Lammarese presidential election, 2016

The **presidential election of 2016 in Lammari** was an election, held in 1 July 2012, which saw the victory of incumbent President and Democratic candidate Roberto Chiambretti, former governor of Nuova Maraglia. The Pan-Lammarese Front also saw a steep increase of votes (452,657 against the more modest 24,141 from the 2012 election), becoming the third largest party, while the NCC plunged to a mere 6,243 votes (compared to 117,690 from the past election).

78.2% of the population (3,121,498) voted.

## Candidates

### Democratic

President
**Roberto Chiambretti**
 of Nuova Maraglia
(2012–incumbent)Former Governor
**Stefano Colombizzo**
 of Agidamò
(2000–2012)Mayor
**William Stalla**
 of Quattrocastelli
(2008–incumbent)Businessman
**Gianni Aulomoni**
 of Algonchinia
(1995–incumbent)Governor
**Lina Jannesi**
 of Porto Gallarate
(2012–incumbent)
#### Withdrawn

Activist
**Enrico Slauber**
 of Merino
(Campaign withdrawn in 6 November 2015)Comedian
**Edgar Q. Cerri**
 of Merino
(2000–2012)
(Campaign withdrawn in 20 October 2015)
### United

Member of the Parliament
**Adriano Cosuli**
 of Algonchinia
(2008–incumbent)Former Governor
**Vincenzo Eischner**
 of Porto Gallarate
(1992–2012)
#### Withdrawn

Member of the Parliament
**Edoardo Soncin**
 of Sciaguezia
(2012–incumbent)
(Campaign withdrawn in 2 January 2016)
### Social Democrats and Laborists

Member of the Parliament
**Paolo Xherdani**
 of Monte Sannita
(2012–incumbent)
### Green

Chairman
**Katy Naggioli**
 of Quattrocastelli
(2003–incumbent)
### National Civic Union

Member of the Parliament
**Gianmarco Pirazzoni**
 of Porto Gallarate
(2008–incumbent)
### Other parties

Chairman
**Adamo Borizzi**
 of Agidamò
Pan-Lammarese Front
(1991–incumbent)Chairman
**Gianpiero Lazzardi**
 of Merino
Humanist Party
(2014–incumbent)Chairman
**Sofia Magron**
 of Nuovo Barizzo
New Lammarese Liberals
(2015–incumbent)Activist
**Marco Luzzardi**
 of Vavaschezia
Ita Est Possumus
Activist
**Giorgio Hirschenbaum**
 of Sciaguezia
Independent
Activist
**Oreste Nocci**
 of Quattrocastelli
Flame of Freedom
## Aftermath

Roberto Chiambretti was "surprised, but not really" and thanked those who voted him, promising to make Lammari even better and more friendly to everyone.

Adriano Cosuli was embittered by the loss once again, but he "sort of expected it"; Cosuli declared that his opponent had more ideas and planned them better than he could.

The National Civic Coalition has plunged to the worst result it could ever achieve: 6,243, just above the required 5,000 to qualify to the final ballot. This severe drop brought some people, including the candidate Gianmarco Pirazzoni, to think that the Coalition might not make it to the final ballot in the next election. The Secretary and vice-presidential candidate Adalberto Ozzi stated that there are talks of a possible merger of the NCC, the fascist movement Flame of Freedom and the right-wing portion of the United Lammarese Party.

The Pan-Lammarese Front saw a huge increase in votes, becoming the third most voted party in this election; this was caused primarily by a wave of dissatisfaction among voters of other parties, mostly the Green Party and the SDL; a number of sources cite an increased authoritarianism by Katy Naggioli (she was intercepted while saying that "if we [the Green Party] can't win through good measures, we will seize power through extreme ways and our members will help this happen"). The party considered the option of suspending her from the party and either promote her colleague Alcide Marcotti or Alarico Bizzoccheri (the party later promoted Marcotti on 13 July). Marcotti himself compared her to Strößner, a move for which Naggioli threatened to sue.

The SDL was unhappy with a status post shared by Paolo Xherdani, stating that without him, "the party wouldn't reach the ballot, or maybe even exist". He later deleted the post and posted an apology.

## Notes

1. ↑ Backed by Alliance for Lammari and Progress.
2. ↑ Backed by Lammari Pensioners.
3. ↑ Backed by the WCP and the Moyakovskyists.