General elections were held in Monaco on 10 February 2013. The result was a victory for the Horizon Monaco alliance, which won 20 of the 24 seats in the National Council.Landslide victory for Horizon Monaco Riviera Times, 11 February 2013
Electoral system Voters can either choose a party list or choose candidates from various lists ("panachage") for the 24 seats. The 16 candidates with the most votes are elected (with the older candidate breaking possible ties in votes). The eight other seats are chosen from lists in accordance with the proportional representation system for parties that have at least five percent of votes.
Parties The election was contested by two alliances, Horizon Monaco and Union Monégasque, as well as Renaissance, a party whose candidates were all employees of SBM. Horizon Monaco was an alliance of Rassemblement et Enjeux, the Union for the Principality and Synergie Monegasque, whilst Union Monégasque consisted of the Union de Monégasques and the National Union for the Future of Monaco. A total of 72 candidates contested the election.
Campaign An unnamed official of the administration team said: "We have had three lists before, as in 2008, but they were never full. We must therefore revise certain aspects, such as the voting cards, where the 72 names must be listed." Renaissance said that it seeks achievable goals instead of new policies. The party said that is sought representation in parliament "to defend the interests of the SBM workers in Monaco." Horizon Monaco's leader Laurent Nouvion told Monaco Matin: "I am very calm. I am more determined than ever to secure the future of Monaco and its compatriots. I believe that our campaign has been clean and honest. We tried as hard as possible to connect to the Monegasque people and to respond to their concerns. This is the heart of our commitment. For me and my fellow candidates, this campaign has brought us even closer together and given us the sense of being a real team, just like a sports team....Adversity has strengethened our relationship." Union Monégasque's leader Jean-François Robillon said: "We have worked hard at this long campaign. We are here to make plans for the future, not to abuse our adversaries, frighten the population and create an atmosphere of hatred... This has been our goal throughout the campaign: we have sought to promote our programme while avoiding aggressive confrontation."
Conduct The Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe was invited by Monaco's ambassador to OSCE and sent a team of four observers from four countries led by Poland's Konrad Olszewski. They arrived on 30 January and will depart on 13 February.
Buses and car parks were free of charge in order to encourage voter turnout.
Results An 18-metre screen broadcast the result at the only voting centre at Salle du Canto from 08:00 to 19:00, with the result expected between 4:00–4:30 the following day.
By candidate PartyCandidatesVotesTotal party votes%SeatsHorizon MonacoJacques Rit2,51456,47250.3420Christophe Steiner2,484Laurent Nouvion2,475Marc Burini2,467Cristophe Robino2,396Thierry Poyet2,391Caroline Rougaignon-Vernin2,370Pierre Svara2,362Philippe Clerissi2,361Thierry Crovetto2,357Jean-Charles Allavena2,348Nathalie Amoratti-Blanc2,347Valérie Rossi2,347Béatrice Fresko-Rolfo2,346Sophie Lavagna2,346Claude Boisson2,345Jean-Michel Cucchi2,341Christian Barilaro2,320Daniel Boeri2,296Alain Ficini2,293Cristophe Spiliotis-Saquet2,257Dylian Antonioli-Peyronel2,240Anne Poyard-Vatrican2,236Yves Chaki2,233Union MonégasqueJean-Louis Grinda1,97143,74338.993Jean-François Robillon1,968Bernard Pasquier1,941Michèle Dittlot1,935Fabrice Notari1,918Gérard Bertrand1,912Gilles Pages1,911Pascale Olivie-Dastakian1,867Valérie Bernard1,859Arnaud Giusti1,840Pierre Lorenzi1,836Jean-Charles Gardetto1,826Guillaume Rose1,815Alberte Escande1,795Raphaël Rigoli1,795Philippe Orecchia1,773Claude Cottalorda1,772Maurice De L'Arbre1,768Claude Cellario1,763Danielle Daumerie1,750Jocelyne Beraudo1,745Nicole Manzone-Saquet1,708Bernard Marquet1,644Roland Marquet1,631RenaissanceEric Elena56611,96410.671Jean-Michel Rapaire548Rudy Tarditi533Thierry Raymond528Stéphane Lorenzi516Gilles Doria513Etienne Ruzic507Baise Devissi502Claude Savoca502Joël Soriano494Frédéric Almondo492Michaël Tubino492Cédric Capra491Jean-François Carpinelli489Philippe Barriera488Martial Socci486Pierre Rivetta485Jean-Christophe Caisson479Roland Caisson477Marc Carpinelli477Yann Lorenzi476Françoise Raimbert476Frédéric Basile474Georges Testa473
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