| Election Name: | 2018 Friuli-Venezia Giulia regional election |
| Country: | Friuli-Venezia Giulia |
| Type: | legislative |
| Ongoing: | no |
| Previous Election: | 2013 Friuli- Venezia Giulia regional election |
| Previous Year: | 2013 |
| Next Election: | 2023 Friuli-Venezia Giulia regional election |
| Next Year: | 2023 |
| Seats For Election: | All 49 seats to the Regional Council |
| Election Date: | 29 April 2018 |
| Turnout: | 49.65% 0.86% |
| Leader1: | Massimiliano Fedriga |
| Party1: | League |
| Alliance1: | Centre-right coalition (Italy) |
| Color1: | 0A6BE1 |
| Seats1: | 29 |
| Seat Change1: | 12 |
| Popular Vote1: | 307,123 |
| Percentage1: | 57.1% |
| Swing1: | 18.1% |
| Leader2: | Sergio Bolzonello |
| Party2: | Democratic Party (Italy) |
| Alliance2: | Centre-left coalition (Italy) |
| Color2: | EF3E3E |
| Seats2: | 14 |
| Seat Change2: | 13 |
| Popular Vote2: | 144,363 |
| Percentage2: | 26.8% |
| Swing2: | 12.6% |
| Leader3: | Alessandro Fraleoni Morgera |
| Party3: | Five Star Movement |
| Seats3: | 4 |
| Seat Change3: | 1 |
| Popular Vote3: | 62,776 |
| Percentage3: | 11.7% |
| Swing3: | 7.5% |
| Map Size: | 190px |
| Government | |
| Posttitle: | Government after election |
| Before Election: | Serracchiani Cabinet |
| Before Party: | Centre-left |
| After Election: | Fedriga Cabinet |
| After Party: | Centre-right |
The 2018 Friuli-Venezia Giulia regional election took place on 29 April 2018, to elect the President and the Regional council of the Italian autonomous region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia.[1]
The election saw a large victory of the centre-right candidate, Massimiliano Fedriga, with more than 57% of votes and a great showing of the League, followed by the centre-left candidate Sergio Bolzonello, who arrived second with almost 27% of votes, and the Five Star one, who gained less than 12% of votes.[2] [3]
In the 2013 regional election, the centre-left candidate, Debora Serracchiani, a Socialist MEP and regional leader of the Democratic Party (PD), narrowly defeated incumbent Renzo Tondo of The People of Freedom (PdL) 39.39% to 39.00%; Saverio Galluccio of the Five Star Movement (M5S) came third with 19.2% of the vote. Serracchiani was the second woman to hold the office of President of Friuli-Venezia Giulia, after Alessandra Guerra of the Northern League in 1994–1995.[4]
However in 2017 Serracchiani announced her intention not to seek a re-election and the centre-left selected Sergio Bolzonello, former mayor of Pordenone, as the candidate for the presidency.[5] [6] The centre-right coalition choose Massimiliano Fedriga, a member of the Chamber of Deputies for the League and a close ally of Matteo Salvini, as its candidate;[7] while the Five Star Movement's candidate was Alessandro Fraleoni Morgera, a former member of the right-wing party, National Alliance.[8] The former mayor of Udine, Sergio Cecotti, run as an independent at the head of an autonomist list.[9]
| Political party or alliance | Constituent lists | Previous result | Candidate | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes (%) | Seats | ||||||
| Centre-right coalition | League (Lega) | 8.3 | 3 | ||||
| Forza Italia (FI) | 20.1 | 8 | |||||
| Brothers of Italy (FdI) (incl. PdF) | |||||||
| FVG Project | |||||||
| Responsible Autonomy (AR) | 10.7 | 4 | |||||
| Centre-left coalition | Democratic Party (PD) | 26.8 | 19 | ||||
| Citizens for Bolzonello President | 5.3 | 3 | |||||
| Open – Left FVG | |||||||
| Slovene Union (SSk) | 1.5 | 1 | |||||
| Five Star Movement (M5S) | 13.8 | 5 | |||||
| Pact for Autonomy (PpA) | |||||||
This section reports in chronological order the data of the electoral surveys related to this election. The percentages attributed to the candidates are relative to the part of the sample that expresses a voting intention.
| Date | Polling firm | Fedriga | Bolzonello | Fraleoni Morgera | Cecotti | Undecided | Lead |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14 April 2018 | SWG | 47–51 | 26–30 | 18–22 | 2–4 | 21 | 25–17 |
| 8 April 2018 | Demopolis | 45–51 | 22–28 | 21–27 | 1–5 | 20 | 29–17 |
| Candidates | Votes | % | Seats | Parties | Votes | % | Seats | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Massimiliano Fedriga | 307,123 | 57.09 | 1 | |||||||
| League | 147,464 | 34.87 | 17 | |||||||
| Forza Italia | 51,234 | 12.11 | 5 | |||||||
| FVG Project | 26,596 | 6.29 | 3 | |||||||
| Brothers of Italy | 23,128 | 5.47 | 2 | |||||||
| Responsible Autonomy | 16,802 | 3.97 | 1 | |||||||
| Total | 265,224 | 62.71 | 28 | |||||||
| Sergio Bolzonello | 144,363 | 26.84 | 1 | |||||||
| Democratic Party | 76,579 | 18.11 | 9 | |||||||
| Citizens for Bolzonello President | 17,297 | 4.09 | 2 | |||||||
| Open – Left FVG | 11,715 | 2.77 | 1 | |||||||
| Slovene Union | 4,895 | 1.16 | 1 | |||||||
| Total | 110,486 | 26.12 | 13 | |||||||
| Alessandro Fraleoni Morgera | 62,776 | 11.67 | – | Five Star Movement | 29,862 | 7.06 | 4 | |||
| Sergio Cecotti | 23,696 | 4.40 | – | Pact for Autonomy | 17,350 | 4.10 | 2 | |||
| Total candidates | 537,958 | 100.00 | 2 | Total parties | 422,922 | 100.00 | 47 | |||
| Source: Region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia. | ||||||||||
Similar to the election in Molise, the M5S lost almost 20% of votes compared to the general election. On March 4, they reached almost 25%,[10] but now just over 7%. By contrast, the centre-right coalition gained more than 20% compared to March 4.[10]