2012 Sicilian regional election

The 2012 Sicilian regional election for the renewal of the Sicilian Regional Assembly and the election of the President of Sicily was held on 28 October 2012. It was a snap election, following the resignation of President Raffaele Lombardo for judicial and financial reasons.

2012 Sicilian regional election
28 October 2012
All 90 seats to the Sicilian Regional Assembly
46 seats needed for a majority
Turnout47.42% ( 19.26%)
  First party Second party
 
Leader Rosario Crocetta Nello Musumeci
Party Democratic Party Right
Alliance Centre-left Centre-right
Seats won 39 21
Seat change 10 24
Popular vote 617,073 521,022
Percentage 30.47% 25.73%
Swing 0.9% 36.62%
  Third party Fourth party
 
Leader Giancarlo Cancelleri Gianfranco Micciché
Party Five Star Movement Great South
Alliance GS–PdS–FLI
Seats won 15 15
Seat change 15
Popular vote 368,006 312,112
Percentage 18.17% 15.41%
Swing 13.73% new
President before election

Raffaele Lombardo
MpA

 Elected President

Rosario Crocetta
PD

The election was competed by ten candidates from newly reshuffled political alliances, and was an unusually close race. The winner of the election was Rosario Crocetta, candidate for a centre-left coalition of Democratic Party and the Union of the Centre.

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