2005 Emilia-Romagna regional election

2005 Emilia-Romagna regional election

April 3–4, 2005
All 50 seats to the Regional Council of Emilia-Romagna
Majority party Minority party   Leader Vasco Errani Carlo Monaco Party DS Forza Italia Alliance The Union House of Freedoms Seats won 32 18 Seat change 1 1 Popular vote 1,579,989 886,775 Percentage 62.7% 35.3% Swing 6.2% 5.0%
Seat totals by Province. As this is a PR election, seat totals are determined by popular vote in each province.
President before election Vasco Errani DS President-elect Vasco Errani DS

The Emilia-Romagna regional election of 2005 took place on 3–4 April 2005.

The incumbent President Vasco Errani, a member of the social democratic Democrats of the Left, was re-elected defeating by a landslide Carlo Monaco, the candidate of the centre-right coalition led by Forza Italia.

Electoral law

The Legislative Assembly of Emilia-Romagna (Assemblea Legislativa dell'Emilia-Romagna) is composed of 50 members. 40 councillors are elected in provincial constituencies by proportional representation using the largest remainder method with a Droop quota and open lists, while 10 councillors (elected in bloc) come from a "regional list", including the President-elect. One seat is reserved for the candidate who comes second. If a coalition wins more than 50% of the total seats in the Council with PR, only 5 candidates from the regional list will be chosen and the number of those elected in provincial constituencies will be 45. If the winning coalition receives less than 40% of votes special seats are added to the Council to ensure a large majority for the President's coalition.

Results

3–4 April 2005 Emilia-Romagna regional election results

Candidates		Votes	%	Seats	Parties		Votes	%	Seats
rowspan=8 bgcolor="Template:Centre-left coalition/meta/color"|	Vasco Errani	1,579,989	62.73	5
bgcolor="Template:Democratic Party (Italy)/meta/color" |					The Olive Tree	1,095,566	48.03	22
bgcolor="Template:Communist Refoundation Party/meta/color" |					Communist Refoundation Party	130,609	5.73	2
					Party of Italian Communists	79,406	3.48	1
bgcolor="Template:Federation of the Greens/meta/color" |					Federation of the Greens	69,475	3.05	1
bgcolor="Template:Italy of Values/meta/color" |					Italy of Values	31,929	1.40	1
					Union of Democrats for Europe	7,732	0.34	–
Total					1,414,717	62.02	27
rowspan=7 bgcolor="Template:Centre-right coalition/meta/color"|	Monaco Carlo	886,775	35.21	1
bgcolor="Template:Forza Italia/meta/color" |					Forza Italia	415,406	18.21	9
bgcolor="Template:National Alliance (Italy)/meta/color" |					National Alliance	201,963	8.85	4
bgcolor="Template:Lega Nord/meta/color" |					Lega Nord Emilia–Romagna	109,092	4.78	3
bgcolor="Template:Union of the Centre (2002)/meta/color" |					Union of Christian and Centre Democrats	89,787	3.94	1
bgcolor="Template:New Italian Socialist Party/meta/color" |					New Italian Socialist Party	19,372	0.85	–
Total					835,620	36.63	17
	Bruno Barbieri	26,712	1.06	–		Consumers' List	15,520	0.68	–
	Gianni Correggiari	25,052	0.99	–		Social Alternative	15,193	0.67	–
Total candidates		2,518,528	100.00	6	Total parties		2,281,050	100.00	44
Source: Ministry of the Interior – Historical Archive of Elections

Popular vote Ulivo   48.03% FI   18.21% AN   8.85% PRC   5.73% LN   4.78% UDC   3.94% PdCI   3.48% FdV   3.05% Others   3.94%

President Errani   62.73% Monaco   35.21% Barbieri   1.06% Correggiari   0.99%