title: 2005 Italian regional elections
text: # 2005 Italian regional elections
  
  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.
  
  ## Overall results
  
  ### Regional councils
  
  | Alliance | Alliance | Votes | % | Seats |
  | - | - | - | - | - |
  | | The Union | 12,103,713 | 48.71 | 409 / 744 |
  | | House of Freedoms | 10,347,271 | 41.64 | 298 / 744 |
  | | Others | 2,398,369 | 9.65 | 37 / 744 |
  | Total | Total | 24,849,353 | 100 | 744 / 744 |
  | Source: Ministry of the Interior |||||
  
  ### Presidents of the regions
  
  | Region | Former president | Alliance | Elected president | Alliance | Details |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Piedmont | Enzo Ghigo | House of Freedoms | Mercedes Bresso | The Union | Details |
  | Liguria | Sandro Biasotti | House of Freedoms | Claudio Burlando | The Union | Details |
  | Lombardy | Roberto Formigoni | House of Freedoms | Roberto Formigoni | House of Freedoms | Details |
  | Veneto | Giancarlo Galan | House of Freedoms | Giancarlo Galan | House of Freedoms | Details |
  | Emilia Romagna | Vasco Errani | The Union | Vasco Errani | The Union | Details |
  | Tuscany | Claudio Martini | The Union | Claudio Martini | The Union | Details |
  | Umbria | Maria Rita Lorenzetti | The Union | Maria Rita Lorenzetti | The Union | Details |
  | Marche | Vito D'Ambrosio | The Union | Gian Mario Spacca | The Union | Details |
  | Lazio | Francesco Storace | House of Freedoms | Piero Marrazzo | The Union | Details |
  | Abruzzo | Giovanni Pace | House of Freedoms | Ottaviano Del Turco | The Union | Details |
  | Campania | Antonio Bassolino | The Union | Antonio Bassolino | The Union | Details |
  | Basilicata | Filippo Bubbico | The Union | Vito De Filippo | The Union | Details |
  | Apulia | Raffaele Fitto | House of Freedoms | Nichi Vendola | The Union | Details |
  | Calabria | Giuseppe Chiaravallotti | House of Freedoms | Agazio Loiero | The Union | Details |
  
  ## Summary by region
  
  ### Piedmont
  
  | President | President | President | President | President | Regional council | Regional council | Regional council | Regional council | Regional council |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Candidate | Party | Party | Votes | % | Alliance | 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 | Others | Others | 49,267 | 2.0 | | Others | 28,770 | 1.4 | 0 |
  
  ### Lombardy
  
  | President | President | President | President | President | Regional council | Regional council | Regional council | Regional council | Regional council |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Candidate | Party | Party | Votes | % | Alliance | 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 | Others | Others | 156,815 | 3.0 | | Others | 112,937 | 2.6 | 0 |
  
  ### Veneto
  
  | President | President | President | President | President | Regional council | Regional council | Regional council | Regional council | Regional council |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Candidate | Party | Party | Votes | % | Alliance | 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 | Others | Others | 28,565 | 1.1 | | Others | 20,434 | 0.9 | 0 |
  
  ### Liguria
  
  | President | President | President | President | President | Regional council | Regional council | Regional council | Regional council | Regional council |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Candidate | Party | Party | Votes | % | Alliance | 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 | Others | Others | 7,313 | 0.8 | | Others | 5,441 | 0.7 | 0 |
  
  ### Emilia-Romagna
  
  | President | President | President | President | President | Regional council | Regional council | Regional council | Regional council | Regional council |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Candidate | Party | Party | Votes | % | Alliance | 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 | Others | Others | 51,737 | 2.1 | | Others | 30,713 | 1.4 | 0 |
  
  ### Tuscany
  
  | President | President | President | President | President | Regional council | Regional council | Regional council | Regional council | Regional council |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Candidate | Party | Party | Votes | % | Alliance | 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 | Others | Others | 28,030 | 1.5 | | Others | 30,713 | 2.1 | 0 |
  
  ### Umbria
  
  | President | President | President | President | President | Regional council | Regional council | Regional council | Regional council | Regional council |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Candidate | Party | Party | Votes | % | Alliance | 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 | Others | Others | 16,878 | 3.4 | | Others | 10,733 | 2.3 | 0 |
  
  ### Marche
  
  | President | President | President | President | President | Regional council | Regional council | Regional council | Regional council | Regional council |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Candidate | Party | Party | Votes | % | Alliance | 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 | Others | Others | 32,017 | 3.7 | | Others | 10,733 | 2.3 | 0 |
  
  ### Lazio
  
  | President | President | President | President | President | Regional council | Regional council | Regional council | Regional council | Regional council |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Candidate | Party | Party | Votes | % | Alliance | 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 | Others | Others | 62,498 | 1.9 | | Others | 34,449 | 1.2 | 0 |
  
  ### Abruzzo
  
  | President | President | President | President | President | Regional council | Regional council | Regional council | Regional council | Regional council |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Candidate | Party | Party | Votes | % | Alliance | Alliance | Votes | % | Seats |
  | Ottaviano Del Turco | | SDI | 446,407 | 58.2 | | Union | 424,855 | 57.9 | 27 |
  | Giovanni Pace | | AN | 311,547 | 40.7 | | CdL | 302,335 | 41.2 | 13 |
  | Others | Others | Others | 8,517 | 1.1 | | Others | 6,468 | 0.9 | 0 |
  
  ### Campania
  
  | President | President | President | President | President | Regional council | Regional council | Regional council | Regional council | Regional council |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Candidate | Party | Party | Votes | % | Alliance | 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 | Others | Others | 124,696 | 4.0 | | Others | 90,802 | 3.1 | 0 |
  
  ### Basilicata
  
  | President | President | President | President | President | Regional council | Regional council | Regional council | Regional council | Regional council |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Candidate | Party | Party | Votes | % | Alliance | 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 | Others | Others | 14,763 | 4.2 | | Others | 11,328 | 3.3 | 0 |
  
  ### Apulia
  
  | President | President | President | President | President | Regional council | Regional council | Regional council | Regional council | Regional council |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Candidate | Party | Party | Votes | % | Alliance | 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 | Others | Others | 21,450 | 0.9 | | Others | 16,159 | 0.8 | 0 |
  
  ### Calabria
  
  | President | President | President | President | President | Regional council | Regional council | Regional council | Regional council | Regional council |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | Candidate | Party | Party | Votes | % | Alliance | 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 | Others | Others | 15,121 | 1.3 | | Others | 8,193 | 0.7 | 0 |
  