2010 Emilia-Romagna regional election

March 28–29, 2010
All 50 seats to the Regional Council of Emilia-Romagna
Majority party Minority party   Leader Vasco Errani Anna Maria Bernini Party Democratic Party People of Freedom Alliance Centre-left Centre-right Seats won 32 15 Seat change 3 Popular vote 1,197,789 844,915 Percentage 52.1% 36.7% Swing 10.6% 1.5%
Seat totals by Province. As this is a PR election, seat totals are determined by popular vote in each province.
President before election Vasco Errani Democratic Party President-elect Vasco Errani Democratic Party

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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

Results

Results by municipality

28–29 March 2010 Emilia-Romagna regional election results

Candidates		Votes	%	Seats	Parties		Votes	%	Seats
	Vasco Errani	1,197,789	52.07	10
						Democratic Party	857,613	40.65	18
						Italy of Values	136,040	6.45	2
						Federation of the Left	58,943	2.79	1
						Left Ecology Freedom – Greens	37,698	1.79	1
						Pensioners' Party	5,310	0.25	–
					Total		1,095,604	51.93	22
	Anna Maria Bernini	844,915	36.73	1
						The People of Freedom	518,108	24.56	10
						Northern League Emilia-Romagna	288,601	13.68	4
						The Right	1,695	0.08	–
Total		808,404	38.32	14
	Giovanni Favia	161,056	7.00	–		Five Star Movement	126,619	6.00	2
	Gian Luca Galletti	96,625	4.20	–		Union of the Centre	79,244	3.76	1
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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