2017 Five Star Movement leadership election explained
| Election Name: | 2017 Five Star Movement leadership election |
| Country: | Italy |
| Type: | presidential |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Next Election: | 2021 Five Star Movement leadership election |
| Next Year: | 2021 |
| Election Date: | 21–22 September 2017 |
| Nominee1: | Luigi Di Maio |
| Party1: | Five Star Movement |
| Color1: | FBB917 |
| Popular Vote1: | 30,936 |
| Percentage1: | 82.6% |
| Nominee2: | Elena Fattori |
| Party2: | Five Star Movement |
| Color2: | F75D59 |
| Popular Vote2: | 3,596 |
| Percentage2: | 9.6% |
| Leader |
| Posttitle: | Elected leader |
| Before Election: | Beppe Grillo |
| After Election: | Luigi Di Maio |
The 2017 Five Star Movement leadership election was an Italian online primary election held on 21 September 2017 that determined the M5S candidate to the premiership for the 2018 Italian general election.[1]
After the election, the 31 years old Luigi Di Maio was elected candidate to the premiership and political head of the movement.[2]
Background
The party's leader Beppe Grillo, would campaign in the 2018 election, but he would not be the candidate for the position of Prime Minister, even if many critics accused him of being, in case of an electoral win, the de facto head of the government. The Vice President of the Chamber of Deputies Luigi Di Maio, was widely considered as the "front runner" and the most likely candidate for the premiership of Italy.[3]
Luigi Di Maio had been often labeled as the most pragmatic and "institutional", but also the less populist, Five Star politician; he is the son of a member of the neo-fascist Italian Social Movement and he is considered the leader of the moderate and "governmental" faction of the movement.[4] [5]
No other leading members of the M5S, such as Alessandro Di Battista (a populist politician, personal friend of Di Maio) or Roberto Fico (leader of the M5S left-wing faction and rival of Di Maio and Di Battista), ran for the office.[6]
Di Maio's opponents were the Senator Elena Fattori (Vice President of the 9th Permanent Senate Committee) and six other city councilors.[7] Many of them were almost unknown and this caused a lot of criticism, both from the Democratic Party, Lega Nord and Forza Italia,[8] which considered this ballot a false primary election, with the only aim of appointing Di Maio as M5S candidate without any real challenger.[9]
Candidates
Major candidates
Other candidates
| Name | width=70% | Details and notes | Refs |
|---|
| Vincenzo Cicchetti | width = 80% | - Member of the Rimini City Council
| [14] |
| | width = 80% |
| [15] |
| Domenico Ispirato | width = 80% | - Member of the Verona City Council
| [16] |
| Gianmarco Novi | width = 80% | - Member of the Monza City Council
| [17] |
| Nadia Piseddu | width = 80% |
| [18] |
| Marco Zordan | width = 80% | - Member of the Sarego City Council
| [19] | |
Results
| Candidate | Votes | % |
|---|
| Luigi Di Maio | 30,936 | 82.62% |
| Elena Fattori | 3,596 | 9.60% |
| Nadia Piseddu | 1,410 | 3.77% |
| Gianmarco Novi | 543 | 1.45% |
| Marco Zordan | 373 | 1.00% |
| Vincenzo Cicchetti | 274 | 0.73% |
| | 168 | 0.45% |
| Domenico Ispirato | 102 | 0.27% |
| Total votes | 37,442 | 100.0 |
| Source: Blog di Beppe Grillo | |
Notes and References
- Web site: Il candidato premier del Movimento 5 Stelle . 2017-09-21 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170921150548/http://www.beppegrillo.it/2017/09/il_candidato_premier_del_movimento_5_stelle_il_voto.html . 2017-09-21 . dead .
- http://www.repubblica.it/politica/2017/09/23/news/rimini_grillo_canta_il_rock_sul_palco_di_rimini_fico_giu_dal_palco_anche_oggi-176268214/?ref=RHPPLF-BH-I0-C8-P1-S1.8-T1 M5s, Di Maio eletto candidato premier e nuovo capo politico. Ma alle primarie votano solo in 37 mila
- http://www.huffingtonpost.it/2017/09/06/ormai-i-5-stelle-sono-un-partito-di-risultato-primarie-bulgare-per-far-vincere-di-maio_a_23198357/ Aldo Giannuli, storico consigliere di Grillo e Casaleggio: "Primarie bulgare per far vincere Di Maio"
- http://www.huffingtonpost.it/2017/09/18/luigi-di-maio-e-i-soliti-ignoti-un-big-e-sette-innocui-carneadi-alla-corsa-alla-premiership-m5s_a_23213797/ Luigi Di Maio e i soliti ignoti. Un big e sette innocui carneadi alla corsa alla premiership M5S
- http://www.repubblica.it/politica/2017/06/23/news/m5s_i_due_padri_fascisti_antesignani_del_vaffa_il_lessico_familiare_di_di_maio_e_di_battista-168863929/ M5s, i due padri fascisti antesignani del "vaffa": il lessico familiare di Di Maio e Di Battista
- http://gds.it/2017/09/18/m5s-di-battista-e-fico-rinunciano-8-candidati-premier-di-maio-unico-big_727213/ M5s, no di Fico e Di Battista: 7 candidati premier sfidano Di Maio
- https://www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/2017/09/18/m5s-primarie-rete-8-candidati-premier-la-senatrice-fattori-sfida-di-maio-rinunciano-fico-morra-e-di-battista/3863347/ M5s, primarie in rete: 8 candidati premier. La senatrice Fattori sfida Di Maio. Rinunciano Fico, Morra e Di Battista
- http://www.rainews.it/dl/rainews/articoli/oggi-si-vota-cinque-stelle-premier-di-maio-668f05d7-3d12-4295-b675-d7ab17fae1e2.html M5S. Oggi si vota il candidato premier. Sette 'sconosciuti' sfidano Di Maio
- http://www.ilgiornale.it/news/politica/nome-forte-e-percentuali-bulgare-primarie-m5s-copiate-male-1443753.html Un nome forte e percentuali bulgare: primarie M5s copiate (male) da Pd e Lega
- http://www.repubblica.it/politica/2017/08/29/news/quirinarie_m5s_il_rebus_per_incoronare_di_maio-174115426/ Verso le elezioni, primarie M5S: il rebus per incoronare Di Maio
- http://www.ilmessaggero.it/primopiano/politica/m5s_primarie_luigi_di_maio-2615127.html M5S, primarie blindate per Di Maio: chi perde non potrà candidarsi in Parlamento
- https://www.facebook.com/Fattori.Elena.M5S/ Candidato – Elena Fattori
- http://www.senato.it/leg/17/BGT/Schede/Attsen/00029093.htm Scheda di attività – Elena Fattori
- https://rousseau.movimento5stelle.it/candidati/vincenzo_cicchetti.html Candidato – Vincenzo Cicchetti
- https://rousseau.movimento5stelle.it/candidati/andrea_frallicciardi.html Candidato – Andrea Davide Frallicciardi
- https://rousseau.movimento5stelle.it/candidati/domenico_ispirato.html Candidato – Domenico Ispirato
- https://rousseau.movimento5stelle.it/candidati/gianmarco_novi.html Candidato – Gianmarco Novi
- https://rousseau.movimento5stelle.it/candidati/nadia_piseddu.html Candidato – Nadia Piseddu
- https://rousseau.movimento5stelle.it/candidati/marco_zordan.html Candidato – Marco Zordan
