2005 Emilia-Romagna regional election
The Emilia-Romagna regional election of 2005 took place on 3–4 April 2005.
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All 50 seats to the Regional Council of Emilia-Romagna | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 Seat totals by Province. As this is a PR election, seat totals are determined by popular vote in each province. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| This article is part of a series on the politics and government of Emilia-Romagna |
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The incumbent President Vasco Errani, a member of the social democratic Democrats of the Left, was re-elected defeating by a landslide Carlo Monaco, the candidate of the centre-right coalition led by Forza Italia.
Electoral law
The Legislative Assembly of Emilia-Romagna (Assemblea Legislativa dell'Emilia-Romagna) is composed of 50 members. 40 councillors are elected in provincial constituencies by proportional representation using the largest remainder method with a Droop quota and open lists, while 10 councillors (elected in bloc) come from a "regional list", including the President-elect. One seat is reserved for the candidate who comes second. If a coalition wins more than 50% of the total seats in the Council with PR, only 5 candidates from the regional list will be chosen and the number of those elected in provincial constituencies will be 45. If the winning coalition receives less than 40% of votes special seats are added to the Council to ensure a large majority for the President's coalition.[1]
Results
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| Candidates | Votes | % | Seats | Parties | Votes | % | Seats | ||
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| Vasco Errani | 1,579,989 | 62.73 | 5 | ||||||
| The Olive Tree | 1,095,566 | 48.03 | 22 | ||||||
| Communist Refoundation Party | 130,609 | 5.73 | 2 | ||||||
| Party of Italian Communists | 79,406 | 3.48 | 1 | ||||||
| Federation of the Greens | 69,475 | 3.05 | 1 | ||||||
| Italy of Values | 31,929 | 1.40 | 1 | ||||||
| Union of Democrats for Europe | 7,732 | 0.34 | – | ||||||
| Total | 1,414,717 | 62.02 | 27 | ||||||
| Monaco Carlo | 886,775 | 35.21 | 1 | ||||||
| Forza Italia | 415,406 | 18.21 | 9 | ||||||
| National Alliance | 201,963 | 8.85 | 4 | ||||||
| Lega Nord Emilia–Romagna | 109,092 | 4.78 | 3 | ||||||
| Union of Christian and Centre Democrats | 89,787 | 3.94 | 1 | ||||||
| New Italian Socialist Party | 19,372 | 0.85 | – | ||||||
| Total | 835,620 | 36.63 | 17 | ||||||
| Bruno Barbieri | 26,712 | 1.06 | – | Consumers' List | 15,520 | 0.68 | – | ||
| Gianni Correggiari | 25,052 | 0.99 | – | Social Alternative | 15,193 | 0.67 | – | ||
| Total candidates | 2,518,528 | 100.00 | 6 | Total parties | 2,281,050 | 100.00 | 44 | ||
| Source: Ministry of the Interior – Historical Archive of Elections | |||||||||