The Tuscan regional election of 2005 took place on 3–4 April 2005.
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All 65 seats to the Regional Council | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Turnout | 71.3% ( 3.3%) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Incumbent Claudio Martini (Democrats of the Left) defeated Alessandro Antichi (Forza Italia) by a landslide.
Electoral system
editTuscany uses its own legislation of 2004 to elect its Council. The councillors are elected in provincial constituencies by proportional representation using the largest remainder method with a Droop quota and close lists.
In this system parties are grouped in alliances, and the alliance which receives a plurality of votes elects all its candidates, its leader becoming the President of Tuscany.
In 2005 the number of the regional councilors rose to 65 from 50.
Parties and candidates
edit| Political party or alliance | Constituent lists | Previous result | Candidate | |||
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| Votes (%) | Seats | |||||
| The Union | The Olive Tree | 45.0 | 20 | Claudio Martini | ||
| Party of Italian Communists | 3.0 | 1 | ||||
| Federation of the Greens | 2.2 | 1 | ||||
| Italy of Values | — | — | ||||
| House of Freedoms | Forza Italia | 20.2 | 8 | Alessandro Antichi | ||
| National Alliance | 14.9 | 5 | ||||
| Union of Christian and Centre Democrats | 4.1 | 2 | ||||
| Northern League Tuscany | 0.6 | – | ||||
| Communist Refoundation Party | 6.7 | 2 | Luca Ciabatti | |||
Results
edit2005 election led to the return to the guide of the Region, for its second consecutive term, Claudio Martini, supported by the center-left coalition.
If the mechanisms of electoral law generated a Regional Council very similar to the incumbent one, popular vote marked a significant increase in the gap between the two sides, which was almost halved. The same plurality party, Democrats of the Left in coalition with other parties in The Olive Tree, increased of more than one hundred thousand 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.
Like 1995 election, Communist Refoundation Party run lonely with its candidate.
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| Candidates | Votes | % | Seats | Parties | Votes | % | Seats | ||
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| Claudio Martini | 1,185,374 | 57.37 | 1 | ||||||
| The Olive Tree | 880,876 | 48.77 | 33 | ||||||
| Party of Italian Communists | 77,126 | 4.27 | 3 | ||||||
| Federation of the Greens | 50,235 | 2.78 | 2 | ||||||
| Italy of Values | 15,869 | 0.88 | – | ||||||
| Total | 1,024,106 | 56.70 | 38 | ||||||
| Alessandro Antichi | 678,491 | 32.84 | 1 | ||||||
| Forza Italia | 310,427 | 17.19 | 10 | ||||||
| National Alliance | 196,478 | 10.88 | 7 | ||||||
| Union of Christian and Centre Democrats | 66,186 | 3.66 | 3 | ||||||
| Northern League Tuscany | 22,884 | 1.27 | – | ||||||
| Total | 595,975 | 33.00 | 20 | ||||||
| Luca Ciabatti | 151,560 | 7.33 | 1 | Communist Refoundation Party | 148,103 | 8.20 | 4 | ||
| Renzo Macelloni | 30,062 | 1.45 | – | Socialists and Laics (incl. New PSI, PRI, PLI) | 23,379 | 1.29 | – | ||
| Mario Gozzoli | 20,845 | 1.01 | – | Social Alternative | 14,651 | 0.81 | – | ||
| Total candidates | 2,066,332 | 100.00 | 3 | Total parties | 1,806,214 | 100.00 | 62 | ||
| Source: Ministry of the Interior – Historical Archive of Elections | |||||||||