Lega Umbria

Lega Umbria
SecretaryRiccardo Augusto Marchetti
IdeologyRegionalism
Federalism
Populism
National affiliationLega Nord (1991–2020)
Lega per Salvini Premier (2020–present)
Regional Council of Umbria[a]
10 / 21
Party flag
Website
www.legaumbria.org
  1. ^ Including one elect with "Tesei President" list.

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.

Since September 2023 the party has been led by Riccardo Augusto Marchetti. One of its leading 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,[1] while in 2015 it obtained 14.0% and, despite a reduction of the Council's numbers, two councillors.[2]

In the 2018 general election the party won 20.2% of the vote regionally[3] and in the subsequent municipal election Leonardo Latini, a leghista, was elected mayor of Terni, the region's second largest city.[4]

In 2018 Virginio Caparvi was elected secretary.[5][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.

In 2023 Riccardo Augusto Marchetti was elected secretary,[8][9] after Caparvi's decision to step aside.[10]

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 regional 1992 general 1994 general 1995 regional 1996 general 1999 European 2000 regional 2001 general 2004 European 2005 regional 2006 general 2008 general 2009 European 2010 regional
0.2 1.1 - - 1.1 0.3 0.3 - 0.6 - 0.8 1.7 3.6 4.3
2013 general 2014 European 2015 regional 2018 general 2019 European 2019 regional 2022 general 2024 European
0.6 2.5 14.0 20.2 38.2 37.1 7.8 6.8

Electoral results

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

Leadership

  • Proposed flag of Umbria by Lega Umbria

References

  1. ^ "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.
  2. ^ "Umbria - Elezioni Regionali - 31 maggio 2015". Retrieved 2 March 2018.
  3. ^ "Dipartimento per gli Affari Interni e Territoriali". elezionistorico.interno.gov.it.
  4. ^ "Il leghista Leonardo Latini è il nuovo sindaco". corrieredellumbria.corr.it.
  5. ^ "Terni, Virgilio Caparvi nuovo segretario regionale della Lega Umbria". www.ilmessaggero.it. 29 May 2018.
  6. ^ "Virginio Caparvi è il nuovo segretario regionale della Lega". 28 May 2018.
  7. ^ Giuffrida, Angela (28 October 2019). "Salvini's coalition sweeps to power in Umbria elections". The Guardian. Retrieved 28 October 2019.
  8. ^ "Lega, Marchetti eletto segretario regionale in Umbria - Notizie - Ansa.it". Agenzia ANSA (in Italian). 2023-09-30. Retrieved 2024-03-07.
  9. ^ "Lega, Marchetti acclamato segretario regionale: "Un onore guidare questa squadra. Ora subito al lavoro"". PerugiaToday (in Italian). Retrieved 2024-03-07.
  10. ^ "Lega, estate di passione: Caparvi si ferma, ora la scelta di Salvini". www.ilmessaggero.it (in Italian). 2023-06-25. Retrieved 2024-03-07.