| Election Name: | 2013 Friuli-Venezia Giulia regional election |
| Country: | Friuli-Venezia Giulia |
| Type: | legislative |
| Turnout: | 50.51%[1] |
| Previous Election: | 2008 Friuli-Venezia Giulia regional election |
| Previous Year: | 2008 |
| Next Election: | 2018 Friuli-Venezia Giulia regional election |
| Next Year: | 2018 |
| Seats For Election: | All 49 seats of the Regional Council |
| Election Date: | 21–22 April 2013 |
| Leader1: | Debora Serracchiani |
| Party1: | Democratic Party (Italy) |
| Alliance1: | Centre-left coalition (Italy) |
| Color1: | EF3E3E |
| Seats1: | 27 |
| Seat Change1: | 4 |
| Popular Vote1: | 211,508 |
| Percentage1: | 39.39% |
| Swing1: | 6.77% |
| Leader2: | Renzo Tondo |
| Party2: | The People of Freedom |
| Alliance2: | Centre-right coalition (Italy) |
| Color2: | 0A6BE1 |
| Seats2: | 17 |
| Seat Change2: | 17 |
| Popular Vote2: | 209,457 |
| Percentage2: | 39.00% |
| Swing2: | 14.84% |
| Leader3: | Saverio Galluccio |
| Party3: | Five Star Movement |
| Seats3: | 5 |
| Seat Change3: | new |
| Popular Vote3: | 103,135 |
| Percentage3: | 19.21% |
| Swing3: | new |
| President | |
| Posttitle: | President-elect |
| Before Election: | Renzo Tondo |
| Before Party: | The People of Freedom |
| After Election: | Debora Serracchiani |
| After Party: | Democratic Party (Italy) |
| Ongoing: | no |
The 2013 Friuli-Venezia Giulia regional election took place on 21–22 April 2013 in the Friuli-Venezia Giulia region of Italy.
Debora Serracchiani, Socialist MEP and regional leader of the Democratic Party (PD), narrowly defeated incumbent Renzo Tondo of The People of Freedom (PdL) 39.4% to 39.0%; Saverio Galluccio of the Five Star Movement (M5S) came third with 19.2% of the vote.[1] Serracchiani was the second woman to hold the office of President of Friuli-Venezia Giulia, after Alessandra Guerra of the Northern League (LN) in 1994–1995.[2] The turnout was a record low as a mere 50.5% of eligible voters turned out to vote.[1]
In the election, the PD was the most voted list with 26.8% (resulting in 20 seats, including Serracchiani's), but the combined result of the PdL and its sister-list Responsible Autonomy (comprising PdL members, centre-right independents and the Friulian Autonomist Movement)[3] was 30.7% (resulting in a total of 13 seats including Tondo's). Other than LN (8.3%, 3 seats), two other regional parties, Citizens for the President (5.3%, 3 seats) and Slovene Union (1.4%, 1 seat, Slovene minority), gained seats in the Regional Council.[1]
On the same day of the regional election, also provincial and municipal elections were held. LN's Pietro Fontanini was re-elected President of the province of Udine by beating PD's Andrea Lerussi 50.0% to 41.1%. In the occasion, the separatist Friulian Front made its debut in electoral politics with 5.7% of the vote.[4] In Udine no candidate for mayor passed the required 50%; a run-off will be held on 5–6 May.[5]
| Candidates | Votes | % | Seats | Parties | Votes | % | Seats | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debora Serracchiani | 211,508 | 39.39 | 1 | |||||||
| 107,155 | 26.84 | 19 | ||||||||
| Citizens for the President | 21,169 | 5.30 | 3 | |||||||
| Left Ecology Freedom | 17,764 | 4.45 | 3 | |||||||
| Slovene Union | 5,651 | 1.46 | 1 | |||||||
| Italy of Values | 4,006 | 1.00 | – | |||||||
| Total | 155,547 | 38.95 | 27 | |||||||
| Renzo Tondo | 209,457 | 39.00 | 1 | |||||||
| The People of Freedom | 80,052 | 20.05 | 8 | |||||||
| Responsible Autonomy – Tondo List (incl. MAF) | 42,847 | 10.73 | 4 | |||||||
| 33,050 | 8.28 | 3 | ||||||||
| 14,758 | 3.70 | 1 | ||||||||
| 6,209 | 1.55 | – | ||||||||
| Pensioners' Party | 3,741 | 0.93 | – | |||||||
| Total | 180,626 | 45.24 | 17 | |||||||
| Saverio Galluccio | 103,135 | 19.21 | – | Five Star Movement | 54,952 | 13.75 | 5 | |||
| Franco Bandelli | 12,909 | 2.40 | – | A Different Region | 8,231 | 2.06 | – | |||
| Total candidates | 536,992 | 100.00 | 2 | Total parties | 399,585 | 100.00 | 47 | |||
| Source: Region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia – Elections | ||||||||||