2022 Sicilian regional election
{{Short description|None}}
{{Infobox election
| election_name = 2022 Sicilian regional election
| country = Sicily
| type = parliamentary
| ongoing = no
| turnout =
| previous_election = 2017 Sicilian regional election
| previous_year = 2017
| next_election = 2027 Sicilian regional election
| next_year = 2027
| seats_for_election = All 70 seats to the Sicilian Regional Assembly
| majority_seats = 36
| election_date = 25 September 2022
| image1 = 160x160px
| leader1 = Renato Schifani
| party1 = Forza Italia
| alliance1 = Centre-right coalition (Italy)
| color1 = 0A6BE1
| seats1 = 40
| seat_change1 = {{increase}} 4
| popular_vote1 = 887,215
| percentage1 = 42.05%
| swing1 = {{increase}} 3.10%
| image2 = 160x160px
| leader2 = Cateno De Luca
| party2 = South calls North
| color2 =
| seats2 = 8
| alliance2 =
| seat_change2 = New
| popular_vote2 = 505,386
| percentage2 = 23.95%
| swing2 = New
| image4 = 160x160px
| leader4 = Caterina Chinnici
| party4 = Democratic Party (Italy)
| alliance4 = Centre-left coalition (Italy)
| color4 = EF3E3E
| seats4 = 11
| seat_change4 = {{decrease}} 2
| popular_vote4 = 341,252
| percentage4 = 16.17%
| swing4 = {{decrease}} 2.48%
| image5 = 100px
| leader5 = Nuccio Di Paola
| party5 = Five Star Movement
| alliance5 =
| color5 =
| seats5 = 11
| seat_change5 = {{decrease}} 9
| popular_vote5 = 321,142
| percentage5 = 15.22%
| swing5 = {{decrease}} 19.43%
| map_image = Sicilian regional election 2022 map.png
| map_size = 250px
| title = President
| before_election = Nello Musumeci
| before_party = DB
| after_election = Renato Schifani
| after_party = FI
}}
The 2022 Sicilian regional election for the renewal of the Sicilian Regional Assembly and the election of the President of Sicily were held on 25 September, 2022. Renato Schifani, candidate of the centre-right coalition, easily won the election, becoming the next president of the region.{{Cite news|url=https://www.corriere.it/elezioni/22_agosto_12/regionali-sicilia-renato-schifani-sara-candidato-governatore-centrodestra-ebda3934-1a31-11ed-a4ca-24dcb38fef4d.shtml|title=Regionali in Sicilia, Renato Schifani sarà il candidato governatore del centrodestra|publisher=Corriere della Sera|date=12 August 2022|access-date=12 August 2022}}
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.
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! AG | CL | CT | EN | ME | PA | RG | SR | TP | Total |
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| 6 | 3 | 13 | 2 | 8 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 62 |
Background
=Progressive camp primary election=
On 18 June a press conference was held between the leaders of Democratic Party, Five Star Movement, Italian Left, Green Europe, Article One, Italian Socialist Party and One Hundred Steps for Sicily. They presented the guidelines for the Progressive camp primary election, which was held on 23 July. The deadline for the candidacies was set for June 30.{{cite news |title=Centrosinistra e 5 Stelle, in Sicilia parte la corsa delle primarie |url=https://palermo.repubblica.it/politica/2022/06/18/news/centrosinistra_e_5_stelle_parte_la_corsa_delle_primarie-354426068/ |access-date=18 June 2022 |work=la Repubblica |date=18 June 2022 |language=it}}{{cite news |title=Pd, M5S e sinistra siglano l'accordo: in Sicilia primarie unitarie il 23 luglio |url=https://palermo.repubblica.it/politica/2022/06/18/news/primarie_pd_m5s_sinistra_sicilia-354455656/ |access-date=18 June 2022 |work=la Repubblica |date=18 June 2022 |language=it}} Caterina Chinnici won the primary election with 44% of votes, ahead of Barbara Floridia (32%) and Claudio Fava (23%).{{cite news |title=Chinnici vince le primarie in Sicilia, è candidata del centrosinistra alla Regione |url=https://gds.it/articoli/politica/2022/07/23/chinnici-vince-le-primarie-e-candidata-del-centrosinistra-alla-regione-in-aggiornamento-73ca7d0d-c413-4c68-b8ee-1d12244c511e/ |access-date=23 July 2022 |work=Giornale di Sicilia |language=it}}
Parties and candidates
Below is a list of the parties and their respective leaders in the election.
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!colspan=2 rowspan="2"|Political party or alliance !colspan=2 rowspan="2"|Constituent lists !colspan="2"|Previous result !rowspan="2"|Candidate !rowspan="2"|Ref. |
Votes (%)
!Seats |
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| rowspan=5 | Centre-right coalition | bgcolor="{{party color|Forza Italia (2013)}}" | | style="text-align:left;"| Forza Italia |16.4 |12 | rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;" | Renato Schifani | rowspan="5" style="text-align:center;" | |
bgcolor="{{party color|Movement for Autonomies}}" |
| style="text-align:left;"| Populars and Autonomists – Us With Sicily |7.1 |5 |
bgcolor="{{party color|Brothers of Italy}}" |
| style="text-align:left;"| Brothers of Italy (incl. DB) | rowspan="2" | 5.6 | rowspan="2" | 3 |
bgcolor="{{party color|Lega Nord}}" |
| style="text-align:left;"| Italy First – League |
style="color:inherit;background:#A2D1EB" |
| style="text-align:left;"| Christian Democracy (incl. UDC) |{{N/A}} |{{N/A}} |
style="background-color:{{party color|Five Star Movement}}"|
| colspan="3" | Five Star Movement |26.7 |19 | {{center|Nuccio Di Paola}} |
rowspan="2" style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Centre-left coalition}}"|
| rowspan=2" | Centre-left coalition | bgcolor="{{party color|Democratic Party (Italy)}}" | | style="text-align:left;"| Democratic Party (incl. PSI) |13.0 |11 | rowspan="2" style="text-align:center;" | Caterina Chinnici | rowspan="2"| |
style="color:inherit;background:#D13241" |
| style="text-align:left;"| One Hundred Steps for Sicily (incl. Art.1, SI and EV) |5.2 |1 |
style="background-color:{{party color|Free Sicilians}}"|
| colspan="3" | Free Sicilians |0.7 |– | {{center|Eliana Esposito}} |
style="background-color:{{party color|Action (Italy)}}"|
| colspan="3" | Action – Italia Viva (incl. Together and PSS) |{{N/A}} |{{N/A}} | {{center|Gaetano Armao}} | {{center|{{cite news |title=Sicilia: Azione e Iv, Gaetano Armao candidato governatore |url=https://www.ansa.it/sicilia/notizie/2022/08/13/sicilia-azione-e-iv-gaetano-armao-candidato-governatore_8c121ab7-c2ff-4b27-b75a-9cbd058aad9d.html |access-date=13 August 2022 |work=Agenzia Nazionale Stampa Associata |date=13 August 2022 |language=it-IT}}}} |
rowspan="2" style="background:{{party color|South calls North}}"|
| rowspan=2 | De Luca's coalition | bgcolor="{{party color|South calls North}}" | |{{N/A}} |{{N/A}} | rowspan="3" style="text-align:center;" | Cateno De Luca |
style="color:inherit;background:#FF4500" |
| style="text-align:left;"| Sicilia Vera |{{N/A}} |{{N/A}} |
Opinion polling
=Candidates=
{{legend2|#EAFFEA|Exit poll|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}
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! style="width:100px;" rowspan="2"| Date ! style="width:100px;" rowspan="2"| Polling firm ! style="width:65px;" rowspan="2"| Sample size ! style="width:65px;"| Schifani ! style="width:65px;"| Di Paola ! style="width:65px;"| Chinnici ! style="width:65px;"| De Luca ! style="width:65px;"| Armao ! style="width:65px;" rowspan="2"| Others ! style="width:45px;" rowspan="2"| Lead |
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Centre-right coalition}};"|
! style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Five Star Movement}};"| ! style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Centre-left coalition}};"| ! style="color:inherit;background:orange;"| ! style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Action (Italian political party)}};"| |
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| 25 Sep 2022 | [https://www.lasiciliaweb.it/2022/09/exit-poll-schifani-nettamente-in-testa/ Opinio] | – | style="background:#C8EBFF"| 37–41 | 13–17 | 15.5–19.5 | 24–28 | 1.5–3.5 | 1.5–3.5 |style="background:#0A6BE1; color:white;"| 13.0 |
1–8 Sep 2022
| [https://www.swg.it/pa/attachment/631b87ba5d877/Radar_speciale%20Elezioni%20verso%20il%20voto,%209%20settembre%202022.pdf#page=7 SWG] | 1,800 | style="background:#C8EBFF"| 33–37 | 10–14 | 17–21 | 26–30 | 1–3 | 2–6 |style="background:#0A6BE1; color:white;"| 7.0 |
7 Sep 2022
| [https://livesicilia.it/regionali-il-centrodestra-avanza-schifani-al-42-i-dati/ Noto] | 1,000 | style="background:#C8EBFF"| 41.0 | 15.0 | 25.0 | 12.0 | 4.0 | 2.0 |style="background:#0A6BE1; color:white;"| 16.0 |
2–6 Sep 2022
| [https://livesicilia.it/sicilia-elezioni-sondaggi-centrodestra-centrosinistra-dati/ Ipsos] | 1,200 | style="background:#C8EBFF"| 28.7 | 19.5 | 22.1 | 23.5 | 4.6 | 1.6 |style="background:#0A6BE1; color:white;"| 5.2 |
1–3 Sep 2022
| [https://www.tgcom24.mediaset.it/elezioni/politiche-2022/elezioni-2022-sesta-rilevazione-tecne-il-centrodestra-sempre-in-testa_54429595-202202k.shtml Tecnè] | 2,000 | style="background:#C8EBFF"| 37–41 | 11–15 | 25–29 | 13–17 | 3–5 | 2–3 |style="background:#0A6BE1; color:white;"| 12.0 |
26–29 Aug 2022
| [https://www.tgcom24.mediaset.it/elezioni/politiche-2022/elezioni-2022-quinta-rilevazione-tecne-il-centrodestra-sale-ancora-verso-il-50-dei-voti_54111383-202202k.shtml Tecnè] | 2,000 | style="background:#C8EBFF"| 38–42 | 8–12 | 27–31 | 12–16 | 3–5 | 2–4 |style="background:#0A6BE1; color:white;"| 11.0 |
==Hypothetical candidates==
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! style="width:100px;" rowspan="2"| Date ! style="width:100px;" rowspan="2"| Polling firm ! style="width:65px;"| Musumeci ! style="width:65px;"| Cancelleri ! style="width:65px;"| Micari ! style="width:65px;"| Fava ! style="width:65px;"| De Luca ! style="width:65px;" rowspan="2"| No-one ! style="width:45px;" rowspan="2"| Lead |
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Centre-right coalition}};"|
! style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Centre-left coalition}};"| ! style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Centre-left coalition}};"| ! style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Free and Equal (Italy)}};"| ! style="color:inherit;background:orange;"| |
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rowspan="5"|26 Jun 2021
| rowspan="5"|[https://www.lasicilia.it/politica/news/sondaggio_sul_governo_musumeci_il_55_dei_siciliani_lo_boccia-1256289/ Keix] | style="background:#C8EBFF"| 26.1 | 22.1 | 6.0 | 13.2 | {{N/A}} | 31.0 |style="background:#0A6BE1; color:white;"| 4.0 |
style="background:#C8EBFF"| 28.1
| 27.1 | {{N/A}} | {{N/A}} | {{N/A}} | 44.8 |style="background:#0A6BE1; color:white;"| 1.0 |
style="background:#C8EBFF"| 24.2
| 21.1 | {{N/A}} | {{N/A}} | 13.8 | 40.9 |style="background:#0A6BE1; color:white;"| 3.1 |
style="background:#C8EBFF"| 23.6
| {{N/A}} | {{N/A}} | 21.1 | 14.6 | TBA |style="background:#0A6BE1; color:white;"| 2.5 |
style="background:#C8EBFF"| 28.5
| {{N/A}} | {{N/A}} | 25.4 | {{N/A}} | TBA |style="background:#0A6BE1; color:white;"| 3.1 |
=Parties=
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! style="width:110px;" rowspan="3"| Date ! style="width:140px;" rowspan="3"| Polling firm ! style="width:50px;" rowspan="3"| Sample size ! colspan="8" style="width:35px;"|CDX ! style="width:55px;" rowspan="2"| M5S ! colspan="6" style="width:35px;"|CSX ! style="width:55px;" rowspan="2"| IV ! style="width:55px;" rowspan="2"| A ! style="width:55px;" rowspan="2"| +E ! style="width:55px;" rowspan="3"| Others ! style="width:25px;" rowspan="3"| Lead |
style="width:55px;"|FI
! style="width:55px;"|UDC–CP–IS ! style="width:55px;"|#DB ! style="width:55px;"|FdI ! style="width:55px;"|Lega ! style="width:55px;"|CI ! rowspan="2" style="width:55px;"|Other ! style="width:55px;"|PD ! style="width:55px;"| CPpS ! style="width:55px;"| Art.1 ! style="width:55px;"| SI ! style="width:55px;"| EV ! rowspan="2" style="width:55px;"|Other |
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! style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Movement for Autonomies}};"| ! style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Union of the Centre (2002)}};"| ! style="color:inherit;background:#086A87;"| ! style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Brothers of Italy}};"| ! style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Lega Nord}};"| ! style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Coraggio Italia}};"| ! style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Five Star Movement}};"| ! style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Democratic Party (Italy)}};"| ! style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Free and Equal (Italy)}};"| ! style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Article One (Italy)}};"| ! style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Italian Left}};"| ! style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Green Europe}};"| ! style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Italia Viva}};"| ! style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Action (Italy)}};"| ! style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|More Europe}};"| |
9–14 March 2022
| [https://www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/2022/03/28/m5s-primo-partito-in-sicilia-il-sondaggio-che-ribalta-i-rapporti-di-forza-col-pd-conte-da-il-via-libera-a-miceli-candidato-sindaco-a-palermo/6539513/amp/ Keix] | 1,920 | 10.3 | 0.6 | 1.6 | 6.8 | 15.4 | 7.8 | {{N/A}} | {{N/A}} | style="background:#FFFFBF"| 22.9 | 9.8 | colspan=3|2.6 | {{N/A}} | {{N/A}} | 3.3 | 0.6 | {{N/A}} | {{N/A}} | style="background:{{party color|Five Star Movement}}"| 7.5 |
16 February 2022
| [https://www.ansa.it/amp/sicilia/notizie/2022/02/16/politiche-sondaggio-fdi-prima-partito-in-sicilia-col-26_fded6d21-4be4-4c93-b7fb-d961e707d6fd.html/ Demopolis] | {{N/A}} | 14.0 | {{N/A}} | {{N/A}} | {{N/A}} | style="background:#E5E7FF;" |26.0 | 9.0 | {{N/A}} | {{N/A}} | 21.0 | 18.2 | colspan="3" {{N/A}} | {{N/A}} | {{N/A}} | {{N/A}} | {{N/A}} | {{N/A}} | 11.8 | style="background:#03386A; color:white;"|5.0 |
23 December 2021
| [https://sondaggibidimedia.com/noto-sondaggi-sicilia-2022/ Noto] | {{N/A}} | 11 | 3.5 | {{N/A}} | 9 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 3.5 | 15.0 | style="background:#FFD0D7"| 17.0 | colspan="3"|2.5 | 2.0 | 2.0 | 2 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 5.0 | style="background:{{party color|Democratic Party (Italy)}}; color:white;"| 2.0 |
26 June 2021
| [https://www.lasicilia.it/politica/news/sondaggio_sul_governo_musumeci_il_55_dei_siciliani_lo_boccia-1256289/ Keix] | {{N/A}} | 9.2 | 2.5 | 3.5 | 8.1 | 13.7 | 10.5 | {{N/A}} | {{N/A}} | style="background:#FFFFBF"| 22.7 | 13.9 | 4.4 | 3.1 | 0.7 | {{N/A}} | {{N/A}} | 4.2 | 3.1 | {{N/A}} | {{N/A}} | style="background:{{party color|Five Star Movement}}"| 9.0 |
Results
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|+ | colspan=10|File:Sicilian Regional Assembly 2022.svg |
colspan=2| Candidates
! Votes ! % ! Seats ! colspan=2| Parties ! Votes ! % ! Seats |
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rowspan=7 bgcolor="{{party color|Centre-right coalition}}"|
| rowspan=7| Renato Schifani | rowspan=7 align=right|887,215 | rowspan=7 align=right|42.05 | rowspan=7 align=right|7 |
bgcolor="{{party color|Brothers of Italy}}" |
| align=right|282,345 | align=right|15.10 | align=right|11 |
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Forza Italia (2013)}}"|
| align=right|275,736 | align=right|14.75 | align=right|11 |
bgcolor="{{party color|Lega (political party)}}" |
| align=right|127,454 | align=right|6.80 | align=right|4 |
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Movement for Autonomy}}"|
| Populars and Autonomists | align=right|127,096 | align=right|6.80 | align=right|3 |
style="color:inherit;background:#A2D1EB"|
| align=right|121,691 | align=right|6.51 | align=right|4 |
colspan=2|Total
| align=right|934,322 | align=right|49.96 | align=right|33 |
rowspan=11 bgcolor="{{party color|South calls North}}"|
| rowspan=11| Cateno De Luca | rowspan=11 align=right|505,386 | rowspan=11 align=right|23.95 | rowspan=11 align=right|1 |
bgcolor="{{party color|South calls North}}" |
| align=right|254,453 | align=right|13.61 | align=right|7 |
style="color:inherit;background:#FF4500"|
| align=right|50,877 | align=right|2.72 | align=right|– |
bgcolor="gold |
| Sicilian Pride | align=right|18,165 | align=right|0.97 | align=right|– |
style="color:inherit;background:#DC143F" |
| Land of Love | align=right|3,390 | align=right|0.18 | align=right|– |
style="color:inherit;background:#007500" |
| Young Sicilians | align=right|3,042 | align=right|0.16 | align=right|– |
style="color:inherit;background:#0050AA" |
| Sicilian Autonomy | align=right|3,042 | align=right|0.16 | align=right|– |
style="color:inherit;background:#BE3263" |
| Sicily Feat | align=right|2,702 | align=right|0.14 | align=right|– |
style="color:inherit;background:#A2333B" |
| Work in Sicily | align=right|1,793 | align=right|0.10 | align=right|– |
style="color:inherit;background:#FF0000" |
| Enough Mafias | align=right|1,356 | align=right|0.07 | align=right|– |
colspan=2|Total
| align=right|336,390 | align=right|18.11 | align=right|7 |
rowspan=4 bgcolor="{{party color|Centre-left coalition}}"|
| rowspan=4| Caterina Chinnici | rowspan=4 align=right|341,252 | rowspan=4 align=right|16.17 | rowspan=4 align=right| – |
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Democratic Party (Italy)}}"|
| align=right|238,761 | align=right|12.77 | align=right|11 |
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Article One (political party)}}"|
| One Hundred Steps for Sicily | align=right|55,599 | align=right|2.97 | align=right|– |
colspan=2|Total
| align=right|294,360 | align=right|15.74 | align=right|11 |
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Five Star Movement}}"|
| Nuccio di Paola | align=right|321,142 | align=right|15.22 | align=right| – | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Five Star Movement}}"| | align=right|254,974 | align=right|13.64 | align=right|11 |
style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Action (Italian political party)}}"|
| Gaetano Armao | align=right|43,835 | align=right|2.08 | align=right| – | style="color:inherit;background:{{party color|Action (Italian political party)}}"| | align=right|39,788 | align=right|2.13 | align=right|– |
bgcolor="gold"|
| Eliana Esposito | align=right|10,973 | align=right|0.52 | align=right|– | bgcolor="gold"| | align=right|7,654 | align=right|0.41 | align=right|– |
colspan=10 | |
colspan=2| Blank and invalid votes
| align=right|140,596 | align=right|6.25 | colspan=6| |
colspan=2| Total candidates
| align=right|2,250,399 | align=right|100.00 | align=right|8 | colspan=2|Total parties | align=right|1,869,863 | align=right|100.00 | align=right|62 |
colspan=2| Registered voters/turnout
| align=right|4,609,984 | align=right|48.82 | colspan=6| |
colspan=10 | Source: [http://www.elezioni.regione.sicilia.it/regionali2022/rep_3/votiListeRegionali.html Regione Sicilia] |
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{{bar percent|FdI|{{party color|Brothers of Italy}}|15.10}}
{{Bar percent|FI|{{party color|Forza Italia (2013)}}|14.75}}
{{bar percent|M5S|{{party color|Five Star Movement}}|13.64}}
{{Bar percent|ScN|{{party color|South calls North}}|13.61}}
{{bar percent|PD|{{party color|Democratic Party (Italy)}}|12.77}}
{{Bar percent|Lega|{{party color|Lega (political party)}}|6.80}}
{{bar percent|PeA|#00CCCC|6.80}}
{{Bar percent|DC|#A2D1EB|6.51}}
{{bar percent|CPpS|{{party color|Article One (Italy)}}|2.97}}
{{bar percent|SV|#FF4500|2.72}}
{{bar percent|A–IV|{{party color|Action – Italia Viva}}|2.13}}
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{{bar percent|Schifani|{{party color|Centre-right coalition}}|42.05}}
{{bar percent|De Luca|{{party color|South calls North}}|23.95}}
{{bar percent|Chinnici|{{party color|Centre-left coalition}}|16.17}}
{{bar percent|Di Paola|{{party color|Five Star Movement}}|15.22}}
{{bar percent|Armao|{{party color|Action – Italia Viva}}|2.08}}
{{bar percent|Esposito|gold|0.52}}
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References
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{{Elections in Sicily}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Sicilian regional elections, 2022}}