1995 Calabrian regional election explained

Election Name:1995 Calabrian regional election
Country:Calabria
Type:legislative
Ongoing:no
Previous Election:1990 Calabrian regional election
Previous Year:1990
Next Election:2000 Calabrian regional election
Next Year:2000
Election Date:23 April 1995
Leader1:Giuseppe Nisticò
Party1:Forza Italia
Alliance1:Centre-right coalition (Italy)
Color1:0A6BE1
Seats1:25
Popular Vote1:456,545
Percentage1:44.1%
Leader2:Donato Tommaso Veraldi
Party2:Populars
Alliance2:Centre-left coalition (Italy)
Color2:EF3E3E
Seats2:13
Popular Vote2:392,227
Percentage2:37.9%
President
Posttitle:Subsequent President
Before Election:Donato Tommaso Veraldi
After Election:Giuseppe Nisticò
Before Party:Italian People's Party
After Party:Forza Italia

The 1995 Calabrian regional election took place on 23 April 1995.

Giuseppe Nisticò (Forza Italia) was elected President of the Region, defeating Donato Tommaso Veraldi (People's Party).

For the first time the President of the Region was directly elected by the people, although the election was not yet binding and the President-elect could have been replaced during the term. This is precisely what happened in 1998, when the centre-right decided to replace Nisticò with Battista Caligiuri, and again in 1999, when a centre-left majority supported by dissidents of the centre-right, who had formed the Democratic Union for the Republic, ousted Caligiuri and replaced him with Luigi Meduri of the Italian People's Party.

Results

Candidatesvotesvotes (%)seats
reg. list
seats
prov. lists
Giuseppe Nisticò456,54544.06817
Forza Italia – The People's Pole182,12719.678
National Alliance151,23416.336
Christian Democratic Centre83,7079.043
Donato Tommaso Veraldi392,22737.85-13
Progressives (PDSFDVFL)205,73422.228
Populars92,72810.013
Pact of Democrats46,9165.072
Federalist Italy League4,1730.45align=right-
Pasquino Crupi98,7429.53-3
Communist Refoundation Party80,8518.733
Roberto Cangiamila35,6103.44-1
Italian Republican Party34,8653.771
Carlo Colella31,0723.00--
Italian Democratic Socialist Party20,8922.26align=right-
Reformist Socialist Party9,0810.98align=right-
Salvatore Paolillo14,0021.35--
Tricolour Flame8,6090.93align=right-
Anna Maria Merlini8,0490.78--
Pannella List5,0480.55align=right-
Total1,036,247100.00834
Source: Ministry of the Interior