2007 Democratic Party (Italy) leadership election explained

Election Name:2007 Democratic Party leadership election
Type:presidential
Ongoing:no
Next Election:2009 Democratic Party (Italy) leadership election
Next Year:2009
Election Date:14 October 2007
Nominee1:Walter Veltroni
Color1:F0003B
Popular Vote1:2,694,721
Percentage1:75.8%
Delegate Count1:2322
Nominee2:Rosy Bindi
Color2:3CB371
Popular Vote2:459,398
Percentage2:12.9%
Delegate Count2:312
Nominee3:Enrico Letta
Color3:FFA500
Popular Vote3:391,775
Percentage3:11.0%
Delegate Count3:220
Secretary
Before Election:None
After Election:Walter Veltroni

The 2007 Democratic Party leadership election was held on 14 October 2007 in order to elect the first leader of the Democratic Party, the largest political party in Italy at the time. The election was conducted as an open primary, with all Italian citizens aged at least 16 and non-Italian legal residents being eligible to vote. A minimum fee of one euro (initially chosen as five euros, lowered to one euro following direct requests by almost all leadership candidates) was requested to voters in order to take part in the election.

The election, attended by over three and a half million voters, ended in a landslide victory for Walter Veltroni, Mayor of Rome and former leader of the Democrats of the Left, who gained 75.8% of the vote, being thus elected as first Democratic Party leader.[1]

Events

Following the national conventions of the Democrats of the Left (DS) and Democracy is Freedom – The Daisy (DL), Romano Prodi announced a list of 45 politicians which would have composed the Organising Committee of the Democratic Party. All members successively met on 18 June 2007 in order to decide the rules regarding the election of the first leader and the 2,400 members of the Constituting Assembly. A method was chosen in order to associate lists with leadership candidates. In order to run into the election, a number of 100 signatures were needed, whereas at least 2,000 approved signatures were requested to run into the leadership race.

Leadership race

30 July 2007 was the deadline for presenting leadership candidacies. All candidates were requested to be clearly associated with the Democratic Party project, as either members of the political subjects forming it or with no party association at all.

On the 30 July deadline, a total of eleven candidates officially registered their candidacy: Walter Veltroni, Rosy Bindi, Enrico Letta, Furio Colombo, Marco Pannella, Antonio Di Pietro, Mario Adinolfi,, Jacopo G. Schettini, Lucio Cangini and Amerigo Rutigliano. Of these, Pannella and Di Pietro were stopped because of their involvement in external parties, whereas Cangini and Rutigliano did not manage to present the necessary 2,000 valid signatures for the 9pm deadline, and Colombo's candidacy was instead made into hiatus in order to give him 48 additional hours to integrate the required documentation; Colombo later decided to retire his candidacy citing his impossibility to fit with all the requirements.[2] All rejected candidates had the chance against the decision in 48 hours' time,[3] with Pannella and Rutigliano being the only two candidates to appeal against it.[4] Both were rejected on 3 August.[5]

All polls predicted a clear victory for Veltroni in the election, with results ranging from 65% to 75% circa.[6] [7] [8]

On 26 September 2007, Jacopo G. Schettini retired and announced he was moving his support to Gawronski, running alongside him for the party leadership.[9]

Accepted candidacies

Walter VeltroniWalter Veltroni was the incumbent Mayor of Rome and a former Democrats of the Left party leader.[10] His candidacy was publicly requested on 20 June by incumbent Democrats of the Left leader Piero Fassino, who publicly asked Walter Veltroni,[11] being suggested by several opinion polls suggesting Veltroni could potentially win hands down the leadership race.[12]

Veltroni officially announced his intention to run at a widely publicized rally in Turin on 27 June.[13] He ran in a joint ticket with deputy-leadership candidate Dario Franceschini, Olive Tree speaker at the Chamber of Deputies.

Rosy BindiRosaria "Rosy" Bindi was part of the Prodi II Cabinet as Minister of Family (a minister without portfolio) for Democracy is Freedom – The Daisy. She announced her candidacy on 16 July.[14]
Enrico LettaEnrico Letta was the incumbent undersecretary in the Prodi II Cabinet, and a leading member of Democracy is Freedom – The Daisy. 40-year-old Letta announced his candidacy via a video posted online on his personal website on 24 July.[15]
Minor candidates

Rejected and withdrawn candidacies

Marco PannellaMarco Pannella was a historical leader of the Italian Radicals. He announced his intention to run for the party leadership on 21 July, but this was refused by the Presidency Office. Despite this, Pannella kept on campaigning for his candidacy and received support from Minister of International Commerce and fellow Radical Emma Bonino, who offered herself to campaign as potential deputy leader.
Antonio Di PietroOn the night of 30 July, a few minutes shy of the deadline, incumbent Minister of Infrastructures and Italy of Values party leader Antonio Di Pietro was officially unveiled as entering the race. His candidacy was however refused due to his commitments to Italy of Values.[18] [19]
Furio ColomboFurio Colombo was an elected Senator for Democrats of the Left, and former editor-in-law for left-wing newspaper L'Unità. He announced his candidacy on 15 July with an article published on L'Unità itself.[20] His candidacy was initially made into hiatus by the Organizing Committee due to his failure in presenting the original copy of many of the requested 2,000 signatures. Colombo then announced his withdrawal from the competition, citing his impossibility to leave Rome in the days to come due to his Senate commitments.
Minor candidates

Opinion polling

Polling FirmDateCandidatesLink
VeltroniBindiLettaAdinolfiSchettiniGawronski
IPSOS October 12, 2007 70.0–73.0 17.0–19.0 7.0–9.0 0.7–1.4 – 0.3–0.6 [22]
EKMA Srl October 10 74.0 14.0 8.0 1.0 0.4 0.4 [23]
IPSOS October 9 73.0–76.0 12.0–15.0 8.0–11.0 0.4–1.2 0.1–0.4 0.5–1.4 [24]
Gipieffe SpA October 5 78.2 10.4 9.5 0.4 1.1 0.4 [25]
EKMA Srl October 2 73.0 15.0 7.0 1.5 0.2 0.5 [26]
IPSOS September 28 75.0–78.0 11.0–14.0 7.0–10.0 0.9–1.7 0.2–0.5 0.9–1.8 [27]
EKMA Srl September 26 73.0 16.0 6.0 1.5 0.2 0.1 [28]
ISPO September 24 69.0 12.0 5.0 – – – [29]
EKMA Srl September 19 70.0 18.0 7.5 2.5 0.3 0.3 [30]
EKMA Srl September 11 70.0 17.0 7.0 3.0 0.5 0.5 [31]
EKMA Srl September 5 68.0 15.0 9.0 3.0 – – [32]
SWG August 26 75.0 8.0 7.0 0.5 0.5 0.5 [33]

Results

Official results[34]

CandidateTotalLists
Votes%SeatsNameVotes%Seats
Walter Veltroni2,694,72175.822322Democratici con Veltroni1,553,94643.721493
Con Veltroni. Ambiente, innovazione, lavoro286,8118.07172
A Sinistra con Veltroni272,1117.66226
Other lists581,85316.37430
Rosy Bindi459,39812.93312Con Rosy Bindi. Democratici, davvero459,39812.93312
Enrico Letta391,77511.02220I democratici per Enrico Letta391,77511.02220
Mario Adinolfi5,9240.170Generazione U5,9240.170
2,3510.070Gawronski. Il coraggio di cambiare and Noi per il Partito Democratico 2,3510.080
Total3,554,169100.02853Total3,554,169100.02853

Delegates summary

See also

External links

Notes and References

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