1995 Molise regional election

1995 Molise regional election Molise legislative no 1990 Molise regional election 1990 2000 Molise regional election 2000 All 30 seats to the Regional Council of Molise 23 April 1995 100px Marcello Veneziale Democratic Party of the Left EF3E3E Centre-left coalition (Italy) 18 103,226 50.5% 100px Quintino Vincenzo Pallante Forza Italia (1994) Centre-right coalition (Italy) 12 101,348 49.5% Molise_1995_Coalizioni.png 210px President Elected President Giovanni Di Giandomenico PPI Marcello Veneziale PDS The Molise regional election of 1995 took place on 23 April 1995. Marcello Veneziale (Democratic Party of the Left) was elected President of the Region, defeating Quintino Pallante (National Alliance) by a narrow margin. For the first time the President of the Region was directly elected by the people, although the election was not yet binding and the President-elect could have been replaced during the term. This is precisely what happened in 1998, when a centrist majority ousted Veneziale and replaced him with Michele Iorio (a splinter of the Italian People's Party, who switched to the Democratic Union for the Republic). In 1999 Iorio switched again party, this time to Forza Italia, and formed a centre-right government, but was soon replaced by a centre-left majority, which reinstated Veneziale. Results Candidates votes votes (%) seatsreg. list seatsprov. lists Marcello Veneziale103,22650.46612 Democratic Party of the Left38,10220.13→5 Italian People's Party20,75910.97→3 Pact of Democrats17,4799.24→2 Communist Refoundation Party13,2597.01→2 Federation of the Greens2,9191.54→- Quintino Vincenzo Pallante101,34849.54-12 Forza Italia – The People's Pole37,13219.62→5 National Alliance32,60317.23→4 Christian Democratic Centre21,83011.30→2 Progressive People's Party5,6112.96→1 Total204,574100.00624 Source: Ministry of the Interior Category:Elections in Molise Category:1995 elections in Italy Category:April 1995 in Europe