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The 2021 Democratic Party leadership by-election was an election held on 14 March 2021 in which the members of the Democratic Party's National Assembly elected the party Secretary, whose seat had been vacant since 4 March of the same year.
Under the internal rules of the Democratic Party, if an incumbent Secretary resigns, the National Assembly can either decide to dissolve itself and call a new primary election, or choose a new Secretary who will serve until the expiration of the Assembly's four years term.
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Enrico Letta (age 57) |
Prime Minister of Italy (2013–2014) Other positions
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The 2019 Democratic Party leadership election had been won by Nicola Zingaretti, who had become Secretary after winning over 66% of the vote. On 4 March 2021, Zingaretti resigned, [1] planning to hand the party's leadership to former Prime Minister Enrico Letta. Letta, who at the time was working in Paris as a university professor, immediately returned to Italy, [2] [3] where he was elected Secretary by the National Assembly in a nearly unanimous vote. In his first speech as leader of the Democratic Party, he set out his agenda, which included the formation a broad alliance alongside centre-left and centrist political forces, making it easier for children of immigrants to obtain Italian citizenship, lowering the minimum voting age from 18 to 16, [4] the introduction of an anti-defection law, and an electoral law reform. [5] [6] [7]
Motion to elect Enrico Letta Secretary of the Democratic Party, 14 March 2021 | ||
Ballot → | ||
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860 / 866 (99%)
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Against ![]() |
2 / 866 (0.2%)
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Abstentions | 4 / 866 (0.5%)
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The 2021 Democratic Party leadership by-election was an election held on 14 March 2021 in which the members of the Democratic Party's National Assembly elected the party Secretary, whose seat had been vacant since 4 March of the same year.
Under the internal rules of the Democratic Party, if an incumbent Secretary resigns, the National Assembly can either decide to dissolve itself and call a new primary election, or choose a new Secretary who will serve until the expiration of the Assembly's four years term.
Portrait | Name | Offices held | |
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Enrico Letta (age 57) |
Prime Minister of Italy (2013–2014) Other positions
|
The 2019 Democratic Party leadership election had been won by Nicola Zingaretti, who had become Secretary after winning over 66% of the vote. On 4 March 2021, Zingaretti resigned, [1] planning to hand the party's leadership to former Prime Minister Enrico Letta. Letta, who at the time was working in Paris as a university professor, immediately returned to Italy, [2] [3] where he was elected Secretary by the National Assembly in a nearly unanimous vote. In his first speech as leader of the Democratic Party, he set out his agenda, which included the formation a broad alliance alongside centre-left and centrist political forces, making it easier for children of immigrants to obtain Italian citizenship, lowering the minimum voting age from 18 to 16, [4] the introduction of an anti-defection law, and an electoral law reform. [5] [6] [7]
Motion to elect Enrico Letta Secretary of the Democratic Party, 14 March 2021 | ||
Ballot → | ||
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In favor ![]() |
860 / 866 (99%)
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Against ![]() |
2 / 866 (0.2%)
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Abstentions | 4 / 866 (0.5%)
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