The Ligurian regional election of 2010 will take place on 28–29 March 2010.

The incumbent President Claudio Burlando

Claudio Burlando

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 of the centre-left Democratic Party

Democratic Party (Italy)

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 (PD) faced Sandro Biasotti, backed by 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....

 (PdL) and Lega Nord Liguria

Lega Nord Liguria

Lega Nord Liguria is a regionalist political party in Italy which is the regional section of Lega Nord in Liguria. The current national secretary is Francesco Bruzzone.-History:...

. Biasotti was President of the Region from 2000

Ligurian regional election, 2000

The Ligurian regional election of 2000 took place on 16 April 2000.Sandro Biasotti was elected President, defeating incumbent Giancarlo Mori .-Results:Source:...

 to 2005

Ligurian regional election, 2005

The Ligurian regional election of 2005 took place on 3-4 April 2005.Claudio Burlando defeated incumbert Sandro Biasotti .-Results:Source:...

, when he was defeated by Burlando. The Union of the Centre (UdC), a traditionally centre-right political force, supported the centre-left candidate Burlando.

Burlando secured a second consecutive term, but the PdL came out as the largest party in the region.

Results

Candidates & parties	votes	votes (%)	seats reg. list	seats prov. lists
Clauidio Burlando	424,044	52.1	8	17
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....	211,500	28.3	→	10
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...	63,028	8.4	→	3
Union of the Centre	29,335	3.9	→	1
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...	29,148	3.9	→	1
We with Burlando	27,607	3.7	→	1
Left Ecology Freedom	18,418	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:...	8,624	1.2	→	1
others	5,723	0.8	→	-
Sandro Biasotti	389,132	47.9	1	14
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....	218,398	29.3	→	10
Lega Nord Liguria Lega Nord Liguria Lega Nord Liguria is a regionalist political party in Italy which is the regional section of Lega Nord in Liguria. The current national secretary is Francesco Bruzzone.-History:...	76,265	10.2	→	3
Biasotti President	45,261	6.1	→	1
others	12,728	1.7	→	-
Total	813,176	100.0	9	31

Source: Ministry of the Interior – Historical Archive of Elections