2005 Ligurian regional election

Italian regional election 2005 Ligurian regional election Liguria legislative no 2000 Ligurian regional election 2000 2010 Ligurian regional election 2010 3–4 April 2005 120px Claudio Burlando Democrats of the Left The Union (Italy) EF3E3E 26 10 491,545 52.6% 6.5% 120px Sandro Biasotti Forza Italia (1994) House of Freedoms 0A6BE1 14 10 434,934 46.6% 4.1% President Subsequent President Sandro Biasotti Claudio Burlando FI DS File:Liguria_2005_Coalizioni.png The Ligurian regional election of 2005 took place on 3–4 April 2005. Claudio Burlando (Democrats of the Left) defeated incumbent Sandro Biasotti (an independent close to Forza Italia). Electoral system Regional elections in Liguria 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. Parties and candidates Political party or allianceConstituent listsPrevious resultCandidateVotes (%)Seats House of Freedoms Forza Italia 20.28 Sandro Biasotti National Alliance 10.23 Union of Christian and Centre Democrats 4.41 Northern League Liguria4.31 New Liguria2.81 Biasotti List Others The Union The Olive Tree 35.312 Claudio Burlando Communist Refoundation Party 6.52 Federation of the Greens 2.1 1 Party of Italian Communists1.9– Pensioners' Party0.7– People of Liguria Italy of Values Union of Democrats for Europe OthersSocial Alternative (AS–FT–FSN–FN) Angelo Riccobaldi Results + 3–4 April 2005 Ligurian regional election results300px|center Candidates Votes % Seats Parties Votes % Seat Claudio Burlando491,54552.648 The Olive Tree279,72734.3512 Communist Refoundation Party53,6266.592 People of Liguria35,8314.401 Party of Italian Communists21,8772.691 Federation of the Greens16,0891.981 Italy of Values10,6111.301 Union of Democrats for Europe7,707 0.95– Pensioners' Party6,9260.85– Consumers1,7740.22– Pact of Liberal Democrats4490.06–Total434,61753.3718 Sandro Biasotti434,93446.581 Forza Italia160,30519.696 Biasotti List71,0678.733 National Alliance58,2217.152 Northern League Liguria 38,0604.671 Union of Christian and Centre Democrats26,6393.271 New Liguria5,8570.72– Socialists and Liberals5,7450.71– Consumers' List4,4950.55– Pensioners and Disabled – Animalists and Environmentalists3,8880.48–Total374,27745.9613 Angelo Riccobaldi7,3130.78– Social Alternative5,4410.67– Total candidates933,792100.009Total parties814,335100.0031 Source: Ministry of the Interior – Historical Archive of Elections Category:Elections in Liguria Category:21st century in Liguria Category:2005 elections in Italy