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.[ 2] 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.
Parties and leaders ^ 12.9 (PdL) + 6.0 (GS) ^ 12 (PdL) + 5 (GS) ^ 5.9 (CP) + 9.5 (PdS) ^ 4 (CP) + 10 (PdS)
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 Archived 2017-10-20 at the Wayback Machine 21.0 36.0 35.0 7.0 1.0 1.0 19 Oct 2017 Tecnè Archived 2017-10-19 at the Wayback Machine 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[permanent dead link ] 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 5 November 2017 Sicilian regional election results Candidates Votes % Seats Parties Votes % Seats Nello Musumeci 830,821 39.85 7 Forza Italia 315,056 16.37 12 Populars and Autonomists 136,520 7.09 5 Union of the Centre 134,124 6.97 5 Diventerà Bellissima 114,708 5.96 4 Brothers of Italy – Us with Salvini 108,713 5.65 3 Total 809,121 42.04 29 Giancarlo Cancelleri 722,555 34.65 1 Five Star Movement 513,359 26.67 19 Fabrizio Micari 388,886 18.65 – Democratic Party 250,633 13.02 11 Future Sicily – Italian Socialist Party 115,751 6.01 2 Popular Alternative – Centrists for Micari 80,366 4.18 – Micari for President 42,189 2.19 – Total 488,939 25.41 13 Claudio Fava 128,157 6.15 – One Hundred Steps for Sicily 100,583 5.23 1 Roberto La Rosa 14,656 0.70 – Free Sicilians 12,600 0.66 – Total candidates 2,085,075 100.00 8 Total parties 1,924,602 100.00 62 Source: Sicilian Region
Popular vote M5S
26.67% FI
16.37% PD
13.02% CP –MpA
7.09% UdC
6.97% SF –PSI
6.01% DB
5.96% FdI –NcS
5.65% CPpS
5.23% AP –CpM
4.18% MP
2.19% SL
0.66%
President Musumeci
39.85% Cancelleri
34.65% Micari
18.65% Fava
6.15% La Rosa
0.70%
Notes ^ The swing comes from the combined result of the Centre-right coalition (25.73%) and New Pole for Italy (15.41%) in the 2012 regional election. ^ Regionali, Crocetta: "Sono io il candidato legittimo del Pd" ^ Fava candidato unico della sinistra: in Sicilia Navarra si defila. ^ Siciliani liberi, parte la campagna elettorale a sostegno di La Rosa. Regional elections General elections 1946 1948 1953 1958 1963 1968 1972 1976 1979 1983 1987 1992 1994 1996 2001 2006 2008 2013 2018 2022 Next European Parliament elections