The Italian regional elections of 3–4 April 2005 were a major victory (11-2) for the centre-left The Union coalition, led by Romano Prodi . The centre-right coalition, governing in the national government, was defeated in all the regions it held, except for its strongholds in Lombardy and Veneto , whose population is anyway a fourth of Italian population. The elections resulted in the national government, led by Silvio Berlusconi , to acknowledge defeat and open a crisis, which resulted in the formation of Berlusconi III Cabinet , with some ministers being substituted.
2005 Italian regional elections
Elected Presidents: The House of Freedoms
The Union
Due to a series of bureaucratic issues involving the presentation of the list of Social Alternative in Basilicata , the election there would have been held two weeks later . There, the victory of the centre-left coalition brought the tally to 12-2.
The fact that the centre-left was particularly strong in small regions led to the even result of the 2006 general election .
Presidents of the regions
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President
Regional council
Candidate
Party
Votes
%
Alliance
Votes
%
Seats
Mercedes Bresso
DS
1,226,355
50.9
Union
1,021,386
49.9
38
Enzo Ghigo
FI
1,133,358
47.1
CdL
995,573
48.7
25
Others
49,267
2.0
Others
28,770
1.4
0
President
Regional council
Candidate
Party
Votes
%
Alliance
Votes
%
Seats
Roberto Formigoni
FI
2,841,883
53.8
CdL
2,426,620
55.3
52
Riccardo Sarfatti
Ind.
2,278,173
43.2
Union
1,845,004
42.1
29
Others
156,815
3.0
Others
112,937
2.6
0
President
Regional council
Candidate
Party
Votes
%
Alliance
Votes
%
Seats
Giancarlo Galan
FI
1,359,879
50.6
CdL
1,228,992
53.3
39
Massimo Carraro
Ind.
1,138,631
42.3
Union
931,698
40.4
19
Giorgio Panto
PNE
161,642
6.0
PNE
125,690
5.4
2
Others
28,565
1.1
Others
20,434
0.9
0
President
Regional council
Candidate
Party
Votes
%
Alliance
Votes
%
Seats
Claudio Burlando
DS
491,545
52.6
Union
434,617
53.4
25
Sandro Biasotti
FI
434,934
46.6
CdL
374,277
45.9
15
Others
7,313
0.8
Others
5,441
0.7
0
President
Regional council
Candidate
Party
Votes
%
Alliance
Votes
%
Seats
Vasco Errani
DS
1,579,989
62.7
Union
1,414,717
62.0
32
Carlo Monaco
FI
886,775
35.2
CdL
835,620
36.6
18
Others
51,737
2.1
Others
30,713
1.4
0
President
Regional council
Candidate
Party
Votes
%
Alliance
Votes
%
Seats
Claudio Martini
DS
1,185,374
57.4
Union
1,024,106
56.7
39
Alessandro Antichi
FI
678,491
32.8
CdL
595,975
33.0
21
Luca Ciabatti
PRC
151,560
7.3
PRC
50,907
8.2
5
Others
28,030
1.5
Others
30,713
2.1
0
President
Regional council
Candidate
Party
Votes
%
Alliance
Votes
%
Seats
Maria Rita Lorenzetti
DS
316,770
63.0
Union
290,232
63.2
19
Pietro Laffranco
FI
169,176
33.6
CdL
158,028
34.4
11
Others
16,878
3.4
Others
10,733
2.3
0
President
Regional council
Candidate
Party
Votes
%
Alliance
Votes
%
Seats
Gian Mario Spacca
DL
499,381
57.8
Union
454,875
57.6
24
Francesco Massi
FI
333,181
38.5
CdL
308,324
39.1
16
Others
32,017
3.7
Others
10,733
2.3
0
President
Regional council
Candidate
Party
Votes
%
Alliance
Votes
%
Seats
Piero Marrazzo
Ind.
1,631,501
50.7
Union
1,342,619
48.5
42
Francesco Storace
AN
1,524,712
47.4
CdL
1,392,029
50.3
28
Others
62,498
1.9
Others
34,449
1.2
0
President
Regional council
Candidate
Party
Votes
%
Alliance
Votes
%
Seats
Antonio Bassolino
DS
1,891,895
61.6
Union
1,823,321
63.3
38
Italo Bocchino
AN
1,056,445
34.4
CdL
968,309
33.6
22
Others
124,696
4.0
Others
90,802
3.1
0
President
Regional council
Candidate
Party
Votes
%
Alliance
Votes
%
Seats
Vito De Filippo
DL
236,479
67.0
Union
236,579
68.7
20
Cosimo Latronico
FI
101,725
28.8
CdL
96,435
28.0
10
Others
14,763
4.2
Others
11,328
3.3
0
President
Regional council
Candidate
Party
Votes
%
Alliance
Votes
%
Seats
Nichi Vendola
PRC
1,165,536
49.8
Union
1,065,752
49.7
42
Raffaele Fitto
FI
1,151,405
49.2
CdL
1,062,753
49.5
28
Others
21,450
0.9
Others
16,159
0.8
0
President
Regional council
Candidate
Party
Votes
%
Alliance
Votes
%
Seats
Agazio Loiero
DL
663,986
59.0
Union
660,175
60.7
30
Sergio Abramo
FI
447,243
39.7
CdL
419,457
38.6
20
Others
15,121
1.3
Others
8,193
0.7
0