Italian regional elections, 2005

Italian regional elections, 2005
Italy
April 3-4, 2005
Presidents and regional assemblies of Piedmont, Lombardy, Veneto, Liguria, Emilia-Romagna, Tuscany, Marche, Umbria, Lazio, Campania, Abruzzo, Apulia, Basilicata and Calabria

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.

Summary of results

Region Candidates Incumbent
The Union
L'Unione
House of Freedoms
Casa delle Libertà
Social Alternative
Alternativa Sociale
Other
Piedmont
Piemonte
Mercedes Bresso
1,234,354 (50.9%)
Enzo Ghigo
1,143,993 (47.1%)
Ludovico Ellena
24,650 (1.0%)
Gianfranco Rotondi
(Christian Democracy)
25,017 (1.0%)
Enzo Ghigo
Lombardy
Lombardia
Riccardo Sarfatti
2,126,189 (43.6%)
Roberto Formigoni
2,606,687 (53.4%)
Gianmario Invernizzi
134,596 (2.7%)
Marco Marsili
(Liberal Democrats)
13,099 (0.3%)
Roberto Formigoni
Veneto
Veneto
Massimo Carraro
1,143,935 (42.4%)
Giancarlo Galan
1,364,839 (50.5%)
Roberto Bussinello
29,083 (1.1%)
Giorgio Panto
(North-Eastern Project)
162,009 (6.0%)
Giancarlo Galan
Liguria
Liguria
Claudio Burlando
492,352 (52.6%)
Sandro Biasotti
435,601 (46.6%)
Angelo Riccobaldi
7,328 (0.8%)
Sandro Biasotti
Emilia-Romagna
Emilia-Romagna
Vasco Errani
1,585,714 (62.7%)
Carlo Monaco
889,231 (35.2%)
Gianni Correggiari
25,394 (1.0%)
Bruno Barbieri
(Consumers)
27,220 (1.1%)
Vasco Errani
Tuscany
Toscana
Claudio Martini
1,185,264 (57.4%)
Alessandro Antichi
678,254 (32.8%)
Marzio Gozzoli
20,853 (1.0%)
Luca Ciabatti
(Communist Refoundation)
151,657 (7.3%)

Renzo Macelloni
(Future Tuscany)
30,068 (1.5%)

Claudio Martini
Umbria
Umbria
Maria Rita Lorenzetti
319,109 (63.0%)
Pietro Laffranco
170,357 (33.6%)
Luca Romagnoli
7,410 (1.5%)
Marcello Ramadori
(Socialist Party New PSI)
9,561 (1.9%)
Maria Rita Lorenzetti
Marche
Marche
Gian Mario Spacca
499,793 (57.7%)
Francesco Massi
333,635 (38.6%)
Vincenzo Rosini
12,273 (1.4%)
Angelo Tiraboschi
(Democratic Pact)
19,802 (2.3%)
Vito d'Ambrosio
Lazio
Lazio
Piero Marrazzo
1,628,486 (50.7%)
Francesco Storace
1,522,198 (47.4%)
Alessandra Mussolini
62,352 (1.9%)
Francesco Storace
Abruzzo
Abruzzo
Ottaviano Del Turco
455,307 (58.1%)
Giovanni Pace
317,976 (40.6%)
Fabrizio Bosio
10,221 (1.3%)
Giovanni Pace
Campania
Campania
Antonio Bassolino
1,896,664 (61.6%)
Italo Bocchino
1,057,523 (34.4%)
Alessandra Mussolini
59,652 (1.9%)
Gianfranco Rotondi
(Christian Democracy)
64,483 (2.1%)
Antonio Bassolino
Apulia
Puglia
Nichi Vendola
1,165,536 (49.8%)
Raffaele Fitto
1,151,405 (49.2%)
Gianfelice Galassi
10,973 (0.5%)
Laura Scalabrini
(Christian Democracy)
10,477 (0.5%)
Raffaele Fitto
Calabria
Calabria
Agazio Loiero
662,722 (59.0%)
Sergio Abramo
446,634 (39.7%)
Fortunato Aloi
12,577 (1.1%)
Giuseppe Bilello
(Green Democrats)
2,593 (0.2%)
Giuseppe Chiaravallotti

Note: The Communist Refoundation Party presented its own candidate in Tuscany, even though it is full member of left-wing coalition The Union, as well as what New Italian Socialist Party, member of right-wing House of Freedoms, did in Umbria.

Results by region

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