2010 Piedmontese regional election

Italian local election June 2023 2010 Piedmentese regional election Piedmont legislative no 2005 Piedmontese regional election 2005 2014 Piedmontese regional election 2014 All 60 seats to the Regional Council of Piedmont 28–29 March 2010 64.33% ( 7.04%) 160x160px Roberto Cota Northern League 0A6BE1 Centre-right coalition (Italy) 25 seats, 47.0% 36 11 1,043,318 47.3% 0.3% 160x160px Mercedes Bresso Democratic Party (Italy) Centre-left coalition (Italy) EF3E3E 38 seats, 50.9% 22 16 1,033,946 46.9% 4.0% President President-elect Mercedes Bresso PD Roberto Cota LN File:Piemonte_2010_Coalizioni.png The 2010 Piedmontese regional election took place on 28–29 March 2010 as part of Italy's round of regional elections. Mercedes Bresso of the centre-left Democratic Party, the incumbent president of the region, lost her seat to Roberto Cota, leader of the Northern League Piedmont (Lega Piemonte) and floor leader of Lega Nord (Northern League) in the Italian Chamber of Deputies, who was backed also by The People of Freedom.http://archiviostorico.corriere.it/2009/dicembre/17/Pdl_Udc_basta_tensioni_Regionali_co_8_091217033.shtml Archivio Corriere della Sera QuestIT s.r.l. 2 April 2016 Cota's lead of Bresso was of only 0.4%, in one of the region's narrowest elections ever. The League thus secured a second region, after having conquered the presidency of Veneto with Luca Zaia with a much more convincing margin. In January 2014, the election results were annulled on the grounds that the Pensioners' Party list in Cota's center-right alliance had been submitted with forged signatures.2014-02-11 Il Piemonte torna alle urneannullate le regionali 2010 https://torino.repubblica.it/cronaca/2014/02/11/news/sale_l_attesa_per_la_sentenza_che_decider_il_futuro_di_cota-78291680/?ref=HRER1-1 2025-03-17 la Repubblica it2014-03-02 Piemonte, Consiglio di Stato boccia ricorso di Cota: si torna al voto - Il Fatto Quotidiano http://www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/2014/02/11/piemonte-consiglio-di-stato-boccia-ricorso-di-cota-si-torna-al-voto/877815/ 2025-03-17 https://web.archive.org/web/20140302005132/http://www.ilfattoquotidiano.it/2014/02/11/piemonte-consiglio-di-stato-boccia-ricorso-di-cota-si-torna-al-voto/877815/ 2 March 2014 Although the Cota government filed an appeal, it was overturned by the Council of State on 11 February 2014 and the government was ordered to call new elections. On 6 March, the Piedmontese regional administrative court upheld an appeal from the Five Star Movement and ordered Cota to hold new elections within one week of the notification of the ruling.2014-03-06 Tar dà i 7 giorni a Cota: "Elezioni o commissario" https://torino.repubblica.it/cronaca/2014/03/06/news/tar_d_i_7_giorni_a_cota_elezioni_o_commissario-80394240/ 2025-03-17 la Repubblica it Electoral system Regional elections in Piedmont were ruled by the Tatarella law, which was approved in 1995 and provided for a mixed electoral system. Four fifths of the regional councilors were elected in provincial constituencies by proportional representation, using the largest remainder method with a Droop quota and open lists, while the residual votes and the unassigned seats were grouped into a single regional constituency, where the whole ratios and the highest remainders were divided with the Hare quota among the provincial party lists; one fifth of the council seats instead was reserved for regional lists and assigned with a majoritarian representation system, in which the leader of the regional list that scored the highest number of votes was elected to the presidency of the region, while the other candidates were elected regional councilors. A threshold of 3% had been established for the provincial lists, which could still have entered the regional council if the regional list to which they were connected had scored at least 5% of valid votes. The panachage was also allowed; the voter can indicate a candidate for the presidency but prefer a provincial list connected to another candidate. Background Bresso was one of the last bulwarks of the country's centre-left coalition in Central Italy and thus all Democratic Party members endorsed her in a key test of the coalition's strength after two years in opposition in Rome. For his part, Cota's choice was a little bit surprising as Piedmont is not really a stronghold for his party, which is much stronger in Veneto and Lombardy. The day after his bid was announced, Cota explained that it is time to rewrite the history of Italian unification, that was led by the Kingdom of Sardinia under the House of Savoy. Cota underlined that Piedmont was once an independent state and told that even Camillo Benso, Count of Cavour, did not intend to unify the whole Italian Peninsula and later favoured a federal reform of the new Kingdom of Italy. Cota, who is a republican and has no nostalgia of the House of Savoy, said his message would do well in Piedmont and that he would overcome the weakness of Lega Piemonte that usually gets far fewer votes than Liga Veneta in Veneto and Lega Lombarda in Lombardy. In Cota's view, most of his support would come from industrial workers, including those of Southern Italy descent, and Catholics embarrassed by Bresso's secularism.http://archiviostorico.corriere.it/2009/dicembre/19/Cota_lotta_Cavour_Savoia_meridionali_co_9_091219024.shtml Archivio Corriere della Sera QuestIT s.r.l. 2 April 2016 The Union of the Centre, whose main aim in the election was to fight back the Northern League, chose to support Bresso, turning down the chance of running its own candidate, the most likely being Michele Vietti.http://www3.lastampa.it/torino/sezioni/politica/articolo/lstp/108332/ Udc-Bresso, affare fattoin dote entra la Sanità 23 December 2009 LaStampa.it 2 April 2016 https://web.archive.org/web/20100219090926/http://www3.lastampa.it/torino/sezioni/politica/articolo/lstp/108332/ 19 February 2010 dead Most Catholic voters disagreed. Parties and candidates Political party or allianceConstituent listsPrevious resultCandidateVotes (%)Seats Centre-left coalition Democratic Party 30.4 17 Mercedes Bresso Federation of the Left 9.0 5 Union of the Centre 4.6 2 Together for Bresso 2.9 1 Federation of the Greens 2.8 1 Italian Socialist Party – United Socialists 2.4 1 Italy of Values 1.5 1 Left Ecology Freedom Moderates Bonino-Pannella List Others Centre-right coalition The People of Freedom 31.9 16 Roberto Cota Northern League Piedmont 8.5 4 Greens Greens 1.2 1 Consumers 1.1 1 Pensioners' Party 0.6 – Others Five Star Movement Davide Bono Results + 28–29 March 2010 Piedmontese regional election results300px|center Candidates Votes % Seats Parties Votes % Seats Roberto Cota1,043,31847.3312 The People of Freedom474,43125.0513 Northern League Piedmont317,06516.749 Greens Greens33,4111.761 Pensioners' Party27,7971.471 The Right12,5810.66– To the Centre with Scanderebech12,1540.64– Alliance of the Centre – Christian Democracy5,7040.30– New Italian Socialist Party3,9470.21– Consumers8,8260.15–Total889,91646.9824 Mercedes Bresso1,033,94646.911 Democratic Party439,66323.2112 Italy of Values130,6496.903 Union of the Centre74,4123.932 Together for Bresso61,4763.251 Moderates58,0103.061 Federation of the Left50,1912.651 Left Ecology Freedom27,1981.441 Federation of the Greens14,5750.77– Italian Socialist Party – United Socialists14,0770.74– Bonino-Pannella List13,5720.72– Pensioners and Disabled for Bresso12,5640.66– PiedmontYes – Populars – Autonomous Region4,1500.22–Total900,53747.5521 Davide Bono90,0864.09– Five Star Movement69,4483.672 Renzo Rabellino36,9991.68– List of Talking Crickets – No Euro13,1860.70– Lega Padana Piemont7,8050.41– Forza Toro3,4940.18– New Force2,1510.11– Tricolour Flame1,9980.11– UDEUR – Christian Democracy – Others1,6700.09– No Nuclear – No TAV1,5530.08– Alliance for Turin1,2370.07– Young People Under 301,0760.06–Total34,1701.80– Total candidates2,204,349100.0013 Total parties1,894,071100.0047Source: Ministry of the Interior – Historical Archive of Elections See also 2010 Italian regional elections References Category:Elections in Piedmont Category:21st century in Piedmont Category:2010 elections in Italy