2003 Friuli-Venezia Giulia regional election

The 2003 Friuli-Venezia Giulia regional election took place on 8 June 2003.

Riccardo Illy, a centre-left independent, who had been Mayor of Trieste, defeated Alessandra Guerra, leading member of the Northern League.

Results

8–9 June 2003 Friuli-Venezia Giulia regional election results

File:Friuli Venezia Giulia Regional Council 2003.svg
Candidates		Votes	%	Seats	Parties		Votes	%	Seats
rowspan=11 bgcolor="Template:Party color"|	Riccardo Illy	356,908	53.16	6
bgcolor="Template:Party color" |					Democrats of the Left	82,878	16.66	10
bgcolor="Template:Party color" |					Democracy is Freedom – The Daisy (incl. SSk, SDI)	73,547	14.78	9
					Citizens for the President	37,431	7.53	5
bgcolor="Template:Party color" |					Communist Refoundation Party	24,835	4.99	3
bgcolor="Template:Party color" |					Italy of Values	7,487	1.50	1
bgcolor="Template:Party color" |					Party of Italian Communists	7,448	1.50	1
bgcolor="Template:Party color" |					Federation of the Greens	7,088	1.43	1
bgcolor="Template:Party color" |					Pensioners' Party	5,751	1.16	1
bgcolor="Template:Party color" |					Union of Democrats for Europe	3,645	0.73	–
Total					250,119	50.28	37
rowspan=6 bgcolor="Template:Party color"|	Alessandra Guerra	290,398	43.26	1
bgcolor="Template:Party color" |					Forza Italia	107,522	21.61	11
bgcolor="Template:Party color" |					National Alliance	57,924	11.65	5
bgcolor="Template:Party color" |					Northern League Friuli-Venezia Giulia	46,408	9.33	4
bgcolor="Template:Party color" |					Union of Christian and Centre Democrats	21,508	4.32	2
Total					233,323	46.90	23
	Ferruccio Saro	24,040	3.58	–		Freedom and Autonomy	14,035	2.82	–
Total candidates		671,336	100.00	7	Total parties		497,492	100.00	53
Source: Region of Friuli-Venezia Giulia – Elections