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:
  Pole for Freedoms
  The Olive Tree

The centre-left coalition (The Olive Tree) won in nine regions, while the centre-right coalition (Pole for Freedoms) 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, the Pole for Freedoms was formed with a split of the Italian People's Party, the United Christian Democrats. 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 coalition10,821,36541.11
345 / 745
Centre-left coalition11,392,67743.28
339 / 745
Others4,110,72415,61
61 / 745
Total26,324,766100.00
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
See also: 1995 Piedmontese regional election
Regional election 1995: Piedmont
List Candidates Votes % ±% Seats ±
Pole for Freedoms Enzo Ghigo 1,059,602 39.7 33
The Olive Tree Giuseppe Picchetto 938,280 35.2 18
League Domenico Comino 296,966 11.1 5
Communist Refoundation Giovanni Alasia 248,158 9.3 4
Radicals Carmelo Palma 54,436 2.0 0
Greens Alessandro Lupi 45,428 1.7 0
Independent Renzo Rabellino 26,006 1.0 0
Turnout 3,056,187 83.0

Lombardy
See also: 1995 Lombard regional election
Regional election 1995: Lombardy
List Candidates Votes % ±% Seats ±
Pole for Freedoms Roberto Formigoni 2,386,732 41.1 54
The Olive Tree 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
Radicals Marco Pannella 165,838 2.9 0
Independent Carlo Fatuzzo 120,665 2.1 0
Turnout 6,323,049 84.2

Veneto
See also: 1995 Venetian regional election
Regional election 1995: Veneto
List Candidates Votes % ±% Seats ±
Pole for Freedoms Giancarlo Galan 1,117,377 38.2 36
The Olive Tree 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
Radicals Emilio Vesce 41,142 1.4 0
Turnout 3,212,545 85.2

Liguria
See also: 1995 Ligurian regional election
Regional election 1995: Liguria
List Candidates Votes % ±% Seats ±
The Olive Tree Giancarlo Mori 445,340 42.4 27
Pole for Freedoms 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
Radicals Vittorio Pezzuto 17,553 1.7 0
Independent Bruno Ravera 3,468 0.3 0
Turnout 1,177,354 79.6

Emilia-Romagna
See also: 1995 Emilia-Romagna regional election
Regional election 1995: Emilia-Romagna
List Candidates Votes % ±% Seats ±
The Olive Tree Pier Luigi Bersani 1,508,241 53.8 34
Pole for Freedoms 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
Radicals Carduccio Parizzi 43,633 1.6 0
Turnout 3,013,350 88.3

Tuscany
See also: 1995 Tuscan regional election
Regional election 1995: Tuscany
List Candidates Votes % ±% Seats ±
The Olive Tree Vannino Chiti 1,188,995 50.1 33
Pole for Freedoms Paolo Del Debbio 855,287 36.0 13
Communist Refoundation Luciano Ghelli 294,128 12.4 4
Radicals Vincenzo Donvito 33,856 1.4 0
Turnout 2,582,763 85.2

Umbria
See also: 1995 Umbrian regional election
Regional election 1995: Umbria
List Candidates Votes % ±% Seats ±
The Olive Tree Bruno Bracalente 331,349 59.9 18
Pole for Freedoms Riccardo Pongelli 215,570 39.0 12
Radicals Mauro Fonzo 5,867 1.1 0
Turnout 604,982 85.6

Marche
See also: 1995 Marche regional election
Regional election 1995: Marche
List Candidates Votes % ±% Seats ±
The Olive Tree Vito D'Ambrosio 486,631 51.6 26
Pole for Freedoms 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
Radicals Ruggero Morresi 10,224 1.1 0
League Luca Rodolfo Paolini 8,525 0.9 0
Turnout 1,050,546 84.6

Lazio
See also: 1995 Lazio regional election
Regional election 1995: Lazio
List Candidates Votes % ±% Seats ±
The Olive Tree Piero Badaloni 1,582,897 48.1 27
Pole for Freedoms Alberto Michelini 1,577,521 48.0 23
Radicals Primo Mastrantoni 73,654 2.2 0
Tricolour Flame Pino Rauti 54,275 1.7 0
Turnout 3,582,697 81.2

Abruzzo
See also: 1995 Abruzzo regional election
Regional election 1995: Abruzzo
List Candidates Votes % ±% Seats ±
The Olive Tree Antonio Falconio 381,051 48.2 25
Pole for Freedoms Piergiorgio Landini 373,101 47.2 15
Tricolour Flame Nicola Mario Cucullo 19,479 2.5 0
Radicals Riccardo Chiavaroli 16,600 2.1 0
Turnout 887,581 76.6

Molise
See also: 1995 Molise regional election
Regional election 1995: Molise
List Candidates Votes % ±% Seats ±
The Olive Tree Marcello Veneziale 103,226 50.5 18
Pole for Freedoms Quintino Vincenzo Pallante 101,348 49.5 12
Turnout 230,149 72.2

Campania
See also: 1995 Campania regional election
Regional election 1995: Campania
List Candidates Votes % ±% Seats ±
Pole for Freedoms Antonio Rastrelli 1,408,463 47.9 36
The Olive Tree 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
Radicals 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
See also: 1995 Apulian regional election
Regional election 1995: Apulia
List Candidates Votes % ±% Seats ±
Pole for Freedoms Salvatore Distaso 1,071,186 49.8 38
The Olive Tree Luigi Ferrara Mirenzi 986,782 45.9 25
Tricolour Flame Anselmo Ciuffoletti 46,896 2.2 0
Radicals Marco Pannella 46,720 2.2 0
Turnout 2,522,135 75.7

Basilicata
See also: 1995 Basilicata regional election
Regional election 1995: Basilicata
List Candidates Votes % ±% Seats ±
The Olive Tree Angelo Raffaele Dinardo 190,744 54.9 18
Pole for Freedoms Giampiero Perri 126,804 36.5 10
Communist Refoundation Pietro Vespero Francesco Simonetti 22,361 6.4 2
Tricolour Flame Leonardo Giordano 4,504 1.3 0
Radicals Giannino Cusano 2,994 0.9 0
Turnout 409,764 78.6

Calabria
See also: 1995 Calabrian regional election
Regional election 1995: Calabria
List Candidates Votes % ±% Seats ±
Pole for Freedoms Giuseppe Domenico Nisticò 456,545 44.1 25
The Olive Tree 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 Gerardo Giuseppe Paolillo 14,002 1.4 0
Radicals Anna Maria Merlini 8,049 0.8 0
Turnout 1,215,634 68.6

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