2005 Italian regional elections explained

Election Name:	2005 Italian regional elections
Country:	Italy
Flag Year:	2003
Type:	legislative
Ongoing:	no
Previous Election:	2000 Italian regional elections
Previous Year:	2000
Next Election:	2010 Italian regional elections
Next Year:	2010
Seats For Election:	Presidents and regional assemblies of Piedmont, Lombardy, Veneto, Liguria, Emilia-Romagna, Tuscany, Marche, Umbria, Lazio, Campania, Abruzzo, Apulia, Basilicata and Calabria
Election Date:	3–4 April 2005
Map Size:	200px

The Italian regional elections of 3–4 April 2005 were a major victory (11-2) for the centre-left The Union coalition, led by Romano Prodi. The centre-right coalition, governing in the national government, was defeated in all the regions it held, except for its strongholds in Lombardy and Veneto, whose population is anyway a fourth of Italian population. The elections resulted in the national government, led by Silvio Berlusconi, to acknowledge defeat and open a crisis, which resulted in the formation of Berlusconi III Cabinet, with some ministers being substituted.

Due to a series of bureaucratic issues involving the presentation of the list of Social Alternative in Basilicata, the election there would have been held two weeks later. There, the victory of the centre-left coalition brought the tally to 12-2.

The fact that the centre-left was particularly strong in small regions led to the even result of the 2006 general election.

Overall results

Regional councils

Alliance		Votes	%	Seats
	The Union	12,103,713	48.71
		10,347,271	41.64
	Others	2,398,369	9.65
Total	24,849,353	100
align=left colspan=6	Source: Ministry of the Interior

Presidents of the regions

Region	Former president	Alliance	Elected president	Alliance	Details
Piedmont	Enzo Ghigo		House of Freedoms	Mercedes Bresso		The Union	Details
Liguria	Sandro Biasotti		House of Freedoms	Claudio Burlando		The Union	Details
Lombardy	Roberto Formigoni		House of Freedoms	Roberto Formigoni		House of Freedoms	Details
Veneto	Giancarlo Galan		House of Freedoms	Giancarlo Galan		House of Freedoms	Details
Emilia Romagna	Vasco Errani		The Union	Vasco Errani		The Union	Details
Tuscany	Claudio Martini		The Union	Claudio Martini		The Union	Details
Umbria	Maria Rita Lorenzetti		The Union	Maria Rita Lorenzetti		The Union	Details
Marche	Vito D'Ambrosio		The Union	Gian Mario Spacca		The Union	Details
Lazio			House of Freedoms	Piero Marrazzo		The Union	Details
Abruzzo			House of Freedoms	Ottaviano Del Turco		The Union	Details
Campania			The Union	Antonio Bassolino		The Union	Details
Basilicata	Filippo Bubbico		The Union	Vito De Filippo		The Union	Details
Apulia	Raffaele Fitto		House of Freedoms	Nichi Vendola		The Union	Details
Calabria	Giuseppe Chiaravallotti		House of Freedoms	Agazio Loiero		The Union	Details

Summary by region

Piedmont

See main article: 2005 Piedmontese regional election.

President					Regional council
Candidate	Party		Votes	%	Alliance		Votes	%	Seats
Mercedes Bresso		DS	1,226,355	50.9		Union	1,021,386	49.9	38
Enzo Ghigo		FI	1,133,358	47.1		CdL	995,573	48.7	25
Others			49,267	2.0		Others	28,770	1.4	0

Lombardy

See main article: 2005 Lombard regional election.

President					Regional council
Candidate	Party		Votes	%	Alliance		Votes	%	Seats
Roberto Formigoni		FI	2,841,883	53.8		CdL	2,426,620	55.3	52
Riccardo Sarfatti		Ind.	2,278,173	43.2		Union	1,845,004	42.1	29
Others			156,815	3.0		Others	112,937	2.6	0

Veneto

See main article: 2005 Venetian regional election.

President					Regional council
Candidate	Party		Votes	%	Alliance		Votes	%	Seats
Giancarlo Galan		FI	1,359,879	50.6		CdL	1,228,992	53.3	39
Massimo Carraro		Ind.	1,138,631	42.3		Union	931,698	40.4	19
Giorgio Panto		PNE	161,642	6.0		PNE	125,690	5.4	2
Others			28,565	1.1		Others	20,434	0.9	0

Liguria

See main article: 2005 Ligurian regional election.

President					Regional council
Candidate	Party		Votes	%	Alliance		Votes	%	Seats
Claudio Burlando		DS	491,545	52.6		Union	434,617	53.4	25
Sandro Biasotti		FI	434,934	46.6		CdL	374,277	45.9	15
Others			7,313	0.8		Others	5,441	0.7	0

Emilia-Romagna

See main article: 2005 Emilia-Romagna regional election.

President					Regional council
Candidate	Party		Votes	%	Alliance		Votes	%	Seats
Vasco Errani		DS	1,579,989	62.7		Union	1,414,717	62.0	32
Carlo Monaco		FI	886,775	35.2		CdL	835,620	36.6	18
Others			51,737	2.1		Others	30,713	1.4	0

Tuscany

See main article: 2005 Tuscan regional election.

President					Regional council
Candidate	Party		Votes	%	Alliance		Votes	%	Seats
Claudio Martini		DS	1,185,374	57.4		Union	1,024,106	56.7	39
Alessandro Antichi		FI	678,491	32.8		CdL	595,975	33.0	21
Luca Ciabatti		PRC	151,560	7.3		PRC	50,907	8.2	5
Others			28,030	1.5		Others	30,713	2.1	0

Umbria

See main article: 2005 Umbrian regional election.

President					Regional council
Candidate	Party		Votes	%	Alliance		Votes	%	Seats
Maria Rita Lorenzetti		DS	316,770	63.0		Union	290,232	63.2	19
Pietro Laffranco		FI	169,176	33.6		CdL	158,028	34.4	11
Others			16,878	3.4		Others	10,733	2.3	0

Marche

See main article: 2005 Marche regional election.

President					Regional council
Candidate	Party		Votes	%	Alliance		Votes	%	Seats
Gian Mario Spacca		DL	499,381	57.8		Union	454,875	57.6	24
Francesco Massi		FI	333,181	38.5		CdL	308,324	39.1	16
Others			32,017	3.7		Others	10,733	2.3	0

Lazio

See main article: 2005 Lazio regional election.

President					Regional council
Candidate	Party		Votes	%	Alliance		Votes	%	Seats
Piero Marrazzo		Ind.	1,631,501	50.7		Union	1,342,619	48.5	42
Francesco Storace		AN	1,524,712	47.4		CdL	1,392,029	50.3	28
Others			62,498	1.9		Others	34,449	1.2	0

Abruzzo

See main article: 2005 Abruzzo regional election.

President					Regional council
Candidate	Party		Votes	%	Alliance		Votes	%	Seats
Ottaviano Del Turco		SDI	446,407	58.2		Union	424,855	57.9	27
Giovanni Pace		AN	311,547	40.7		CdL	302,335	41.2	13
Others			8,517	1.1		Others	6,468	0.9	0

Campania

See main article: 2005 Campania regional election.

President					Regional council
Candidate	Party		Votes	%	Alliance		Votes	%	Seats
Antonio Bassolino		DS	1,891,895	61.6		Union	1,823,321	63.3	38
Italo Bocchino		AN	1,056,445	34.4		CdL	968,309	33.6	22
Others			124,696	4.0		Others	90,802	3.1	0

Basilicata

See main article: 2005 Basilicata regional election.

President					Regional council
Candidate	Party		Votes	%	Alliance		Votes	%	Seats
Vito De Filippo		DL	236,479	67.0		Union	236,579	68.7	20
Cosimo Latronico		FI	101,725	28.8		CdL	96,435	28.0	10
Others			14,763	4.2		Others	11,328	3.3	0

Apulia

See main article: 2005 Apulian regional election.

President					Regional council
Candidate	Party		Votes	%	Alliance		Votes	%	Seats
Nichi Vendola		PRC	1,165,536	49.8		Union	1,065,752	49.7	42
Raffaele Fitto		FI	1,151,405	49.2		CdL	1,062,753	49.5	28
Others			21,450	0.9		Others	16,159	0.8	0

Calabria

See main article: 2005 Calabrian regional election.

President					Regional council
Candidate	Party		Votes	%	Alliance		Votes	%	Seats
Agazio Loiero		DL	663,986	59.0		Union	660,175	60.7	30
Sergio Abramo		FI	447,243	39.7		CdL	419,457	38.6	20
Others			15,121	1.3		Others	8,193	0.7	0

External links

• Ministry of the Interior – Electoral Archive