1995 Apulian regional election

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1995 Apulian regional election

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April 23, 1995

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All 63 seats to the Regional Council of Apulia

	Majority party	Minority party

Leader	Salvatore Distaso	Luigi Ferrara Mirenzi
Party	Independent	PDS
Alliance	Centre-right	Centre-left
Seats won	28	25
Popular vote	1,071,186	986,782
Percentage	49.8%	45.9%

President before election

Giuseppe Martellotta
PPI

Elected President

Salvatore Distaso
Ind.

Politics of Apulia


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The Apulian 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.

Salvatore Distaso (the candidate of the centre-right coalition) was elected President of the Region, defeating Luigi Ferrara Mirenzi (Italian People's Party) by a slim margin.

Results

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

	Salvatore Distaso	1,071,186	49.79	12
						Forza Italia – The People's Pole	404,417	20.71	11
						National Alliance	398,597	20.41	12
						Christian Democratic Centre	109,888	5.63	3
						Environment Club	15,057	0.77	–
					Total		927,959	47.52	26
	Luigi Ferrara Mirenzi	986,782	45.86	–
						Democratic Party of the Left	432,171	22.13	12
						Communist Refoundation Party	158,446	8.11	4
						Populars	152,284	7.80	4
						Pact of Democrats	112,776	5.77	3
						Federation of the Greens	51,607	2.64	1
						Labour Federation–PSDI–PRI	42,494	2.18	–
						Federal Italy League	6,841	0.35	–
					Total		956,619	48.99	25
	Anselmo Ciuffoletti	46,896	2.18	–
						Southern Action League – MNP	28,613	1.47	–
						Tricolour Flame	10,879	0.56	–
					Total		39,492	2.02	25
	Marco Pannella	46,720	2.17	–		Pannella List	28,790	1.47	–

Total candidates		2,151,584	100.00	12	Total parties		1,952,860	100.00	51
Source: Ministry of the Interior – Historical Archive of Elections

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