Lazio regional election, 2010

Lazio regional election, 2010
All 70 seats to the Regional Council of Lazio
President of Lazio before election; Esterino Montino ; Democratic Party	President of Lazio; Renata Polverini ; People of Freedom

Last updated April 17, 2019

The Lazio regional election of 2010 took place in Lazio, Italy, on 28–29 March 2010.

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Piero Marrazzo of the Democratic Party (PD), who was elected President in 2005, seemed a strong candidate for the centre-left in 2010, being the most popular of the possible candidates and the winner in most head-to-head contests with leading centre-right figures.^[1] However, an abrupt scandal invested him in October 2009 and finally led to his dramatic resignation.^[2]

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After that, the candidate of The People of Freedom (PdL) seemed a shoo-in for victory.^[3]^[4] As Lazio had been a traditional stronghold of Fini's National Alliance party, that merged into the PdL as junior partner of Berlusconi's Forza Italia in 2007, Renata Polverini, supported by Gianfranco Fini, was chosen.^[5] Polverini, a woman, was a strange choice for a centre-right party as she was the respected leader of the General Labour Union (UGL), a trade union close to the former National Alliance but independent from it, and a self-proclaimed "socialist",^[6] so that she was praised by left-wingers, including the popular newspaper Il Fatto Quotidiano ,^[7] and criticized by a right-wing newspaper, Il Giornale , that refused to endorse her.^[8]

The People of Freedom was a centre-right political party in Italy.

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After that, the list of the PdL was disqualified from participating in the election in the Province of Rome,^[9] that accounted for four-fifths of the total electorate of Lazio, the election was fairly uncertain, with Bonino in the lead according to some opinion polls.

Despite this, on election day, Polverini beat Bonino in hard-fought battle thanks to a 3.7% swing.

Results

Candidates & parties	votes	votes (%)	seats reg. list	seats prov. lists
Renata Polverini	1,409,025	51.14	15	27
Polverini List	646,774	26.36	→	15
The People of Freedom	291,199	11.87	→	7
Union of the Centre	150,293	6.13	→	3
The Right	97,186	3.96	→	2
Populars–UDEUR	21,120	0.86	→	0
Alliance of the Centre	17,375	0.71	→	0
Network Liberal Sgarbi	15,537	0.63	→	0
The People of Life – The Voice of Consumers	12,531	0.51	→	0
Pensioners' Party	8,079	0.33	→	0
Emma Bonino	1,331,375	48.32	1	28
Democratic Party	645,187	26.30	→	15
Italy of Values	211,561	8.62	→	5
Bonino-Pannella List	80,982	3.30	→	2
Left Ecology Freedom	77,134	3.14	→	2
Federation of the Left	67,386	2.75	→	1
Citizens for Bonino	40,097	1.63	→	1
Italian Socialist Party	33,160	1.35	→	1
Federation of the Greens	29,725	1.21	→	1
Marzia Marzoli	14,685	0.53	0	0
Network of Citizens	7,860	0.32	→	0
Total	2,755,085	100.00	16	55

Source: Ministry of the Interior – Historical Archive of Elections

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