The 2017 Sicilian regional election for the renewal of the Sicilian Regional Assembly and the election of the President of Sicily was held on 5 November 2017. Incumbent President Rosario Crocetta was not his party's candidate due to his low popularity.Regionali, Crocetta: "Sono io il candidato legittimo del Pd" Nello Musumeci, leader of the movement Diventerà Bellissima, was elected president.
Electoral system The Sicilian Parliament is elected with a mixed system: 62 MPs are chosen with a form of proportional representation using a largest remainder method with open lists and a 5% threshold, while 8 MPs (7+1) are elected using Party bloc vote. AG CL CT EN ME PA RG SR TP Total 6 3 13 2 8 16 4 5 5 62
Parties and leaders Political party or allianceConstituent listsPrevious resultCandidateVotes (%)Seats Centre-right coalition Forza Italia (incl. SC and PLI)18.917 Nello Musumeci Populars and Autonomists 15.414 Union of the Centre (incl. and Sicilia Vera)10.811 Diventerà Bellissima (incl. EpI) Brothers of Italy – Us with Salvini Five Star Movement14.915 Centre-left coalition Democratic Party 13.414 Fabrizio Micari Future Sicily – Italian Socialist Party Popular Alternative – Centrists for Micari Micari list (inc. The Megaphone) One Hundred Steps for Sicily (incl. MDP, SI, PRC, FdV, Pos and PSS)3.1– Free Sicilians
Opinion polling Date Polling firm Micari Musumeci Cancelleri Fava Others Lead 20 Oct 2017 Piepoli 25.0 42.0 25.0 8.0 0.0 17.0 20 Oct 2017 Demos&Pi 15.7 35.5 33.2 13.8 1.8 2.3 20 Oct 2017 Demopolis 21.0 36.0 35.0 7.0 1.0 1.0 19 Oct 2017 Tecnè 16.0 42.0 33.0 9.0 0.0 9.0 18 Oct 2017 Keix 24.2 33.0 33.2 7.6 1.6 0.2 12 Ott 2017 Demopolis 22.0 35.0 33.0 9.0 1.0 2.0 11 Oct 2017 Piepoli 16.0 42.0 33.0 9.0 1.0 9.0 5 Oct 2017 Index research 20.0 37.0 30.0 10.0 3.0 7.0 4 Oct 2017 Demopolis 22.5 34.5 32.0 9.0 2.0 2.5 3 Oct 2017 Tecnè 15.0 37.0 31.0 11.0 6.0 6.0 24 Sep 2017 Ipsos 13.0 38.0 31.0 10.0 8.0 7.0 21 Sep 2017 Index Research 15.0 36.0 30.0 16.0 3.0 6.0 5 Sep 2017 Demopolis 22.0 34.0 35.0 6.0 3.0 1.0 29–30 Aug 2017 Euromedia 16.0 36.1 33.0 9.5 7.5 3.1 26–28 Aug 2017 Lorien 21.3 40.5 38.2 0.0 2.3
Results + Candidates Votes % Seats Parties Votes % Seats Nello Musumeci830,82139.857 Forza Italia315,05616.3712 Populars and Autonomists136,5207.095 Union of the Centre134,1246.975 Diventerà Bellissima114,7085.964 Brothers of Italy – Us with Salvini108,7135.653Total809,12142.04 29 Giancarlo Cancelleri722,55534.651 Five Star Movement513,35926.6719 Fabrizio Micari388,88618.65– Democratic Party250,63313.0211 Future Sicily – Italian Socialist Party115,7516.012 Popular Alternative – Centrists for Micari80,3664.18– Micari for President 42,1892.19–Total488,93925.4113 Claudio Fava128,1576.15– One Hundred Steps for Sicily100,5835.231 Roberto La Rosa14,6560.70– Free Sicilians12,6000.66– Total candidates2,085,075 100.008Total parties1,924,602 100.0062 Source: Sicilian Region
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