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2005 Ligurian regional election


FieldValue
election_name2005 Ligurian regional election
countryLiguria
typelegislative
ongoingno
previous_election2000 Ligurian regional election
previous_year2000
next_election2010 Ligurian regional election
next_year2010
election_date3–4 April 2005
image1[[File:Claudio Burlando daticamera.jpg120px]]
leader1Claudio Burlando
party1Democrats of the Left
alliance1The Union (Italy)
color1EF3E3E
seats1**26**
seat_change110
popular_vote1**491,545**
percentage1**52.6%**
swing16.5%
image2[[File:Sandro Mario Biasotti daticamera.jpg120px]]
leader2Sandro Biasotti
party2Forza Italia (1994)
alliance2House of Freedoms
color20A6BE1
seats214
seat_change210
popular_vote2434,934
percentage246.6%
swing24.1%
titlePresident
posttitleSubsequent President
before_electionSandro Biasotti
after_electionClaudio Burlando
before_partyFI
after_partyDS
map_imageFile:Liguria_2005_Coalizioni.png

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

Claudio Burlando (Democrats of the Left) defeated incumbent Sandro Biasotti (an independent close to Forza Italia).

Electoral system

Regional elections in Liguria 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 allianceConstituent listsPrevious resultCandidateVotes (%)Seats
Centre-right coalition}};"House of FreedomsForza Italia (1994)}}"Forza Italia20.28
National Alliance (Italy)}}"National Alliance10.23
Union of the Centre (2002)}}"Union of Christian and Centre Democrats4.41
Lega Nord}}"Northern League Liguria4.31
Others}}"New Liguria2.81
Others}}"Biasotti List
Others}}"Others
Centre-left coalition}}"The UnionThe Olive Tree (Italy)}}"The Olive Tree35.312
Communist Refoundation Party}}"Communist Refoundation Party6.52
Federation of the Greens}}"Federation of the Greens2.11
Party of Italian Communists}}"Party of Italian Communists1.9
Pensioners' Party (Italy)}}"Pensioners' Party0.7
Others}}"People of Liguria
Italy of Values}}"Italy of Values
Union of Democrats for Europe}}"Union of Democrats for Europe
Others}}"Others
Social Alternative}}"Social Alternative (AS–FT–FSN–FN)Angelo Riccobaldi

Results

CandidatesVotes%SeatsPartiesVotes%Seat
Centre-left coalition}}"**Claudio Burlando**491,54552.648
The Olive Tree (Italy)}}"The Olive Tree279,72734.3512
Communist Refoundation Party}}"Communist Refoundation Party53,6266.592
Others}}"People of Liguria35,8314.401
Party of Italian Communists}}"Party of Italian Communists21,8772.691
Federation of the Greens}}"Federation of the Greens16,0891.981
Italy of Values}}"Italy of Values10,6111.301
Union of Democrats for Europe}}"Union of Democrats for Europe7,7070.95
Pensioners' Party (Italy)}}"Pensioners' Party6,9260.85
Others}}"Consumers1,7740.22
Segni Pact}}"Pact of Liberal Democrats4490.06
*Total**434,617**53.37**18*
Centre-right coalition}}"**Sandro Biasotti**434,93446.581
Forza Italia (1994)}}"Forza Italia160,30519.696
Others}}"Biasotti List71,0678.733
National Alliance (Italy)}}"National Alliance58,2217.152
Lega Nord}}"Northern League Liguria38,0604.671
Union of the Centre (2002)}}"Union of Christian and Centre Democrats26,6393.271
Others}}"New Liguria5,8570.72
New Italian Socialist Party}}"Socialists and Liberals5,7450.71
Others}}"Consumers' List4,4950.55
Others}}"Pensioners and Disabled – Animalists and Environmentalists3,8880.48
*Total**374,277**45.96**13*
Social Alternative}}"**Angelo Riccobaldi**7,3130.78Social Alternative}}"Social Alternative5,441
**Total candidates****933,792****100.00****9****Total parties****814,335****100.00****31**
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&levsut1=1&es0=S&es1=S&ms=S&ne1=7&lev1=7)
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