2013 Democratic Party (Italy) leadership election

2013 election of the leader of the Democratic Party of Italy 2013 Democratic Party leadership election presidential no 2009 Democratic Party (Italy) leadership election 2009 2017 Democratic Party (Italy) leadership election 2017 8 December 2013 160x160px Matteo Renzi 0099CC Mayor of Florence since 22 June 2009 1,895,332 67.6% 657 160x160px Gianni Cuperlo BB0000 Member of the Chamber of Deputies since 28 April 2006 510,970 18.2% 194 160x160px Pippo Civati A1C935 Member of the Chamber of Deputies since 15 March 2013 399,473 14.2% 149 Democratic Party (Italy) leadership election, 2013.png 260px Primary election results map. Azure denotes provinces with a Renzi plurality and Red denotes those with a Cuperlo plurality. Secretary Guglielmo Epifani Matteo Renzi The 2013 Democratic Party leadership election was an open primary election held in November–December 2013. After having come first in the vote by party members, Matteo Renzi was elected by a landslide 68% in a three-way primary on 8 December.https://www.primariepd2013.it/ Primarie PD 2013 Primarie PD 2013 Electoral process Candidates were required to file their candidacies by 11 October 2013.http://www.partitodemocratico.it/doc/261342/i-documenti-del-congresso-2013.htm?t=%2Fspeciale%2Fcongresso2013%2Fdocumenti%2Fdettaglio.htm Regolamenti Congresso PD 2013 Congresso 2013 Partito Democratico 2019-04-17 https://web.archive.org/web/20131020102918/http://www.partitodemocratico.it/doc/261342/i-documenti-del-congresso-2013.htm?t=%2Fspeciale%2Fcongresso2013%2Fdocumenti%2Fdettaglio.htm 2013-10-20 dead http://www.partitodemocratico.it/doc/261400/al-via-il-percorso-congressuale-ecco-lordine-di-lista-dei-candidati.htm Al via il percorso congressuale, ecco l'ordine di lista dei candidati Partito Democratico 2013-10-15 https://web.archive.org/web/20131018011102/http://www.partitodemocratico.it/doc/261400/al-via-il-percorso-congressuale-ecco-lordine-di-lista-dei-candidati.htm 2013-10-18 dead Between 14 October and 6 November local and provincial conventions took place all around the country. Between 7 and 17 November party members voted on the candidates for secretary. Under party rules the candidates who receive the support of at least the 15% of voting party members in local conventions or the three most voted candidates with at least 5% of the vote, qualify for the second round of the race and have the chance to present their platform at the national convention. The national convention, which took place on 24–25 November, declared the candidates who will run in an open primary on 8 December. Voters will elect also the national assembly of the party and the regional secretaries and assemblies. If no candidate got more than 50% of the vote, a run-off between the two most voted candidates would take place in the national assembly, scheduled within two weeks from the primary election. Candidates Four individuals filed their candidacy for becoming secretary of the party: Pippo Civati (campaign website, platform) — The main themes of Civati, a former Democrat of the Left, included participatory democracy, environmentalism, democratic socialism, secularism, social liberalism, international development and pacifism.http://www.left.it/2013/05/16/pippo-civati-io-non-ho-paura/10366/ Pippo Civati: «Io non ho paura» - Left 2013-10-15 https://web.archive.org/web/20130927191811/http://www.left.it/2013/05/16/pippo-civati-io-non-ho-paura/10366/ 2013-09-27 dead http://www.vorrei.org/persone/7892-civati-chiediamoci-cosa-sara-il-pd.html Provincia di MB - Ponti: "La Brianza volta pagina" Civati, whose views were somewhat close to those of Stefano Rodotà, was a proponent of an alliance with the Five Star Movement, instead of continuing the coalition government with the centre-right People of Freedom.http://www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/2013/07/07/pd-civati-si-candida-dialogo-con-5-stelle-vendicheremo-prodi-e-rodota/648762/ Pd, Civati si candida: "Dialogo con 5 Stelle. Vendicheremo Prodi e Rodotà" 7 July 2013 Gianni Cuperlo (campaign website, platform) — A former member of the Italian Communist Party and the Democrats of the Left, Cuperlo was the candidate of the party's social-democratic establishment, including Massimo D'Alemahttp://archivio.corriere.it/Archivio/interface/landing.html Archivio Corriere della Sera archivio.corriere.it and Pier Luigi Bersani.http://archiviostorico.corriere.it/2013/settembre/15/Milano_sfida_Renzi_Cuperlo_anteprima_co_0_20130915_603b0738-1dc8-11e3-bd60-5cd1261e810a.shtml Archivio Corriere della Sera Gianni Pittella (campaign website, platform) — Pittella, a former member of the Italian Socialist Party and the Democrats of the Left,http://www.partitodemocratico.eu/autori.asp?id=16 Socialisti e Democratici 2013-10-15 dead https://archive.today/20131015122812/http://www.partitodemocratico.eu/autori.asp?id=16 2013-10-15 had his electoral strength in Southern Italy, where he was thrice elected to the European Parliament, of which he had been Vice President since 2009. Matteo Renzi (campaign website, platform) — Raised in a Christian Democratic household, formed in the Association of Italian Catholic Guides and Scouts and entered in politics with the Italian People's Party, Renzi represented the party's right-winghttp://archiviostorico.corriere.it/2011/ottobre/30/piano_Pier_Luigi_per_primarie_co_8_111030006.shtml Archivio Corriere della Sera and proposed mostly liberal views.https://www.linkiesta.it/blog/ Archivi Blog Linkiesta.it As such, he was often compared to Tony Blair, the key figure of New Labour.Profile: Florence mayor Matteo Renzi BBC June 2015 https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-25265945 Elected mayor of Florence in 2009, Renzi had come to public notoriety as the "Scrapper" of the party's establishment and of many centre-left traditional positions as well.http://archiviostorico.corriere.it/2010/novembre/07/Per_Renzi_solo_inizio_nuovo_co_8_101107040.shtml Archivio Corriere della Serahttp://archiviostorico.corriere.it/2011/novembre/05/centrosinistra_sara_credibile_smettera_essere_co_9_111105071.shtml Archivio Corriere della Sera Opinion polls InstituteDateCivatiCuperloPittellaRenziOtherIPRdmy 2013-09-025.0%14.0%3.0% 78.0%0.0%Epokédmy 2013-09-2020.2%13.2% 51.1%15.5%SWGdmy 2013-09-274.0%9.0%3.0% 55.0%29.0%IPRdmy 2013-10-1517.0%10.0%10.0% 63.0%0.0%Demopolisdmy 2013-10-2810.0%22.0%3.0% 65.0%0.0%IPRdmy 2013-10-2813.0%18.0%4.0% 65.0%0.0%Quorumdmy 2013-11-1112.3%14.5%0.7% 72.5%0.0%Ispodmy 2013-11-157.0%14.0%1.0% 72.0%6.0%Quorumdmy 2013-11-1811.3%16.4%2.5% 69.8%0.0%Ixèdmy 2013-11-2212.0%19.0% 58.0%11.0%TecnèIdmy 2013-11-258.5%38.1% 46.1%7.3%TecnèIIdmy 2013-11-257.4%34.3% 46.2%12.1%TecnèIIIdmy 2013-11-255.3%32.1% 49.1%13.5%TecnèIVdmy 2013-11-253.9%29.1% 52.9%14.1%Quorumdmy 2013-11-2512.6%17.4% 70.0%0.0%Ixèdmy 2013-11-2913.0%23.0% 56.0%8.0%Quorumdmy 2013-12-0112.7%20.7% 66.6%0.0%TecnèVdmy 2013-12-0510.1%32.6% 52.2%5.1%TecnèVIdmy 2013-12-058.8%29.5% 53.0%8.7%TecnèVIIdmy 2013-12-058.1%27.7% 54.9%9.3%TecnèVIIIdmy 2013-12-057.3%26.0% 56.0%10.7%Ixèdmy 2013-12-0614.0%21.0% 59.0%6.0% 18em I: Turnout 1,1 million II: Turnout 1,9 million III: Turnout 2,6 million IV: Turnout 3,2 million 18em V: Turnout 0,9 million VI: Turnout 1,4 million VII: Turnout 1,8 million VIII: Turnout 2,1 million Results Vote by party members Candidate Votes % Matteo Renzi 133,892 45.34 Gianni Cuperlo 116,454 39.44 Pippo Civati 27,841 9.43 Gianni Pittella 17,117 5.80 Total 295,304 100.0 Source: Official results Renzi, Cuperlo and Civati were admitted to the primary election, while Pittella was excluded. Vote by party members #ddd 450px 350px Renzi #0099CC 45.34 Cuperlo #BB0000 39.44 Civati #A1C935 9.43 Pittella #FF716D 5.80 Primary election Candidate Votes % Delegates Matteo Renzi 1,895,332 67.55 657 Gianni Cuperlo 510,970 18.21 194 Pippo Civati 399,473 14.24 149 Total 2,805,775 100.0 1,000 Source: Semi-official results Popular vote #ddd 450px 350px Renzi #0099CC 67.55 Cuperlo #BB0000 18.21 Civati #A1C935 14.24 Delegates summary Portrait NameLogoDelegates 100px Matteo Renzi 160x160px|center 657/1000 (657 1000 0) 1000 657 #0099CC 203 100px Gianni Cuperlo 160x160px|center 194/1000 (194 1000 0) 1000 194 #BB0000 203 100px Giuseppe Civati 140x140px|center 149/1000 (149 1000 0) 1000 149 #A1C935 203 Results by Regions Renzi won an absolute majority in all regions. Only among voters living abroad he won merely a plurality (47.1%). His strongest performances were in his homeregion Tuscany (78.4%) and neighbouring Marche (76.3%) and Umbria (74.5%), the weakest in Sardinia (56.0%). Cuperlo performed strongest in the southern regions of Calabria (34.2%) and Basilicata (33.7%), and weakest in Marche (10.7%). Civati had his strongest results among expatriates (22.3%), in Aosta Valley (20.7%), Trentino (20.5%) and Sardinia (19.6%), the weakest in the southern region of Basilicata (8.0%). Generally speaking, Renzi and Civati did better in central–northern Italy, Cuperlo in the South. Region Renzi Cuperlo Civati Abruzzo 67.4 20.0 12.6 Aosta Valley 63.5 15.2 21.3 Apulia 58.2 25.9 15.9 Basilicata 57.2 34.7 8.1 Calabria 57.8 33.7 8.6 Campania 62.3 28.7 9.1 Emilia-Romagna 71.1 15.0 13.9 Friuli-Venezia Giulia 66.2 17.5 16.4 Lazio 63.7 19.5 16.8 Liguria 62.0 19.4 18.6 Lombardy 66.0 15.1 18.9 Marche 76.0 10.8 13.2 Molise 63.4 28.4 8.2 Piedmont 68.8 15.2 16.0 Sardinia 56.4 23.8 19.8 Sicily 60.1 28.1 11.8 Trentino-Alto Adige 66.3 13.5 20.2 Tuscany 78.5 11.5 10.0 Umbria 75.4 14.6 10.0 Veneto 69.2 14.5 16.3 References External links Official website of the Democratic Party Official website of the leadership election Category:2013 elections in Italy Category:Political party leadership elections in Italy Category:Democratic Party (Italy) Category:November 2013 in Italy Category:December 2013 in Italy Democratic Party (Italy) leadership election Category:Matteo Renzi