Emilia-Romagna regional election, 1995

Emilia-Romagna regional election, 1995
All 50 seats to the Regional Council of Emilia-Romagna
President before election; Pier Luigi Bersani ; PDS	President-elect; Pier Luigi Bersani ; PDS

Last updated March 30, 2019

The Emilia-Romagna regional election of 1995 took place on 23 April 1995.

Pier Luigi Bersani is an Italian politician and was Secretary of the Democratic Party (DP), Italy's leading centre-left party, from 2009 to 2013. Bersani was Minister of Industry, Commerce and Craftmanship from 1996 to 1999, Minister of Transport from 1999 to 2001, and Minister of Economic Development from 2006 to 2008.

The Democratic Party of the Left was a democratic-socialist and social-democratic political party in Italy. Founded in February 1991 as the post-communist evolution of the Italian Communist Party, the party was the largest in the Alliance of Progressives and The Olive Tree coalitions. In February 1998, the party merged with minor parties to form Democrats of the Left.

Enrico Boselli is an Italian politician. He has been Vice President of Alliance for Italy, and is the former leader of the Italian Democratic Socialists and the modern-day Italian Socialist Party, and former President of Emilia-Romagna.

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. This is precisely what happened in 1996, when Antonio La Forgia replaced Bersani, who had been appointed minister in Prodi II Cabinet, and again in 1999, when La Forgia was replaced by Vasco Errani.

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The Prodi II Cabinet was the cabinet of the government of Italy from 17 May 2006 to 8 May 2008, a total of 722 days, or 1 year, 11 months and 21 days. The 59th cabinet of the Italian Republic, it was the only cabinet of the XV Legislature.

Vasco Errani is an Italian politician. He was a founding member of the Democratic Party (PD), which he has left on 22 February 2017, to join the Democratic and Progressive Movement, a party founded by the former PD left-wing minority. He has been President of Emilia-Romagna from 1999 to 2014, being the longest-serving one of all time. Errani is one of the longest-serving governors in the history of the Italian Republic.

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]

In Italy, a province (provincia) is an administrative division of intermediate level between a municipality (comune) and a region (regione). From 2015, the provinces were reorganized into "institutional bodies of second level", with the birth of 10 special Metropolitan cities. A further 4 such cities were added later.

Proportional representation (PR) characterizes electoral systems in which divisions in an electorate are reflected proportionately in the elected body. If n% of the electorate support a particular political party, then roughly n% of seats will be won by that party. The essence of such systems is that all votes contribute to the result - not just a plurality, or a bare majority. The most prevalent forms of proportional representation all require the use of multiple-member voting districts, as it is not possible to fill a single seat in a proportional manner. In fact, the implementations of PR that achieve the highest levels of proportionality tend to include districts with large numbers of seats.

The largest remainder method is one way of allocating seats proportionally for representative assemblies with party list voting systems. It contrasts with various divisor methods.

Results

23 April 2000 Emilia-Romagna regional election results
Candidates		Votes	%	Seats	Parties		Votes	%	Seats

	Pier Luigi Bersani	1,508,241	53.81	10
						Democratic Party of the Left	1,106,929	43.02	20
						Italian People's Party	144,398	5.61	2
						Pact of Democrats	96,042	3.73	1
						Federation of the Greens	82,178	3.19	1
						Italian Republican Party–Labour Federation	34,802	1.35	–
					Total		1,464,349	56.91	24
	Gianfranco Morra	896,012	31.97	–
						Forza Italia–People's Pole	467,863	18.18	7
						National Alliance	264,367	10.27	4
						Christian Democratic Centre	59,898	2.33	1
					Total		792,128	30.78	12
	Renato Albertini	247,476	8.83	–		Communist Refoundation Party	196,274	7.63	3
	Pierluigi Copercini	107,628	3.84	–		Lega Nord Emilia–Romagna	86,400	3.36	1
	Carduccio Parizzi	43,633	1.56	–		Pannella List	33,995	1.32	–

Total candidates		2,802,990	100.00	10	Total parties		2,573,146	100.00	40
Source: Ministry of the Interior – Historical Archive of Elections

Popular vote

PDS			43.02%
FI–PP			18.18%
AN			10.27%
PRC			7.63%
PPI			5.61%
PdD			3.73%
LN			3.36%
FdV			3.19%
CCD			2.33%
Others			2.67%

President

Bersani			53.81%
Morra			31.97%
Albertini			8.83%
Copercini			3.84%
Parizzi			1.56%

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References

↑ La Repubblica – Regional electoral law

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