1995 Italian regional elections

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Presidents and regional assemblies of Piedmont, Lombardy, Veneto, Liguria, Emilia-Romagna, Tuscany, Marche, Umbria, Lazio, Campania, Molise, Abruzzo, Apulia, Basilicata and Calabria

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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

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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

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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

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### Regional councils

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Alliance  | Votes  | %  | Seats

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| 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

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Region  | Former president  | Party  | Elected president  | Alliance  | Details

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Piedmont | Gian Paolo Brizio |  | Italian People's Party | Enzo Ghigo |  | Centre-right | Details
Liguria | Giancarlo Mori |  | Italian People's Party | Giancarlo Mori |  | Centre-left | Details
Lombardy | Paolo Arrigoni |  | Northern League | Roberto Formigoni |  | Centre-right | Details
Veneto | Aldo Bottin |  | 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 | Claudio Carnieri |  | Democratic Party of the Left | Bruno Bracalente |  | Centre-left | Details
Marche | Gaetano Recchi |  | Italian Socialist Party | Vito D'Ambrosio |  | Centre-left | Details
Lazio | Arturo Osio |  | Federation of the Greens | Piero Badaloni |  | Centre-left | Details
Abruzzo | Vincenzo Del Colle |  | Italian People's Party | Antonio Falconio |  | Centre-left | Details
Molise | Giovanni Di Giandomenico |  | Italian People's Party | Marcello Veneziale |  | Centre-left | Details
Campania | Giovanni Grasso |  | Italian People's Party | Antonio Rastrelli |  | Centre-right | Details
Basilicata | Antonio Boccia |  | Italian People's Party | Angelo Raffaele Dinardo |  | Centre-left | Details
Apulia | Giuseppe Martellotta |  | Italian People's Party | Salvatore Distaso |  | Centre-right | Details
Calabria | Donato Veraldi |  | Italian People's Party | Giuseppe Nisticò |  | Centre-right | Details

## Summary by region

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### Piedmont

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Main article: 1995 Piedmontese regional election

President  | Regional council

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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

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Main article: 1995 Lombard regional election

President  | Regional council

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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

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Main article: 1995 Venetian regional election

President  | Regional council

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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

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Main article: 1995 Ligurian regional election

President  | Regional council

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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

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Main article: 1995 Emilia-Romagna regional election

President  | Regional council

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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

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Main article: 1995 Tuscan regional election

President  | Regional council

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Candidate  | Party  | Votes  | %  | Alliance  | Votes  | %  | Seats
Vannino Chiti |  | PDS | 1,188,995  | 50.1  |  | Centre-left | 1,129,672  | 52.8  | 33
Paolo Del Debbio |  | 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

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Main article: 1995 Umbrian regional election

President  | Regional council

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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

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Main article: 1995 Marche regional election

President  | Regional council

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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

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Main article: 1995 Lazio regional election

President  | Regional council

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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

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Main article: 1995 Abruzzo regional election

President  | Regional council

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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

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Main article: 1995 Molise regional election

President  | Regional council

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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

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Main article: 1995 Campania regional election

President  | Regional council

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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

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Main article: 1995 Basilicata regional election

President  | Regional council

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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

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Main article: 1995 Apulian regional election

President  | Regional council

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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

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Main article: 1995 Calabrian regional election

President  | Regional council

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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

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