Elections in Apulia

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This page gathers the results of elections in Apulia.

Regional elections

Latest regional election

In the latest regional election, which took place on 28–29 March 2010, the outgoing President Nichi Vendola of Left Ecology Freedom (SEL) was elected for a second-consecutive term, after having won the 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%).

Candidates & parties votes votes (%) seats
Nichi Vendola 1,036,638 48.69 46
Democratic Party 410,395 20.75 23
Left Ecology Freedom (inc. PSI)[1] 192,604 9.74 11
Italy of Values 127,865 6.47 6
Apulia for Vendola 109,382 5.53 6
Federation of the Left–Greens 64,441 3.26 -
Bonino-Pannella List 6,005 0.30 -
Rocco Palese 899,590 42.25 26
The People of Freedom 615,064 31.10 20
Apulia First of All 139,379 7.05 4
The Apulians for Rocco Palese 95,070 4.81 2
Alliance of the Centre 11,047 0.56 0
Populars–UDEUR 9,125 0.46 0
Pensioners' Party 4,777 0.24 0
Adriana Poli Bortone 185,370 8.71 4
Union of the Centre 128,542 6.50 4
I South 57,901 2.93 -
Michele Rizzi 7,376 0.35 -
Communist Alternative Party 5,834 0.30 -
Total 2,128,974 100.00 76

Sources: Apulia Region and Corriere della Sera

List of previous regional elections

References

  1. ↑ 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 http://www.partitosocialista.it/site/il-partito_consiglieri-regionali/491/consiglieri-regionali.aspx.