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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
Votes
%
Seats
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The People of Freedom (PdL)6,649,880
29.6
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Democratic Party (PD)5,851,371
26.1
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Northern League (LN)2,749,875
12.2
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Italy of Values (IdV)1,565,336
7.0
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Union of the Centre (UdC)1,248,886
5.6
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Left Ecology Freedom (SEL)478,187
2.1
Others
3,903,908
17.4
Total 22,447,423 100
Source: Ministry of the Interior
Presidents of the regions Results by region Piedmont Lombardy
Regional election 2010: Lombardy
List
Candidates
Votes
%
±%
Seats
±
Centre-right
Roberto Formigoni (PdL )
2,704,057
56.1
+2.2
49
-3
Centre-left
Filippo Penati (PD )
1,603,674
33.3
-9.9
28
±0
UDC
Savino Pezzotta
225,849
4.7
+0.9
3
+1
Five Star Movement
Vito Crimi
144,588
3.0
+3.0
0
±0
PRC
Vittorio Agnoletto
113,749
2.7
-3.0
0
-3
New Force
Gianmario Invernizzi
27,670
0.6
+0.6
0
±0
Turnout 4,973,519
64.6
Veneto
Regional election 2010: Veneto
List
Candidates
Votes
%
±%
Seats
±
Centre-right
Luca Zaia (LN )
1,528,386
60.2
+9.8
37
-2
Centre-left
Giuseppe Bortolussi (PD )
738,761
29.1
-13.2
19
±0
UDC
Antonio De Poli
162,235
6.4
±0
4
+1
Five Star Movement
David Borrelli
80,246
3.2
+3.2
0
±0
Independent
Silvano Polo
12,891
0.5
+0.5
0
±0
New Force
Paolo Caratossidis
9,151
0.4
+0.4
0
±0
Independent
Gianluca Panto
9,066
0.4
+0.4
0
±0
Turnout 2,540,736
66.4
Liguria Emilia-Romagna Tuscany Umbria Marche Lazio Campania Basilicata Apulia Calabria Sources: Ministry of the Interior – Historical Archive of Elections , Corriere della Sera La Repubblica
Further reading Baldi, Brunetta; Tronconi, Filippo (2011). Between the Center and the Periphery: The Regional Elections and the Path to Fiscal Federalism . Italian Politics. Vol. 26. Berghahn. pp. 122–140. References
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