Italian regional elections, 2010
Italian regional elections, 2010
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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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Elected Presidents:
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A large round of regional elections in Italy took place on 28–29 March in 13 regions out of 20, including nine of the ten largest ones: Lombardy, Campania, Veneto, Lazio, Piedmont, Emilia-Romagna, Apulia, Tuscany and Calabria.
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, Lega Nord (whose main regional sections, Liga Veneta, Lega Lombarda and Lega Piemont playing a large role in Veneto, Lombardy and Piedmont, respectively) supported joint candidates with the PdL in Northern and Central 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.
National results
Party |
Votes |
% |
Seats |
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The People of Freedom (PdL) | 6,649,880 | 29.6 | 193 |
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Democratic Party (PD) | 5,851,371 | 26.1 | 192 |
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Lega Nord | 2,749,875 | 12.2 | 58 |
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Italy of Values (IdV) | 1,565,336 | 7.0 | 46 |
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Union if the Centre (UdC) | 1,248,886 | 5.6 | 36 |
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Left Ecology Freedom (SEL) | 478,187 | 2.1 | 18 |
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Others | 3,903,908 | 17.4 | 77 |
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Total | 22,447,423 | 100 | 624 |
Source: Ministry of the Interior |
Regional Presidents
Regional results
Piedmont
Lombardy
Regional election 2010: Lombardy |
List |
Candidates |
Votes |
% |
±% |
Seats |
± |
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People of Freedom |
Roberto Formigoni |
2,704,057 |
56.1 |
+2.2 |
49 |
-3 |
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Democratic Party |
Filippo Penati |
1,603,674 |
33.3 |
-9.9 |
28 |
±0 |
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Union of the Centre |
Savino Pezzotta |
225,849 |
4.7 |
+0.9 |
3 |
+1 |
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Five Star Movement |
Vito Crimi |
144,588 |
3.0 |
+3.0 |
0 |
±0 |
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Communist Refoundation Party |
Vittorio Agnoletto |
113,749 |
2.7 |
-3.0 |
0 |
-3 |
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New Force |
Gianmario Invernizzi |
27,670 |
0.6 |
+0.6 |
0 |
±0 |
Turnout |
4,973,519 |
64.6 |
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Veneto
Regional election 2010: Veneto |
List |
Candidates |
Votes |
% |
±% |
Seats |
± |
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Lega Nord |
Luca Zaia |
1,528,386 |
60.2 |
+9.8 |
37 |
-2 |
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Democratic Party |
Giuseppe Bortolussi |
738,761 |
29.1 |
-13.2 |
19 |
±0 |
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Union of the Centre |
Antonio De Poli |
162,235 |
6.4 |
±0 |
4 |
+1 |
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Five Star Movement |
David Borrelli |
80,246 |
3.2 |
+3.2 |
0 |
±0 |
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Independent |
Silvano Polo |
12,891 |
0.5 |
+0.5 |
0 |
±0 |
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New Force |
Paolo Caratossidis |
9,151 |
0.4 |
+0.4 |
0 |
±0 |
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Independent |
Gianluca Panto |
9,066 |
0.4 |
+0.4 |
0 |
±0 |
Turnout |
2,540,736 |
66.4 |
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Liguria
Emilia-Romagna
Tuscany
Regional election 2010: Tuscany |
List |
Candidates |
Votes |
% |
±% |
Seats |
± |
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Democratic Party |
Enrico Rossi |
1,055,751 |
59.7 |
+2.3 |
32 |
-7 |
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People of Freedom |
Monica Faenzi |
608,680 |
34.4 |
+1.6 |
19 |
-2 |
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Union of the Centre |
Francesco Bosi |
81,106 |
4.6 |
+0.9 |
2 |
-1 |
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Radicals |
Alfonso De Virgiliis |
13,892 |
0.8 |
+0.3 |
0 |
±0 |
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New Force |
Ilario Palmisani |
7,980 |
0.4 |
+0.4 |
0 |
±0 |
Turnout |
1,767,409 |
60.9 |
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Umbria
Marche
Lazio
Campania
Basilicata
Regional election 2010: Basilicata |
List |
Candidates |
Votes |
% |
±% |
Seats |
± |
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Democratic Party |
Vito De Filippo |
202,980 |
60.8 |
-6.2 |
19 |
-1 |
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People of Freedom |
Nicola Pagliuca |
93,204 |
27.9 |
-0.9 |
10 |
±0 |
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Independent |
Magdi Allam |
29,107 |
8.7 |
+8.7 |
1 |
+1 |
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Independent |
Marco Toscano |
4,936 |
1.5 |
+1.5 |
0 |
±0 |
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Independent |
Florenzo Doino |
3,512 |
1.0 |
+1.0 |
0 |
±0 |
Turnout |
333,739 |
62.8 |
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Apulia
Regional election 2010: Apulia |
List |
Candidates |
Votes |
% |
±% |
Seats |
± |
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Left Ecology Freedom |
Nichi Vendola |
1,036,638 |
48.7 |
-1.2 |
47 |
+5 |
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People of Freedom |
Rocco Palese |
899,590 |
42.2 |
-7.0 |
27 |
-1 |
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Union of the Centre |
Adriana Poli Bortone |
185,370 |
8.7 |
+0.9 |
4 |
±0 |
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Independent |
Michele Rizzi |
7,376 |
0.3 |
+0.3 |
0 |
±0 |
Turnout |
2,128,974 |
62.3 |
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Calabria
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. Much Ado About Nothing?. Italian Politics 26 (Berghahn). pp. 122–140.
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