1995 Apulian regional election

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1995 Apulian regional election
Flag of Apulia.svg
  1990 April 23, 1995 2000  

All 63 seats to the Regional Council of Apulia
 Majority partyMinority party
  No image.svg No image.svg
Leader Salvatore Distaso Luigi Ferrara Mirenzi
Party Independent PDS
Alliance Centre-right Centre-left
Seats won2825
Popular vote1,071,186986,782
Percentage49.8%45.9%

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President before election

Giuseppe Martellotta
PPI

Elected President

Salvatore Distaso
Ind.

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
Apulia Regional Council 1995.svg
CandidatesVotes %SeatsPartiesVotes %Seats
Salvatore Distaso1,071,18649.7912
Forza Italia – The People's Pole 404,41720.7111
National Alliance 398,59720.4112
Christian Democratic Centre 109,8885.633
Environment Club15,0570.77
Total927,95947.5226
Luigi Ferrara Mirenzi986,78245.86
Democratic Party of the Left 432,17122.1312
Communist Refoundation Party 158,4468.114
Populars 152,2847.804
Pact of Democrats 112,7765.773
Federation of the Greens 51,6072.641
Labour FederationPSDIPRI 42,4942.18
Federal Italy League 6,8410.35
Total956,61948.9925
Anselmo Ciuffoletti46,8962.18
Southern Action League – MNP28,6131.47
Tricolour Flame 10,8790.56
Total39,4922.0225
Marco Pannella 46,7202.17 Pannella List 28,7901.47
Total candidates2,151,584100.0012Total parties1,952,860100.0051
Source: Ministry of the Interior – Historical Archive of Elections

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