | | | — | — | — | |
| Friuli-Venezia Giulia | Friuli-Venezia Giulia | 4 | | | 4 | 68 | | 0 | — | — | — | |
| Lazio | Frosinone | 2 | 29 | 54.7 | 1 | 24 | 45.3 | 1 | — | — | — | |
| Lazio | Latina | 2 | | 100.0 | 2 | | | | — | — | — | |
| Lazio | Rieti | 1 | | 100.0 | 1 | | | | — | — | — | |
| Lazio | Rome (city) | 13 | | 100.0 | 13 | | | | — | — | — | |
| Lazio | Rome (province) | 6 | 171 | 81.4 | 6 | 39 | 18.6 | 0 | — | — | — | |
| Lazio | Viterbo | 1 | | 100.0 | 6 | | | | — | — | — | |
| Lazio | Lazio | 25 | | | 24 | 63 | | 1 | — | — | — | |
| Liguria | Genoa | 3 | 107 | 76.4 | 3 | 33 | 23.6 | 0 | — | — | — | |
| Liguria | Imperia | 1 | 29 | 40.3 | 1 | 43 | 59.7 | 0 | — | — | — | |
| Liguria | La Spezia | 1 | 23 | 52.3 | 1 | 21 | 47.7 | 0 | — | — | — | |
| Liguria | Savona | 1 | 10 | 19.2 | 0 | 42 | 80.8 | 1 | — | — | — | |
| Liguria | Liguria | 6 | 169 | 54.9 | 5 | 139 | 45.1 | 1 | — | — | — | |
| Lombardy | Bergamo | 3 | 32 | 46.4 | 2 | 37 | 53.6 | 1 | — | — | — | |
| Lombardy | Brescia | 7 | 203 | 61.5 | 6 | 127 | 38.5 | 1 | — | — | — | |
| Lombardy | Como | 2 | 18 | 46.2 | 1 | 21 | 53.8 | 1 | — | — | — | |
| Lombardy | Cremona | 2 | | 100.0 | 2 | | | | — | — | — | |
| Lombardy | Lecco | 1 | 50 | 82.0 | 1 | 11 | 18.0 | 0 | — | — | — | |
| Lombardy | Lodi | 1 | 14 | 37.8 | 1 | 23 | 62.2 | 0 | — | — | — | |
| Lombardy | Mantua | 2 | | 100.0 | 2 | | | | — | — | — | |
| Lombardy | Milan (city) | 8 | 144 | 45.1 | 5 | 175 | 54.9 | 3 | — | — | — | |
| Lombardy | Milan (province) | 6 | 54 | 42.2 | 4 | 74 | 57.8 | 2 | — | — | — | |
| Lombardy | Monza e della Brianza | 3 | 62 | 69.7 | 3 | 27 | 30.3 | 0 | — | — | — | |
| Lombardy | Pavia | 2 | 78 | 75.7 | 2 | 25 | 24.3 | 0 | — | — | — | |
| Lombardy | Sondrio | 1 | | 100.0 | 1 | | | | — | — | — | |
| Lombardy | Varese | 3 | 39 | 48.7 | 3 | 41 | 51.3 | 0 | — | — | — | |
| Lombardy | Lombardy | 41 | 788 | 58.4 | 33 | 561 | 41.6 | 8 | — | — | — | |
| Marche | Ancona | 2 | 31 | 53.4 | 1 | 27 | 46.6 | 1 | — | — | — | |
| Marche | Ascoli Piceno | 1 | 12 | 30.0 | 1 | 28 | 70.0 | 0 | — | — | — | |
| Marche | Fermo | 1 | | | | 24 | 100.0 | 1 | — | — | — | |
| Marche | Macerata | 1 | 59 | 73.8 | 1 | 21 | 26.2 | 0 | — | — | — | |
| Marche | Pesaro e Urbino | 1 | 18 | 100.0 | 1 | | | | — | — | — | |
| Marche | Marche | 6 | 120 | 54.5 | 4 | 100 | 45.5 | 2 | — | — | — | |
| Molise | Campobasso | 1 | | 100.0 | 1 | | | | — | — | — | |
| Molise | Isernia | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Molise | Molise | 1 | | 100.0 | 1 | | | | — | — | — | |
| Piedmont | Alessandria | 1 | | 100.0 | 1 | | | | — | — | — | |
| Piedmont | Asti | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Piedmont | Biella | 1 | | 100.0 | 1 | | | | — | — | — | |
| Piedmont | Cuneo | 2 | | 100.0 | 2 | | | | — | — | — | |
| Piedmont | Novara | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Piedmont | Turin | 9 | | 100.0 | 9 | | | | — | — | — | |
| Piedmont | Verbano-Cusio-Ossola | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Piedmont | Vercelli | 1 | | 100.0 | 1 | | | | — | — | — | |
| Piedmont | Piedmont | 14 | | 100.0 | 14 | | | | — | — | — | |
| Apulia | Bari | 4 | | 100.0 | 4 | | | | — | — | — | |
| Apulia | Barletta-Andria-Trani | 5 | | 100.0 | 5 | | | | — | — | 91% | |
| Apulia | Brindisi | 1 | | 100.0 | 1 | | | | — | — | — | |
| Apulia | Foggia | 2 | | 100.0 | 2 | | | | — | — | 91% | |
| Apulia | Lecce | 4 | | 100.0 | 4 | | | | — | — | — | |
| Apulia | Taranto | 2 | 11 | 39.3 | 1 | 17 | 60.7 | 1 | — | — | — | |
| Apulia | Apulia | 18 | | | 17 | 17 | | 1 | — | — | 86% | |
| Sardinia | Cagliari | 2 | | 100.0 | 2 | | | | — | — | — | |
| Sardinia | Nuoro | 2 | | 100.0 | 2 | | | | — | — | — | |
| Sardinia | Oristano | 1 | | 100.0 | 1 | | | | — | — | — | |
| Sardinia | Sassari | 1 | | 100.0 | 1 | | | | — | — | — | |
| Sardinia | Sardinia | 6 | | 100.0 | 6 | | | | — | — | — | |
| Sicily | Agrigento | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sicily | Caltanissetta | 1 | | 100.0 | 1 | | | | — | — | — | |
| Sicily | Catania | 5 | | 100.0 | 5 | | | | — | — | — | |
| Sicily | Enna | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sicily | Messina | 2 | | 100.0 | 2 | | | | — | — | — | |
| Sicily | Palermo | 6 | | 100.0 | 6 | | | | — | — | — | |
| Sicily | Ragusa | 1 | | 100.0 | 1 | | | | — | — | — | |
| Sicily | Siracusa | 2 | | 100.0 | 2 | | | | — | — | — | |
| Sicily | Trapani | 2 | | 100.0 | 2 | | | | — | — | — | |
| Sicily | Sicily | 19 | | 100.0 | 19 | | | | — | — | — | |
| Tuscany | Arezzo | 1 | 36 | 52.9 | 1 | 32 | 47.1 | 0 | — | — | — | |
| Tuscany | Florence | 4 | 95 | 57.6 | 4 | 70 | 42.4 | 0 | — | — | — | |
| Tuscany | Grosseto | 2 | 79 | 69.3 | 2 | 35 | 30.7 | 0 | — | — | — | |
| Tuscany | Livorno | 1 | | 100.0 | 1 | | | | — | — | — | |
| Tuscany | Lucca | 2 | | 100.0 | 2 | | | | — | — | — | |
| Tuscany | Massa-Carrara | 1 | 71 | 74.0 | 1 | 25 | 26.0 | 0 | — | — | — | |
| Tuscany | Pisa | 2 | 24 | 50.0 | 1 | 24 | 50.0 | 1 | — | 1 | 80.0% | |
| Tuscany | Pistoia | 1 | | | | 34 | 100.0 | 1 | — | — | — | |
| Tuscany | Prato | 1 | | | | 20 | 100.0 | 1 | — | — | — | |
| Tuscany | Siena | 1 | 15 | 22.7 | 0 | 51 | 77.3 | 1 | — | — | — | |
| Tuscany | Tuscany | 16 | 500 | 63.2 | 12 | 291 | 36.8 | 4 | — | 10 | — | |
| Umbria | Perugia | 3 | 159 | 75.4 | 3 | 52 | 24.6 | 0 | — | — | — | |
| Umbria | Terni | 1 | | 100.0 | 1 | | | | — | — | — | |
| Umbria | Umbria | 4 | | | 4 | 52 | | 0 | — | — | — | |
| Aosta Valley | Aosta | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Aosta Valley | Aosta Valley | 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Veneto | Belluno | 1 | 14 | 42.4 | 1 | 19 | 57.6 | 0 | — | — | — | |
| Veneto | Padua | 4 | 102 | 65.4 | 4 | 54 | 34.6 | 0 | — | — | — | |
| Veneto | Rovigo | 1 | 22 | 100.0 | 1 | | | | — | — | — | |
| Veneto | Treviso | 4 | 75 | 55.6 | 3 | 60 | 44.4 | 1 | — | — | — | |
| Veneto | Venice | 3 | 67 | 52.8 | 3 | 60 | 47.2 | 0 | — | — | — | |
| Veneto | Verona | 3 | 18 | 36.7 | 1 | 31 | 63.3 | 2 | — | — | — | |
| Veneto | Vicenza | 3 | 14 | 14.3 | 1 | 84 | 85.7 | 2 | — | — | — | |
| Veneto | Veneto | 19 | 312 | 50.3 | 14 | 308 | 49.7 | 5 | — | — | — | |
| Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol | Bolzano | 1 | | 100.0 | 1 | | | | — | — | — | |
| Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol | Trento | 2 | 6 | 12.5 | 1 | 42 | 87.5 | 1 | — | — | — | |
| Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol | Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol | 3 | | | 2 | 42 | | 1 | — | — | — | |
| International | International | 3 | 30 | 21.0 | 1 | 113 | 79.0 | 2 | — | — | — | |
| Total | Total | 292 | | 85.7 | 263 | 1,911 | 14.3 | 29 | — | — | — | |
| Sources: Delegates, Candidates Delegates elected Delegates elected for Pastorella Results (only provinces where Pastorella ran) Congressional Committee report |||||||||||||
* 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Each province had to reach a quota of active party members to be able to elect delegates, but some of them failed to do so. Whenever the provinces meet the criteria, they will be able to elect their delegates in a by-election.