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
Elected Presidents:
  Democratic Party
  The People of Freedom
  Northern League
  Left Ecology Freedom
  Movement for the Autonomies

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
193 / 624
Democratic Party (PD) 5,851,371 26.1
192 / 624
Northern League (LN) 2,749,875 12.2
58 / 624
Italy of Values (IdV) 1,565,336 7.0
46 / 624
Union of the Centre (UDC) 1,248,886 5.6
36 / 624
Left Ecology Freedom (SEL) 478,187 2.1
18 / 624
Others 3,903,908 17.4
77 / 624
Total 22,447,423 100
624 / 624
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 Antonio Bassolino 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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