1995 Calabrian regional election

The Calabrian regional election of 1995 took place on 23 April 1995.

1995 Calabrian regional election

23 April 1995

Majority party Minority party   Leader Giuseppe Nisticò Donato Tommaso Veraldi Party Forza Italia People's Party Alliance Pole for Freedoms The Olive Tree Seats won 25 13 Popular vote 456,545 392,227 Percentage 44.1% 37.9%

President before election Donato Tommaso Veraldi Italian People's Party Subsequent President Giuseppe Nisticò Forza Italia

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Giuseppe Nisticò (Forza Italia) was elected President of the Region, defeating Donato Tommaso Veraldi (Italian People's Party).

For the first time the President of the Region was directly elected by the people, although the election was not yet binding and the President-elect could have been replaced during the term. This is precisely what happened in 1998, when the centre-right decided to replace Nisticò with Battista Caligiuri, and again in 1999, when a centre-left majority supported by dissidents of the centre-right, who had formed the Democratic Union for the Republic, ousted Caligiuri and replaced him with Luigi Meduri of the Italian People's Party.