2023 Monegasque general election

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2023 Monegasque general election
Monaco
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All 24 seats in the National Council
13 seats needed for a majority
Turnout57.26% (Decrease13.09pp)
Party Leader % Seats +/–
UNM Brigitte Boccone-Pagès 89.63 24 0
This lists parties that won seats. See the complete results below.
President of the National Council before President of the National Council after
Brigitte Boccone-Pagès
Primo! (UNM)
Brigitte Boccone-Pagès
Primo! (UNM)

General elections were held in Monaco on 5 February 2023.[1] The result was a landslide victory for the governing Monegasque National Union led by Brigitte Boccone-Pagès, which won all 24 seats on the National Council. The new council was sworn in on 16 February.[2]

Background

The previous elections in February 2018 saw Stéphane Valeri's Priorité Monaco list win 21 of the 24 seats with more than 57% of the vote,[3][4] with the party taking all seats filled by majority vote and five of the eight filled by proportional representation. Second- and third-placed Horizon Monaco and the Union Monégasque won two and one seats respectively.[5]

Valeri announced his retirement from political life in September 2022.[6] He was succeeded by the vice-president of the National Council, Brigitte Boccone-Pagès, who became the first woman to take the presidency of the National Council.[7] A month later, she announced the merger of Priorité Monaco, Horizon Monaco and the Union Monégasque into the Monegasque National Union (UNM).[8]

Deputy Daniel Boéri, who had left Priorité Monaco in July 2022, became the only opposition MP after the formation of the UNM. He subsequently founded New Ideas for Monaco on 26 October 2022. It campaigned on the themes of ecology and starting a public debate on the legalisation of abortion.[9]

Electoral system

Voters can either choose a party list or choose candidates from various lists (panachage) for the 24 seats. The 16 candidates with the most votes are elected (with the older candidate breaking possible ties in votes). The eight other seats are chosen from lists in accordance with the proportional representation system for parties that have at least five per cent of votes.[10]

Contesting parties

Name Ideology Position Leader(s) Last election Before election
% Seats
UNM Monegasque National Union
Union Nationale Monégasque
Conservatism Centre-right Brigitte Boccone-Pagès 100%[a]
24 / 24
23 / 24
NIM New Ideas for Monaco
Nouvelles Idées pour Monaco
Centre-left
Daniel Boéri Did not exist
1 / 24

Results

PartyVotes%Seats+/–
Monegasque National Union72,60289.63240
New Ideas for Monaco8,40110.370New
Total81,003100.00240
Valid votes3,94890.80
Invalid votes2545.84
Blank votes1463.36
Total votes4,348100.00
Registered voters/turnout7,59457.26
Source: Journal de Monaco,[11] Mairie de Monaco[12]

By candidate

List Candidates Votes Total votes % Seats
Monegasque National Union Nathalie Amoratti-Blanc 3,164 72,602 89.63 24
Balthazar Seydoux 3,131
Christine Pasquier-Ciulla 3,122
Régis Bergonzi 3,116
Jean-Louis Grinda 3,116
Fabrice Notari 3,116
Franck Julien 3,105
Mathilde Le Clerc 3,086
Béatrice Fresko-Rolfo 3,077
Morgane Jade Aureglia 3,064
Nicolas Croesi 3,045
Corinne Bertani 3,037
Franck Lobono 3,019
Thomas Brezzo 3,016
Brigitte Boccone-Pagès 3,002
Christophe Brico 2,996
Marie-Noëlle Gibelli 2,975
Marine Grisoul 2,949
Maryse Battaglia 2,931
Karen Aliprendi 2,928
Roland Mouflard 2,927
Mikaël Palmaro 2,917
Guillaume Rose 2,903
Philippe Brunner 2,860
New Ideas for Monaco Jean-Charles Tonelli 770 8,401 10.37 0
Daniel Boéri 731
Juliette Rapaire 706
Jean-Michel Rapaire 664
Valérie Laugier 601
Sébastien Lambla 594
Jean L'Herbon de Lussats 568
Ana Crovetto 560
Pierre Dick 552
Gaylord Crovetto 550
Eric Battaglia 542
Jean Charles Grassi 540
Marc Giacone 517
Hanny Leuenberger 506
Source:Journal de Monaco,[11] Mairie de Monaco[12]

Analysis

The elections were won by the

National and Democratic Union in 1988, before the formation of the other centre-right party National Progressive Action in 1993. The outgoing president of the National Council, Brigitte Boccone-Pagès's mandate, is thus largely renewed.[13] The merger of the parties elected in 2018 into the UNM led to a relative lack of interest among voters for the ballot. With 749 fewer voters than five years earlier despite an increase in the number of voters registered on the lists of 349, voter turnout showed a drop of 13 points, dropping from 70.35% to 57.26%.[14]

Notes

  1. ^ All three parties that contested the 2018 elections – Priorité Monaco, Horizon Monaco and Union Monégasque – allied to form the Monegasque National Union.

References

  1. ^ "Parliamentary Elections February 2023 Information for Future Candidates". 25 July 2022. Archived from the original on 21 January 2023. Retrieved 4 November 2022.
  2. ^ "Élection nationale 2023 : Découvrez les Conseillères Nationales et les Conseillers Nationaux de la mandature 2023-2028". Conseil National de Monaco (in French). 6 February 2023. Archived from the original on 15 February 2023. Retrieved 14 February 2023.
  3. ^ rédaction, La (12 February 2018). "La liste de Stéphane Valeri remporte les élections nationales". Nice-Matin (in French). Archived from the original on 26 January 2023. Retrieved 26 January 2023.
  4. ^ "Primo ! premier – Monaco Hebdo" (in French). 15 February 2018. Archived from the original on 29 September 2022. Retrieved 26 January 2023.
  5. ^ Monaco, Mairie de; Monaco, La Mairie de. "Le scrutin en chiffres – Elections Nationales 2018 – Les résultats – Annonces – Site officiel de la Mairie de Monaco". La Mairie de Monaco (in French). Archived from the original on 20 October 2020. Retrieved 26 January 2023.
  6. ^ Esteve, Camille (23 September 2022). "Stéphane Valeri quitte le Conseil National et prend la présidence de la Société des Bains de Mer". Monaco Tribune (in French). Archived from the original on 20 December 2022. Retrieved 26 January 2023.
  7. ^ Incari, Sarah (7 October 2022). "Brigitte Boccone-Pagès devient la première femme Présidente du Conseil national". Monaco Tribune (in French). Archived from the original on 22 January 2023. Retrieved 26 January 2023.
  8. ^ Esteve, Camille (18 October 2022). "Elections nationales 2023 : 24 candidats forment l'Union Nationale Monégasque". Monaco Tribune (in French). Archived from the original on 21 January 2023. Retrieved 26 January 2023.
  9. ^ rédaction, La (25 January 2023). "Environnement, IVG, logement...: la liste Nouvelles idées pour Monaco de Daniel Boeri a présenté son programme électoral pour ces... 10 prochaines années". Monaco-Matin (in French). Archived from the original on 26 January 2023. Retrieved 6 February 2023.
  10. ^ "Electoral system". IPU. Archived from the original on 25 August 2019. Retrieved 4 November 2022.
  11. ^ a b "Journal de Monaco No. 8629" (PDF). Journal de Monaco. 10 February 2023.
  12. ^ a b "Résultats des Elections Nationales 2023". Mairie de Monaco.
  13. ^ rédaction, La (6 February 2023). "Elections nationales à Monaco: au bout de la nuit, la liste L'Union rafle les 24 sièges du Conseil national". Nice-Matin (in French). Archived from the original on 6 February 2023. Retrieved 6 February 2023.
  14. ^ rédaction, La (5 February 2023). "Les élections nationales marquées par une très forte abstention à Monaco". Nice-Matin (in French). Archived from the original on 6 February 2023. Retrieved 6 February 2023.