The winning coalition receives a jackpot of at least 45 seats, which are divided between all majority parties using the D'Hondt method, as it happens between the losing lists.

[1] Nonetheless, on 8 January 2018 he announced he'd not seek a re-election as president, citing personal reasons and launching former mayor of Varese Attilio Fontana as a candidate of the center-right coalition.

On 1 June 2017 Giorgio Gori, the incumbent mayor of Bergamo, announced his decision to run for the presidency for the center-left coalition.

[2] On 15 January 2018, Fontana stated that the white race and the Western culture were in danger due to the migration flows from Africa.

[4] According to the final results, Attilio Fontana was the new President of Lombardy with more than 49% of the votes, obtaining the greater bonus given by the electoral law.