2005 Lombard regional election

The Lombard regional election of 2005 took place on 3–4 April 2005. The 8th term of the Regional Council was chosen. Roberto Formigoni (Forza Italia) was re-elected for the third time in a row President, defeating Riccardo Sarfatti.

2005 Lombard regional election
3–4 April 2005
All 80 seats to the Regional Council of Lombardy
Turnout72.97% ( 2.62%)
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Roberto Formigoni Riccardo Sarfatti
Party Forza Italia Independent
Alliance House of Freedoms The Union
Last election 51 seats, 62.4% 26 seats, 31.5%
Seats won 52 28
Seat change 1 2
Popular vote 2,841,883 2,278,173
Percentage 53.9% 43.2%
Swing 8.5% 11.7%
President before election

Roberto Formigoni
FI

 President-elect

Roberto Formigoni
FI

Lombardy
This article is part of a series on the
politics and government of
Lombardy

Electoral law

Lombardy uses national Tatarella Law of 1995 to elect its Council, not having written its own legislation. Sixty-four councillors are elected in provincial constituencies by proportional representation using the largest remainder method with a Droop quota and open lists; remained seats and votes are grouped at regional level where a Hare quota is used, and then distributed to provincial party lists.

Sixteen councillors are elected at-large using a general ticket: parties are grouped in alliances, and the alliance which receives a plurality of votes elects all its candidates, its leader becoming the President of Lombardy. If a coalition wins more than 50% of the total seats in the Council with PR, only 8 candidates from the regional list will be chosen and the number of those elected in provincial constituencies will be 72; if the winning alliance receives less than 50% of votes, special seats are added to the Council to ensure a large majority for the President's coalition.

Council apportionment

According to the official 2001 Italian census, the 64 Council seats which must be covered by proportional representation were so distributed between Lombard provinces.

 BG  BS  CO  CR  LC  LO  MN  MI  MB  PV  SO  VA total
7 8 4 2 2 1 3 21 5 4 1 6 64

It must be underlined that this allocation is not fixed. Remained seats and votes after proportional distribution, are all grouped at regional level and divided by party lists. The consequent division of these seats at provincial level usually change the original apportionment. Only 37 seats were directly assigned at provincial level, and the final distribution between provinces changed in this way.

 BG  BS  CO  CR  LC  LO  MN  MI  MB  PV  SO  VA total
+1 +1 -1 = = = -1 +2 -1 -1 -1 = -1

As it can be seen, the Province of Sondrio remained without representation.

Results

2005 election led to the return to the guide of the Region, for its third consecutive term, Communion and Liberation's Roberto Formigoni, supported by the center-right coalition.

If the mechanisms of electoral law generated a Regional Council very similar to the incumbent one, popular vote marked a significant reduction in the gap between the two sides, which was almost halved. The same plurality party, Forza Italia, decreased of more than four hundred preferences. The election was also the test for a list that led, within two years, to the national foundation of a new political entity, the Democratic Party.

The Olive Tree, an alliance comprising The Daisy and the Democrats of the Left, was the largest party in the region for the first time with the 27.1% of votes.

3–4 April 2005 Lombard regional election results
Candidates Votes % Seats Parties Votes % Seat
Roberto Formigoni 2,841,883 53.86 16
Forza Italia 1,137,621 25.95 18
Northern League – Lombard League 693,464 15.82 11
National Alliance 380,962 8.69 5
Union of Christian and Centre Democrats 166,761 3.80 2
New Italian Socialist Party 36,616 0.84 –
Laic Pole (Liberal Democrats–PRI–PLI) 11,196 0.26 –
Total 2,426,620 55.34 36
Riccardo Sarfatti 2,278,173 43.17 1
The Olive Tree 1,186,848 27.07 19
Communist Refoundation Party 248,703 5.67 3
Federation of the Greens 128,060 2.92 2
Pensioners' Party 115,481 2.63 1[lower-alpha 1]
Party of Italian Communists 104,481 2.38 1
Italy of Values 61,431 1.40 1
Total 1,845,004 42.08 28
Gianmario Invernizzi 142,807 2.71 –
Social Alternative 54,937 1.25 –
Lega Padana Lombardia 39,012 0.89 –
Pensions & Work 7,409 0.17 –
Total 101,358 2.31 –
Marco Marsili 14,008 0.27 – Liberal Democrats 11,579 0.26 –
Total candidates 5,276,871 100.00 17 Total parties 4,384,561 100.00 63
Source: Ministry of the Interior – Historical Archive of Elections
Popular vote (party)
The Olive Tree
 
 27.07%
FI
 
 25.95%
LN
 
 15.82%
AN
 
 8.69%
PRC
 
 5.67%
UDC
 
 3.80%
FdV
 
 2.92%
PP
 
 2.63%
PdCI
 
 2.38%
IdV
 
 1.40%
AS
 
 1.25%
Others
 
 2.42%
Popular vote (coalition)
Formigoni
 
 55.34%
Sarfatti
 
 42.08%
Invernizzi
 
 2.71%
Marsili
 
 0.27%

Results by province
Election results map. Orange denotes municipalities won by Sarfatti and Blue denotes those won by Formigoni.
Province Roberto Formigoni Riccardo Sarfatti Turnout
Milan 821,495 (48.74%) 814,934 (48.36%) 71.02%
Brescia 368,705 (56.90%) 253,080 (39.06%) 75.16%
Bergamo 347,263 (60.33%) 214,510 (37.27%) 74.52%
Varese 276,137 (58.39%) 184,599 (39.03%) 71.51%
Monza and Brianza 243,210 (54.49%) 193,080 (43.26%) 75.56%
Como 200,396 (62.06%) 113,623
(35.19%)		 72.51%
Pavia 158,119 (52.65%) 130,671
(43.51%)		 74.21%
Mantua 103,207 (45.93%) 116,766
(51.97%)		 74.07%
Cremona 100,900
(50.45%)		 91,718
(45.86%)		 75.15%
Lecco 99,286
(53.54%)		 79,452
(42.85%)		 75.37%
Lodi 59,923
(50.19%)		 55,364
(46.37%)		 75.50%
Sondrio 63,242
(65.91%)		 30,376
(31.66%)		 64.02%

Results by capital city
City Roberto Formigoni Riccardo Sarfatti Turnout
Milan 339,015
(49.80%)		 326,009
(47.89%)		 67.62%
Brescia 55,968
(50.76%)		 51,312
(46.54%)		 75.52%
Monza 37,170
(52.18%)		 32,675
(45.89%)		 74.08%
Bergamo 36,453
(54.73%)		 29,072
(43.65%)		 73.12%
Como 26,605
(56.56%)		 19,291
(41.01%)		 70.00%
Varese 26,594
(58.62%)		 17,944
(39.55%)		 68.95%
Pavia 22,852
(50.85%)		 20,930
(46.58%)		 77.88%
Cremona 18,937
(45.75%)		 21,319
(51.50%)		 73.22%
Mantua 11,639
(40.11%)		 16,902
(58.25%)		 75.52%
Lecco 13,961
(52.54%)		 11,964
(44.85%)		 72.71%
Lodi 13,495
(52.19%)		 11,511
(44.52%)		 78.18%
Sondrio 6,839
(56.60%)		 4,993
(41.32%)		 67.32%

References
    1. Pensioners gave a seat to Sarfatti.
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