1995 Campania regional election explained

Election Name:1995 Campania regional election
Country:Campania
Type:legislative
Ongoing:no
Previous Election:1990 Campania regional election
Previous Year:1990
Next Election:2000 Campania regional election
Next Year:2000
Seats For Election:All 48 seats to the Regional Council
Election Date:23 April 1995
Leader1:Antonio Rastrelli
Party1:National Alliance (Italy)
Alliance1:Centre-right coalition (Italy)
Color1:0A6BE1
Seats1:24
Popular Vote1:1,408,463
Percentage1:47.86%
Leader2:Giovanni Vacca
Party2:Independent politician
Alliance2:Centre-left coalition (Italy)
Color2:EF3E3E
Seats2:20
Popular Vote2:1,159,539
Percentage2:39.30%
President
Posttitle:Subsequent President
Before Election:Giovanni Grasso
After Election:Antonio Rastrelli
Before Party:Italian People's Party
After Party:National Alliance

The Campania regional election of 1995 took place on 23 April 1995.

Antonio Rastrelli (National Alliance) was elected President of the Region, defeating Giovanni Vacca (Democratic Party of the Left) and incumbent Giovanni Grasso (Italian 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 1999, when a centre-left majority supported by dissidents of the centre-right, who had formed the Democratic Union for the Republic, ousted Rastrelli and replaced him with centre-right dissident Andrea Losco.

Results

CandidatesVotes%SeatsPartiesVotes%Seats
Antonio Rastrelli1,408,46347.8612
503,04218.8710
487,29118.289
Christian Democratic Centre259,3809.735
Total1,249,71346.8724
Giovanni Vacca1,159,53939.30
Democratic Party of the Left521,13519.5510
246,1709.234
Pact of Democrats147,9485.553
78,2772.941
Democratic Project 68,5162.571
30,5241.141
Total1,092,57040.9820
Giovanni Grasso237,1628.06Italian People's Party220,5578.274
Pino Rauti48,7181.6633,6331.26
Domenico Pinto47,7951.60
27,4601.03
10,6010.40
Total38,0611.43
Antonio D'Acunto32,0531.09Greens Rights Environment Work Rainbow22,7230.85
Gennaro Nardi13,0090.44Federal Italy League8,8490.33
Total candidates2,943,139100.0012Total parties2,666,106100.0048
Source: Ministry of the Interior