2010 Italian regional elections
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Presidents and regional assemblies of Piedmont, Lombardy, Veneto, Liguria, Emilia-Romagna, Tuscany, Marche, Umbria, Lazio, Campania, Apulia, Basilicata and Calabria | ||
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Movement for the Autonomies |
A large round of regional .
Overview
The elections turned out to be a competition between two rival coalitions built around the two major parties: The People of Freedom (PdL) of Silvio Berlusconi and the Democratic Party (PD) led by Pier Luigi Bersani. The third largest party in Italy,
The centre-right went to win the elections by gaining four more regions than in 2005: Campania, Lazio, Piedmont and Calabria. The centre-left coalition won seven regions out of 13.
Lega Nord played a major role in the North, where it was the second-largest party and the largest in Veneto. The party led by Umberto Bossi managed to have two of its leading members elected at the head of a region: in Piedmont and in Veneto.
Beppe Grillo's Five Star Movement, a protest party popular, had a strong showing in Emilia-Romagna.
Overall results
Regional councils
Party | Votes | % | Seats | ||
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The People of Freedom (PdL) | 6,649,880 | 29.6 | 193 / 624
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Democratic Party (PD) | 5,851,371 | 26.1 | 192 / 624
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Northern League (LN) | 2,749,875 | 12.2 | 58 / 624
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Italy of Values (IdV) | 1,565,336 | 7.0 | 46 / 624
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Union of the Centre (UDC) | 1,248,886 | 5.6 | 36 / 624
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Left Ecology Freedom (SEL) | 478,187 | 2.1 | 18 / 624
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Others | 3,903,908 | 17.4 | 77 / 624
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Total | 22,447,423 | 100 | 624 / 624
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Source: Ministry of the Interior |
Presidents of the regions
Summary by region
Piedmont
President | Regional council | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Alliance | Votes | % | Seats | ||||
Roberto Cota | LN | 1,043,318 | 47.3 | Centre-right | 889,916 | 47.0 | 36 | ||||
Mercedes Bresso | PD | 1,033,946 | 46.9 | Centre-left | 900,537 | 47.6 | 22 | ||||
Davide Bono | M5S | 90,086 | 4.1 | Five Star | 69,448 | 3.7 | 2 | ||||
Others | 36,999 | 1.7 | Others | 34,170 | 1.8 | 0 |
Lombardy
President | Regional council | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Alliance | Votes | % | Seats | ||||
Roberto Formigoni | PdL | 2,704,364 | 56.11 | Centre-right | 2,479,368 | 58.16 | 49 | ||||
Filippo Penati | PD | 1,603,666 | 33.27 | Centre-left | 1,421,688 | 33.35 | 28 | ||||
Savino Pezzotta | UDC | 225,849 | 4.69 | Centre | 164,078 | 3.85 | 3 | ||||
Others | 285,697 | 5.9 | Others | 197,892 | 4.6 | 0 |
Veneto
President | Regional council | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Alliance | Votes | % | Seats | ||||
Luca Zaia | LN | 1,528,386 | 60.2 | Centre-right | 1,361,702 | 60.7 | 37 | ||||
Giuseppe Bortolussi | Ind. | 738,761 | 29.1 | Centre-left | 657,798 | 29.3 | 19 | ||||
Antonio De Poli | UDC | 162,235 | 6.4 | Centre | 145,114 | 6.5 | 4 | ||||
Others | 111,294 | 4.4 | Others | 78,429 | 3.5 | 0 |
Liguria
President | Regional council | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Alliance | Votes | % | Seats | ||||
Claudio Burlando | PD | 424,044 | 52.1 | Centre-left | 393,383 | 52.7 | 25 | ||||
Sandro Biasotti | PdL | 389,132 | 47.9 | Centre-right | 352,652 | 47.3 | 15 |
Emilia-Romagna
President | Regional council | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Alliance | Votes | % | Seats | ||||
Vasco Errani | PD | 1,197,789 | 52.1 | Centre-left | 1,095,604 | 51.9 | 32 | ||||
Anna Maria Bernini | PdL | 844,915 | 36.7 | Centre-right | 808,404 | 38.3 | 15 | ||||
Giovanni Favia | M5S | 161,056 | 7.0 | Five Star | 126,619 | 6.0 | 2 | ||||
Gian Luca Galletti | UDC | 96,625 | 4.2 | Centre | 79,244 | 3.8 | 1 |
Tuscany
President | Regional council | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Alliance | Votes | % | Seats | ||||
Enrico Rossi | PD | 1,055,751 | 59.7 | Centre-left | 922,240 | 60.7 | 16 | ||||
Monica Faenzi | PdL | 608,680 | 34.4 | Centre-right | 510,641 | 33.7 | 20 | ||||
Francesco Bosi | UDC | 81,106 | 4.6 | Centre | 72,548 | 4.8 | 2 | ||||
Others | 21,872 | 1.2 | Others | 14,002 | 0.9 | 0 |
Umbria
President | Regional council | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Alliance | Votes | % | Seats | ||||
Catiuscia Marini | PD | 257,458 | 57.2 | Centre-left | 243.090 | 58.9 | 19 | ||||
Fiammetta Modena | PdL | 169,568 | 37.7 | Centre-right | 151,418 | 36.7 | 10 | ||||
Paola Binetti | UDC | 22,756 | 5.1 | Centre | 18,072 | 4.4 | 1 |
Marche
President | Regional council | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Alliance | Votes | % | Seats | ||||
Gian Mario Spacca | PD | 409,823 | 53.2 | Centre-left | 385,592 | 53.4 | 25 | ||||
Erminio Marinelli | PdL | 306,075 | 39.7 | Centre-right | 289,931 | 40.1 | 16 | ||||
Massimo Rossi | PRC | 54,851 | 7,1 | Left-wing
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47,083 | 6.5 | 2 |
Lazio
President | Regional council | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Alliance | Votes | % | Seats | ||||
Renata Polverini | PdL | 1,409,025 | 51.1 | Centre-right | 1,260,094 | 58.2 | 42 | ||||
Emma Bonino | RI | 1,331,375 | 48.3 | Centre-left | 1,185,232 | 48.3 | 29 | ||||
Others | 14,685 | 0.5 | Others | 7,860 | 0.3 | 0 |
Campania
President | Regional council | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Alliance | Votes | % | Seats | ||||
Stefano Caldoro | PdL | 1,586,490 | 54.3 | Centre-right | 1,615,118 | 58.6 | 39 | ||||
Vincenzo De Luca | PD | 1,258,787 | 43.0 | Centre-left | 1,061,148 | 38.5 | 21 | ||||
Others | 79,083 | 1.7 | Others | 79,889 | 2.9 | 0 |
Basilicata
President | Regional council | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Alliance | Votes | % | Seats | ||||
Vito De Filippo | PD | 202,980 | 60.8 | Centre-left | 216,945 | 67.6 | 19 | ||||
Nicola Pagliuca | PdL | 93,204 | 27.9 | Centre-right | 87,493 | 27.2 | 9 | ||||
Magdi Allam | Ind. | 29,107 | 8.7 | Civic lists | 13,700 | 4.3 | 1 | ||||
Others | 8,448 | 2.5 | Others | 2,960 | 0.9 | 0 |
Apulia
President | Regional council | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Alliance | Votes | % | Seats | ||||
Nichi Vendola | SEL | 1,036,638 | 48.7 | Centre-left | 910,692 | 46.1 | 39 | ||||
Rocco Palese | PdL | 899,590 | 42.3 | Centre-right | 874,462 | 44.2 | 27 | ||||
Adriana Poli Bortone | IS | 185,370 | 8.7 | Centre | 186,443 | 9.4 | 4 | ||||
Others | 7,376 | 0.3 | Others | 5,834 | 0.3 | 0 |
Calabria
President | Regional council | ||||||||||
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Candidate | Party | Votes | % | Alliance | Votes | % | Seats | ||||
Giuseppe Scopelliti | PdL | 614,584 | 57.8 | Centre-right | 592,523 | 57.6 | 30 | ||||
Agazio Loiero | PD | 342,773 | 32.2 | Centre-left | 358,378 | 34.8 | 17 | ||||
Filippo Callipo | IRC | 106,646 | 10.0 | IdV – IRC | 78,364 | 7.6 | 3 |
Sources: Ministry of the Interior – Historical Archive of Elections, Corriere della Sera and La Repubblica
Further reading
- Baldi, Brunetta; Tronconi, Filippo (2011). Between the Center and the Periphery: The Regional Elections and the Path to Fiscal Federalism. Italian Politics. Vol. 26. Berghahn. pp. 122–140.
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