2023 Monegasque general election
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]
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| Turnout | 57.26% ( 13.09pp) | ||||||||||||||
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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 | ||||
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| % | Seats | ||||||||
| UNM | Monegasque National Union Union Nationale Monégasque |
Conservatism | Centre-right | Brigitte Boccone-Pagès | 100%[lower-alpha 1] | 24 / 24 |
23 / 24 | ||
| NIM | New Ideas for Monaco Nouvelles Idées pour Monaco |
Centre-left | Daniel Boéri | Did not exist | 1 / 24 | ||||
Results
| Party | Votes | % | Seats | +/– | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monegasque National Union | 72,602 | 89.63 | 24 | 0 | |
| New Ideas for Monaco | 8,401 | 10.37 | 0 | New | |
| Total | 81,003 | 100.00 | 24 | 0 | |
| Valid votes | 3,948 | 90.80 | |||
| Invalid votes | 254 | 5.84 | |||
| Blank votes | 146 | 3.36 | |||
| Total votes | 4,348 | 100.00 | |||
| Registered voters/turnout | 7,594 | 57.26 | |||
| Source: Mairie de Monaco | |||||
By candidate
| List | Candidates | Votes | Total votes | % | Seats | |
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| 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: Mairie de Monaco | ||||||
Analysis
The elections were won by the Monegasque National Union, which received nearly 90% of the votes and won all 24 seats on the council. It was the largest landslide victory since that of 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.[11] 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%.[12]
Notes
- All three parties that contested the 2018 elections – Priorité Monaco, Horizon Monaco and Union Monégasque – allied to form the Monegasque National Union.
References
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- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
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- 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.
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