2010 Emilia-Romagna regional election
The Emilia-Romagna regional election of 2010 took place on 28–29 March 2010.
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All 50 seats to the Regional Council of Emilia-Romagna | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Seat totals by Province. As this is a PR election, seat totals are determined by popular vote in each province. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| This article is part of a series on the politics and government of Emilia-Romagna |
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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
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| Candidates | Votes | % | Seats | Parties | Votes | % | Seats | ||
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| Vasco Errani | 1,197,789 | 52.07 | 10 | ||||||
| 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 | – | ||||||
| Total | 1,095,604 | 51.93 | 22 | ||||||
| Anna Maria Bernini | 844,915 | 36.73 | 1 | ||||||
| The People of Freedom | 518,108 | 24.56 | 10 | ||||||
| Lega Nord Emilia–Romagna | 288,601 | 13.68 | 4 | ||||||
| The Right | 1,695 | 0.08 | – | ||||||
| Total | 808,404 | 38.32 | 14 | ||||||
| Giovanni Favia | 161,056 | 7.00 | – | Five Star Movement | 126,619 | 6.00 | 2 | ||
| Gian Luca Galletti | 96,625 | 4.20 | – | Union of the Centre | 79,244 | 3.76 | 1 | ||
| Total candidates | 2,300,385 | 100.00 | 11 | Total parties | 2,109,871 | 100.00 | 39 | ||
| Source: Ministry of the Interior – Historical Archive of Elections | |||||||||