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2005 Venetian regional election

Italian regional election

Field	Value
election_name	2005 Venetian regional election
country	Veneto
type	legislative
ongoing	no
previous_election	2000 Venetian regional election
previous_year	2000
next_election	2010 Venetian regional election
next_year	2010
seats_for_election	All 60 seats to the Regional Council
election_date	3–4 April 2005
image1	[[File:Giancarlo Galan daticamera.jpg	160x160px]]
leader1	Giancarlo Galan
party1	Forza Italia (1994)
alliance1	House of Freedoms
color1	0A6BE1
seats1	39
seat_change1	2
popular_vote1	1,359,879
percentage1	50.58%
swing1	4.36%
image2	[[File:Blank.svg	110px]]
leader2	Massimo Carraro
party2	Independent politician
alliance2	The Union (Italy)
color2	EF3E3E
seats2	19
seat_change2	4
popular_vote2	1,138,631
percentage2	42.35%
swing2	4.13%
title	President
posttitle	Subsequent President
before_election	Giancarlo Galan
after_election	Giancarlo Galan
before_party	Forza Italia
after_party	Forza Italia
map_image	File:Veneto_2005_Coalizioni.png

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

Giancarlo Galan (Forza Italia, House of Freedoms) was re-elected for the third time in a row President of the Region, but the support for him was diminished by the presence of a third candidate, Giorgio Panto, who picked votes both from the centre-right and the Venetist camps, and of a fourth candidate representing the far right, Roberto Bussinello.

Although Forza Italia remained the largest party in the Council and also in the Region as a whole (The Olive Tree was only an electoral alliance at the time and the three parties which were part of it formed separate groups in the Council), it suffered a serious decline in term of votes, from 30.3% of 2000 to 22.7%.

Venetist parties had a very good result: the combined score of Liga Veneta (14.7%), North-East Project (5.4%) and Liga Fronte Veneto (1.2%) was 21.3%, up from the 15.6% of 2000 (Liga Veneta 12.0%, Veneti d'Europa 2.4% and Fronte Marco Polo 1.2%).

Electoral system

Regional elections in Veneto 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 alliance	Constituent lists	Previous result	Candidate	Votes (%)	Seats
Centre-right coalition}};"		House of Freedoms	Forza Italia (1994)}}"		Forza Italia	30.4	17
Lega Nord}}"		Northern League – Venetian League	12.0	6
National Alliance (Italy)}}"		National Alliance	9.8	5
Union of the Centre (2002)}}"		Union of Christian and Centre Democrats	6.8	3
New Italian Socialist Party}}"		New Italian Socialist Party	0.7	–
Centre-left coalition}}"		The Union	The Olive Tree (Italy)}}"		The Olive Tree (incl. DS, DL, SDI)	27.2	18
Communist Refoundation Party}}"		Communist Refoundation Party	3.0	2
	Liga Fronte Veneto	2.5	–
Federation of the Greens}}"		Federation of the Greens	2.3	1
	Consumers' List	1.6	1
Party of Italian Communists}}"		Party of Italian Communists	1.0	1
	Carraro List
Italy of Values}}"		Italy of Values
Union of Democrats for Europe}}"		Union of Democrats for Europe
North-East Project}}"		North-East Project
Social Alternative}}"		Social Alternative (AS – FT – FSN – FN)

Results

Candidates	Votes	%	Seats	Parties	Votes	%	Seat
Centre-right coalition}}"		Giancarlo Galan	1,359,879	50.58	12
Forza Italia (1994)}}"		Forza Italia	523,896	22.71	12
Lega Nord}}"		Northern League – Venetian League	337,896	14.65	7
National Alliance (Italy)}}"		National Alliance	186,396	8.08	4
Union of the Centre (2002)}}"		Union of Christian and Centre Democrats	147,953	6.41	3
New Italian Socialist Party}}"		New Italian Socialist Party – Others	32,851	1.42	1
Total	1,228,992	53.28	27
Centre-left coalition}}"		Massimo Carraro	1,138,631	42.35	1
The Olive Tree (Italy)}}"		The Olive Tree	560,629	24.30	13
	For Veneto with Carraro	107,333	4.65	2
Communist Refoundation Party}}"		Communist Refoundation Party	80,424	3.49	1
Federation of the Greens}}"		Federation of the Greens	69,191	3.00	1
Party of Italian Communists}}"		Party of Italian Communists	35,067	1.52	1
Italy of Values}}"		Italy of Values	29,607	1.28	–
	Liga Fronte Veneto	27,524	1.19	–
	Consumers' List	15,658	0.68	–
Union of Democrats for Europe}}"		Union of Democrats for Europe	6,265	0.27	–
Total	931,698	40.39	18
North-East Project}}"		Giorgio Panto	161,642	6.01	–	North-East Project}}"		North-East Project	125,690
Social Alternative}}"		Roberto Bussinello	28,565	1.06	–	Social Alternative}}"		Social Alternative	20,434
Total candidates	2,688,717	100.00	13	Total parties	2,306,814	100.00	47
Source: [Ministry of the Interior](https://elezionistorico.interno.gov.it/index.php?tpel=R&dtel=03/04/2005&tpa=I&tpe=R&lev0=0&levsut0=0&lev1=5&levsut1=1&ne1=5&es0=S&es1=S&ms=S)

Council composition

Aftermath

After the election, Giancarlo Galan formed his third government. Due to the new strength of Liga Veneta, which received about 2/3 of the vote for Forza Italia, the coalition balance was clearly changed in favour of Liga Veneta. This party had both the post of President of the Regional Council for Marino Finozzi and the most important ministry, the Health ministry, for Flavio Tosi (who was replaced by Francesca Martini in 2007).

Also the post of Vice President of Veneto went to a lighista, Luca Zaia, in place of Fabio Gava (Forza Italia), who had been also Minister of Health in second term. Forza Italia was indeed far less strong than in 2000, when it won 30.3% of the vote: in comparison with 2000, Forza Italia lost three regional deputies, while Liga Veneta had a net gain of four.

References

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