Lega Umbria

Lega Umbria (English: Umbria League), whose complete name is Lega Umbria per Salvini Premier (English: Umbria League for Salvini Premier), is a regionalist political party active in Umbria. 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 Umbria since 2020.

Lega Umbria
SecretaryVirginio Caparvi
IdeologyRegionalism
Populism
National affiliationLega Nord (1991–2020)
Lega per Salvini Premier (2020–present)
Regional Council of Umbria[lower-alpha 1]
10 / 21
Party flag
Website
www.legaumbria.org
  1. Including one elect with "Tesei President" list.

Since 2018 the party has been led by Virginio Caparvi.[1][2] One of its members, Donatella Tesei, has been serving as President of Umbria since November 2019.

Recent history

In the 2010 Umbrian regional election the party obtained 4.3% and entered the Regional Council for the first time with a regional councillor,[3] while in 2015 it obtained 14.0% and, despite a reduction of the Council's numbers, two councillors.[4]

In the 2018 general election the party won 20.2% of the vote regionally[5] and in the subsequent municipal election Leonardo Latini, a leghista, was elected mayor of Terni, the region's second largest city.[6]

In the 2019 European Parliament election the party increased its share to 38.2%.

In the 2019 regional election the party fielded Donatella Tesei as candidate for president. She was handily elected with 57.6% of the vote and a 20% lead over its main opponent, Vincenzo Bianconi, who was the candidate of a joint list of the centre-left coalition and the Five Star Movement.[7] The LNT and the "Tesei President" list won a combined 40.9% of the vote. The election ended 49 years of governments led by the Italian Communist Party and its successors.

The party is a tiny one among the national sections of the LN, but it is recently gaining clout.

The electoral results of Lega Nord Umbria in Umbria are shown in the tables below.

1990 regional1992 general1994 general1995 regional1996 general1999 European2000 regional2001 general2004 European2005 regional2006 general2008 general2009 European2010 regional
0.21.1--1.10.30.3-0.6-0.81.73.64.3
2013 general2014 European2015 regional 2018 general2019 European2019 regional
0.62.514.020.238.237.1

    Electoral results

    Legislative Assembly of Umbria
    Election year Votes % Seats +/− Leader
    1985 2,103 0.4
    0 / 30
    –
    –
    1990 1,370 0.2
    0 / 30
    –
    –
    1995 – –
    0 / 31
    –
    Alessandro Salvaneschi
    2000 1,227 (13th) 0.3
    0 / 31
    –
    Francesco Miroballo
    2005 – –
    0 / 31
    –
    Francesco Miroballo
    2010 17,887 (7th) 4.3
    1 / 31
    Increase 1
    Luca Rodolfo Paolini
    2015 49,203 (3rd) 14.0
    2 / 21
    Increase 1
    Stefano Candiani
    2019 154,413 (1st) 37.0
    9 / 21
    Increase 7

    Leadership
    • Secretary: Alessandro Salvaneschi (1995–1999), Francesco Miroballo (1999–2009), Luca Rodolfo Paolini (commissioner, 2009–2012), Gianluca Cirignoni (commissioner, 2012–2013), Stefano Candiani (commissioner, 2013–2018), Virginio Caparvi (2018–present)
    • President: unknown (1995–2018), Valerio Mancini (2018–2020)
    • Proposed flag of Umbria by Lega Umbria

    References
    1. "Terni, Virgilio Caparvi nuovo segretario regionale della Lega Umbria". www.ilmessaggero.it.
    2. "Virginio Caparvi è il nuovo segretario regionale della Lega". 28 May 2018.
    3. "ELEZIONI REGIONALI 2010 – ELENCO DEGLI ELETTI CON I RISULTATI DEFINITIVI DEI VOTI DELLE LISTE REGIONALI E PROVINCIALI | Assemblea Legislativa - Regione Umbria". www.consiglio.regione.umbria.it (in Italian). Retrieved 2018-08-29.
    4. "Umbria - Elezioni Regionali - 31 maggio 2015". Retrieved 2 March 2018.
    5. "Dipartimento per gli Affari Interni e Territoriali". elezionistorico.interno.gov.it.
    6. "Il leghista Leonardo Latini è il nuovo sindaco". corrieredellumbria.corr.it.
    7. Giuffrida, Angela (28 October 2019). "Salvini's coalition sweeps to power in Umbria elections". The Guardian. Retrieved 28 October 2019.
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