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 Steady Decrease3
Popular vote 1,197,789 844,915
Percentage 52.1% 36.7%
Swing Decrease10.6% Increase1.5%

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

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 alliance Constituent lists Previous result Candidate
Votes (%) Seats
Centre-left coalition Democratic Party 48.0 22 Vasco Errani
Federation of the Left 9.2 3
Left Ecology FreedomGreens 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 Galletti
Five Star Movement Giovanni Favia

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 FreedomGreens 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
Popular vote
PD
40.65%
PdL
24.56%
LN
13.68%
IdV
6.45%
M5S
6.00%
UdC
3.76%
FdS
2.79%
SEL
1.79%
Others
0.33%
President
Errani
52.07%
Bernini
36.73%
Favia
7.00%
Galletti
4.20%

References

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