Emilia-Romagna regional election, 2010

Emilia-Romagna regional election, 2010
Emilia-Romagna
March 28, 2010

All 50 seats to the Regional Council of Emilia-Romagna
  Majority party Minority party Third party
 
Leader Vasco Errani Anna Maria Bernini Giovanni Favia
Party Democratic Party People of Freedom Five Star Movement
Alliance PD & others PdL & Lega Nord
Last election 32 seats, 62.7% 18 seats, 35.2% new party
Seats won 32 15 2
Seat change = -3 new party
Popular vote 1,197,789 844,915 161,056
Percentage 52.1% 36.7% 7.0%

Regional Council composition

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 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 FreedomGreens 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 EmiliaRomagna 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

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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