Apulian regional election, 2005
Apulian regional election, 2005
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| All 70 seats to the Regional Council of Apulia |
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Majority party |
Minority party |
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| Leader |
Nichi Vendola |
Raffaele Fitto |
| Party |
The Olive Tree |
FI |
| Alliance |
The Union |
House of Freedoms |
| Last election |
22 seats, 43,5% |
38 seats, 54,0% |
| Seats won |
42 |
28 |
| Seat change |
+20 |
-10 |
| Popular vote |
1,165,536 |
1,151,405 |
| Percentage |
49,8% |
49,2% |
| Swing |
+6,3% |
-5,8% |
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The Apulian regional election of 2005 took place on 3-4 April 2005.
Nichi Vendola (Communist Refoundation Party) defeated incumbent Raffaele Fitto (Forza Italia).
The success of Vendola came somewhat unexpected. In a Southern Italian Region, expected to be morally conservative, Vendola, a communist and a homosexual, defeated Fitto, a Christian democrat. Vendola was the first candidate ever to be appointed by its coalition through a primary election instead of agreements between parties. A defeat of Vendola might have resulted in a cancellation of the primary election of The Union for choosing the candidate for Prime Minister in the 2006 general election.
Results
| Candidates & parties |
votes |
votes (%) |
seats |
| Nichi Vendola |
1,165,536 |
49.8 |
42+1 |
| Democrats of the Left |
356,369 |
16.6 |
14 |
| Democracy is Freedom – The Daisy |
208,806 |
9.7 |
8 |
| Communist Refoundation Party |
109,146 |
5.1 |
4 |
| Italian Democratic Socialists |
86,096 |
4.0 |
3 |
| UDEUR Populars |
70,293 |
3.3 |
3 |
| Apulian Spring |
55,335 |
2.6 |
3 |
| Party of Italian Communists |
48,141 |
2.2 |
2 |
| Italian Democratic Socialist Party–Aut. Soc.–MRE |
47,511 |
2.2 |
2 |
| Italy of Values |
38,120 |
1.8 |
1 |
| Federation of the Greens |
33,309 |
1.6 |
1 |
| others |
12,356 |
0.6 |
- |
| Raffaele Fitto |
1,151,405 |
49.2 |
28+1 |
| Forza Italia |
381,663 |
17.8 |
10 |
| National Alliance |
259,563 |
12.1 |
7 |
| Apulia First |
196,281 |
9.2 |
5 |
| Union of Christian and Centre Democrats |
167,038 |
7.8 |
4 |
| New Italian Socialist Party–PRI |
48,109 |
2.2 |
1 |
| others |
10,099 |
0.5 |
- |
| Others |
21,450 |
0.9 |
- |
| Total |
2,338,391 |
100.0 |
70 |
Sources: Ministry of the Interior and La Repubblica