2010 Italian regional elections
The Italian regional elections of 2010 took place on 28–29 March in 13 regions, including nine of the ten largest ones: Lombardy, Campania, Veneto, Lazio, Piedmont, Emilia-Romagna, Apulia, Tuscany and Calabria.
Overview
The elections turned out to be a competition between two rival coalitions centered around the two major parties: The People of Freedom, led by Silvio Berlusconi, and the Democratic Party, led by Pier Luigi Bersani. The third-largest party in Italy, the Northern League, supported joint candidates with the PdL in Northern and Central Italy.The centre-right coalition went on to win the elections, gaining four additional regions, although the centre-left coalition maintained control of seven out of thirteen regions.
Beppe Grillo’s Five Star Movement also had a strong showing in Emilia-Romagna.