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2010 Lazio regional election


FieldValue
election_name2010 Lazio regional election
countryLazio
typelegislative
ongoingno
previous_election2005 Lazio regional election
previous_year2005
next_election2013 Lazio regional election
next_year2013
seats_for_electionAll 71 seats to the Regional Council of Lazio
election_date28–29 March 2010
image1[[File:Renata Polverini daticamera 2013.jpg160x160px]]
leader1Renata Polverini
party1The People of Freedom
color10A6BE1
alliance1Centre-right coalition (Italy)
seats1**45**
seat_change117
popular_vote1**1,409,025**
percentage1**51.1%**
swing13.7%
image2[[File:Emma Bonino datisenato 2008.jpg160x160px]]
leader2Emma Bonino
party2Italian Radicals
color2EF3E3E
alliance2Centre-left coalition (Italy)
seats229
seat_change213
popular_vote21,331,375
percentage248.3%
swing22.3%
titlePresident of Lazio
posttitlePresident of Lazio
before_electionPiero Marrazzo
before_partyDemocratic Party (Italy)
after_electionRenata Polverini
after_partyThe People of Freedom
map_imageFile:Lazio_2010_Coalizioni.png

The Lazio regional election of 2010 took place in Lazio, Italy, 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.

Results

CandidatesVotes%SeatsPartiesVotes%Seats
Centre-right coalition}}**Renata Polverini**1,409,02551.1415
Polverini List646,77426.3615
The People of Freedom291,19911.877
Union of the Centre150,2936.133
The Right97,1863.962
UDEUR21,1200.86
Alliance of the Centre17,3750.71
Network Liberal Sgarbi15,5370.63
The People of Life – The Voice of Consumers12,5310.51
Pensioners' Party8,0790.33
*Total**1,260,094**51.37**27*
Centre-left coalition}}**Emma Bonino**1,331,37548.321
Democratic Party645,18726.3015
Italy of Values211,5618.625
Bonino-Pannella List80,9823.302
Left Ecology Freedom77,1343.142
Federation of the Left67,3862.751
Citizens for Bonino40,0971.631
Italian Socialist Party33,1601.351
Federation of the Greens29,7251.211
*Total**1,185,232**48.31**28*
**Marzia Marzoli**14,6850.53Citizens' Network7,860
**Total candidates****2,755,085****100.00****16****Total parties****2,453,186****100.00****55**
Source: [Ministry of the Interior](https://elezionistorico.interno.gov.it/index.php?tpel=R&dtel=28/03/2010&tpa=I&tpe=R&lev0=0&levsut0=0&lev1=12&levsut1=1&ne1=12&es0=S&es1=S&ms=S)

References

References

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