2010 Italian regional elections
Introduction 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===PartyVotes%SeatsThe People of Freedom (PdL)6,649,88029.6Democratic Party (PD)5,851,37126.1Northern League (LN)2,749,87512.2Italy of Values (IdV)1,565,3367.0Union of the Centre (UDC)1,248,8865.6Left Ecology Freedom (SEL)478,1872.1Others3,903,90817.4'''Total''''''22,447,423''''''100'''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=== 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=== 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=== 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=== 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=== 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=== 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=== 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=== 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=== 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=== 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=== 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=== 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=== 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 3Sources:  Ministry of the Interior – Historical Archive of Elections, '' Corriere della Sera'' and '' La Repubblica''
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External links * ''Sondaggi politico elettorali'' – opinion polls* ''Il Clandestino'' – analysis and opinion polls* ''Scenari politici'' – analysis and opinion polls