2005 Italian regional elections

2005 Italian regional elections
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Presidents and regional assemblies of Piedmont, Lombardy, Veneto, Liguria, Emilia-Romagna, Tuscany, Marche, Umbria, Lazio, Campania, Abruzzo, Apulia, Basilicata and Calabria
Elected Presidents:
  The House of Freedoms
  The Union

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
409 / 744
House of Freedoms 10,347,271 41.64
298 / 744
Others 2,398,369 9.65
37 / 744
Total 24,849,353 100
744 / 744
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 Francesco Storace House of Freedoms Piero Marrazzo The Union Details
Abruzzo Giovanni Pace House of Freedoms Ottaviano Del Turco The Union Details
Campania Antonio Bassolino 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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