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

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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

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### Regional councils

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Alliance  | Votes  | %  | Seats

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| 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

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

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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

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### Piedmont

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Main article: 2005 Piedmontese regional election

President  | Regional council

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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

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Main article: 2005 Lombard regional election

President  | Regional council

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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

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Main article: 2005 Venetian regional election

President  | Regional council

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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

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Main article: 2005 Ligurian regional election

President  | Regional council

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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

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Main article: 2005 Emilia-Romagna regional election

President  | Regional council

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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

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Main article: 2005 Tuscan regional election

President  | Regional council

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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

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Main article: 2005 Umbrian regional election

President  | Regional council

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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

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Main article: 2005 Marche regional election

President  | Regional council

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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

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Main article: 2005 Lazio regional election

President  | Regional council

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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

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Main article: 2005 Abruzzo regional election

President  | Regional council

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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

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Main article: 2005 Campania regional election

President  | Regional council

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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

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Main article: 2005 Basilicata regional election

President  | Regional council

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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

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Main article: 2005 Apulian regional election

President  | Regional council

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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

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Main article: 2005 Calabrian regional election

President  | Regional council

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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

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* Ministry of the Interior – Electoral Archive

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