2005 Marche regional election explained

Election Name:2005 Marche regional election
Country:Marche
Type:legislative
Ongoing:no
Previous Election:2000 Marche regional election
Previous Year:2000
Next Election:2010 Marche regional election
Next Year:2010
Election Date:3–4 April 2005
Leader1:Gian Mario Spacca
Party1:The Daisy
Alliance1:The Union
Color1:EF3E3E
Seats1:24
Seat Change1: 1
Popular Vote1:499,381
Percentage1:57.8%
Swing1: 7.9%
Leader2:Francesco Massi
Party2:Forza Italia
Alliance2:House of Freedoms
Seats2:16
Seat Change2: 1
Popular Vote2:333,181
Percentage2:38.5%
Swing2: 5.7%
President of Marche
Posttitle:President of Marche
Before Election:Vito D'Ambrosio
Before Party:Democrats of the Left
After Election:Gian Mario Spacca
After Party:The Daisy

The Marche regional election of 2005 took place on 3–4 April 2005.

Gian Mario Spacca (The Daisy, then Democratic Party) defeated Francesco Massi (Union of Christian and Centre Democrats, at the time, now member of The People of Freedom) by a landslide.

Results

Candidates & partiesvotesvotes (%)seats
reg. list
seats
prov. lists
Gian Mario Spacca499,38157.76420
The Olive Tree316,81640.1215
Communist Refoundation Party49,9896.332
Party of Italian Communists31,3163.971
Federation of the Greens25,6663.251
UDEUR14,1721.791
Italy of Values11,1361.410
Civic Lists5,7800.730
Francesco Massi333,18138.54115
Forza Italia142,05817.998
National Alliance102,10712.935
Union of Christian and Centre Democrats57,2937.262
Lega Nord Marche6,8660.870
Michele Tiraboschi19,7782.29--
Christian Democracy10,8571.370
New PSIPRIPLIPSDI–Others5,1250.650
Vincenzo Rosini12,2391.42--
Social Alternative10,0681.280
No Euro3900.050
Total864,579100.00535
Source: Ministry of the Interior