Emilia-Romagna regional election, 2010
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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 Law
The Legislative Assembly of Emilia-Romagna (Assemblea Legislativa dell'Emilia-Romagna) is composed of 50 members. 40 councillors are elected in provincial constituencies by proportional representation using the largest remainder method with a Droop quota and open lists, while 10 councillors (elected in bloc) come from a "regional list", including the President-elect. One seat is reserved for the candidate who comes second. If a coalition wins more than 50% of the total seats in the Council with PR, only 5 candidates from the regional list will be chosen and the number of those elected in provincial constituencies will be 45. If the winning coalition receives less than 40% of votes special seats are added to the Council to ensure a large majority for the President's coalition.[1]
Results
| Candidates & parties | votes | votes (%) | seats reg. list |
seats prov. lists | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vasco Errani | 1,197,789 | 52.07 | 10 | 22 | |
| 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 | → | - | |
| Anna Maria Bernini | 844,915 | 36.73 | 1 | 14 | |
| The People of Freedom | 518,108 | 24.56 | → | 10 | |
| Lega Nord Emilia–Romagna | 288,601 | 13.68 | → | 4 | |
| The Right | 1,695 | 0.08 | → | - | |
| Giovanni Favia | 161,056 | 7.00 | - | 2 | |
| 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 | 2,300,385 | 100.00 | 11 | 39 | |
Source: Ministry of the Interior – Historical Archive of Elections
