The 2013

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leadership election took place in November–December 2013.

Background and race

In September 2013

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, who had been secretary of the party for just about a year, announced he would soon step down from the party's leadership. A federal congress was scheduled for mid December and five candidates filed their bid to become secretary:

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(the party's founder and former leader),

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, Giacomo Stucchi,

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and Roberto Stefanazzi. Of these, only Bossi and Salvini gathered the 1,000 necessary signatures by party members to take part to a closed "primary" (open only to a selected public of party members), and Salvini collected four times the signatures gathered by Bossi. On 7 December Salvini trounced Bossi with 82% of the vote in the "primary". His election was ratified by the party's federal congress on 15 December.

Main candidates

First round

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Primary election

Turnout: 60.0% Source:

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Results by Regions

References

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