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

The region came out from ten years of undisputed dominance by the centre-left led by Antonio Bassolino

Antonio Bassolino

Antonio Bassolino, Cavaliere di Gran Croce OMRI is an Italian politician. He has been President of the Campania region from 2000 to 2010.-Biography:Bassolino was born in Afragola, Campania...

 (Democrats of the Left

Democrats of the Left

The Democrats of the Left was a social-democratic Italian political party and part of the Olive Tree electoral coalition, which merged with a number of centrist and leftist groups to form the Democratic Party on 14 October 2007...

/Democratic Party

Democratic Party (Italy)

The Democratic Party is a social-democratic political party in Italy, that is the second-largest in the country. The party is led by Pier Luigi Bersani, who was elected in the 2009 leadership election....

). A former Mayor of Naples

Naples

Naples is a city in Southern Italy, situated on the country's west coast by the Gulf of Naples. Lying between two notable volcanic regions, Mount Vesuvius and the Phlegraean Fields, it is the capital of the region of Campania and of the province of Naples...

 and minister, he was re-elected by a landslide 61.6% of the vote in 2005

Campania regional election, 2005

The Campania regional election of 2005 took place on 3–4 April 2005.Antonio Bassolino was re-elected defeating Italo Bocchino by a landslide.-Results:Source:...

. However, in his second term in office, Bassolino highly disappointed voters and the whole Italy

Italy

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 for his bad management of waste and the subsequent crisis

Naples waste management issue

The Naples waste management crisis was a series of events surrounding the lack of waste collection in the city of Naples that peaked in the summer of 2008, but carries on to the present day.-Background:...

.

The centre-left filed as candidate Vincenzo De Luca, a fellow Democrat and popular Mayor of Salerno

Salerno

Salerno is a city and comune in Campania and is the capital of the province of the same name. It is located on the Gulf of Salerno on the Tyrrhenian Sea....

 who had been one of the loudest critics of Bassolino from within his coalition, but it was not able to recover. Stefano Caldoro, a former minister and leader of the New Italian Socialist Party, merged into The People of Freedom

The People of Freedom

The People of Freedom is a centre-right political party in Italy. With the Democratic Party, it is one of the two major parties of the current Italian party system....

 in 2009, won by a convincing margin over De Luca thanks to a 20% swing in favour of the centre-right, which included the Union of the Centre led by Ciriaco de Mita

Ciriaco de Mita

Ciriaco Luigi de Mita is an Italian politician. He served as the 47th Prime Minister of Italy from 1988 to 1989 and is currently Member of the European Parliament.-Biography:De Mita was born in Nusco, in the Avellinese hinterland....

, an influent former leader of Christian Democracy

Christian Democracy (Italy)

Christian Democracy was a Christian democratic party in Italy. It was founded in 1943 as the ideological successor of the historical Italian People's Party, which had the same symbol, a crossed shield ....

 converted into the role of local party boss. After the election, de Mita's son, Giuseppe was appointed Vice President by Caldoro.

The People of Freedom was by far the largest party in the region with more than 30% of the vote.

Results

Candidates & parties	votes	votes (%)	seats
Stefano Caldoro	1,586,567	54.3	38
The People of Freedom The People of Freedom The People of Freedom is a centre-right political party in Italy. With the Democratic Party, it is one of the two major parties of the current Italian party system....  (liberal-conservative)	872,628	31.7	21
Union of the Centre (christian democratic)	259,179	9.4	6
Movement for Autonomies–New PSI–PRI Italian Republican Party The Italian Republican Party is a liberal political party in Italy.The PRI is party with old roots that originally took a left-wing position, claiming descent from the political position of Giuseppe Mazzini...  (centrist)	159,768	5.8	4
We the South We the South We the South , in full We the South – Freedom and Autonomy , is a regionalist-centrist political party in Italy based in the South.-History:...  (autonomist)	98,895	3.6	2
UDEUR Populars (christian democratic)	92,452	3.4	2
Alliance of the Centre Alliance of the Centre Alliance of the Centre is a Christian-democratic political party in Italy.It was founded in November 2008 by splinters from the Union of Christian and Centre Democrats who wanted to return to an alliance with Silvio Berlusconi's centre-right coalition and support his fourth government... –Christian Democracy (christian democracy)	64,702	2.3	1
Alliance of People (centrist)	39,460	1.4	1
The Right The Right The Right is a national-conservative political party in Italy.-Foundation:On 3 July 2007 Storace announced his resignation from National Alliance in a letter posted on his website, claiming that it had become too centrist and moderate and in protest against the lack of internal democracy in the...  (nationalist)	28,009	1.0	1
Vincenzo De Luca	1,258,715	43.0	22
Democratic Party Democratic Party (Italy) The Democratic Party is a social-democratic political party in Italy, that is the second-largest in the country. The party is led by Pier Luigi Bersani, who was elected in the 2009 leadership election....  (third way)	590,592	21.4	14
Italy of Values Italy of Values Italy of Values is a centrist, populist and anti-corruption political party in Italy. The party, which is affiliated to the European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party , is headed by former Mani pulite prosecutor Antonio Di Pietro, who entered politics in 1996.The party aims to gather and give...  (social liberal)	178,283	6.5	4
Left Ecology Freedom–Socialist Party (democratic socialist)	97,076	3.5	2
Alliance for Italy Alliance for Italy Alliance for Italy is a centrist political party in Italy.The party, which is described in its manifesto as "democratic, liberal, popular" as opposed both to "right-wing populism" and the "social-democratic left, an experience with high and memorable value, yet by now run out", was launched on 11...  (centrist)	83,906	3.0	1
Free Campania (regionalist)	69,433	2.5	1
Federation of the Greens Federation of the Greens The Federation of the Greens is a green political party in Italy, which includes also a large eco-socialist faction. Since 2009 the party leader is Angelo Bonelli.-Early years:...  (ecologist)	29,509	1.1	-
others	12,349	0.4	-
Paolo Ferrero Paolo Ferrero Paolo Ferrero is an Italian politician, member of the Communist Refoundation Party and former Italian Minister of Social Solidarity in the Prodi II Cabinet.-Career:...	39,729	1.4	-
Federation of the Left Federation of the Left Federation of the Left is a communist coalition of political parties in Italy.The coalition is the evolution of the Anticapitalist List and includes:*Communist Refoundation Party...  (comunist)	43,097	1.6	-
Roberto Fico	39,349	1.3	-
Five Star Movement (legalist)	36,792	1.3	-
Total	2,924,360	100.0	60

Source: Corriere della Sera