2005 Lombard regional election

none 2005 Lombard regional election Lombardy legislative no 2000 Lombard regional election 2000 2010 Lombard regional election 2010 All 80 seats to the Regional Council of Lombardy 3–4 April 2005 72.97% ( 2.62%) 160x160px Roberto Formigoni Forza Italia (1994) House of Freedoms 0A6BE1 51 seats, 62.4% 52 1 2,841,883 53.9% 8.5% 160x160px Riccardo Sarfatti Independent politician The Union (Italy) EF3E3E 26 seats, 31.5% 28 2 2,278,173 43.2% 11.7% File:Lombardia_2005_Coalizioni.png President President-elect Roberto Formigoni FI 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 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 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 Political party or allianceConstituent listsPrevious resultCandidateVotes (%)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–PRI–PLI) 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 (AS–FT–FSN–FN) Gianmario Invernizzi Lega Padana Lombardia Pensions & Work Results 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 results300px|center Candidates Votes % Seats Parties Votes % Seat Roberto Formigoni2,841,88353.8616 Forza Italia1,137,62125.9518 Northern League – Lombard League693,46415.8211 National Alliance380,9628.695 Union of Christian and Centre Democrats166,7613.802 New Italian Socialist Party36,6160.84– Laic Pole (Liberal Democrats–PRI–PLI)11,1960.26–Total2,426,62055.3436 Riccardo Sarfatti2,278,17343.171 The Olive Tree1,186,84827.0719 Communist Refoundation Party248,7035.673 Federation of the Greens128,0602.922 Pensioners' Party115,4812.631fn1 Pensioners gave a seat to Sarfatti. Party of Italian Communists104,4812.381 Italy of Values61,4311.401Total1,845,00442.0828 Gianmario Invernizzi142,8072.71– Social Alternative (AS–FT–FSN–FN)54,9371.25– Lega Padana Lombardia39,0120.89– Pensions & Work7,4090.17–Total101,3582.31– Marco Marsili14,0080.27– Federation of Liberal Democrats11,5790.26– Total candidates5,276,871100.0017Total parties4,384,561100.0063 Source: Ministry of the Interior – Historical Archive of Elections Popular vote (party) #ddd 500px 350px The Olive Tree The Olive Tree (Italy) 27.07 FI Forza Italia (1994) 25.95 LN Lega Nord 15.82 AN National Alliance (Italy) 8.69 PRC Communist Refoundation Party 5.67 UDC Union of the Centre (2002) 3.80 FdV Federation of the Greens 2.92 PP Pensioners' Party (Italy) 2.63 PdCI Party of Italian Communists 2.38 IdV Italy of Values 1.40 AS Social Alternative 1.25 Others Other 2.42 Popular vote (coalition) #ddd 500px 350px Formigoni Centre-right coalition 55.34 Sarfatti Centre-left coalition 42.08 Invernizzi Social Alternative 2.71 Marsili #273BE2 0.27 Results by province thumb|right|350px|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 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 Category:Regional elections in Lombardy Category:2005 elections in Italy