1995 Piedmontese regional election

1995 Piedmentese regional election

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All 60 seats to the Regional Council of Piedmont
Turnout	82.98% ( 5.99%)
Majority party Minority party Third party   Leader Enzo Ghigo Domenico Comino Party Forza Italia Independent Lega Nord Alliance Centre-right coalition Centre-left coalition Seats won 33 18 5 Popular vote 1,059,602 938,280 296,966 Percentage 39.7% 35.2% 11.1%
President before election Gian Paolo Brizio PPI President-elect Enzo Ghigo FI

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The Piedmontese 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.

Enzo Ghigo (Forza Italia) was surprisingly elected President of the Region, defeating (independent of centre-left) and Domenico Comino (Northern League Piedmont).

Forza Italia, founded the year before by Silvio Berlusconi, formed a joint list with the People's Pole and became the largest party in the region with 26.7% of the vote, while the Democrats of the Left came second with 21.7%.

Electoral law[]

Piedmont used for the first time the national Tatarella Law to elect its Council. Forty-eight councillors are elected in provincial constituencies by proportional representation using the largest remainder method with a Droop quota and open lists; remained seats and votes are grouped at regional level where a Hare quota is used, and then distributed to provincial party lists.

Parties and candidates[]

Results[]

23 April 1995 Piedmontese regional election results

Candidates		Votes	%	Seats	Parties		Votes	%	Seats
	Enzo Ghigo	1,059,602	39.70	12
						Forza Italia – The People's Pole	588,171	26.71	14
						National Alliance	247,103	11.22	6
						Christian Democratic Centre	65,099	2.96	1
					Total		900,373	40.88	21
	Giuseppe Pichetto	938,280	35.16	–
						Democratic Party of the Left	478,615	21.73	11
						Italian People's Party	136,664	6.21	3
						Pact of Democrats	76,592	3.48	2
						Federation of the Greens	59,238	2.69	1
						Pensioners' Party	35,162	1.60	1
						Populars and Democrats	8,507	0.39	–
					Total		794,778	36.09	18
	Domenico Comino	296,966	11.13	–		Northern League Piedmont	217,194	9.86	5
	Giovanni Alasia	248,158	9.30	–		Communist Refoundation Party	203,842	9.26	4
	Carmelo Palma	54,436	2.04	–
						Pannella List	35,899	1.63	–
						Autonomist Front	2,703	0.12	–
					Total		38,602	1.75	–
	Alessandro Lupi	45,428	1.70	–		Greens Greens	31,145	1.41	–
	Renzo Rabellino	26,006	0.97	–		Piedmont Nation of Europe	16,356	0.74	–
Total candidates		2,668,876	100.00	12	Total parties		2,202,290	100.00	48
Source: Ministry of the Interior – Historical Archive of Elections