1995 Italian regional elections

1995 Italian regional elections

← 1990 April 23, 1995 2000 →
Presidents and regional assemblies of Piedmont, Lombardy, Veneto, Liguria, Emilia-Romagna, Tuscany, Marche, Umbria, Lazio, Campania, Molise, Abruzzo, Apulia, Basilicata and Calabria
Elected Presidents:   Centre-right coalition   Centre-left coalition

The Italian regional elections of 1995 were held on April 23. These regional elections were the first ones that were held with the new electoral law called "Tatarellum" (from the name of its rapporteur, Giuseppe Tatarella).

The centre-left coalition won in nine regions, while the centre-right coalition won in only six regions.

Tatarella law[]

A new electoral law for ordinary Regions of Italy was adopted in 1995, replacing the 1970 original one, in aim to abolish PR and its political instability. If 80% of the seats continued to be chosen with the old PR through provincial lists, the 20% was assigned at large though block voting to the best regional coalition of parties. Direct presidential elections were postponed to 2000 needing a reform of the Constitution of Italy, but in the North the leaders were de facto elected presidents for five years, while in the South political instability continued as usual.

Coalitions[]

After the fall of the Berlusconi I Cabinet, and the consequent collapse of the Pole of Freedoms, the Northern League became a single party while a new national centre-right coalition was formed with a split of the Italian People's Party. The remaining of the PPI joined the new centre-left coalition, The Olive Tree, which was consequently abandoned by the Communist Refoundation Party for protest.

Overall results[]

Regional councils[]

Alliance		Votes	%	Seats
	Centre-right coalition	10,821,365	41.11	345 / 745
	Centre-left coalition	11,392,677	43.28	339 / 745
	Others	4,110,724	15,61	61 / 745
Total		26,324,766	100.00	745 / 745
Source: Ministry of the Interior

Presidents of the regions[]

Region	Former president	Party		Elected president	Alliance		Details
Piedmont			Italian People's Party	Enzo Ghigo		Centre-right	Details
Liguria			Italian People's Party			Centre-left	Details
Lombardy			Northern League	Roberto Formigoni		Centre-right	Details
Veneto			Italian People's Party	Giancarlo Galan		Centre-right	Details
Emilia Romagna	Pier Luigi Bersani		Democratic Party of the Left	Pier Luigi Bersani		Centre-left	Details
Tuscany	Vannino Chiti		Democratic Party of the Left	Vannino Chiti		Centre-left	Details
Umbria			Democratic Party of the Left			Centre-left	Details
Marche			Italian Socialist Party			Centre-left	Details
Lazio			Federation of the Greens	Piero Badaloni		Centre-right	Details
Abruzzo			Italian People's Party	Antonio Falconio		Centre-left	Details
Molise			Italian People's Party	Marcello Veneziale		Centre-left	Details
Campania	Giovanni Grasso		Italian People's Party	Antonio Rastrelli		Centre-right	Details
Basilicata			Italian People's Party	Angelo Raffaele Dinardo		Centre-left	Details
Apulia			Italian People's Party			Centre-right	Details
Calabria	Donato Veraldi		Italian People's Party			Centre-right	Details

Results by region[]

Piedmont[]

President					Regional council
Candidate	Party		Votes	%	Alliance		Votes	%	Seats
Enzo Ghigo		FI	1,059,602	39.7		Centre-right	900,373	40.9	33
Giuseppe Pichetto		Ind.	938,280	35.2		Centre-left	794,778	36.1	18
Domenico Comino		LN	296,966	11.1		Lega Nord	217,194	9.9	5
Giovanni Alasia		PRC	248,158	9.30		PRC	203,842	9.2	4
Others			125,870	4.7		Others	86,103	3.9	0

Lombardy[]

President					Regional council
Candidate	Party		Votes	%	Alliance		Votes	%	Seats
Roberto Formigoni		FI	2,386,732	41.07		Centre-right	2,077,221	41.7	54
Diego Masi		Patto	1,591,417	27.4		Centre-left	1,473,339	29.6	19
Francesco Speroni		LN	1,087,128	18.7		Lega Nord	879,139	17.7	12
Giuseppe Torri		PRC	459,051	7.9		PRC	381,221	7.7	5
Others			286,503	4.9		Others	167,649	3.4	0

Veneto[]

President					Regional council
Candidate	Party		Votes	%	Alliance		Votes	%	Seats
Giancarlo Galan		FI	1,117,377	38.2		Centre-right	969,097	38.3	36
Ettore Bentsik		Ind.	945,753	32.3		Centre-left	911,842	36.0	18
Alberto Lembo		LN	512,578	17.5		Lega Nord	422,410	16.7	9
Paolo Cacciari		PRC	200,649	6.9		PRC	126,594	5.0	2
Others			149,214	5.1		Others	102,596	4.0	0

Liguria[]

President					Regional council
Candidate	Party		Votes	%	Alliance		Votes	%	Seats
Giancarlo Mori		PPI	445,340	42.4		Centre-left	422,072	44.0	27
Sergio Magliola		Ind.	399,405	38.0		Centre-right	367,155	38.2	14
Giuseppe Tarantino		PRC	90,550	8.6		PRC	76,507	8.0	2
Giacomo Chiappori		LN	68,706	6.5		Lega Nord	62,755	6.5	2
Others			46,197	4.4		Others	32,480	3.3	0

Emilia-Romagna[]

President					Regional council
Candidate	Party		Votes	%	Alliance		Votes	%	Seats
Pier Luigi Bersani		PDS	1,508,241	53.8		Centre-left	1,464,349	56.9	34
Gianfranco Morra		FI	896,012	32.0		Centre-right	792,128	30.8	12
Renato Albertini		PRC	247,476	8.8		PRC	196,274	7.6	3
Pierluigi Copercini		LN	107,628	3.8		Lega Nord	86,400	3.4	1
Others			43,633	1.6		Others	33,995	1.3	0

Tuscany[]

President					Regional council
Candidate	Party		Votes	%	Alliance		Votes	%	Seats
Vannino Chiti		PDS	1,188,995	50.1		Centre-left	1,129,672	52.8	33
		FI	855,287	36.1		Centre-right	743,855	34.8	13
Luciano Ghelli		PRC	294,128	12.4		PRC	237,405	11.1	4
Others			33,856	1.4		Others	28,295	1.3	0

Umbria[]

President					Regional council
Candidate	Party		Votes	%	Alliance		Votes	%	Seats
Bruno Bracalente		PDS	331,349	59.9		Centre-left	324,443	62.7	18
Riccardo Pongelli		FI	215,570	39.0		Centre-right	189,030	36.5	12
Others			5,867	1.1		Others	4,368	0.8	0

Marche[]

President					Regional council
Candidate	Party		Votes	%	Alliance		Votes	%	Seats
Vito D'Ambrosio		PDS	486,631	51.6		Centre-left	454,563	54.0	26
Stefano Bastianoni		FI	367,030	38.9		Centre-right	320,805	38.1	12
Paolo Polenta		PPI	60,401	6.4		PPI	51,057	6.1	2
Others			29,711	3.1		Others	15,993	1.9	0

Lazio[]

President					Regional council
Candidate	Party		Votes	%	Alliance		Votes	%	Seats
Piero Badaloni		Ind.	1,582,897	48.1		Centre-left	1,364,836	48.7	37
Alberto Michelini		FI	1,577,521	48.0		Centre-right	1,335,250	47.7	23
Others			127,929	3.9		Others	101,449	3.6	0

Abruzzo[]

President					Regional council
Candidate	Party		Votes	%	Alliance		Votes	%	Seats
Antonio Falconio		PPI	381,051	48.2		Centre-left	371,272	51.6	25
Piergiorgio Landini		AN	373,101	47.2		Centre-right	323,969	45.0	15
Others			36,079	4.6		Others	24,689	3.4	0

Molise[]

President					Regional council
Candidate	Party		Votes	%	Alliance		Votes	%	Seats
Marcello Veneziale		PDS	103,226	50.5		Centre-left	92,518	48.9	18
Quintino Pallante		FI	101,348	49.5		Centre-right	96,726	51.1	12

Campania[]

President					Regional council
Candidate	Party		Votes	%	Alliance		Votes	%	Seats
Antonio Rastrelli		AN	1,408,463	47.9		Centre-right	1,249,713	46.9	36
Giovanni Vacca		Ind.	1,159,539	39.3		Centre-left	1,092,570	41.0	20
Giovanni Grasso		PPI	237,162	8.1		PPI	220,557	8.3	4
Others			92,857	3.1		Others	69,633	2.6	0

Basilicata[]

President					Regional council
Candidate	Party		Votes	%	Alliance		Votes	%	Seats
Raffaele Dinardo		PPI	190,744	54.9		Centre-left	190,253	59.1	18
Giampiero Perri		FI	126,804	36.5		Centre-right	110,566	34.4	10
Pietro Simonetti		PRC	22,361	6.4		PRC	17,144	5.3	2
Others			7,498	2.2		Others	3,714	1.2	0

Apulia[]

President					Regional council
Candidate	Party		Votes	%	Alliance		Votes	%	Seats
Salvatore Distaso		Ind.	1,071,186	49.8		Centre-right	927,959	47.5	38
Luigi Ferrara Mirenzi		PDS	986,782	45.9		Centre-left	956,619	49.0	25
Others			93,616	4.3		Others	68,282	3.5	0

Calabria[]

President					Regional council
Candidate	Party		Votes	%	Alliance		Votes	%	Seats
Giuseppe Nisticò		FI	456,545	44.1		Centre-right	417,068	45.0	25
Donato Tommaso Veraldi		PPI	392,227	37.9		Centre-left	349,551	37.8	13
Pasquino Crupi		PRC	98,742	9.5		PRC	80,851	8.7	3
Roberto Cangiamila		PRI	35,610	3.4		PRI	34,865	3.8	1
Others			53,123	5.1		Others	43,630	4.7	0

External links[]

• Ministry of the Interior – Electoral Archive