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2015 Five Star Movement presidential primary election

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2015 Five Star Movement presidential primary election

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Candidate Ferdinando Imposimato Romano Prodi
Party Independent Democratic Party
Members' vote 16,635 10,288
Percentage 33.4% 21.3%

The 2015 Five Star Movement presidential primary election was held online in January 2015 to determine the Five Star Movement candidate in the 2015 Italian presidential election.[1][2][3]

Ferdinando Imposimato, former Member of the Parliament and honorary president of Supreme Court of Cassation, won the primary with a plurality of the vote, but ultimately lost the presidential election to Sergio Mattarella, coming in second on the fourth ballot.

Candidates

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Portrait Name Office(s) held Profession
Ferdinando Imposimato
(1936–2018)
Member of the Senate
(1987 – 1992; 1994 –1996)
Other positions
Magistrate
Romano Prodi
(born 1939)
President of the European Commission
(1999–2004)
Other offices
University professor
Nino Di Matteo
(born 1961)
Member of the High Council of the Judiciary (2019 – present) Magistrate
Pierluigi Bersani
(born 1951)
Secretary of the Democratic Party (Italy)
(2009–2013)
Other offices
Career politician
Gustavo Zagrebelsky
(born 1943)
President of the Constitutional Court
(2004)
Other positions
Jurist
Raffaele Cantone
(born 1963)
President of the National Anticorruption Authority
(2014–2019)
Magistrate
Elio Lannutti
(born 1948)
Member of the Senate
(2008–2013; 2018–2022)
Journalist
Salvatore Settis
(born 1941)
N/A Rector
Paolo Maddalena
(born 1936)
Vice President of the Constitutional Court of Italy
(2010–2011)
Other offices
Judge of the Constitutional Court of Italy (2002–2011)
Magistrate

Results

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Candidate Party Votes %
checkY Ferdinando Imposimato Independent 16,635 34.45%
Romano Prodi Democratic Party 10,288 21.31%
Nino Di Matteo Independent 6,693 13.86%
Pierluigi Bersani Democratic Party 5,787 11.99%
Gustavo Zagrebelsky Independent 5,547 11.49%
Raffaele Cantone Independent 3,341 6.92%
Elio Lannutti Five Star Movement 1,528 3.16%
Salvatore Settis Independent 1,517 3.14%
Paolo Maddalena Independent 392 0.81%
Total 48,282 100.00

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "M5s sceglie rosa di 9 nomi per Quirinarie: anche Prodi, Bersani e Zagrebelsky".
  2. ^ "Quirinarie M5s: il candidato è Imposimato, seguono Prodi e Di Matteo".
  3. ^ "Quirinale: chi è Ferdinando Imposimato, candidato del M5S".