Emilia-Romagna regional election, 2010

Emilia-Romagna regional election, 2010

March 28–29, 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 Centre-left coalition Centre-right coalition Last election 32 seats, 62.7% 18 seats, 35.2% new party Seats won 32 15 2 Seat change ±0 −3 new party Popular vote 1,197,789 844,915 161,056 Percentage 52.1% 36.7% 7.0%

Regional election results map. Red denotes provinces with a Democratic plurality, Blue denotes those with a Centre-right plurality.

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

Summary of the 2010 Emilia-Romagna regional election results

Candidates & parties		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
Gianluca 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

1. La Repubblica – Regional electoral law