Please read the following table in HTML format from a webpage and then answer the question in detail according to the table. Each table cell is defined by a <td> and a </td> tag. Each table row starts with a <tr> and ends with a </tr> tag. 'rowspan=m' and 'colspan=n' represents a cell spaning over 'm' rows and 'n' columns.

Webpage title:
2009 Democratic Party (Italy) leadership election
Table title:
Primary election
Table:
<table id='hittask' contenteditable='False'>
<tr> <th colspan=2 rowspan=1 > Candidates </th><th colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Votes </th><th colspan=1 rowspan=1 > % </th><th colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Delegates </th></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td><td class="highlighted"  colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Pier Luigi Bersani </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 1,603,531 </td><td class="highlighted"  colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 53.2 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 530 </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td><td class="highlighted"  colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Dario Franceschini </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 1,035,026 </td><td class="highlighted"  colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 34.3 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 339 </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td><td class="highlighted"  colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Ignazio Marino </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 378,211 </td><td class="highlighted"  colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 12.5 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 131 </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=2 rowspan=1 > Total </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 3,016,768 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 100.0 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 1,000 </td></tr>
</table>
Question:
Who won the Italian 2009 Democratic Party leadership election, and by what percentage of the popular vote?
Answer:
In the 2009 Democratic Party (Italy) leadership election, Bersani was elected with 53.2% of the popular vote, Franceschini came in second with 34.3%, and Marino third with 12.5%.