1995 Ligurian regional election
The Ligurian regional election of 1995 took place on 23 April 1995.
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For the first time the President of the Region was directly elected by the people, although the election was not yet binding and the President-elect could have been replaced during the term.
Giancarlo Mori (People's Party), who had been President since 1994, was elected President of the Region, defeating Sergio Magliola (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 alliance | Constituent lists | Previous result | Candidate | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Votes (%) | Seats | |||||
| Centre-left coalition | Democratic Party of the Left | 28.4 | 12 | Giancarlo Mori | ||
| Populars | 27.5 | 12 | ||||
| Federation of the Greens | 5.7 | 2 | ||||
| Pact of Democrats | — | — | ||||
| Pact of Solidarity | — | — | ||||
| Labour Federation | — | — | ||||
| Independent Democratic Movement | — | — | ||||
| Northern League Liguria | 6.1 | 2 | Giacomo Chiappori | |||
| Centre-right coalition | National Alliance | 3.4 | 1 | Sergio Magliola | ||
| Forza Italia – The People's Pole | — | — | ||||
| Christian Democratic Centre | — | — | ||||
| Pensioners' Party | 1.8 | 1 | Elisabetta Fatuzzo | |||
| Pannella List | 1.4 | 1 | Vittorio Pezzuto | |||
| Communist Refoundation Party | — | — | Giuseppe Tarantino | |||
Results
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| Candidates | Votes | % | Seats | Parties | Votes | % | Seats | ||
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| Giancarlo Mori | 445,340 | 42.41 | 8 | ||||||
| Democratic Party of the Left | 290,829 | 30.30 | 14 | ||||||
| Populars | 54,843 | 5.71 | 3 | ||||||
| Pact of Democrats | 34,127 | 3.56 | 1 | ||||||
| Federation of the Greens | 28,101 | 2.93 | 1 | ||||||
| Pact of Solidarity | 9,040 | 0.94 | – | ||||||
| Labour Federation | 4,345 | 0.45 | – | ||||||
| Independent Democratic Movement | 787 | 0.08 | – | ||||||
| Total | 422,072 | 43.97 | 19 | ||||||
| Sergio Magliola | 399,405 | 38.03 | – | ||||||
| Forza Italia – The People's Pole | 234,151 | 24.39 | 9 | ||||||
| National Alliance | 107,557 | 11.20 | 4 | ||||||
| Christian Democratic Centre | 25,447 | 2.65 | 1 | ||||||
| Total | 367,155 | 38.25 | 14 | ||||||
| Giuseppe Tarantino | 90,550 | 8.62 | – | Communist Refoundation Party | 76,507 | 7.97 | 2 | ||
| Giacomo Chiappori | 68,706 | 6.54 | – | Northern League Liguria | 62,755 | 6.54 | 2 | ||
| Elisabetta Fatuzzo | 25,196 | 2.40 | – | Pensioners' Party | 14,858 | 1.55 | – | ||
| Vittorio Pezzuto | 17,533 | 1.67 | – | Pannella List | 14,226 | 1.48 | – | ||
| Bruno Ravera | 3,468 | 0.33 | – | Autonomist Front | 3,396 | 0.25 | – | ||
| Total candidates | 1,050,198 | 100.00 | 8 | Total parties | 959,969 | 100.00 | 37 | ||
| Source: Ministry of the Interior – Historical Archive of Elections | |||||||||