Ligurian regional election, 2010

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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.

Claudio Burlando Italian politician

Claudio Burlando is an Italian politician, and was President of Liguria, until 31 March 2015. He is a member of the Democratic Party, and a former Democrats of the Left member.

Democratic Party (Italy) political party in Italy

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The People of Freedom political party in Italy

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Burlando secured a second consecutive term, but the PdL came out as the largest party in the region.

Results

Candidates & parties votes votes (%) seats
reg. list
seats
prov. lists
Claudio Burlando 424,04452.15817
Democratic Party 211,50028.3510
Italy of Values 63,0288.453
Union of the Centre 29,3353.931
Federation of the Left 29,1483.911
We with Burlando27,6073.701
Left Ecology Freedom 18,4182.471
Federation of the Greens 8,6241.161
Bertone List5,7230.77-
Sandro Biasotti 389,13247.85114
The People of Freedom 218,39829.2710
Lega Nord Liguria 76,26510.223
Biasotti President45,2616.071
People of Italy5,3980.72-
The Right 2,6880.36-
Pensioners' Party 2,5660.34-
New Italian Socialist Party 2,0760.28-
Total813,176100.00931

Source: Ministry of the Interior – Historical Archive of Elections

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