2010 Venetian regional election

2010 Venetian regional election

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All 60 seats to the Regional Council
Majority party Minority party   Leader Luca Zaia Giuseppe Bortolussi Party Northern League Independent Alliance Centre-right Centre-left Seats won 37 19 Seat change 2 0 Popular vote 1,528,386 738,761 Percentage 60.16% 29.08% Swing 9.58% 13.27%
Electoral results for area: blue for Zaia, orange for Bortolussi
President before election Giancarlo Galan Forza Italia Subsequent President Luca Zaia Lega Nord

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The Venetian regional election of 2010 took place on 28–29 March 2010, as part of Italy's big round of regional elections.

Luca Zaia, rising star of the Northern League, was elected President by a landslide. With the support of 60.2% of Venetians, he was the most voted President of Veneto since direct election was introduced in 1995. Liga Veneta became the largest in the region with 35.2%. The total score of Venetist parties (also including North-East Union, Party of the Venetians, Venetian National Party and Liga Veneto Autonomo) was 37.6%, the highest so far. The People of Freedom of the outgoing President Giancarlo Galan came second with 24.7% of the vote and the Democratic Party third with 20.3%.

Northern League managed the highest swing ever in a regional election in Veneto (+20.5%), gaining from almost every side of the political spectrum, but mainly from The People of Freedom (–7.5%), the Democrats (–8.6%) and North-East Union (–5.1%), whose main member parties were North-East Project (5.4% in 2005) and Liga Veneta Repubblica (1.2%).