The 2022 Sicilian regional election for the renewal of the
Sicilian Regional Assembly
The Sicilian Regional Assembly is the legislative body of Sicily. While it has a long history as an autonomous entity, the modern Region of Sicily was established by Royal Decree on 15 May 1946, before the Italian Republic. The Regional Assembly ...
and the election of the
President of Sicily
This is the list of all the presidents of Sicily since 1947.
There has been 24 elected presidents by Regional Council (1947-2001), and 4 directly elected presidents since 2001.
;Elected by the Regional Council (1947–2001)
;Directly-elected p ...
were held on 25 September 2022.
Renato Schifani
Renato Maria Giuseppe Schifani (; born 11 May 1950 .) is an Italian politician who has served as the , candidate of the centre-right coalition, easily won the election, becoming the next president of the region.
Electoral system
The Sicilian Parliament is elected with a mixed system: 62 MPs are chosen with a form of
proportional representation
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using a
largest remainder method
The largest remainder method (also known as Hare–Niemeyer method, Hamilton method or as Vinton's method) is one way of allocating seats proportionally for representative assemblies with party list voting systems. It contrasts with variou ...
with
open list
Open list describes any variant of party-list proportional representation where voters have at least some influence on the order in which a party's candidates are elected. This is as opposed to closed list, which allows only active members, par ...
s and a 5% threshold, while 8 MPs (7+1) are elected using Party bloc vote.
Italian Left
Italian Left ( it, Sinistra Italiana, SI) is a left-wing political party in Italy. SI was launched in November 2015 as a parliamentary group in the Chamber of Deputies (full name: Italian Left – Left Ecology Freedom), including Left Ecology ...
,
Green Europe
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Italian Socialist Party
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and One Hundred Steps for Sicily. They presented the guidelines for the ''Progressive camp primary election'', which was held on 23 July. The deadline for the candidacies was set for June 30. Caterina Chinnici won the primary election with 44% of votes, ahead of Barbara Floridia (32%) and Claudio Fava (23%).
Parties and candidates
Below is a list of the parties and their respective leaders in the election.