Lazio regional election, 2010
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The Lazio regional election of 2010 took place on 28–29 March 2010.
Piero Marrazzo
of the Democratic Party
(PD), who was elected President in 2005
, seemed a strong candidate for the centre-left in 2010, being the most popular of the possible candidates and the winner in most head-to-head contests with leading centre-right figures. However an abrupt scandal invested him in October 2009 and finally led to his dramatic resignation.
After that, the candidate of The People of Freedom
(PdL) seemed a shoo-in for victory. As Lazio had been a traditional stronghold of Fini's National Alliance
party, that merged into the PdL as junior partner of Berlusconi's Forza Italia
in 2007, Renata Polverini
, supported by Gianfranco Fini
, was chosen . Polverini, a woman, was a strange choice for a centre-right party as she was the respected leader of the General Labour Union (UGL), a trade union close to the former National Alliance but independent from it, and a self-proclaimed "socialist", so that she was praised by left-wingers, including the popular newspaper Il Fatto Quotidiano
, and criticized by a right-wing newspaper, Il Giornale
, that refused to endorse her.
After that the list of the PdL was disqualified from participating in the election in the Province of Rome
, that accounted for four fifths of the total electorate of Lazio, the election was fairly uncertain, with Bonino in the lead according to some opinion polls.
Despite this, on election day, Polverini beat Bonino in hard-fought battle thanks to a 3.7% swing.
Source: Ministry of the Interior – Historical Archive of Elections
Piero Marrazzo
Piero Marrazzo
Piero Marrazzo is an Italian journalist and politician. He served as the President of Lazio, one of the twenty regions of Italy, from 2005 to 2009....
of the Democratic Party
Democratic Party (Italy)
The Democratic Party is a social-democratic political party in Italy, that is the second-largest in the country. The party is led by Pier Luigi Bersani, who was elected in the 2009 leadership election....
(PD), who was elected President in 2005
Lazio regional election, 2005
The Lazio regional election of 2005 took place on 3-4 April 2005.Piero Marrazzo defeated incumbent Francesco Storace ....
, seemed a strong candidate for the centre-left in 2010, being the most popular of the possible candidates and the winner in most head-to-head contests with leading centre-right figures. However an abrupt scandal invested him in October 2009 and finally led to his dramatic resignation.
After that, the candidate of The People of Freedom
The People of Freedom
The People of Freedom is a centre-right political party in Italy. With the Democratic Party, it is one of the two major parties of the current Italian party system....
(PdL) seemed a shoo-in for victory. As Lazio had been a traditional stronghold of Fini's National Alliance
National Alliance (Italy)
National Alliance was a conservative political party in Italy.Gianfranco Fini was the leader of the party since its foundation in 1995, however he stepped down in 2008 after being elected to the nominally non-partisan post of President of the Italian Chamber of Deputies and was succeeded by...
party, that merged into the PdL as junior partner of Berlusconi's Forza Italia
Forza Italia
Forza Italia was a liberal-conservative, Christian democratic, and liberal political party in Italy, with a large social democratic minority, that was led by Silvio Berlusconi, four times Prime Minister of Italy....
in 2007, Renata Polverini
Renata Polverini
Renata Polverini is an Italian politician and trade unionist. She is currently president of the Lazio region and was formerly Secretary General of the General Labour Union .-Biography:...
, supported by Gianfranco Fini
Gianfranco Fini
Gianfranco Fini is an Italian politician, President of the Italian Chamber of Deputies, leader of the center-right Future and Freedom party, and the former leader of the conservative National Alliance and the post-fascist Italian Social Movement...
, was chosen . Polverini, a woman, was a strange choice for a centre-right party as she was the respected leader of the General Labour Union (UGL), a trade union close to the former National Alliance but independent from it, and a self-proclaimed "socialist", so that she was praised by left-wingers, including the popular newspaper Il Fatto Quotidiano
Il Fatto Quotidiano
il Fatto Quotidiano is an Italian daily newspaper owned by Editoriale Il Fatto SpA. It was founded on 23 September 2009 and has been edited by Antonio Padellaro since then.- History :...
, and criticized by a right-wing newspaper, Il Giornale
Il Giornale
il Giornale is an Italian daily newspaper published in Milan, Italy.-History:The newspaper was planned in 1972 by the journalist Indro Montanelli, together with the colleague Enzo Bettiza, after some disagreements with the new pro-left editorial line adopted by the newspaper Corriere della Sera,...
, that refused to endorse her.
After that the list of the PdL was disqualified from participating in the election in the Province of Rome
Province of Rome
The Province of Rome , is a province in the Lazio region of Italy. The province can be viewed as the extended metropolitan area of the city of Rome, although in its more peripheral portions, especially to the north, it comprises towns surrounded by rural landscape.-Geography:The Province of Rome...
, that accounted for four fifths of the total electorate of Lazio, the election was fairly uncertain, with Bonino in the lead according to some opinion polls.
Despite this, on election day, Polverini beat Bonino in hard-fought battle thanks to a 3.7% swing.
Results
| Candidates & parties | votes | votes (%) | seats reg. list |
seats prov. lists |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Renata Polverini Renata Polverini Renata Polverini is an Italian politician and trade unionist. She is currently president of the Lazio region and was formerly Secretary General of the General Labour Union .-Biography:... |
1,409,025 | 51.1 | 15 | 30 |
| Polverini List | 646,774 | 26.4 | → | 17 |
| The People of Freedom The People of Freedom The People of Freedom is a centre-right political party in Italy. With the Democratic Party, it is one of the two major parties of the current Italian party system.... |
291,199 | 11.9 | → | 8 |
| Union of the Centre | 150,293 | 6.1 | → | 3 |
| The Right The Right The Right is a national-conservative political party in Italy.-Foundation:On 3 July 2007 Storace announced his resignation from National Alliance in a letter posted on his website, claiming that it had become too centrist and moderate and in protest against the lack of internal democracy in the... |
97,186 | 4.0 | → | 2 |
| others | 74,642 | 3.0 | → | - |
| Emma Bonino Emma Bonino Emma Bonino is an Italian politician, former Member of the European Parliament and current Member of the Italian Senate. She is a leading member of the Italian Radicals, a political party that supports economic and social libertarianism, and human rights... |
1,331,375 | 48.3 | 1 | 28 |
| Democratic Party Democratic Party (Italy) The Democratic Party is a social-democratic political party in Italy, that is the second-largest in the country. The party is led by Pier Luigi Bersani, who was elected in the 2009 leadership election.... |
645,187 | 26.3 | → | 15 |
| Italy of Values Italy of Values Italy of Values is a centrist, populist and anti-corruption political party in Italy. The party, which is affiliated to the European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party , is headed by former Mani pulite prosecutor Antonio Di Pietro, who entered politics in 1996.The party aims to gather and give... |
211,561 | 8.6 | → | 5 |
| Pannella-Bonino List Pannella-Bonino List Pannella-Bonino List is a libertarian and progressive electoral list formed by the Italian Radicals.Named after Marco Pannella and Emma Bonino, the list was the continuation of Pannella List and Bonino List and its candidates were mainly members of the Italian Radicals... |
80,982 | 3.3 | → | 2 |
| Left Ecology Freedom | 77,134 | 3.1 | → | 2 |
| Citizens for Bonino | 40,097 | 1.6 | → | 1 |
| Italian Socialist Party | 33,160 | 1.4 | → | 1 |
| Federation of the Left Federation of the Left Federation of the Left is a communist coalition of political parties in Italy.The coalition is the evolution of the Anticapitalist List and includes:*Communist Refoundation Party... |
29,725 | 1.2 | → | 1 |
| Others | 14,685 | 0.5 | - | - |
| others | 7,860 | 0.3 | → | - |
| Total | 2,755,085 | 100.0 | 16 | 58 |
Source: Ministry of the Interior – Historical Archive of Elections