2013 Italian regional elections

A special round of regional elections in Italy took place in 2013 in seven of the country’s twenty regions, including Lazio, Lombardy and Molise, Basilicata, and three autonomous regions: Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Aosta Valley, Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol.

Overview

The regional elections were held early in Lombardy, Lazio, Molise and Basilicata, after the respective presidents had resigned from office or the regional councils had been dissolved.
In Lombardy, the Regional Council was dissolved in October 2012 following the resignation of the majority of its members. In Lazio, the incumbent president Renata Polverini resigned in September 2012 after a scandal involving regional councillors, while in Basilicata president Vito De Filippo also resigned following a judicial investigation involving several members of his administration. In Molise the 2011 regional election was declared invalid.