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2010 Tuscan regional election

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2010 Tuscan regional election

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All 53 seats to the Regional Council
Turnout60.7% (Decrease10.6%)
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Enrico Rossi Monica Faenzi
Party Democratic Party People of Freedom
Alliance Centre-left Centre-right
Last election 39 seats, 57.3% 21 seats, 32.8%
Seats won 32 19
Seat change Decrease7 Decrease2
Popular vote 1,055,751 608,680
Percentage 59.7% 34.4%
Swing Increase3.4% Increase1.6%


President before election

Claudio Martini
Democratic Party

Elected President

Enrico Rossi
Democratic Party

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

After two consecutive terms, President Claudio Martini of the Democratic Party chose not run for a third term. His successor, Enrico Rossi, was defeated in a landslide his centre-right opponent Monica Faenzi. The Democrats were by far the largest party, although they lost ground from previous elections.

Minor candidates included Francesco Bosi for the Union of the Centre, Alfonso De Virgilis for the Italian Radicals and Ilario Palmisani for New Force.

Electoral system

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Tuscany uses its own legislation of 2004 to elect its Council. The councillors are elected in provincial constituencies by proportional representation using the largest remainder method with a Droop quota and close lists.

In this system parties are grouped in alliances, and the alliance which receives a plurality of votes elects all its candidates, its leader becoming the President of Tuscany.

Council apportionment

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According to the official 2001 Italian census, the 33 Council seats which must be covered by proportional representation are so distributed between Tuscan provinces; the highest number of candidates in each list by province is this:

 AR   FI   GR   LI   LU   MS   PI   PT   PO   SI 
6 17 4 6 7 3 7 5 4 4

The allocation is fixed. Remaining seats and votes after nominal distribution, are all grouped at regional level and divided by party lists. The consequent division of these seats at provincial level usually change the original apportionment.

Parties and candidates

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Political party or alliance Constituent lists Previous result Candidate
Votes (%) Seats
Centre-left coalition Democratic Party 48.8 33 Enrico Rossi
Federation of the LeftGreens 15.2 9
Italy of Values 0.9
Left Ecology Freedom
Centre-right coalition The People of Freedom 28.1 17 Monica Faenzi
Northern League Tuscany 1.3
Union of the Centre 3.7 3 Francesco Bosi

Results

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The election was won by President Enrico Rossi of the Democratic Party, supported by the center-left coalition.

Lega Nord Toscana won three seats, its best performance in party history to that point.

The Democratic Party was confirmed as the largest party in the region with 42% of the vote, although with a decline of six points, while The People of Freedom took 27%. The election was the only one other than the 2005 election in which the center-left coalition improved its performance.

28–29 March 2010 Tuscan regional election results
Candidates Votes % Seats Parties Votes % Seats
Enrico Rossi 1,055,751 59.73 1
Democratic Party 641,214 42.20 23
Italy of Values 143,194 9.42 5
Federation of the LeftGreens 80,017 5.27 3
Left Ecology Freedom 57,815 3.81
Total 922,240 60.70 32
Monica Faenzi 608,680 34.44 1
The People of Freedom 412,118 27.12 15
Northern League Tuscany 98,523 6.48 3
Total 510,641 33.69 19
Francesco Bosi 81,106 4.59 1 Union of the Centre 72,548 4.77 1
Alfonso De Virgiliis 13,892 0.79 Bonino-Pannella List 8,414 0.55
Ilario Palmisani 7,980 0.45 New Force 5,588 0.37
Total candidates 1,767,409 100.00 3 Total parties 1,519,431 100.00 50
Source: Ministry of the Interior – Historical Archive of Elections