2010 Ligurian regional election

The Ligurian regional election of 2010 took place on 28–29 March 2010.

2010 Ligurian regional election

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  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Claudio Burlando Sandro Biasotti
Party Democratic Party People of Freedom
Alliance Centre-left Centre-right
Seats won 25 15
Seat change Decrease 1 Increase 1
Popular vote 424,044 389,132
Percentage 52.15% 47.85%
Swing Decrease 0.49% Increase 1.27%


President before election

Claudio Burlando
PD

Subsequent President

Claudio Burlando
PD

The incumbent President Claudio Burlando of the centre-left Democratic Party (PD) faced Sandro Biasotti, backed by The People of Freedom (PdL) and Northern League 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.

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

Electoral system

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Regional elections in Liguria 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

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Political party or alliance Constituent lists Previous result Candidate
Votes (%) Seats
Centre-left coalition Democratic Party 34.4 12 Claudio Burlando
Federation of the Left 9.3 3
Union of the Centre 3.3 1
Federation of the Greens 2.0 1
Italy of Values 1.3 1
Pensioners' Party 0.9
Burlando List
Bertone List
Left Ecology Freedom
Centre-right coalition The People of Freedom 26.8 8 Sandro Biasotti
Biasotti List 8.7 3
Northern League Liguria 4.7 1
People of Italy 4.4 1
Pensioners' Party 0.9
New Italian Socialist Party 0.7
The Right

Results

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28–29 March 2010 Ligurian regional election results
 
Candidates Votes % Seats Parties Votes % Seats
Claudio Burlando 424,044 52.15 8 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
Us 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 – Democratic Alliance 5,723 0.77
Total 393,383 52.73 17
Sandro Biasotti 389,132 47.85 1 The People of Freedom 218,398 31.10 10
Northern League Liguria 76,265 10.22 3
Civic Lists for Biasotti for 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 352,652 47.27 14
Total candidates 813,176 100.00 9 Total parties 746,035 100.00 31
Source: Ministry of the Interior
Popular vote
PdL
31.10%
PD
28.35%
Lega
10.22%
IdV
8.59%
Biasotti
6.07%
UdC
3.93%
FdS
3.91%
Burlando
3.70%
SEL
2.47%
FdV
1.16%
Others
2.47%
President
Burlando
52.15%
Biasotti
47.85%
Seats summary
Centre-left
80.65%
Centre-right
19.35%

Results by province and capital city

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References

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