2005 Italian regional elections 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 .
Presidents of the regions [ edit ] President Regional council Candidate Party Votes % Alliance Votes % Seats Mercedes Bresso DS 1,226,355 50.9 Union 1,021,386 49.9 38 Enzo Ghigo FI 1,133,358 47.1 CdL 995,573 48.7 25 Others 49,267 2.0 Others 28,770 1.4 0
President Regional council Candidate Party Votes % Alliance Votes % Seats Roberto Formigoni FI 2,841,883 53.8 CdL 2,426,620 55.3 52 Riccardo Sarfatti Ind. 2,278,173 43.2 Union 1,845,004 42.1 29 Others 156,815 3.0 Others 112,937 2.6 0
President Regional council Candidate Party Votes % Alliance Votes % Seats Giancarlo Galan FI 1,359,879 50.6 CdL 1,228,992 53.3 39 Massimo Carraro Ind. 1,138,631 42.3 Union 931,698 40.4 19 Giorgio Panto PNE 161,642 6.0 PNE 125,690 5.4 2 Others 28,565 1.1 Others 20,434 0.9 0
President Regional council Candidate Party Votes % Alliance Votes % Seats Claudio Burlando DS 491,545 52.6 Union 434,617 53.4 25 Sandro Biasotti FI 434,934 46.6 CdL 374,277 45.9 15 Others 7,313 0.8 Others 5,441 0.7 0
President Regional council Candidate Party Votes % Alliance Votes % Seats Vasco Errani DS 1,579,989 62.7 Union 1,414,717 62.0 32 Carlo Monaco FI 886,775 35.2 CdL 835,620 36.6 18 Others 51,737 2.1 Others 30,713 1.4 0
President Regional council Candidate Party Votes % Alliance Votes % Seats Claudio Martini DS 1,185,374 57.4 Union 1,024,106 56.7 39 Alessandro Antichi FI 678,491 32.8 CdL 595,975 33.0 21 Luca Ciabatti PRC 151,560 7.3 PRC 50,907 8.2 5 Others 28,030 1.5 Others 30,713 2.1 0
President Regional council Candidate Party Votes % Alliance Votes % Seats Maria Rita Lorenzetti DS 316,770 63.0 Union 290,232 63.2 19 Pietro Laffranco FI 169,176 33.6 CdL 158,028 34.4 11 Others 16,878 3.4 Others 10,733 2.3 0
President Regional council Candidate Party Votes % Alliance Votes % Seats Gian Mario Spacca DL 499,381 57.8 Union 454,875 57.6 24 Francesco Massi FI 333,181 38.5 CdL 308,324 39.1 16 Others 32,017 3.7 Others 10,733 2.3 0
President Regional council Candidate Party Votes % Alliance Votes % Seats Piero Marrazzo Ind. 1,631,501 50.7 Union 1,342,619 48.5 42 Francesco Storace AN 1,524,712 47.4 CdL 1,392,029 50.3 28 Others 62,498 1.9 Others 34,449 1.2 0
President Regional council Candidate Party Votes % Alliance Votes % Seats Antonio Bassolino DS 1,891,895 61.6 Union 1,823,321 63.3 38 Italo Bocchino AN 1,056,445 34.4 CdL 968,309 33.6 22 Others 124,696 4.0 Others 90,802 3.1 0
President Regional council Candidate Party Votes % Alliance Votes % Seats Vito De Filippo DL 236,479 67.0 Union 236,579 68.7 20 Cosimo Latronico FI 101,725 28.8 CdL 96,435 28.0 10 Others 14,763 4.2 Others 11,328 3.3 0
President Regional council Candidate Party Votes % Alliance Votes % Seats Nichi Vendola PRC 1,165,536 49.8 Union 1,065,752 49.7 42 Raffaele Fitto FI 1,151,405 49.2 CdL 1,062,753 49.5 28 Others 21,450 0.9 Others 16,159 0.8 0
President Regional council Candidate Party Votes % Alliance Votes % Seats Agazio Loiero DL 663,986 59.0 Union 660,175 60.7 30 Sergio Abramo FI 447,243 39.7 CdL 419,457 38.6 20 Others 15,121 1.3 Others 8,193 0.7 0