Lega Marche

Lega Marche (English: Marche League), whose complete name is Lega Marche per Salvini Premier (English: Marche League for Salvini Premier), is a regionalist political party active in Marche. The party was a "national" section of Lega Nord (LN) from 1991 to 2000 and has been the regional section of Lega per Salvini Premier (LSP) in Marche since 2020.[1]

Lega Marche
SecretaryRiccardo Marchetti
(commissioner)
IdeologyRegionalism
Populism
National affiliationLega Nord (1991–2020)
Lega per Salvini Premier (2020–present)
Legislative Assembly of Marche
3 / 31
Website
https://www.leganordmarche.it

The party has long been led by Luca Rodolfo Paolini, who has served in the Chamber of Deputies from 2008 to 2013 and again since 2018. The current leader is pro-tempore commissioner Riccardo Marchetti, from Umbria (Lega Umbria).[2]

Recent history

In 2010 the party entered the Legislative Assembly of Marche for the first time with two regional councillors, while in 2015 it obtained its best result ever (13.0%) and, despite a reduction of the Assembly's numbers, obtained one more councillor.[3]

The party is a tiny one among the national sections of the LN, but it is recently gaining clout. In the 2015 regional election it won 13.0% of the vote in the region, its best result ever. While being usually stronger in the province of Pesaro and Urbino, the northern province which has historically been part of Romagna, in 2015 it obtained its best score in Macerata (17.2%).

The electoral results of Lega Nord Marche in the region are shown in the table below.

1990 regional1992 general1994 general1995 regional1996 general1999 European2000 regional2001 general2004 European2005 regional2006 general2008 general2009 European2010 regional
0.31.3-0.51.50.40.3-0.90.91.02.25.56.3
2013 general2014 European2015 regional 2018 general2019 European2020 regional
0.72.713.017.338.022.4

Electoral results

Legislative Assembly of Marche
Election year Votes % Seats +/− Leader
1985 5,433 (10th) 0.6
0 / 40
–
–
1990 2,440 (13th) 0.3
0 / 40
–
–
1995 4,252 (13th) 0.5
0 / 40
–
Luca Rodolfo Paolini
2000 2,124 (16th) 0.3
0 / 40
–
Luca Rodolfo Paolini
2005 6,866 (12th) 0.8
0 / 40
–
Luca Rodolfo Paolini
2010 45,726 (4th) 6.3
2 / 41
Increase 2
Luca Rodolfo Paolini
2015 62,065 (3rd) 13.0
3 / 31
Increase 1
Luca Rodolfo Paolini
2020 139,148 (2nd) 22.4
8 / 31
Increase 5
Luca Rodolfo Paolini

    Leadership
    • Secretary: Luca Rodolfo Paolini (1995–2017), Paolo Arrigoni (commissioner, 2017–2020), Riccardo Marchetti (commissioner, 2020–present)
    • President: unknown (1995–2002), Stefano Gaetani (2002–2007), Giordano Giampaoli (2012–2017)

    References
    1. "Nasce la Lega Marche - Salvini Premier, Arrigoni". 11 February 2020.
    2. "Ribaltone nella Lega Marche: Marchetti nuovo commissario, Arrigoni ai saluti". 15 May 2020.
    3. "Marche - Elezioni Regionali - 31 maggio 2015". Retrieved 2 March 2018.
    This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.