# 2010 Emilia-Romagna regional election

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 alliance | Political party or alliance | Constituent lists | Constituent lists | Previous result | Previous result | Candidate |
| Political party or alliance | Political party or alliance | Constituent lists | Constituent lists | Votes (%) | Seats | Candidate |
| | Centre-left coalition | | Democratic Party | 48.0 | 22 | Vasco Errani |
| | Centre-left coalition | | Federation of the Left | 9.2 | 3 | Vasco Errani |
| | Centre-left coalition | | Left Ecology Freedom – Greens | 3.0 | 1 | Vasco Errani |
| | Centre-left coalition | | Italy of Values | 1.4 | 1 | Vasco Errani |
| | Centre-left coalition | | Pensioners' Party | — | — | Vasco Errani |
| | Centre-right coalition | | The People of Freedom | 27.1 | 13 | Anna Maria Bernini |
| | Centre-right coalition | | Northern League Emilia-Romagna (LNE+LNR) | 4.8 | 3 | Anna Maria Bernini |
| | Centre-right coalition | | The Right | — | — | Anna Maria Bernini |
| | Union of the Centre | Union of the Centre | Union of the Centre | 3.9 | 1 | Gian Luca Galletti |
| | Five Star Movement | Five Star Movement | Five Star Movement | — | — | Giovanni Favia |

## Results

28–29 March 2010 Emilia-Romagna regional election results :
| Candidates | Candidates | Votes | % | Seats | Parties | Parties | Votes | % | Seats |
| | Vasco Errani | 1,197,789 | 52.07 | 10 |
| | Vasco Errani | 1,197,789 | 52.07 | 10 | | Democratic Party | 857,613 | 40.65 | 18 |
| | Vasco Errani | 1,197,789 | 52.07 | 10 | | Italy of Values | 136,040 | 6.45 | 2 |
| | Vasco Errani | 1,197,789 | 52.07 | 10 | | Federation of the Left | 58,943 | 2.79 | 1 |
| | Vasco Errani | 1,197,789 | 52.07 | 10 | | Left Ecology Freedom – Greens | 37,698 | 1.79 | 1 |
| | Vasco Errani | 1,197,789 | 52.07 | 10 | | Pensioners' Party | 5,310 | 0.25 | – |
| | Vasco Errani | 1,197,789 | 52.07 | 10 | Total | Total | 1,095,604 | 51.93 | 22 |
| | Anna Maria Bernini | 844,915 | 36.73 | 1 |
| | Anna Maria Bernini | 844,915 | 36.73 | 1 | | The People of Freedom | 518,108 | 24.56 | 10 |
| | Anna Maria Bernini | 844,915 | 36.73 | 1 | | Northern League Emilia-Romagna | 288,601 | 13.68 | 4 |
| | Anna Maria Bernini | 844,915 | 36.73 | 1 | | The Right | 1,695 | 0.08 | – |
| | Anna Maria Bernini | 844,915 | 36.73 | 1 | Total | 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 | Total candidates | 2,300,385 | 100.00 | 11 | Total parties | Total parties | 2,109,871 | 100.00 | 39 |
| Source: Ministry of the Interior – Historical Archive of Elections ||||||||||
Popular vote
PD
40.65%
PdL
24.56%
LN
13.68%
IdV
6.45%
M5S
6.00%
UdC
3.76%
FdS
2.79%
SEL
1.79%
Others
0.33% :
President
Errani
52.07%
Bernini
36.73%
Favia
7.00%
Galletti
4.20% :