2010 Tuscan regional election

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

2010 Tuscan regional election

28–29 March 2010
All 53 seats to the Regional Council
Majority party Minority party   Leader Enrico Rossi Monica Faenzi Party Democratic Party People of Freedom Alliance Centre-left coalition Centre-right coalition 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

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

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

Electoral law

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.

Results

2010 election led to the return to the guide of the Region, democratic Enrico Rossi, supported by the center-left coalition.

If the mechanisms of electoral law generated a Regional Council very similar to the incumbent one speaking about coalitions, the most relevant change was the new three seats conquered by Lega Nord Toscana, which obtained its best performance ever.

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

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
						Lega Nord Toscana	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