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2005 Apulian regional election

Italian regional election

Field	Value
election_name	2005 Apulian regional election
country	Apulia
type	legislative
ongoing	no
previous_election	2000 Apulian regional election
previous_year	2000
next_election	2010 Apulian regional election
next_year	2010
seats_for_election	All 70 seats to the Regional Council of Apulia
election_date	3–4 April 2005
image1	[[File:Nicola Vendola daticamera.jpg	160x160px]]
leader1	Nichi Vendola
party1	Communist Refoundation Party
color1	EF3E3E
alliance1	The Union (political coalition)
last_election1	22 seats, 43.5%
seats1	42
seat_change1	20
popular_vote1	1,165,536
percentage1	49.8%
swing1	6.3%
image2	[[File:Raffaele Fitto 2006.jpg	160x160px]]
leader2	Raffaele Fitto
party2	Forza Italia (1994)
alliance2	House of Freedoms
color2	0A6BE1
last_election2	38 seats, 54.0%
seats2	28
seat_change2	10
popular_vote2	1,151,405
percentage2	49.2%
swing2	5.8%
title	President
posttitle	Elected President
before_election	Raffaele Fitto
before_party	FI
after_election	Nichi Vendola
after_party	PRC
map_image	File:Puglia_2005_Coalizioni.png

The Apulian regional election of 2005 took place on 3–4 April 2005.

Nichi Vendola (Communist Refoundation Party) defeated incumbent Raffaele Fitto (Forza Italia). The success of Vendola came somewhat unexpected. In a Southern Italian Region, expected to be morally conservative, Vendola, a communist and homosexual, defeated Fitto, a conservative Christian democrat. Vendola was the first candidate ever to be appointed by its coalition through a primary election instead of agreements between parties. A defeat of Vendola might have resulted in a cancellation of the primary election of The Union for choosing the candidate for Prime Minister in the 2006 general election.

Centre-left primary election

The centre-left candidate was chosen through primary elections, which were won by surprise by Nichi Vendola.

Candidate	Party	Votes	%
Communist Refoundation Party}}"		Nichi Vendola	PRC	40,358
The Daisy}}"		Francesco Boccia	DL	38,676
Total	79,034	100.0

Results

Candidates	Votes	%	Seats	Parties	Votes	%	Seats
Centre-left coalition}}"		Nichi Vendola	1,165,536	49.84	1
Democrats of the Left}}"		Democrats of the Left	356,369	16.63	14
The Daisy}}"		Democracy is Freedom – The Daisy	208,806	9.74	8
Communist Refoundation Party}}"		Communist Refoundation Party	109,146	5.09	4
Italian Socialist Party}}"		Italian Democratic Socialists	86,096	4.01	3
Union of Democrats for Europe}}"		Union of Democrats for Europe	70,293	3.28	3
	The Apulian Spring	55,335	2.58	3
Party of Italian Communists}}"		Party of Italian Communists	48,141	2.24	2
Italian Democratic Socialist Party}}"		Autonomist Socialists – PSDI – MRE	47,511	2.22	2
Italy of Values}}"		Italy of Values	38,120	1.78	1
Federation of the Greens}}"		Federation of the Greens	33,309	1.55	1
	United Democratic Christians	8,397	0.39	–
Pensioners' Party (Italy)}}"		Pensioners' Party	3,959	0.18	–
Total	1,065,752	49.69	41
Centre-right coalition}}"		Raffaele Fitto	1,151,405	49.24	1
Forza Italia (1994)}}"		Forza Italia	381,663	17.80	10
National Alliance (Italy)}}"		National Alliance	259,563	12.10	7
	Apulia First of All	196,281	9.15	5
Union of the Centre (2002)}}"		Union of Christian and Centre Democrats	167,038	7.79	4
New Italian Socialist Party}}"		New PSI – PRI	48,109	2.24	1
	Social Idea Movement	10,099	0.47	–
Total	1.062.753	49.55	27
Social Alternative}}"		Gianfelice Galassi	10,973	0.47	–	Social Alternative}}"		Social Alternative	9,368
	Luca Scalabrini	10,477	0.45	–		Christian Democracy	6,791
Total candidates	2,338,391	100.00	2	Total parties	2,144,664	100.00	68
Source: [Ministry of the Interior – Historical Archive of Elections](https://elezionistorico.interno.gov.it/index.php?tpel=R&dtel=03/04/2005&tpa=I&tpe=R&lev0=0&levsut0=0&lev1=16&levsut1=1&ne1=16&es0=S&es1=S&ms=S)

References

[http://www.repubblica.it/2004/l/sezioni/politica/proditornadue/vincevendola/vincevendola.html Puglia, primarie con sorpresa Nichi Vendola batte Boccia]

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