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1990 Italian regional elections

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FieldValue
election_name1990 Italian regional elections
countryItaly
flag_year1990
typelegislative
ongoingno
previous_election1985 Italian regional elections
previous_year1985
next_election1995 Italian regional elections
next_year1995
seats_for_electionPresidents and regional assemblies of Piedmont, Lombardy, Veneto, Liguria, Emilia-Romagna, Tuscany, Marche, Umbria, Lazio, Campania, Molise, Abruzzo, Apulia, Basilicata and Calabria
election_date6–7 May 1990
map_imageRegional vote IT 1990.png
map_size250px

The Italian regional elections of 1990 were held on 6 and 7 May. The fifteen ordinary regions, created in 1970, elected their fifth assemblies.

Electoral system

The pure party-list proportional representation had traditionally become the electoral system of Italy; it was also adopted for the regional vote. Each Italian province corresponded to a constituency, electing a group of candidates. At the constituency level, seats were divided between open lists using the largest remainder method with a Droop quota. The remaining votes and seats were transferred at the regional level, where they were divided using the Hare quota and automatically distributed to the best losers in the local lists.

Results summary

The total summary across all regions was:

Partyvotesvotes (%)seats
Christian Democracy (DC)10,651,67533.4272
Italian Communist Party (PCI)7,660,55324.0182
Italian Socialist Party (PSI)4,884,17915.3113
Northern League (LN)1,718,4675.224
Italian Social Movement (MSI)1,246,5643.925
Italian Republican Party (PRI)1,139,5903.621
Italian Democratic Socialist Party (PSDI)894,3182.821
Green List (LV)771,7212.413
Italian Liberal Party (PLI)630,2422.013
Rainbow Greens (VA)433,0011.47
Green List–Rainbow Greens (LV–VA)381,1901.28
Antiprohibitionists on Drugs336,9661.06
Proletarian Democracy (DP)308,6501.04
Hunting Fishing Environment (CPA)237,9580.84
Pensioners' Party (PP)174,4430.53
Other leagues563,7241.84
**Total**31,915,619100720

The Italian political spectrum, which had been quite static since World War II, began to change rapidly. Umberto Bossi's Lega Nord obtained a stunning result in the general election round, making major gains in the Lombard Regional Council to become the second largest party in that council. The Christian Democrats suffered hugely under League pressure in Northern Italy, but counterbalanced these negative results in Southern Italy. Throughout Italy, the Communists lost ground, with revolutions in the Eastern Bloc marking the final decline of the party. Secretary Achille Occhetto understood that an era was finished and prepared the transition of his group to social-democratic ideas.

Despite these changes, all fifteen councils confirmed their respective political administrations. However, margins in Northern Italy were too close to allow stable leadership, beginning a period of fragmentation in those regions. By the time these councils expired in 1995, Italian politics had changed completely.

Results by region

References

References

  1. "Eligendo Archivio - Ministero dell'Interno DAIT".
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