The Emilia-Romagna regional election of 2010 took place on 28–29 March 2010.
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 system Regional elections in Emilia-Romagna were ruled by the "Tatarella law" (approved in 1995), which provided for a mixed electoral system: four fifths of the regional councilors were elected in provincial constituencies by proportional representation, using the largest remainder method with a droop quota and open lists, while the residual votes and the unassigned seats were grouped into a "single regional constituency", where the whole ratios and the highest remainders were divided with the Hare method among the provincial party lists; one fifth of the council seats instead was reserved for regional lists and assigned with a majoritarian system: the leader of the regional list that scored the highest number of votes was elected to the presidency of the Region while the other candidates were elected regional councilors.
A threshold of 3% had been established for the provincial lists, which, however, could still have entered the regional council if the regional list to which they were connected had scored at least 5% of valid votes.
The panachage was also allowed: the voter can indicate a candidate for the presidency but prefer a provincial list connected to another candidate.
Parties and candidates Political party or allianceConstituent listsPrevious resultCandidateVotes (%)Seats Centre-left coalition Democratic Party 48.0 22 Vasco Errani Federation of the Left 9.2 3 Left Ecology Freedom – Greens 3.0 1 Italy of Values 1.4 1 Pensioners' Party Centre-right coalition The People of Freedom 27.1 13 Anna Maria Bernini Northern League Emilia-Romagna (LNE+LNR) 4.8 3 The Right Union of the Centre 3.9 1 Gian Luca GallettiFive Star Movement Giovanni Favia
Results
+ Candidates Votes % Seats Parties Votes % Seats Vasco Errani1,197,78952.0710 Democratic Party857,61340.6518 Italy of Values136,0406.452 Federation of the Left58,9432.791 Left Ecology Freedom – Greens37,6981.791 Pensioners' Party5,3100.25–Total1,095,60451.9322 Anna Maria Bernini844,91536.731 The People of Freedom518,10824.5610 Northern League Emilia-Romagna 288,60113.684 The Right1,6950.08–Total808,40438.3214 Giovanni Favia161,0567.00– Five Star Movement126,6196.002 Gian Luca Galletti96,6254.20– Union of the Centre79,2443.761 Total candidates2,300,385100.0011 Total parties2,109,871100.0039Source: Ministry of the Interior – Historical Archive of Elections
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