2010 Tuscan regional election

2010 Tuscan regional election

28–29 March 2010
All 53 seats to the Regional Council
Turnout	60.7% (10.6%)
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 7 2 Popular vote 1,055,751 608,680 Percentage 59.7% 34.4% Swing 3.4% 1.6%
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

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

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

Political party or alliance		Constituent lists		Previous result		Candidate
				Votes (%)	Seats
	Centre-left coalition		Democratic Party	48.8	33	Enrico Rossi
			Federation of the Left – Greens	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

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 Left – Greens	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