The Friuli-Venezia Giulia regional election of 1998 took place on 14 June 1998.

Forza Italia

Forza Italia

Forza Italia was a liberal-conservative, Christian democratic, and liberal political party in Italy, with a large social democratic minority, that was led by Silvio Berlusconi, four times Prime Minister of Italy....

, at its first appearance in a regional election, became the largest party with 20.6%, while Lega Nord Friuli-Venezia Giulia

Lega Nord Friuli-Venezia Giulia

Lega Nord Friuli-Venezia Giulia is a regionalist political party in Italy which is the regional section of Lega Nord in Friuli-Venezia Giulia....

 came second with 17.3%, but the combined score of all regionalist parties was 26.3%.

After the election a government led by Roberto Antonione (Forza Italia) and composed of Forza Italia, Lega Nord, National Alliance

National Alliance (Italy)

National Alliance was a conservative political party in Italy.Gianfranco Fini was the leader of the party since its foundation in 1995, however he stepped down in 2008 after being elected to the nominally non-partisan post of President of the Italian Chamber of Deputies and was succeeded by...

, Christian Democratic Centre and Friuli Union

Friuli Movement

Friuli Movement is a regionalist political party active in Friuli, Italy since 1966.The party is currently active, but has lost importance...

 was formed.

Results

Parties	votes	votes (%)	seats
Forza Italia Forza Italia Forza Italia was a liberal-conservative, Christian democratic, and liberal political party in Italy, with a large social democratic minority, that was led by Silvio Berlusconi, four times Prime Minister of Italy.... –Christian Democratic Centre	136,013	20.6	14
Lega Nord Friuli-Venezia Giulia Lega Nord Friuli-Venezia Giulia Lega Nord Friuli-Venezia Giulia is a regionalist political party in Italy which is the regional section of Lega Nord in Friuli-Venezia Giulia....	114,156	17.3	12
Democrats of the Left Democrats of the Left The Democrats of the Left was a social-democratic Italian political party and part of the Olive Tree electoral coalition, which merged with a number of centrist and leftist groups to form the Democratic Party on 14 October 2007...	100,783	15.3	10
National Alliance National Alliance (Italy) National Alliance was a conservative political party in Italy.Gianfranco Fini was the leader of the party since its foundation in 1995, however he stepped down in 2008 after being elected to the nominally non-partisan post of President of the Italian Chamber of Deputies and was succeeded by...	363,918	13.3	9
Italian People's Party–UDR Democratic Union for the Republic The Democratic Union for the Republic was a short-lived centrist political party in Italy.It was founded in February 1998 by Francesco Cossiga, Clemente Mastella , Rocco Buttiglione , Mario Segni The Democratic Union for the Republic (Unione Democratica per la Repubblica, UDR) was a short-lived... –RI Italian Renewal The Italian Renewal was a liberal-centrist political party in Italy.It was founded in 1996 by Lamberto Dini along with some former Liberals, Socialists, Christian Democrats, Republicans and Social Democrats... –PRI Italian Republican Party The Italian Republican Party is a liberal political party in Italy.The PRI is party with old roots that originally took a left-wing position, claiming descent from the political position of Giuseppe Mazzini... –SS Slovene Union The Slovene Union is a centrist Italian political party representing the Slovene minority in Friuli-Venezia Giulia. Its name in Slovene means literally "The Slovene Community", but the denomination "Slovene Union" is used in other languages....	72,387	11.0	7
Communist Refoundation Party Communist Refoundation Party The Communist Refoundation Party is a communist Italian political party. Its current secretary is Paolo Ferrero....	44,485	6.7	4
Federation of the Greens Federation of the Greens The Federation of the Greens is a green political party in Italy, which includes also a large eco-socialist faction. Since 2009 the party leader is Angelo Bonelli.-Early years:...	32,392	4.9	3
Friuli Union Friuli Movement Friuli Movement is a regionalist political party active in Friuli, Italy since 1966.The party is currently active, but has lost importance...	24,030	3.6	1
Friuli-Venezia Giulia Autonomist Party	18,915	2.8	-
Lega Autonomia Friuli	10.677	1.6	-
Giulian Front Giulian Front Giulian Front is a regionalist political party active in the Province of Trieste, Italy.Formed in the mid 1990s, the party strives for the independence of Trieste from Italy , in line with a tradition started with the Independence Front for the Free Giulian State after World War II and continued...	6,719	1.0	-
Others	9,188	1.3	-
Total	659,947	100.0	60

Source: Friuli-Venezia Giulia Region