| Election Name: | 2013 Lega Nord leadership election |
| Country: | Italy |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Next Election: | 2017 Lega Nord leadership election |
| Next Year: | 2017 |
| Election Date: | 7 December 2013 |
| Nominee1: | Matteo Salvini |
| Party1: | Lega Nord |
| Color1: | 0B4C5F |
| Popular Vote1: | 8,162 |
| Percentage1: | 81.7% |
| Nominee2: | Umberto Bossi |
| Party2: | Lega Nord |
| Color2: | 347C2C |
| Popular Vote2: | 1,833 |
| Percentage2: | 18.3% |
| Federal Secretary | |
| Before Election: | Roberto Maroni |
| After Election: | Matteo Salvini |
The 2013 Lega Nord leadership election took place in November–December 2013.
In September 2013 Roberto Maroni, who had been secretary of the party for just about a year, announced he would soon step down from the party's leadership.[1] [2]
A federal congress was scheduled for mid December and five candidates filed their bid to become secretary: Umberto Bossi (the party's founder and former leader), Matteo Salvini, Giacomo Stucchi, Manes Bernardini and Roberto Stefanazzi.[3] Of these, only Bossi and Salvini gathered the 1,000 necessary signatures by party members to take part to a closed "primary" (open only to a selected public of party members), and Salvini collected four times the signatures gathered by Bossi.[4]
On 7 December Salvini trounced Bossi with 82% of the vote in the "primary".[5] His election was ratified by the party's federal congress on 15 December.[6]
| Portrait | Name | width=65% | Most recent position | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Matteo Salvini | ||||
| Candidate | Status on 30 November | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Matteo Salvini | Admitted to primary election | ||
| Umberto Bossi | Admitted to primary election | ||
| Giacomo Stucchi | Retired | ||
| Manes Bernardini | Retired | ||
| Roberto Stefanazzi | Retired | ||
| Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Matteo Salvini | 8,162 | 81.7 | |
| Umberto Bossi | 1,833 | 18.3 | |
| Total valid votes | 9,995 | 100.0 | |
| Invalid votes | 121 | 1.2 | |
| Blank votes | 105 | 1.0 | |
| Total | 10,221 | 100.0 | |
| Region | Salvini | Bossi | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aosta Valley | 80.0 | 20.0 | |
| Emilia-Romagna | 66.0 | 34.0 | |
| Friuli-Venezia Giulia | 90.0 | 10.0 | |
| Liguria | 91.0 | 9.0 | |
| Lombardy | 79.0 | 21.0 | |
| Marche | 86.0 | 14.0 | |
| Piedmont | 83.0 | 17.0 | |
| Tuscany | 89.0 | 11.0 | |
| Trentino Alto-Adige | 72.0 | 28.0 | |
| Umbria | 67.0 | 33.0 | |
| Veneto | 84.0 | 16.0 |