2010 Lazio regional election

2010 Lazio regional election Lazio legislative no 2005 Lazio regional election 2005 2013 Lazio regional election 2013 All 71 seats to the Regional Council of Lazio 28–29 March 2010 160x160px Renata Polverini The People of Freedom 0A6BE1 Centre-right coalition (Italy) 45 17 1,409,025 51.1% 3.7% 160x160px Emma Bonino Italian Radicals EF3E3E Centre-left coalition (Italy) 29 13 1,331,375 48.3% 2.3% President of Lazio President of Lazio Piero Marrazzo Democratic Party (Italy) Renata Polverini The People of Freedom File: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.http://archivio.sondaggipoliticoelettorali.it/asp/visualizza_sondaggio.asp?idsondaggio=3565 Archived copy 2012-06-20 https://web.archive.org/web/20160304124515/http://archivio.sondaggipoliticoelettorali.it/asp/visualizza_sondaggio.asp?idsondaggio=3565 2016-03-04 dead However, an abrupt scandal invested him in October 2009 and finally led to his dramatic resignation.https://www.repubblica.it/2009/10/sezioni/cronaca/marrazzo-caso/ipotesi-dimissioni/ipotesi-dimissioni.html Marrazzo si � dimesso "Soffro troppo per restare" - cronaca - Repubblica.it www.repubblica.it After that, the candidate of The People of Freedom (PdL) seemed a shoo-in for victory.http://www.ilgiornale.it/roma/leffetto-marrazzo_affonda_centrosinistra/29-10-2009/articolo-id=394768-page=0-comments=1 il Giornale it https://web.archive.org/web/20120224203747/http://www.ilgiornale.it/roma/leffetto-marrazzo_affonda_centrosinistra/29-10-2009/articolo-id=394768-page=0-comments=1 24 February 2012 L'effetto-Marrazzo affonda il centrosinistra Andrea Cuomo 29 October 2009 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.https://archivio.corriere.it/Archivio/interface/landing.html Archivio Corriere della Sera archivio.corriere.it 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",http://www.ugl.it/Portals/0/AllegatiVari/stampa/2009/GIORNALE_INTERVISTASG%200902.pdf Archived copy 2009-12-21 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20110606233515/http://www.ugl.it/Portals/0/AllegatiVari/stampa/2009/GIORNALE_INTERVISTASG%200902.pdf 2011-06-06 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.http://archiviostorico.corriere.it/2009/dicembre/31/Polverini_fan_sinistra_nemici_pdl_co_9_091231035.shtml Archivio Corriere della Sera After that, the list of the PdL was disqualified from participating in the election in the Province of Rome,https://www.corriere.it/politica/10_febbraio_27/regionali-liste-pdl-rischia-esclusione-a-roma_cc7684c2-23cb-11df-8195-00144f02aabe.shtml Regionali, Pdl rischia esclusione a Roma - Corriere della Sera www.corriere.it 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 + 28–29 March 2010 Lazio regional election results300px|center Candidates Votes % Seats Parties Votes % Seats rowspan=11 Centre-right coalition Renata Polverini1,409,02551.1415 Polverini List646,77426.3615 The People of Freedom The People of Freedom291,19911.877 Union of the Centre (2002) Union of the Centre150,2936.133 The Right (Italy) The Right97,1863.962 Union of Democrats for Europe 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' Party (Italy) Pensioners' Party8,0790.33–Total1,260,09451.3727 rowspan=10 Centre-left coalition Emma Bonino1,331,37548.321 Democratic Party (Italy) Democratic Party645,18726.3015 Italy of Values Italy of Values211,5618.625 Bonino-Pannella List80,9823.302 Left Ecology Freedom Left Ecology Freedom77,1343.142 Communist Refoundation Party Federation of the Left67,3862.751 Citizens for Bonino40,0971.631 Italian Socialist Party (2007) Italian Socialist Party33,1601.351 Federation of the Greens Federation of the Greens29,7251.211Total1,185,23248.3128 Marzia Marzoli14,6850.53– Citizens' Network7,8600.32– Total candidates2,755,085100.0016Total parties2,453,186100.0055 Source: Ministry of the Interior References Category:Elections in Lazio Category:21st century in Lazio Category:2010 elections in Italy Category:March 2010 in Italy