1995 Piedmontese regional election
The Piedmontese regional election of 1995 took place on 23 April 1995.
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All 60 seats to the Regional Council of Piedmont | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Turnout | 82.98% ( 5.99%) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.
Enzo Ghigo (Forza Italia) was surprisingly elected President of the Region, defeating Giuseppe Pichetto (independent of the centre-left) and Domenico Comino (Northern League Piedmont).
Forza Italia, founded the year before by Silvio Berlusconi, formed a joint list with the People's Pole and became the largest party in the region with 26.7% of the vote, while the Democrats of the Left came second with 21.7%.
Electoral system
Regional elections in Piedmont 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 alliance | Constituent lists | Previous result | Candidate | |||
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| Votes (%) | Seats | |||||
| Centre-left coalition | Italian People's Party | 27.9 | 18 | Giuseppe Pichetto | ||
| Democratic Party of the Left | 22.8 | 14 | ||||
| Federation of the Greens | 6.7 | 4 | ||||
| Pensioners' Party | 1.4 | 1 | ||||
| Pact of Democrats | — | — | ||||
| Northern League Piedmont | 5.1 | 3 | Domenico Comino | |||
| Centre-right coalition | National Alliance | 3.6 | 2 | Enzo Ghigo | ||
| Forza Italia | — | — | ||||
| Christian Democratic Centre | — | — | ||||
| Pannella List | 1.2 | 1 | Carmelo Palma | |||
| Communist Refoundation Party | — | — | Giovanni Alasia | |||
Results
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| Candidates | Votes | % | Seats | Parties | Votes | % | Seats | ||
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| Enzo Ghigo | 1,059,602 | 39.70 | 12 | ||||||
| Forza Italia – The People's Pole | 588,171 | 26.71 | 14 | ||||||
| National Alliance | 247,103 | 11.22 | 6 | ||||||
| Christian Democratic Centre | 65,099 | 2.96 | 1 | ||||||
| Total | 900,373 | 40.88 | 21 | ||||||
| Giuseppe Pichetto | 938,280 | 35.16 | – | ||||||
| Democratic Party of the Left | 478,615 | 21.73 | 11 | ||||||
| Italian People's Party | 136,664 | 6.21 | 3 | ||||||
| Pact of Democrats | 76,592 | 3.48 | 2 | ||||||
| Federation of the Greens | 59,238 | 2.69 | 1 | ||||||
| Pensioners' Party | 35,162 | 1.60 | 1 | ||||||
| Populars and Democrats | 8,507 | 0.39 | – | ||||||
| Total | 794,778 | 36.09 | 18 | ||||||
| Domenico Comino | 296,966 | 11.13 | – | Northern League Piedmont | 217,194 | 9.86 | 5 | ||
| Giovanni Alasia | 248,158 | 9.30 | – | Communist Refoundation Party | 203,842 | 9.26 | 4 | ||
| Carmelo Palma | 54,436 | 2.04 | – | ||||||
| Pannella List | 35,899 | 1.63 | – | ||||||
| Autonomist Front | 2,703 | 0.12 | – | ||||||
| Total | 38,602 | 1.75 | – | ||||||
| Alessandro Lupi | 45,428 | 1.70 | – | Greens Greens | 31,145 | 1.41 | – | ||
| Renzo Rabellino | 26,006 | 0.97 | – | Piedmont Nation of Europe | 16,356 | 0.74 | – | ||
| Total candidates | 2,668,876 | 100.00 | 12 | Total parties | 2,202,290 | 100.00 | 48 | ||
| Source: Ministry of the Interior – Historical Archive of Elections | |||||||||