1995 Italian regional elections

1995 Italian regional elections
23 April 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 Italian regional elections of 1995 were held on 23 April. These regional elections were the first to be held under the provisions of the new electoral system.

The centre-left coalition won the majority of votes in nine regions, while the centre-right coalition secured victory in only six regions.

New electoral law

A new electoral law for the ordinary Regions of Italy was adopted in February 1995, replacing the original 1970 law, with the aim of abolishing proportional representation (PR) and reducing the resulting political instability. Although 80% of seats continued to be allocated under the old PR system through provincial lists, under the new system 20% of seats were now assigned at large through block voting to the most voted coalition of parties. Formally, direct presidential elections were postponed until 2000, pending a constitutional reform. However, the leaders of the winning coalitions in the elections effectively became regional presidents.

Coalitions

After the fall of the Berlusconi I Cabinet and the collapse of the Pole of Freedoms, the Northern League ran as a single party, while a new national centre-right coalition was formed between Silvio Berlusconi's Forza Italia and the post-fascist National Alliance. The Christian-left Italian People's Party, on the other hand, joined the new centre-left coalition, The Olive Tree, which was consequently abandoned in protest by the far-left Communist Refoundation Party.

Overall results

Regional councils

Alliance Votes % Seats
Centre-left coalition
(The Olive Tree)		 11,392,677 43.28
349 / 755
Centre-right coalition
(Pole for Freedoms)		 10,821,365 41.11
345 / 755
Others 4,110,724 15,61
61 / 755
Total 26,324,766 100.00
755 / 755
Source: Ministry of the Interior

Presidents of the regions

Region Outgoing Elected Election
President Party President Party Alliance
Piedmont Gian Paolo Brizio PPI Enzo Ghigo FI Centre-right Details
Liguria Giancarlo Mori PPI Giancarlo Mori PPI Centre-left Details
Lombardy Paolo Arrigoni LN Roberto Formigoni FI Centre-right Details
Veneto Aldo Bottin PPI Giancarlo Galan FI Centre-right Details
Emilia-Romagna Pier Luigi Bersani PDS Pier Luigi Bersani PDS Centre-left Details
Tuscany Vannino Chiti PDS Vannino Chiti PDS Centre-left Details
Umbria Claudio Carnieri PDS Bruno Bracalente PDS Centre-left Details
Marche Gaetano Recchi PSI Vito D'Ambrosio PDS Centre-left Details
Lazio Arturo Osio FdV Piero Badaloni Ind Centre-left Details
Abruzzo Vincenzo Del Colle PPI Antonio Falconio PPI Centre-left Details
Molise Giovanni Di Giandomenico PPI Marcello Veneziale PDS Centre-left Details
Campania Giovanni Grasso PPI Antonio Rastrelli AN Centre-right Details
Basilicata Antonio Boccia PPI Angelo Raffaele Dinardo PPI Centre-left Details
Apulia Giuseppe Martellotta PPI Salvatore Distaso FI Centre-right Details
Calabria Donato Veraldi PPI Giuseppe Nisticò FI Centre-right Details

Summary by region

Piedmont

Main article: 1995 Piedmontese regional election
President Regional council
Candidate Party Votes % Alliance Votes % Seats
Enzo Ghigo FI 1,059,602 39.7 Centre-right 900,373 40.9 33
Giuseppe Pichetto Ind 938,280 35.2 Centre-left 794,778 36.1 18
Domenico Comino LN 296,966 11.1 LN 217,194 9.9 5
Giovanni Alasia PRC 248,158 9.3 PRC 203,842 9.2 4
Others 125,870 4.7 Others 86,103 3.9 0
Voters: 3,056,187 — Turnout: 83.0%

Lombardy

Main article: 1995 Lombard regional election
President Regional council
Candidate Party Votes % Alliance Votes % Seats
Roberto Formigoni FI 2,386,732 41.07 Centre-right 2,077,221 41.7 54
Diego Masi PS 1,591,417 27.4 Centre-left 1,473,339 29.6 19
Francesco Speroni LN 1,087,128 18.7 LN 879,139 17.7 12
Giuseppe Torri PRC 459,051 7.9 PRC 381,221 7.7 5
Others 286,503 4.9 Others 167,649 3.4 0
Voters: 6,323,049 — Turnout: 84.2%

Veneto

Main article: 1995 Venetian regional election
President Regional council
Candidate Party Votes % Alliance Votes % Seats
Giancarlo Galan FI 1,117,377 38.2 Centre-right 969,097 38.3 36
Ettore Bentsik Ind 945,753 32.3 Centre-left 911,842 36.0 18
Alberto Lembo LN 512,578 17.5 LN 422,410 16.7 9
Paolo Cacciari PRC 200,649 6.9 PRC 126,594 5.0 2
Others 149,214 5.1 Others 102,596 4.0 0
Voters: 3,212,545 — Turnout: 85.2%

Liguria

Main article: 1995 Ligurian regional election
President Regional council
Candidate Party Votes % Alliance Votes % Seats
Giancarlo Mori PPI 445,340 42.4 Centre-left 422,072 44.0 27
Sergio Magliola Ind 399,405 38.0 Centre-right 367,155 38.2 14
Giuseppe Tarantino PRC 90,550 8.6 PRC 76,507 8.0 2
Giacomo Chiappori LN 68,706 6.5 LN 62,755 6.5 2
Others 46,197 4.4 Others 32,480 3.3 0
Voters: 1,177,354 — Turnout: 79.6%

Emilia-Romagna

Main article: 1995 Emilia-Romagna regional election
President Regional council
Candidate Party Votes % Alliance Votes % Seats
Pier Luigi Bersani PDS 1,508,241 53.8 Centre-left 1,464,349 56.9 34
Gianfranco Morra FI 896,012 32.0 Centre-right 792,128 30.8 12
Renato Albertini PRC 247,476 8.8 PRC 196,274 7.6 3
Pierluigi Copercini LN 107,628 3.8 LN 86,400 3.4 1
Others 43,633 1.6 Others 33,995 1.3 0
Voters: 3,013,350 — Turnout: 88.3%

Tuscany

Main article: 1995 Tuscan regional election
President Regional council
Candidate Party Votes % Alliance Votes % Seats
Vannino Chiti PDS 1,188,995 50.1 Centre-left 1,129,672 52.8 33
Paolo Del Debbio FI 855,287 36.1 Centre-right 743,855 34.8 13
Luciano Ghelli PRC 294,128 12.4 PRC 237,405 11.1 4
Others 33,856 1.4 Others 28,295 1.3 0
Voters: 2,582,763 — Turnout: 85.2%

Umbria

Main article: 1995 Umbrian regional election
President Regional council
Candidate Party Votes % Alliance Votes % Seats
Bruno Bracalente PDS 331,349 59.9 Centre-left 324,443 62.7 18
Riccardo Pongelli FI 215,570 39.0 Centre-right 189,030 36.5 12
Others 5,867 1.1 Others 4,368 0.8 0
Voters: 604,982 — Turnout: 85.6%

Marche

Main article: 1995 Marche regional election
President Regional council
Candidate Party Votes % Alliance Votes % Seats
Vito D'Ambrosio PDS 486,631 51.6 Centre-left 454,563 54.0 26
Stefano Bastianoni FI 367,030 38.9 Centre-right 320,805 38.1 12
Paolo Polenta PPI 60,401 6.4 PPI 51,057 6.1 2
Others 29,711 3.1 Others 15,993 1.9 0
Voters: 1,050,546 — Turnout: 84.6%

Lazio

Main article: 1995 Lazio regional election
President Regional council
Candidate Party Votes % Alliance Votes % Seats
Piero Badaloni Ind 1,582,897 48.1 Centre-left 1,364,836 48.7 37
Alberto Michelini FI 1,577,521 48.0 Centre-right 1,335,250 47.7 23
Others 127,929 3.9 Others 101,449 3.6 0
Voters: 3,852,697 — Turnout: 81.2%

Abruzzo

Main article: 1995 Abruzzo regional election
President Regional council
Candidate Party Votes % Alliance Votes % Seats
Antonio Falconio PPI 381,051 48.2 Centre-left 371,272 51.6 25
Piergiorgio Landini AN 373,101 47.2 Centre-right 323,969 45.0 15
Others 36,079 4.6 Others 24,689 3.4 0
Voters: 887,581 — Turnout: 76.7%

Molise

Main article: 1995 Molise regional election
President Regional council
Candidate Party Votes % Alliance Votes % Seats
Marcello Veneziale PDS 103,226 50.5 Centre-left 92,518 48.9 18
Quintino Pallante FI 101,348 49.5 Centre-right 96,726 51.1 12
Voters: 230,149 — Turnout: 72.2%

Campania

Main article: 1995 Campania regional election
President Regional council
Candidate Party Votes % Alliance Votes % Seats
Antonio Rastrelli AN 1,408,463 47.9 Centre-right 1,249,713 46.9 36
Giovanni Vacca Ind 1,159,539 39.3 Centre-left 1,092,570 41.0 20
Giovanni Grasso PPI 237,162 8.1 PPI 220,557 8.3 4
Others 92,857 3.1 Others 69,633 2.6 0
Voters: 3,408,449 — Turnout: 73.9%

Basilicata

Main article: 1995 Basilicata regional election
President Regional council
Candidate Party Votes % Alliance Votes % Seats
Raffaele Dinardo PPI 190,744 54.9 Centre-left 190,253 59.1 18
Giampiero Perri FI 126,804 36.5 Centre-right 110,566 34.4 10
Pietro Simonetti PRC 22,361 6.4 PRC 17,144 5.3 2
Others 7,498 2.2 Others 3,714 1.2 0
Voters: 409,764 — Turnout: 78.6%

Apulia

Main article: 1995 Apulian regional election
President Regional council
Candidate Party Votes % Alliance Votes % Seats
Salvatore Distaso FI 1,071,186 49.8 Centre-right 927,959 47.5 38
Luigi Ferrara Mirenzi PDS 986,782 45.9 Centre-left 956,619 49.0 25
Others 93,616 4.3 Others 68,282 3.5 0
Voters: 2,522,135 — Turnout: 75.7%

Calabria

Main article: 1995 Calabrian regional election
President Regional council
Candidate Party Votes % Alliance Votes % Seats
Giuseppe Nisticò FI 456,545 44.1 Centre-right 417,068 45.0 25
Donato Tommaso Veraldi PPI 392,227 37.9 Centre-left 349,551 37.8 13
Pasquino Crupi PRC 98,742 9.5 PRC 80,851 8.7 3
Roberto Cangiamila PRI 35,610 3.4 PRI 34,865 3.8 1
Others 53,123 5.1 Others 43,630 4.7 0
Voters: 1,215,634 — Turnout: 68.6%
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