2015 Five Star Movement presidential primary election

2015 Five Star Movement presidential primary election

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.

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

Portrait	Name		Office(s) held	Profession
		Ferdinando Imposimato (1936–2018)	Member of the Senate (1987 – 1992; 1994 –1996) Other positions Member of the Chamber of Deputies (1992–1994)	Magistrate
		Romano Prodi (born 1939)	President of the European Commission (1999–2004) Other offices President of the Democratic Party (2007–2009) Prime Minister of Italy (1996 – 1998; 2006 – 2008) Member of the Chamber of Deputies (1996–1999; 2006 – 2008) Minister of Industry, Commerce and Crafts (1978–1979)	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 Minister of Economic Development (2006–2008) Minister of Industry, Commerce and Crafts (1996–1999) President of Emilia-Romagna (1996–1998; 2006–2008) Member of the Chamber of Deputies (2006–2022) Member of the European Parliament (2004–2006)	Career politician
		Gustavo Zagrebelsky (born 1943)	President of the Constitutional Court (2004) Other positions Judge of the Constitutional Court (1995–2004)	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

Candidate		Party	Votes	%
	Y 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

• 2013 Five Star Movement presidential primary election