2010 Italian regional elections explained

Election Name:	2010 Italian regional elections
Country:	Italy
Type:	legislative
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	2005 Italian regional elections
Previous Year:	2005
Next Election:	2015 Italian regional elections
Next Year:	2015
Seats For Election:	Presidents and regional assemblies of Piedmont, Lombardy, Veneto, Liguria, Emilia-Romagna, Tuscany, Marche, Umbria, Lazio, Campania, Apulia, Basilicata and Calabria
Election Date:	28–29 March 2010

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, Northern League (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.

Overall results

Regional councils

Party		Votes	%	Seats
	The People of Freedom (PdL)	6,649,880	29.6
	Democratic Party (PD)	5,851,371	26.1
	Northern League (LN)	2,749,875	12.2
	Italy of Values (IdV)	1,565,336	7.0
	Union of the Centre (UDC)	1,248,886	5.6
	Left Ecology Freedom (SEL)	478,187	2.1
	Others	3,903,908	17.4
Total	22,447,423	100
align=left colspan=6	Source: Ministry of the Interior

Presidents of the regions

Region	Former president	Party	Elected president	Party	Details
Piedmont	Mercedes Bresso		PD	Roberto Cota		LN	Details
Liguria	Claudio Burlando		PD	Claudio Burlando		PD	Details
Lombardy	Roberto Formigoni		PdL	Roberto Formigoni		PdL	Details
Veneto	Giancarlo Galan		PdL	Luca Zaia		LN	Details
Emilia Romagna	Vasco Errani		PD	Vasco Errani		PD	Details
Tuscany	Claudio Martini		PD	Enrico Rossi		PD	Details
Umbria	Maria Rita Lorenzetti		PD	Catiuscia Marini		PD	Details
Marche	Gian Mario Spacca		PD	Gian Mario Spacca		PD	Details
Lazio	Esterino Montino acting		PD	Renata Polverini		PdL	Details
Campania			PD	Stefano Caldoro		PdL	Details
Basilicata	Vito De Filippo		PD	Vito De Filippo		PD	Details
Apulia	Nichi Vendola		SEL	Nichi Vendola		SEL	Details
Calabria	Agazio Loiero		PD	Giuseppe Scopelliti		PdL	Details

Summary by region

Piedmont

See main article: 2010 Piedmontese regional election.

President					Regional council
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

See main article: 2010 Lombard regional election.

President					Regional council
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

See main article: 2010 Venetian regional election.

President					Regional council
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

See main article: 2010 Ligurian regional election.

President					Regional council
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

See main article: 2010 Emilia-Romagna regional election.

President					Regional council
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

See main article: 2010 Tuscan regional election.

President					Regional council
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

See main article: 2010 Umbrian regional election.

President					Regional council
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

See main article: 2010 Marche regional election.

President					Regional council
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	47,083	6.5	2

Lazio

See main article: 2010 Lazio regional election.

President					Regional council
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

See main article: 2010 Campania regional election.

President					Regional council
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

See main article: 2010 Basilicata regional election.

President					Regional council
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

See main article: 2010 Apulian regional election.

President					Regional council
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

See main article: 2010 Calabrian regional election.

President					Regional council
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

• Book: Brunetta . Baldi . Filippo . Tronconi . Between the Center and the Periphery: The Regional Elections and the Path to Fiscal Federalism . Much Ado About Nothing? . Italian Politics . 26 . Berghahn . 2011 . 122–140.

External links

• Sondaggi politico elettorali – opinion polls
• Il Clandestino – analysis and opinion polls
• Scenari politici – analysis and opinion polls