2010 Emilia-Romagna regional election
Introduction The '''Emilia-Romagna regional election of 2010''' took place on 28–29 March 2010.The two-term incumbent President of the Region, Vasco Errani of the centre-left Democratic Party defeated Anna Maria Bernini (backed by The People of Freedom and Lega Nord Emilia-Romagna) and Gian Luca Galletti (Union of the Centre).Errani (–10.6% compared to 2005) and the Democrats (–7.7%) lost ground to the Five Star Movement, whose candidate won a surprising 7.0% of the vote, in what was the worst result for the centre-left in a regional election in Emilia–Romagna. The other surprise of the election was Lega Nord, which gained 13.7% of the vote, up from 4.8% in 2005.
Electoral system Regional elections in Emilia-Romagna were ruled by the "Tatarella law" (approved in 1995), which provided for a mixed electoral system: four fifths of the regional councilors were elected in provincial constituencies by proportional representation, using the largest remainder method with a droop quota and open lists, while the residual votes and the unassigned seats were grouped into a "single regional constituency", where the whole ratios and the highest remainders were divided with the Hare method among the provincial party lists; one fifth of the council seats instead was reserved for regional lists and assigned with a majoritarian system: the leader of the regional list that scored the highest number of votes was elected to the presidency of the Region while the other candidates were elected regional councilors.A threshold of 3% had been established for the provincial lists, which, however, could still have entered the regional council if the regional list to which they were connected had scored at least 5% of valid votes.The ''panachage'' was also allowed: the voter can indicate a candidate for the presidency but prefer a provincial list connected to another candidate.
Parties and candidates Political party or allianceConstituent listsPrevious resultCandidateVotes (%)Seats Centre-left coalition Democratic Party  48.0 22 Vasco Errani Federation of the Left  9.2 3 Left Ecology Freedom – Greens 3.0 1 Italy of Values 1.4 1 Pensioners' Party Centre-right coalition The People of Freedom  27.1 13 Anna Maria Bernini Northern League Emilia-Romagna (LNE+LNR) 4.8 3 The Right Union of the Centre 3.9 1 Gian Luca GallettiFive Star Movement Giovanni Favia
Results Results by municipality+ center Candidates Votes % Seats Parties Votes % Seats '''Vasco Errani'''1,197,78952.0710 Democratic Party857,61340.6518 Italy of Values136,0406.452 Federation of the Left58,9432.791 Left Ecology Freedom – Greens37,6981.791 Pensioners' Party5,3100.25–''Total''''1,095,604''''51.93''''22'' '''Anna Maria Bernini'''844,91536.731 The People of Freedom518,10824.5610 Northern League Emilia-Romagna 288,60113.684 The Right1,6950.08–''Total''''808,404''''38.32''''14'' '''Giovanni Favia'''161,0567.00– Five Star Movement126,6196.002 '''Gian Luca Galletti'''96,6254.20– Union of the Centre79,2443.761 '''Total candidates''''''2,300,385''''''100.00''''''11''' '''Total parties''''''2,109,871''''''100.00''''''39'''Source:  Ministry of the Interior – Historical Archive of Elections
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