2010 Apulian regional election
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The Apulian regional election of 2010 took place in Apulia, Italy, on 28–29 March 2010.
The outgoing President Nichi Vendola (SEL) was elected for a second-consecutive term, after having won a primary election in which he beat a Democrat and having benefited from the split of the centre-right, whose two candidates jointly won 51.0% of the vote.
Vendola's party, SEL, had a strong showing in the Region by coming third with 9.7% of the vote, after The People of Freedom (31.1%) and the Democratic Party (20.8%).
Background
The incumbent left-wing president
The Democrats acknowledge that they needed a larger coalition in order to beat the centre-right and they were thus trying to convince Vendola to give up his bid and to endorse a more centrist candidate that could obtain the support of the
In a succession of events between late December 2009 and January 2010, Emiliano turned against Vendola[6] (whom he supported until then), asked his party's regional assembly to unanimously endorse himself.[7] The assembly of the party was suspended because of clashes between Emiliano and Vendola supporters,[8] then Emiliano accepted to contest a primary election with Vendola[9] and finally withdrew from the race,[10] leaving the PD without a strong candidate.
Finally Vendola was chosen as candidate of the centre-left in a primary election on 25 January 2010.[11]
The People of Freedom (PdL) of Berlusconi and former President Raffaele Fitto subsequently chose Rocco Palese, leader of Forza Italia–PdL group in the Regional Council and former Vice President of Fitto,[12] while the UDC launched Poli Bortone.[13]
Centre-left primary election
After that Emiliano renounced his bid, the PD proposed Francesco Boccia as its candidate[14] and the UDC endorsed him.[15] However, as Vendola did not intend to withdraw from the race, the PD accepted to run a coalition primary election between Vendola and Boccia.[16] This was a re-edition of the 2005 primary election, in which Boccia was narrowly defeated by Vendola.[17]
On 25 January 2010 an unprecedented number of Apulian citizens turned out to vote in the primary and Vendola trounced Boccia in the primary, by winning over 67% of the votes cast.
Candidate | Party | Votes | % | |
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Nichi Vendola | SEL | 137,521 | 67.2 | |
Francesco Boccia | PD | 66,991 | 32.8 | |
Total | 204,512 | 100.0 | ||
Source: Nichi Vendola website |
Results
Candidates | Votes | % | Seats | Parties | Votes | % | Seats | ||
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Nichi Vendola | 1,036,638 | 48.69 | 1 | ||||||
Democratic Party | 410,395 | 20.75 | 19 | ||||||
Left Ecology Freedom (incl. PSI)[18] | 192,604 | 9.74 | 9 | ||||||
Italy of Values | 127,865 | 6.47 | 5 | ||||||
Apulia for Vendola | 109,382 | 5.53 | 5 | ||||||
Federation of the Left – Greens | 64,441 | 3.26 | – | ||||||
Bonino-Pannella List | 6,005 | 0.30 | – | ||||||
Total | 910,692 | 46.05 | 38 | ||||||
Rocco Palese | 899,590 | 42.25 | 1 | ||||||
The People of Freedom | 615,064 | 31.10 | 20 | ||||||
Apulia First of All | 139,379 | 7.05 | 4 | ||||||
Apulians for Rocco Palese | 95,070 | 4.81 | 2 | ||||||
Alliance of the Centre | 11,047 | 0.56 | – | ||||||
Union of Democrats for Europe | 9,125 | 0.46 | – | ||||||
Pensioners' Party | 4,777 | 0.24 | – | ||||||
Total | 874,462 | 44.22 | 26 | ||||||
Adriana Poli Bortone | 185,370 | 8.71 | – | ||||||
Union of the Centre | 128,542 | 6.50 | 4 | ||||||
MPA
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57,901 | 2.93 | – | ||||||
Total | 186,443 | 9.43 | 4 | ||||||
Michele Rizzi | 7,376 | 0.35 | – | Communist Alternative Party | 5,834 | 0.30 | – | ||
Total candidates | 2,128,974 | 100.00 | 2 | Total parties | 1,977,431 | 100.00 | 68 | ||
Source: Ministry of the Interior |
References
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- ^ Four regional councillors out of the eleven elected by Left Ecology Freedom, including Onofrio Introna, President of the Regional Council, belong to the Italian Socialist Party. See "Partito Socialista". Archived from the original on 2010-08-17. Retrieved 2010-07-29..