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2005 Tuscan regional election

Field	Value
election_name	2005 Tuscan regional election
country	Tuscany
type	legislative
outgoing_members	List of members of the Regional Council of Tuscany, 2000–2005
elected_members	List of members of the Regional Council of Tuscany, 2005–2010
previous_election	2000 Tuscan regional election
previous_year	2000
next_election	2010 Tuscan regional election
next_year	2010
turnout	71.3% (3.3%)
seats_for_election	All 65 seats to the Regional Council
election_date	3–4 April 2005
image1	[[File:Claudio_Martini_datisenato_2013.jpg	130px]]
leader1	Claudio Martini
party1	Democrats of the Left
alliance1	The Union (Italy)
color1	EF3E3E
last_election1	32 seats, 49.3%
seats1	39
seat_change1	7
popular_vote1	1,185,374
percentage1	57.4%
swing1	8.1%
image2	[[File:Alessandro Antichi 2005 (cropped).jpg	150px]]
leader2	Alessandro Antichi
party2	Forza Italia (1994)
alliance2	House of Freedoms
color2	0A6BE1
last_election2	16 seats, 40.0%
seats2	21
seat_change2	5
popular_vote2	678,491
percentage2	32.8%
swing2	1.6%
title	President
posttitle	Elected President
before_election	Claudio Martini
before_party	Democrats of the Left
after_election	Claudio Martini
after_party	Democrats of the Left
map_image	File:Candidati_Regionali_Toscana_(2005).svg

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

Incumbent Claudio Martini (Democrats of the Left) defeated Alessandro Antichi (Forza Italia) by a landslide.

Electoral system

Tuscany 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

Political party or alliance	Constituent lists	Previous result	Candidate	Votes (%)	Seats
Centre-left coalition}}	The Union		The Olive Tree	45.0	20
	Party of Italian Communists	3.0	1
	Federation of the Greens	2.2	1
	Italy of Values
Centre-right coalition}}	House of Freedoms		Forza Italia	20.2	8
	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

2005 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.

Candidates	Votes	%	Seats	Parties	Votes	%	Seats
Centre-left coalition}}	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
Centre-right coalition}}	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
	Renzo Macelloni	30,062	1.45	–		Socialists and Laics (incl. New PSI, PRI, PLI)	23,379
	Mario Gozzoli	20,845	1.01	–		Social Alternative	14,651
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](https://elezionistorico.interno.gov.it/index.php?tpel=R&dtel=03/04/2005&tpa=I&tpe=R&lev0=0&levsut0=0&lev1=9&levsut1=1&ne1=9&es0=S&es1=S&ms=S)

References

Giannoni, Alberto. (April 4, 2005). "MARCIANA MARINA DEFINITIVO: ANTICHI 47,87% (-7%), MARTINI 45,85% (+6%). LA CASA DELLE LIBERTA’ IN TESTA, MA SCENDE SOTTO IL 50%". [[Tirreno Elba News]].

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