1995 Ligurian regional election explained

Election Name:1995 Ligurian regional election
Country:Liguria
Type:legislative
Ongoing:no
Previous Election:1990 Ligurian regional election
Previous Year:1990
Next Election:2000 Ligurian regional election
Next Year:2000
Election Date:23 April 1995
Leader1:Giancarlo Mori
Party1:Italian People's Party (1994)
Alliance1:Centre-left coalition (Italy)
Color1:EF3E3E
Seats1:27
Popular Vote1:445,340
Percentage1:42.4%
Leader2:Sergio Magliola
Party2:Independent politician
Alliance2:Centre-right coalition (Italy)
Color2:0A6BE1
Seats2:14
Popular Vote2:399,405
Percentage2:38.0%
President
Posttitle:Subsequent President
Before Election:Giancarlo Mori
After Election:Giancarlo Mori
Before Party:PPI
After Party:PPI

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

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.

Giancarlo Mori (People's Party), who had been President since 1994, was elected President of the Region, defeating Sergio Magliola (Forza Italia).

Electoral system

Regional elections in Liguria were ruled by the "Tatarella law" (approved in 1995), which provided for a mixed electoral system: four fifths of the regional councilors were elected in provincial constituencies by proportional representation, using the largest remainder method with a droop quota and open lists, while the residual votes and the unassigned seats were grouped into a "single regional constituency", where the whole ratios and the highest remainders were divided with the Hare method among the provincial party lists; one fifth of the council seats instead was reserved for regional lists and assigned with a majoritarian system: the leader of the regional list that scored the highest number of votes was elected to the presidency of the Region while the other candidates were elected regional councilors.

A threshold of 3% had been established for the provincial lists, which, however, could still have entered the regional council if the regional list to which they were connected had scored at least 5% of valid votes.

The panachage was also allowed: the voter can indicate a candidate for the presidency but prefer a provincial list connected to another candidate.

Parties and candidates

Political party or allianceConstituent listsPrevious resultCandidate
Votes (%)Seats
Centre-left coalition28.412Giancarlo Mori
Populars27.512
Federation of the Greens5.72
Pact of Solidarity
Labour Federation
Independent Democratic Movement
6.12Giacomo Chiappori
Centre-right coalition3.41Sergio Magliola
Pensioners' Party1.8 1Elisabetta Fatuzzo
Pannella List1.4 1Vittorio Pezzuto
Giuseppe Tarantino

Results

CandidatesVotes%SeatsPartiesVotes%Seats
Giancarlo Mori445,34042.418
Democratic Party of the Left290,82930.3014
Populars54,8435.713
Pact of Democrats34,1273.561
Federation of the Greens28,1012.931
Pact of Solidarity9,0400.94
Labour Federation4,3450.45
Independent Democratic Movement7870.08
Total422,07243.9719
Sergio Magliola399,40538.03
Forza Italia – The People's Pole234,15124.399
National Alliance107,55711.204
Christian Democratic Centre25,4472.651
Total367,15538.2514
Giuseppe Tarantino90,5508.62Communist Refoundation Party76,5077.972
Giacomo Chiappori68,7066.54Northern League Liguria62,7556.542
Elisabetta Fatuzzo25,1962.40Pensioners' Party14,8581.55
Vittorio Pezzuto17,5331.67Pannella List14,2261.48
Bruno Ravera3,4680.33Autonomist Front3,3960.25
Total candidates1,050,198100.008Total parties959,969100.0037
Source: Ministry of the Interior – Historical Archive of Elections