2005 Lombard regional election

2005 Lombard regional election

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All 80 seats to the Regional Council of Lombardy
Turnout72.97% (Decrease 2.62%)
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Roberto Formigoni Riccardo Sarfatti
Party Forza Italia Independent
Alliance House of Freedoms The Union
Last election 51 seats, 62.4% 26 seats, 31.5%
Seats won 52 28
Seat change Increase1 Increase2
Popular vote 2,841,883 2,278,173
Percentage 53.9% 43.2%
Swing Decrease8.5% Increase11.7%


President before election

Roberto Formigoni
FI

President-elect

Roberto Formigoni
FI

The 2005 Lombard regional election took place on 3–4 April 2005. The 8th term of the Regional Council was chosen. Roberto Formigoni (Forza Italia) was re-elected for the third time in a row President, defeating Riccardo Sarfatti.

Electoral system

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Regional elections in Lombardy were ruled by the "Tatarella law" (approved in 1995), which provided for a mixed electoral system: four fifths of the regional councilors were elected in provincial constituencies by proportional representation, using the largest remainder method with a droop quota and open lists, while the residual votes and the unassigned seats were grouped into a "single regional constituency", where the whole ratios and the highest remainders were divided with the Hare method among the provincial party lists; one fifth of the council seats instead was reserved for regional lists and assigned with a majoritarian system: the leader of the regional list that scored the highest number of votes was elected to the presidency of the Region while the other candidates were elected regional councilors.

A threshold of 3% had been established for the provincial lists, which, however, could still have entered the regional council if the regional list to which they were connected had scored at least 5% of valid votes.

The panachage was also allowed: the voter can indicate a candidate for the presidency but prefer a provincial list connected to another candidate.

Council apportionment

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According to the official 2001 Italian census, the 64 Council seats which must be covered by proportional representation were so distributed between Lombard provinces.

 BG   BS   CO   CR   LC   LO   MN   MI   MB   PV   SO   VA  total
7 8 4 2 2 1 3 21 5 4 1 6 64

It must be underlined that this allocation is not fixed. Remained seats and votes after proportional distribution, are all grouped at regional level and divided by party lists. The consequent division of these seats at provincial level usually change the original apportionment. Only 37 seats were directly assigned at provincial level, and the final distribution between provinces changed in this way.

 BG   BS   CO   CR   LC   LO   MN   MI   MB   PV   SO   VA  total
+1 +1 -1 = = = -1 +2 -1 -1 -1 = -1

As it can be seen, the Province of Sondrio remained without representation.

Parties and candidates

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Political party or alliance Constituent lists Previous result Candidate
Votes (%) Seats
House of Freedoms Forza Italia 33.8 24 Roberto Formigoni
Northern League 15.4 10
National Alliance 9.7 6
Union of Christian and Centre Democrats 4.1 2
New Italian Socialist Party 0.7
Laic Pole (Liberal Democrats–PRIPLI)
The Union The Olive Tree 22.0 20 Riccardo Sarfatti
Communist Refoundation Party 6.4 5
Party of Italian Communists 1.9
Pensioners' Party 1.6 1
Federation of the Greens
Italy of Values
Far-right coalition Social Alternative (ASFTFSNFN) Gianmario Invernizzi
Lega Padana Lombardia
Pensions & Work

Results

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2005 election led to the return to the guide of the Region, for its third consecutive term, Communion and Liberation's Roberto Formigoni, supported by the center-right coalition.

If the mechanisms of electoral law generated a Regional Council very similar to the incumbent one, popular vote marked a significant reduction in the gap between the two sides, which was almost halved. The same plurality party, Forza Italia, decreased of more than four hundred preferences. The election was also the test for a list that led, within two years, to the national foundation of a new political entity, the Democratic Party.

The Olive Tree, an alliance comprising The Daisy and the Democrats of the Left, was the largest party in the region for the first time with the 27.1% of votes.

3–4 April 2005 Lombard regional election results
Candidates Votes % Seats Parties Votes % Seat
Roberto Formigoni 2,841,883 53.86 16
Forza Italia 1,137,621 25.95 18
Northern LeagueLombard League 693,464 15.82 11
National Alliance 380,962 8.69 5
Union of Christian and Centre Democrats 166,761 3.80 2
New Italian Socialist Party 36,616 0.84
Laic Pole (Liberal Democrats–PRIPLI) 11,196 0.26
Total 2,426,620 55.34 36
Riccardo Sarfatti 2,278,173 43.17 1
The Olive Tree 1,186,848 27.07 19
Communist Refoundation Party 248,703 5.67 3
Federation of the Greens 128,060 2.92 2
Pensioners' Party 115,481 2.63 1[a]
Party of Italian Communists 104,481 2.38 1
Italy of Values 61,431 1.40 1
Total 1,845,004 42.08 28
Gianmario Invernizzi 142,807 2.71
Social Alternative (ASFTFSNFN) 54,937 1.25
Lega Padana Lombardia 39,012 0.89
Pensions & Work 7,409 0.17
Total 101,358 2.31
Marco Marsili 14,008 0.27 Federation of Liberal Democrats 11,579 0.26
Total candidates 5,276,871 100.00 17 Total parties 4,384,561 100.00 63
Source: Ministry of the Interior – Historical Archive of Elections
Popular vote (party)
The Olive Tree
27.07%
FI
25.95%
LN
15.82%
AN
8.69%
PRC
5.67%
UDC
3.80%
FdV
2.92%
PP
2.63%
PdCI
2.38%
IdV
1.40%
AS
1.25%
Others
2.42%
Popular vote (coalition)
Formigoni
55.34%
Sarfatti
42.08%
Invernizzi
2.71%
Marsili
0.27%

Results by province

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Election results map. Orange denotes municipalities won by Sarfatti and Blue denotes those won by Formigoni.
Province Roberto Formigoni Riccardo Sarfatti Turnout
Milan 821,495 (48.74%) 814,934 (48.36%) 71.02%
Brescia 368,705 (56.90%) 253,080 (39.06%) 75.16%
Bergamo 347,263 (60.33%) 214,510 (37.27%) 74.52%
Varese 276,137 (58.39%) 184,599 (39.03%) 71.51%
Monza and Brianza 243,210 (54.49%) 193,080 (43.26%) 75.56%
Como 200,396 (62.06%) 113,623
(35.19%)
72.51%
Pavia 158,119 (52.65%) 130,671
(43.51%)
74.21%
Mantua 103,207 (45.93%) 116,766
(51.97%)
74.07%
Cremona 100,900
(50.45%)
91,718
(45.86%)
75.15%
Lecco 99,286
(53.54%)
79,452
(42.85%)
75.37%
Lodi 59,923
(50.19%)
55,364
(46.37%)
75.50%
Sondrio 63,242
(65.91%)
30,376
(31.66%)
64.02%

Results by capital city

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City Roberto Formigoni Riccardo Sarfatti Turnout
Milan 339,015
(49.80%)
326,009
(47.89%)
67.62%
Brescia 55,968
(50.76%)
51,312
(46.54%)
75.52%
Monza 37,170
(52.18%)
32,675
(45.89%)
74.08%
Bergamo 36,453
(54.73%)
29,072
(43.65%)
73.12%
Como 26,605
(56.56%)
19,291
(41.01%)
70.00%
Varese 26,594
(58.62%)
17,944
(39.55%)
68.95%
Pavia 22,852
(50.85%)
20,930
(46.58%)
77.88%
Cremona 18,937
(45.75%)
21,319
(51.50%)
73.22%
Mantua 11,639
(40.11%)
16,902
(58.25%)
75.52%
Lecco 13,961
(52.54%)
11,964
(44.85%)
72.71%
Lodi 13,495
(52.19%)
11,511
(44.52%)
78.18%
Sondrio 6,839
(56.60%)
4,993
(41.32%)
67.32%

References

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  1. ^ Pensioners gave a seat to Sarfatti.