2010 Italian regional elections
# 2010 Italian regional elections

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 | 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 | 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

| President | President | President | President | President | Regional council | Regional council | Regional council | Regional council | Regional council |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Candidate | Party | Party | Votes | % | Alliance | 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 | Others | Others | 36,999 | 1.7 | | Others | 34,170 | 1.8 | 0 |

### Lombardy

| President | President | President | President | President | Regional council | Regional council | Regional council | Regional council | Regional council |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Candidate | Party | Party | Votes | % | Alliance | 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 | Others | Others | 285,697 | 5.9 | | Others | 197,892 | 4.6 | 0 |

### Veneto

| President | President | President | President | President | Regional council | Regional council | Regional council | Regional council | Regional council |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Candidate | Party | Party | Votes | % | Alliance | 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 | Others | Others | 111,294 | 4.4 | | Others | 78,429 | 3.5 | 0 |

### Liguria

| President | President | President | President | President | Regional council | Regional council | Regional council | Regional council | Regional council |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Candidate | Party | Party | Votes | % | Alliance | 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 | President | President | President | President | Regional council | Regional council | Regional council | Regional council | Regional council |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Candidate | Party | Party | Votes | % | Alliance | 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 | President | President | President | President | Regional council | Regional council | Regional council | Regional council | Regional council |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Candidate | Party | Party | Votes | % | Alliance | 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 | Others | Others | 21,872 | 1.2 | | Others | 14,002 | 0.9 | 0 |

### Umbria

| President | President | President | President | President | Regional council | Regional council | Regional council | Regional council | Regional council |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Candidate | Party | Party | Votes | % | Alliance | 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 | President | President | President | President | Regional council | Regional council | Regional council | Regional council | Regional council |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Candidate | Party | Party | Votes | % | Alliance | 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 | President | President | President | President | Regional council | Regional council | Regional council | Regional council | Regional council |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Candidate | Party | Party | Votes | % | Alliance | 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 | Others | Others | 14,685 | 0.5 | | Others | 7,860 | 0.3 | 0 |

### Campania

| President | President | President | President | President | Regional council | Regional council | Regional council | Regional council | Regional council |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Candidate | Party | Party | Votes | % | Alliance | 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 | Others | Others | 79,083 | 1.7 | | Others | 79,889 | 2.9 | 0 |

### Basilicata

| President | President | President | President | President | Regional council | Regional council | Regional council | Regional council | Regional council |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Candidate | Party | Party | Votes | % | Alliance | 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 | Others | Others | 8,448 | 2.5 | | Others | 2,960 | 0.9 | 0 |

### Apulia

| President | President | President | President | President | Regional council | Regional council | Regional council | Regional council | Regional council |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Candidate | Party | Party | Votes | % | Alliance | 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 | Others | Others | 7,376 | 0.3 | | Others | 5,834 | 0.3 | 0 |

### Calabria

| President | President | President | President | President | Regional council | Regional council | Regional council | Regional council | Regional council |
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Candidate | Party | Party | Votes | % | Alliance | 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

