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1995 Ligurian regional election

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1995 Ligurian regional election

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  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Giancarlo Mori Sergio Magliola
Party PPI Independent
Alliance Centre-left Centre-right
Seats won 27 14
Popular vote 445,340 399,405
Percentage 42.4% 38.0%


President before election

Giancarlo Mori
PPI

Subsequent President

Giancarlo Mori
PPI

The Ligurian regional election of 1995 took place on 23 April 1995.

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

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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

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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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23 April 1995 Liguria regional election results
Candidates Votes % Seats Parties Votes % Seats
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