2023 Democratic Party leadership election information
Election of the Secretary of the Italian Democratic Party
2023 Democratic Party leadership election
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26 February 2023
600 delegates to the National Assembly of the Democratic Party 301 delegate votes needed to win
Nominee
Elly Schlein
Stefano Bonaccini
Members' vote
52,637 (34.9%)
79,787 (52.9%)
Popular vote
587,010 (53.8%)
505,032 (46.2%)
Delegate count
333
267
Primary election results map. Cyan denotes provinces with a Schlein plurality and Red denotes those with a Bonaccini plurality.
Previous Secretary
Enrico Letta
Elected Secretary
Elly Schlein
The 2023 Democratic Party leadership election was a primary election that was held in Italy in February 2023 to elect the National Assembly and secretary of the Italian Democratic Party (PD).[1] It consisted of a closed primary election among party members held from 9 to 19 February, and an open primary election held on 26 February.[2][3]
Four candidates ran in the closed primary election held in circle conventions: Stefano Bonaccini, Gianni Cuperlo, Paola De Micheli, and Elly Schlein. Bonaccini and Schlein advanced to the open primary election, where Schlein won with over 53% of the vote, becoming the first woman and the youngest person to ever serve as leader of the PD, as well as the first openly LGBT leader of a major Italian political party.[4] The results of the election defied the predictions of nearly all polling firms, which had anticipated a Bonaccini victory.[5] It was the PD's first party leadership election in which the winner of the members' vote lost in the open primary.[6]
^"Letta "traghettatore" non si dimette subito ma la sua leadership finisce qui: Pd verso il congresso, bivio sulle alleanze". la Repubblica (in Italian). 26 September 2022. Retrieved 27 September 2022.
^"Stefano Bonaccini ed Elly Schlein sono i due candidati alla segreteria del PD". Il Post (in Italian). 20 February 2023. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
^"Chi è Elly Schlein, la nuova segretaria del PD". Il Post (in Italian). 26 February 2023. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
^"Chi è Elly Schlein, la nuova segretaria del Pd e prima donna a guidare il partito". Fanpage (in Italian). Retrieved 27 February 2023.
^Balmer, Crispian (27 February 2023). "In surprise result, Italy's left picks Elly Schlein to rebuild party". Reuters. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
^"Elly Schlein nuova segretaria, il Pd svolta a sinistra: 'Saremo un problema per il governo'". Il Mattino (in Italian). 26 February 2023. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
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