ABSTRACT
This article analyses the 2010 regional elections in Italy, in which the centre-right, led by Silvio Berlusconi, was successful. This followed on from its victory in the 2008 general election and the 2009 European elections. The article analyses the extremely conflictual political climate in which the elections took place. The analysis of the election results concentrates on four points: the large increase in abstentionism, the contest in the northern regions between the Lega Nord and the Popolo della liberta, the failure of the centre political formations to realise their ambitions, and the success of far-left ‘anti-political’ groups.
