1990 Lombard regional election

The 1990 Lombard regional election took place on 6 and 7 May 1990. The 5th term of the Regional Council was chosen.

Largest party by municipality

Electoral law

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The election was held under proportional representation with provincial constituencies where the largest remainder method with a Droop quota was used. To ensure more proportionality, remained votes and seats were transferred at regional level and calculated at-large.

Results

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The Christian Democracy party, which had been the leading political force in the region for twenty years, and the Communist Party lost half million votes each while the Lombard League, a new autonomist party led by Umberto Bossi, obtained a resounding victory, entering the Regional Council with 15 councillors, along with one for the Lombard Alliance, and becoming the second largest party in the region. Since that point the Lombard League became a stable political force in Lombardy.

After the election a cabinet led by the incumbent president Giuseppe Giovenzana was formed but, after the Tangentopoli crisis, it was replaced by a succession of governments which included both Lombard League and the former communist PDS.

6 May 1990 Lombard regional election results
 
Party Votes % Seats +/
Christian Democracy 1,784,634 28.56 25 -6
Lombard League 1,183,493 18.94 15 +15
Italian Communist Party 1,172,059 18.76 15 -7
Italian Socialist Party 892,998 14.29 12 ±0
Green List 213,529 3.42 2 ±0
Italian Republican Party 160,985 2.58 2 -2
Italian Social Movement 158,614 2.54 2 -2
Pensioners' Party 114,016 1.82 1 +1
Rainbow Greens 113,824 1.82 1 New
Italian Democratic Socialist Party 103,188 1.65 1 -1
Italian Liberal Party 88,308 1.41 1 ±0
Lombard Alliance 76,516 1.22 1 New
Proletarian Democracy 73,451 1.18 1 -1
Antiprohibitionists on Drugs 62,356 1.00 1 New
Hunting Fishing Environment 18,834 0.30 0 New
Ecological List 14,774 0.24 0 New
Italian Southerns' List 11,199 0.18 0 New
Italian National Hunting Movement 5,200 0.08 0 New
Total valid votes 6,247,978 100.00 80
Blank votes 188,011
Invalid votes (blank included) 372,326
Total 6,620,304
Registered voters & turnout 7,258,354 91.21
Source: Ministry of the Interior


Popular vote (party)
DC
28.56%
LN
18.94%
PCI
18.76%
PSI
14.29%
LV
3.42%
PRI
2.58%
MSI
2.54%
Others
10.91%


Seats
DC
31.25%
LN
18.75%
PCI
18.75%
PSI
15.00%
LV
2.50%
PRI
2.50%
MSI
2.50%
Others
8.75%

Seats by province

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Province DC Lega PCI PSI LV+VA MSI PRI PP Others Total
Milan 9 5 8 6 3 1 2 1 5 40
Brescia 3 2 1 1 - 1 - - - 8
Bergamo 3 2 1 1 - - - - - 7
Como 3 2 1 1 - - - - - 7
Varese 2 2 1 1 - - - - - 6
Pavia 2 1 1 1 - - - - - 5
Mantua 1 - 1 1 - - - - - 3
Cremona 1 1 1 - - - - - - 3
Sondrio 1 - - - - - - - - 1
Total 25 15 15 12 3 2 2 1 5 80