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The Ligurian regional election of 2010 will take place on 28–29 March 2010.
The incumbent President Claudio Burlando of the centre-left Democratic Party (PD) faced Sandro Biasotti, backed by The People of Freedom (PdL) and Lega Nord Liguria. [1] Biasotti was President of the Region from 2000 to 2005, when he was defeated by Burlando. The Union of the Centre (UdC), a traditionally centre-right political force, supported the centre-left candidate Burlando.
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Burlando secured a second consecutive term, but the PdL came out as the largest party in the region.
Candidates & parties | votes | votes (%) | seats reg. list | seats prov. lists |
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Claudio Burlando | 424,044 | 52.15 | 8 | 17 |
Democratic Party | 211,500 | 28.35 | → | 10 |
Italy of Values | 63,028 | 8.45 | → | 3 |
Union of the Centre | 29,335 | 3.93 | → | 1 |
Federation of the Left | 29,148 | 3.91 | → | 1 |
We with Burlando | 27,607 | 3.70 | → | 1 |
Left Ecology Freedom | 18,418 | 2.47 | → | 1 |
Federation of the Greens | 8,624 | 1.16 | → | 1 |
Bertone List | 5,723 | 0.77 | → | - |
Sandro Biasotti | 389,132 | 47.85 | 1 | 14 |
The People of Freedom | 218,398 | 29.27 | → | 10 |
Lega Nord Liguria | 76,265 | 10.22 | → | 3 |
Biasotti President | 45,261 | 6.07 | → | 1 |
People of Italy | 5,398 | 0.72 | → | - |
The Right | 2,688 | 0.36 | → | - |
Pensioners' Party | 2,566 | 0.34 | → | - |
New Italian Socialist Party | 2,076 | 0.28 | → | - |
Total | 813,176 | 100.00 | 9 | 31 |
Source: Ministry of the Interior – Historical Archive of Elections
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