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Presidents and regional assemblies of Piedmont, Lombardy, Veneto, Liguria, Emilia-Romagna, Tuscany, Marche, Umbria, Lazio, Campania, Apulia, Basilicata and Calabria | ||
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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.
Italy elects, at the national level, a Parliament consisting of two houses: the Chamber of Deputies with 630 members; and the Senate of the Republic with 315 elected members, plus a few senators for life. The President of the Republic is elected for a seven-year term by the two houses of Parliament in joint session.
The regions of Italy are the first-level administrative divisions of Italy, constituting its second NUTS administrative level. There are 20 regions, of which five are constitutionally given a broader amount of autonomy granted by special statutes.
Lombardy is one of the twenty administrative regions of Italy, in the northwest of the country, with an area of 23,844 square kilometres (9,206 sq mi). About 10 million people, forming one-sixth of Italy's population, live in Lombardy and about a fifth of Italy's GDP is produced in the region, making it the most populous and richest region in the country and one of the richest regions in Europe. Milan, Lombardy's capital, is the second-largest city and the largest metropolitan area in Italy.
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, Lega Nord (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.
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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.
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Party | Votes | % | Seats | ||
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The People of Freedom (PdL) | 6,649,880 | 29.6 | 193 / 624 | ||
Democratic Party (PD) | 5,851,371 | 26.1 | 192 / 624 | ||
Lega Nord | 2,749,875 | 12.2 | 58 / 624 | ||
Italy of Values (IdV) | 1,565,336 | 7.0 | 46 / 624 | ||
Union of the Centre (UdC) | 1,248,886 | 5.6 | 36 / 624 | ||
Left Ecology Freedom (SEL) | 478,187 | 2.1 | 18 / 624 | ||
Others | 3,903,908 | 17.4 | 77 / 624 | ||
Total | 22,447,423 | 100 | 624 / 624 | ||
Source: Ministry of the Interior |
Regional election 2010: Piedmont | |||||||
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List | Candidates | Votes | % | ±% | Seats | ± | |
Northern League | Roberto Cota | 1,043,318 | 47.3 | +0.3 | 36 | +11 | |
Democratic Party | Mercedes Bresso | 1,033,946 | 46.9 | -4.0 | 22 | -16 | |
Five Star Movement | Davide Bono | 90,086 | 4.1 | +4.1 | 2 | +2 | |
New Force | Renzo Rabellino | 36,999 | 1.7 | +1.7 | 0 | ±0 | |
Turnout | 2,204,349 | 64.3 |
Regional election 2010: Lombardy | |||||||
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List | Candidates | Votes | % | ±% | Seats | ± | |
People of Freedom | Roberto Formigoni | 2,704,057 | 56.1 | +2.2 | 49 | -3 | |
Democratic Party | Filippo Penati | 1,603,674 | 33.3 | -9.9 | 28 | ±0 | |
Union of the Centre | Savino Pezzotta | 225,849 | 4.7 | +0.9 | 3 | +1 | |
Five Star Movement | Vito Crimi | 144,588 | 3.0 | +3.0 | 0 | ±0 | |
Communist Refoundation | 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 |
Regional election 2010: Veneto | |||||||
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List | Candidates | Votes | % | ±% | Seats | ± | |
Northern League | Luca Zaia | 1,528,386 | 60.2 | +9.8 | 37 | -2 | |
Democratic Party | Giuseppe Bortolussi | 738,761 | 29.1 | -13.2 | 19 | ±0 | |
Union of the Centre | 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 |
Regional election 2010: Liguria | |||||||
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List | Candidates | Votes | % | ±% | Seats | ± | |
Democratic Party | Claudio Burlando | 424,044 | 52.2 | -0.4 | 25 | -1 | |
People of Freedom | Sandro Biasotti | 389,132 | 47.8 | +1.2 | 15 | +1 | |
Turnout | 813,176 | 60.9 |
Regional election 2010: Emilia-Romagna | |||||||
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List | Candidates | Votes | % | ±% | Seats | ± | |
Democratic Party | Vasco Errani | 1,197,789 | 52.1 | -10.6 | 32 | -3 | |
People of Freedom | Anna Maria Bernini | 844,915 | 36.7 | +1.5 | 15 | -3 | |
Five Star Movement | Giovanni Favia | 161,056 | 7.0 | +7.0 | 2 | +2 | |
Union of the Centre | Gian Luca Galletti | 96,625 | 4.2 | +0.3 | 1 | ±0 | |
Turnout | 3,463,713 | 68.1 |
Regional election 2010: Tuscany | |||||||
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List | Candidates | Votes | % | ±% | Seats | ± | |
Democratic Party | Enrico Rossi | 1,055,751 | 59.7 | +2.3 | 32 | -7 | |
People of Freedom | Monica Faenzi | 608,680 | 34.4 | +1.6 | 19 | -2 | |
Union of the Centre | Francesco Bosi | 81,106 | 4.6 | +0.9 | 2 | -1 | |
Radicals | Alfonso De Virgiliis | 13,892 | 0.8 | +0.3 | 0 | ±0 | |
New Force | Ilario Palmisani | 7,980 | 0.4 | +0.4 | 0 | ±0 | |
Turnout | 1,767,409 | 60.9 |
Regional election 2010: Umbria | |||||||
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List | Candidates | Votes | % | ±% | Seats | ± | |
Democratic Party | Catiuscia Marini | 257,458 | 57.2 | -2.8 | 21 | +2 | |
People of Freedom | Fiammetta Modena | 169,568 | 37.7 | +4.0 | 10 | -1 | |
Union of the Centre | Paola Binetti | 22,756 | 5.1 | +0.2 | 1 | ±0 | |
Turnout | 449,782 | 65.4 |
Regional election 2010: Marche | |||||||
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List | Candidates | Votes | % | ±% | Seats | ± | |
Democratic Party | Gian Mario Spacca | 409,823 | 53.2 | -4.6 | 26 | +2 | |
People of Freedom | Erminio Marinelli | 306,075 | 39.7 | +1.2 | 15 | -1 | |
Communist Refoundation | Massimo Rossi | 54,851 | 7.1 | +7.1 | 2 | +2 | |
Turnout | 770,749 | 62.8 |
Regional election 2010: Lazio | |||||||
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List | Candidates | Votes | % | ±% | Seats | ± | |
People of Freedom | Renata Polverini | 1,409,025 | 51.1 | +2.7 | 44 | +16 | |
Radicals | Emma Bonino | 1,331,375 | 48.3 | -2.4 | 29 | -14 | |
Independent | Marzia Marzoli | 14,685 | 0.5 | +0.5 | 0 | ±0 | |
Turnout | 2,755,085 | 60.9 |
Regional election 2010: Campania | |||||||
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List | Candidates | Votes | % | ±% | Seats | ± | |
People of Freedom | Stefano Caldoro | 1,586,567 | 54.2 | +19.8 | 38 | +16 | |
Democratic Party | Vincenzo De Luca | 1,258,715 | 43.0 | -18.6 | 21 | -17 | |
Communist Refoundation | Paolo Ferrero | 39,729 | 1.3 | +1.3 | 0 | ±0 | |
Five Star Movement | Roberto Fico | 39,349 | 1.3 | +1.3 | 0 | ±0 | |
Turnout | 2,924,360 | 63.0 |
Regional election 2010: Basilicata | |||||||
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List | Candidates | Votes | % | ±% | Seats | ± | |
Democratic Party | Vito De Filippo | 202,980 | 60.8 | -6.2 | 19 | -1 | |
People of Freedom | Nicola Pagliuca | 93,204 | 27.9 | -0.9 | 10 | ±0 | |
I the South | Magdi Allam | 29,107 | 8.7 | +8.7 | 1 | +1 | |
Independent | Marco Toscano | 4,936 | 1.5 | +1.5 | 0 | ±0 | |
Workers' Communist Party | Florenzo Doino | 3,512 | 1.0 | +1.0 | 0 | ±0 | |
Turnout | 333,739 | 62.8 |
Regional election 2010: Apulia | |||||||
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List | Candidates | Votes | % | ±% | Seats | ± | |
Left Ecology Freedom | Nichi Vendola | 1,036,638 | 48.7 | -1.2 | 47 | +5 | |
People of Freedom | Rocco Palese | 899,590 | 42.2 | -7.0 | 27 | -1 | |
Union of the Centre | Adriana Poli Bortone | 185,370 | 8.7 | +0.9 | 4 | ±0 | |
Independent | Michele Rizzi | 7,376 | 0.3 | +0.3 | 0 | ±0 | |
Turnout | 2,128,974 | 62.3 |
Regional election 2010: Calabria | |||||||
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List | Candidates | Votes | % | ±% | Seats | ± | |
People of Freedom | Giuseppe Scopelliti | 614,584 | 57.8 | +18.1 | 29 | +9 | |
Democratic Party | Agazio Loiero | 342,773 | 32.2 | -26.7 | 16 | -14 | |
Italy of Values | Filippo Callipo | 106,646 | 10.0 | +10.0 | 3 | +3 | |
Turnout | 1,064,003 | 59.2 |
Sources: Ministry of the Interior – Historical Archive of Elections, Corriere della Sera and La Repubblica
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