1995 Italian regional elections

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).

1995 Italian regional elections

April 23, 1995
Presidents and regional assemblies of Piedmont, Lombardy, Veneto, Liguria, Emilia-Romagna, Tuscany, Marche, Umbria, Lazio, Campania, Molise, Abruzzo, Apulia, Basilicata and Calabria
Elected Presidents:   Centre-right coalition   Centre-left coalition

The centre-left coalition won in nine regions, while the centre-right coalition won in only six regions.

Tatarella law

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

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

Regional councils

Alliance		Votes	%	Seats
	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

Region	Former president	Party		Elected president	Party
Piedmont	Gian Paolo Brizio		Italian People's Party	Enzo Ghigo		Centre-right
Liguria	Giancarlo Mori		Italian People's Party	Giancarlo Mori		Centre-left
Lombardy	Paolo Arrigoni		Lega Nord	Roberto Formigoni		Centre-right
Veneto	Aldo Bottin		Italian People's Party	Giancarlo Galan		Centre-right
Emilia Romagna	Pier Luigi Bersani		Democratic Party of the Left	Pier Luigi Bersani		Centre-left
Tuscany	Vannino Chiti		Democratic Party of the Left	Vannino Chiti		Centre-left
Umbria	Claudio Carnieri		Democratic Party of the Left	Bruno Bracalente		Centre-left
Marche	Gaetano Recchi		Italian Socialist Party	Vito D'Ambrosio		Centre-left
Lazio	Arturo Osio		Federation of the Greens	Piero Badaloni		Centre-right
Abruzzo	Vincenzo Del Colle		Italian People's Party	Antonio Falconio		Centre-left
Molise	Giovanni Di Giandomenico		Italian People's Party	Marcello Veneziale		Centre-left
Campania	Giovanni Grasso		Italian People's Party	Antonio Rastrelli		Centre-right
Basilicata	Antonio Boccia		Italian People's Party	Angelo Raffaele Dinardo		Centre-left
Apulia	Giuseppe Martellotta		Italian People's Party	Salvatore Distaso		Centre-right
Calabria	Donato Veraldi		Italian People's Party	Giuseppe Nisticò		Centre-right

Results by region

Piedmont

Regional election 1995: Piedmont

List		Candidates	Votes	%	±%	Seats	±
	Centre-right coalition	Enzo Ghigo	1,059,602	39.7		33
	Centre-left coalition	Giuseppe Picchetto	938,280	35.2		18
	League	Domenico Comino	296,966	11.1		5
	Communist Refoundation	Giovanni Alasia	248,158	9.3		4
	Pannella List	Carmelo Palma	54,436	2.0		0
	Independent	Alessandro Lupi	45,428	1.7		0
	Independent	Renzo Rabellino	26,006	1.0		0
Turnout			3,056,187	83.0

Lombardy

Regional election 1995: Lombardy

List		Candidates	Votes	%	±%	Seats	±
	Centre-right coalition	Roberto Formigoni	2,386,732	41.1		54
	Centre-left coalition	Diego Masi	1,591,417	27.4		19
	League	Francesco Speroni	1,087,128	18.7		12
	Communist Refoundation	Giuseppe Carlo Torri	459,051	7.9		5
	Pannella List	Marco Pannella	165,838	2.9		0
	Independent	Carlo Fatuzzo	120,665	2.1		0
Turnout			6,323,049	84.2

Veneto

Regional election 1995: Veneto

List		Candidates	Votes	%	±%	Seats	±
	Centre-right coalition	Giancarlo Galan	1,117,377	38.2		36
	Centre-left coalition	Ettore Bentsik	945,753	32.4		18
	League	Alberto Lembo	510,578	17.5		9
	Communist Refoundation	Paolo Cacciari	200,649	6.9		2
	Independent	Giorgio Panto	108,072	3.7		0
	Pannella List	Emilio Vesce	41,142	1.4		0
Turnout			3,212,545	85.2

Liguria

Regional election 1995: Liguria

List		Candidates	Votes	%	±%	Seats	±
	Centre-left coalition	Giancarlo Mori	445,340	42.4		27
	Centre-right coalition	Sergio Magliola	399,405	38.0		14
	Communist Refoundation	Giuseppe Tarantino	90,550	8.6		2
	League	Giacomo Chiappori	68,706	6.5		2
	Independent	Elisabetta Fatuzzo	25,196	2.4		0
	Pannella List	Vittorio Pezzuto	17,553	1.7		0
	Independent	Bruno Ravera	3,468	0.3		0
Turnout			1,177,354	79.6

Emilia-Romagna

Regional election 1995: Emilia-Romagna

List		Candidates	Votes	%	±%	Seats	±
	Centre-left coalition	Pier Luigi Bersani	1,508,241	53.8		34
	Centre-right coalition	Gianfranco Morra	896,012	32.0		12
	Communist Refoundation	Renato Albertini	247,476	8.8		3
	League	Pier Luigi Copernici	107,628	3.8		1
	Pannella List	Carduccio Parizzi	43,633	1.6		0
Turnout			3,013,350	88.3

Tuscany

Regional election 1995: Tuscany

List		Candidates	Votes	%	±%	Seats	±
	Centre-left coalition	Vannino Chiti	1,188,995	50.1		33
	Centre-right coalition	Paolo Del Debbio	855,287	36.0		13
	Communist Refoundation	Luciano Ghelli	294,128	12.4		4
	Pannella List	Vincenzo Donvito	33,856	1.4		0
Turnout			2,582,763	85.2

Umbria

Regional election 1995: Umbria

List		Candidates	Votes	%	±%	Seats	±
	Centre-left coalition	Bruno Bracalente	331,349	59.9		18
	Centre-right coalition	Riccardo Pongelli	215,570	39.0		12
	Pannella List	Mauro Fonzo	5,867	1.1		0
Turnout			604,982	85.6

Marche

Regional election 1995: Marche

List		Candidates	Votes	%	±%	Seats	±
	Centre-left coalition	Vito D'Ambrosio	486,631	51.6		26
	Centre-right coalition	Stefano Bastianoni	367,030	38.9		12
	People's Party	Paolo Polenta	60,401	6.4		2
	Tricolour Flame	Achille Castignani	10,962	1.2		0
	Pannella List	Ruggero Morresi	10,224	1.1		0
	League	Luca Rodolfo Paolini	8,525	0.9		0
Turnout			1,050,546	84.6

Lazio

Regional election 1995: Lazio

List		Candidates	Votes	%	±%	Seats	±
	Centre-left coalition	Piero Badaloni	1,582,897	48.1		27
	Centre-right coalition	Alberto Michelini	1,577,521	48.0		23
	Pannella List	Primo Mastrantoni	73,654	2.2		0
	Tricolour Flame	Pino Rauti	54,275	1.7		0
Turnout			3,582,697	81.2

Abruzzo

Regional election 1995: Abruzzo

List		Candidates	Votes	%	±%	Seats	±
	Centre-left coalition	Antonio Falconio	381,051	48.2		25
	Centre-right coalition	Piergiorgio Landini	373,101	47.2		15
	Tricolour Flame	Nicola Mario Cucullo	19,479	2.5		0
	Pannella List	Riccardo Chiavaroli	16,600	2.1		0
Turnout			887,581	76.6

Molise

Regional election 1995: Molise

List		Candidates	Votes	%	±%	Seats	±
	Centre-left coalition	Marcello Veneziale	103,226	50.5		18
	Centre-right coalition	Quintino Vincenzo Pallante	101,348	49.5		12
Turnout			230,149	72.2

Campania

Regional election 1995: Campania

List		Candidates	Votes	%	±%	Seats	±
	Centre-right coalition	Antonio Rastrelli	1,408,463	47.9		36
	Centre-left coalition	Giovanni Vacca	1,156,539	39.3		20
	People's Party	Giovanni Grasso	237,162	8.1		4
	Tricolour Flame	Pino Rauti	48,718	1.7		0
	Pannella List	Mimmo Pinto	47,195	1.6		0
	Independent	Antonio D'Acunto	32,053	1.1		0
	Independent	Gennaro Nardi	13,009	0.4		0
Turnout			3,408,449	73.9

Apulia

Regional election 1995: Apulia

List		Candidates	Votes	%	±%	Seats	±
	Centre-right coalition	Salvatore Distaso	1,071,186	49.8		38
	Centre-left coalition	Luigi Ferrara Mirenzi	986,782	45.9		25
	Tricolour Flame	Anselmo Ciuffoletti	46,896	2.2		0
	Pannella List	Marco Pannella	46,720	2.2		0
Turnout			2,522,135	75.7

Basilicata

Regional election 1995: Basilicata

List		Candidates	Votes	%	±%	Seats	±
	Centre-left coalition	Angelo Raffaele Dinardo	190,744	54.9		18
	Centre-right coalition	Giampiero Perri	126,804	36.5		10
	Communist Refoundation	Pietro Simonetti	22,361	6.4		2
	Tricolour Flame	Leonardo Giordano	4,504	1.3		0
	Pannella List	Giannino Cusano	2,994	0.9		0
Turnout			409,764	78.6

Calabria

Regional election 1995: Calabria

List		Candidates	Votes	%	±%	Seats	±
	Centre-right coalition	Giuseppe Domenico Nisticò	456,545	44.1		25
	Centre-left coalition	Donato Tommaso Veraldi	392,227	37.6		13
	Communist Refoundation	Pasquino Crupi	98,742	9.5		3
	Republican Party	Roberto Cangiamila	35,610	3.4		1
	Social Democratic Party	Carlo Nicola Colella	31,072	3.0		0
	Tricolour Flame	Salvatore Paolillo	14,002	1.4		0
	Pannella List	Anna Maria Merlini	8,049	0.8		0
Turnout			1,215,634	68.6

References

External links

• Ministry of the Interior – Electoral Archive