Italian regional elections, 2005

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
Region	The Union L'Unione	House of Freedoms Casa delle Libertà	Social Alternative Alternativa Sociale	Other	Incumbent
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

External links

Ministry of the Interior – Electoral Archive

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See also: Elections in Abruzzo Aosta Valley Apulia Basilicata Calabria Campania Emilia-Romagna Friuli-Venezia Giulia Lazio Liguria Lombardy Marche Molise Piedmont Sardinia Sicily Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol Tuscany Umbria Veneto

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