# 2010 Ligurian regional election

The Ligurian regional election of 2010 took 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 Northern League Liguria. 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

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

| 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 | 34.4 | 12 | Claudio Burlando |
| | Centre-left coalition | | Federation of the Left | 9.3 | 3 | Claudio Burlando |
| | Centre-left coalition | | Union of the Centre | 3.3 | 1 | Claudio Burlando |
| | Centre-left coalition | | Federation of the Greens | 2.0 | 1 | Claudio Burlando |
| | Centre-left coalition | | Italy of Values | 1.3 | 1 | Claudio Burlando |
| | Centre-left coalition | | Pensioners' Party | 0.9 | – | Claudio Burlando |
| | Centre-left coalition | | Burlando List | — | — | Claudio Burlando |
| | Centre-left coalition | | Bertone List | — | — | Claudio Burlando |
| | Centre-left coalition | | Left Ecology Freedom | — | — | Claudio Burlando |
| | Centre-right coalition | | The People of Freedom | 26.8 | 8 | Sandro Biasotti |
| | Centre-right coalition | | Biasotti List | 8.7 | 3 | Sandro Biasotti |
| | Centre-right coalition | | Northern League Liguria | 4.7 | 1 | Sandro Biasotti |
| | Centre-right coalition | | People of Italy | 4.4 | 1 | Sandro Biasotti |
| | Centre-right coalition | | Pensioners' Party | 0.9 | – | Sandro Biasotti |
| | Centre-right coalition | | New Italian Socialist Party | 0.7 | – | Sandro Biasotti |
| | Centre-right coalition | | The Right | — | — | Sandro Biasotti |

## Results

28–29 March 2010 Ligurian regional election results :
| Candidates | Candidates | Votes | % | Seats | Parties | Parties | Votes | % | Seats |
| | Claudio Burlando | 424,044 | 52.15 | 8 | | Democratic Party | 211,500 | 28.35 | 10 |
| | Claudio Burlando | 424,044 | 52.15 | 8 | | Italy of Values | 63,028 | 8.45 | 3 |
| | Claudio Burlando | 424,044 | 52.15 | 8 | | Union of the Centre | 29,335 | 3.93 | 1 |
| | Claudio Burlando | 424,044 | 52.15 | 8 | | Federation of the Left | 29,148 | 3.91 | 1 |
| | Claudio Burlando | 424,044 | 52.15 | 8 | | Us with Burlando | 27,607 | 3.70 | 1 |
| | Claudio Burlando | 424,044 | 52.15 | 8 | | Left Ecology Freedom | 18,418 | 2.47 | 1 |
| | Claudio Burlando | 424,044 | 52.15 | 8 | | Federation of the Greens | 8,624 | 1.16 | 1 |
| | Claudio Burlando | 424,044 | 52.15 | 8 | | Bertone List – Democratic Alliance | 5,723 | 0.77 | – |
| | Claudio Burlando | 424,044 | 52.15 | 8 | Total | Total | 393,383 | 52.73 | 17 |
| | Sandro Biasotti | 389,132 | 47.85 | 1 | | The People of Freedom | 218,398 | 31.10 | 10 |
| | Sandro Biasotti | 389,132 | 47.85 | 1 | | Northern League Liguria | 76,265 | 10.22 | 3 |
| | Sandro Biasotti | 389,132 | 47.85 | 1 | | Civic Lists for Biasotti for President | 45,261 | 6.07 | 1 |
| | Sandro Biasotti | 389,132 | 47.85 | 1 | | People of Italy | 5,398 | 0.72 | – |
| | Sandro Biasotti | 389,132 | 47.85 | 1 | | The Right | 2,688 | 0.36 | – |
| | Sandro Biasotti | 389,132 | 47.85 | 1 | | Pensioners' Party | 2,566 | 0.34 | – |
| | Sandro Biasotti | 389,132 | 47.85 | 1 | | New Italian Socialist Party | 2,076 | 0.28 | – |
| | Sandro Biasotti | 389,132 | 47.85 | 1 | Total | Total | 352,652 | 47.27 | 14 |
| Total candidates | Total candidates | 813,176 | 100.00 | 9 | Total parties | 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% :