1995 Piedmontese regional election
The 1995 Piedmontese regional election took place on 23 April 1995. For the first time, the president of Piedmont was directly elected by the people; the election was not yet binding and the president-elect could have been replaced during the term.
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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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In an upset, Enzo Ghigo of Forza Italia (FI) was elected president of the region, defeating Giuseppe Pichetto, an independent politician running for the country's centre-left coalition, and Domenico Comino of the Lega Nord (Northern League) regional branch Lega Nord Piemont (Northern League Piedmont). FI, which was founded the year before by Silvio Berlusconi, formed the People's Pole joint list 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, which was approved in 1995 and 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 quota among the provincial party lists; one fifth of the council seats instead was reserved for regional lists and assigned with a majoritarian representation system, in which 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 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 | |||||||||