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1990 Italian regional elections
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June 2025 1990 Italian regional elections Italy 1990 legislative no 1985 Italian regional elections 1985 1995 Italian regional elections 1995 Presidents and regional assemblies of Piedmont, Lombardy, Veneto, Liguria, Emilia-Romagna, Tuscany, Marche, Umbria, Lazio, Campania, Molise, Abruzzo, Apulia, Basilicata and Calabria 6–7 May 1990 Regional vote IT 1990.png 250px
The Italian regional elections of 1990 were held on 6 and 7 May. The fifteen ordinary regions, created in 1970, elected their fifth assemblies.
Electoral system
The pure party-list proportional representation had traditionally become the electoral system of Italy; it was also adopted for the regional vote. Each Italian province corresponded to a constituency, electing a group of candidates. At the constituency level, seats were divided between open lists using the largest remainder method with a Droop quota. The remaining votes and seats were transferred at the regional level, where they were divided using the Hare quota and automatically distributed to the best losers in the local lists.
Results summary
The total summary across all regions was:Eligendo Archivio - Ministero dell'Interno DAIT https://elezionistorico.interno.gov.it/ 2025-06-23 Eligendo it
Party votes votes (%) seats Christian Democracy (DC)10,651,67533.4272 Italian Communist Party (PCI)7,660,55324.0182 Italian Socialist Party (PSI)4,884,17915.3113 Northern League (LN)1,718,4675.224 Italian Social Movement (MSI)1,246,5643.925 Italian Republican Party (PRI)1,139,5903.621 Italian Democratic Socialist Party (PSDI)894,3182.821 Green List (LV)771,7212.413 Italian Liberal Party (PLI)630,2422.013 Rainbow Greens (VA)433,0011.47 Green List–Rainbow Greens (LV–VA)381,1901.28 Antiprohibitionists on Drugs 336,9661.06 Proletarian Democracy (DP)308,6501.04 Hunting Fishing Environment (CPA)237,9580.84 Pensioners' Party (PP)174,4430.53 Other leagues563,7241.84Total31,915,619100720
The Italian political spectrum, which had been quite static since World War II, began to change rapidly. Umberto Bossi's Lega Nord obtained a stunning result in the general election round, making major gains in the Lombard Regional Council to become the second largest party in that council. The Christian Democrats suffered hugely under League pressure in Northern Italy, but counterbalanced these negative results in Southern Italy. Throughout Italy, the Communists lost ground, with revolutions in the Eastern Bloc marking the final decline of the party. Secretary Achille Occhetto understood that an era was finished and prepared the transition of his group to social-democratic ideas.
Despite these changes, all fifteen councils confirmed their respective political administrations. However, margins in Northern Italy were too close to allow stable leadership, beginning a period of fragmentation in those regions. By the time these councils expired in 1995, Italian politics had changed completely.
Results by region
1990 Abruzzo regional election
1990 Apulian regional election
1990 Basilicata regional election
1990 Calabrian regional election
1990 Campania regional election
1990 Emilia-Romagna regional election
1990 Lazio regional election
1990 Ligurian regional election
1990 Lombard regional election
1990 Marche regional election
1990 Molise regional election
1990 Piedmontese regional election
1990 Tuscan regional election
1990 Umbrian regional election
1990 Venetian regional election
References
Category:1990 elections in Italy
Category:Elections in Italian regions
Category:May 1990 in Italy