1995 Tuscan regional election
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Turnout | 85.2% (4.4%) | |||||||||||||||||||||
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The Tuscan regional election of 1995 took place on 23 April 1995.
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.
Electoral system
Regional elections in Tuscany 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
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 alliance | Constituent lists | Previous result | Candidate | |||
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Votes (%) | Seats | |||||
Centre-left coalition | Democratic Party of the Left | 39.8 | 22 | Vannino Chiti | ||
Populars – Democrats – Liberals | 26.9 | 15 | ||||
Federation of the Greens | 3.8 | 2 | ||||
Italian Republican Party | 3.5 | 1 | ||||
Northern League Tuscany
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0.8 | – | ||||
Labour Federation | — | — | ||||
Centre-right coalition | National Alliance | 3.3 | 1 | Paolo Del Debbio | ||
Forza Italia – The People's Pole | — | — | ||||
Christian Democratic Centre | — | — | ||||
Pannella List | 1.0 | – | Vincenzo Donvito | |||
Communist Refoundation Party | — | — | Luciano Ghelli |
Results
In the context of the profound political changes that invested Italy between 1992 and 1994, Italian Parliament changed the regional electoral law, adapting them to new majoritarian principle now in vogue in the country, trim and tend bipolar politics. The new political geography, however, did not fit properly to Tuscany where, besides a garrison of right, assumed insignificant importance the presence of Umberto Bossi's Northern League, which, instead of the others regions, sustained the centre-left candidate. Another major innovation had originated in Tuscany: Silvio Berlusconi' party, Forza Italia, had collected anti-Communist orphans of deceased traditional parties.
The central political alliances had not been followed up at Tuscany, with the
Election on April 23 saw the success of the broad
that, with the majority premium, was able to give life to the first council in the history of the region that managed to last the entire legislature.Candidates | Votes | % | Seats | Parties | Votes | % | Seats | ||
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Vannino Chiti | 1,188,995 | 50.12 | 10 | ||||||
Democratic Party of the Left | 874,463 | 40.90 | 19 | ||||||
Populars–Democrats–Liberals | 135,895 | 6.35 | 2 | ||||||
Federation of the Greens | 57,666 | 2.70 | 1 | ||||||
Labour Federation | 30,204 | 1.41 | 1 | ||||||
Italian Republican Party | 16,395 | 0.77 | – | ||||||
Northern League Tuscany
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15,049 | 0.70 | – | ||||||
Total | 1,129,672 | 52.81 | 23 | ||||||
Paolo Del Debbio | 855,287 | 36.05 | – | ||||||
Forza Italia – The People's Pole | 409,266 | 19.13 | 7 | ||||||
National Alliance | 281,298 | 13.15 | 5 | ||||||
Christian Democratic Centre | 53,291 | 2.49 | 1 | ||||||
Total | 743,855 | 34.77 | 13 | ||||||
Luciano Ghelli | 294,128 | 12.40 | – | Communist Refoundation Party | 237,405 | 11.10 | 4 | ||
Vincenzo Donvito | 33,856 | 1.43 | – | Pannella List | 28,295 | 1.32 | – | ||
Total candidates | 2,372,266 | 100.00 | 10 | Total parties | 2,139,227 | 100.00 | 40 | ||
Source: Ministry of the Interior – Historical Archive of Elections |