Apulian regional election, 2005

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Apulian regional election, 2005

Flag of Apulia.svg


  2000 April 3-4, 2005 2010  

All 70 seats to the Regional Council of Apulia

  Majority party Minority party
  Nicola Vendola daticamera.jpg Raffaele Fitto daticamera.jpg
Leader Nichi Vendola Raffaele Fitto
Party Communist Refoundation Forza Italia
Alliance The Union House of Freedoms
Last election 22 seats, 43.5% 38 seats, 54.0%
Seats won42 28
Seat changeIncrease2.svg20Decrease2.svg10
Popular vote1,165,536 1,151,405
Percentage49.8% 49.2%
SwingIncrease2.svg6,3%Decrease2.svg5.8%

President of Apulia before election

Raffaele Fitto
House of Freedoms

President of Apulia

Nichi Vendola
The Olive Tree

The Apulian regional election of 2005 took place on 3–4 April 2005.

Nichi Vendola (Communist Refoundation Party) defeated incumbent Raffaele Fitto (Forza Italia).

The success of Vendola came somewhat unexpected. In a Southern Italian Region, expected to be morally conservative, Vendola, a communist and a homosexual, defeated Fitto, a Christian democrat. Vendola was the first candidate ever to be appointed by its coalition through a primary election instead of agreements between parties. A defeat of Vendola might have resulted in a cancellation of the primary election of The Union for choosing the candidate for Prime Minister in the 2006 general election.

Results

Candidates & parties votes votes (%) seats
Nichi Vendola 1,165,53649.8442+1
Democrats of the Left 356,36916.6314
Democracy is Freedom – The Daisy 208,8069.748
Communist Refoundation Party 109,1465.094
Italian Democratic Socialists 86,0964.013
UDEUR 70,2933.283
The Apulian Spring55,3352.583
Party of Italian Communists 48,1412.242
PSDI–Autonomist Socialists–MRE 47,5112.222
Italy of Values 38,1201.781
Federation of the Greens 33,3091.551
United Christian Democrats8,3970.390
Pensioners' Party 3,9590.180
Raffaele Fitto 1,151,40549.2428+1
Forza Italia 381,66317.8010
National Alliance 259,56312.107
Apulia First of All 196,2819.155
Union of Christian and Centre Democrats 167,0387.794
New PSIPRI 48,1092.241
Social Idea Movement 10,0990.470
Gianfelice Galassi10,9730.47
Social Alternative 9,3680.440
Laura Scalabrini10,4770.45
Christian Democracy 6,7910.320
Total2,338,391 100.0070

Sources: Ministry of the Interior


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