The Tuscan regional election of 1995 was one of the 1995 Italian regional elections. It took place on 23 April 1995. Vannino Chiti was elected president of the region of Tuscany, heading the centre-left coalition. Under new electoral laws, this was the first election in which the regional president was directly elected by the people.
Electoral system
For the 1995 election year, regional elections in Tuscany were governed by the "Tatarella Law". This law provided for a mixed electoral system: four-fifths of regional councilors were elected in provincial constituencies by proportional representation, using the largest remainder method with a droop quota and open lists. The residual votes and unassigned seats were grouped into a single regional constituency, where the whole ratios and the highest remainders were divided using the Hare method among the provincial party lists. One-fifth of council seats were reserved for regional lists and assigned with a majoritarian system; the leader of the regional list that scored the highest number of votes was elected to the presidency of the region, while the other candidates were elected as regional councilors.
A threshold of 3% had been established for the provincial lists, which, however, could still have entered the regional council if the regional list to which they were connected had scored at least 5% of valid votes.
Panachage was also allowed: a voter could indicate a candidate for the presidency but prefer a provincial list connected to another candidate.
Parties and candidates Political party or allianceConstituent listsPrevious resultCandidateVotes (%)Seats rowspan="6" Centre-left coalition Democratic Party of the Left 39.8 22 Vannino Chiti Populars – Democrats – Liberals 26.9 15 Federation of the Greens 3.8 2 Italian Republican Party 3.5 1 Northern League Tuscany 0.8 – Labour Federation rowspan="3" Centre-right coalition National Alliance3.31 Paolo Del Debbio Forza Italia – The People's Pole Christian Democratic Centre Pannella List1.0– Vincenzo Donvito Communist Refoundation Party Luciano Ghelli
Results The election resulted in the success of a broad leftist coalition, grouping progressive ex–Christian Democrats, ex-socialists, ex-communists, and greens, and led to the regional presidency of Vannino Chiti that, with the majority premium, was able to give life to the first council in the history of the region that managed to last the entire legislature.
+ Candidates Votes % Seats Parties Votes % Seats rowspan=8 Vannino Chiti1,188,99550.1210 Democratic Party of the Left874,46340.9019 Populars–Democrats–Liberals135,8956.352 Federation of the Greens57,6662.701 Labour Federation30,2041.411 Italian Republican Party16,3950.77– Northern League Tuscany15,0490.70–Total1,129,67252.8123 rowspan=5 Paolo Del Debbio855,28736.05– Forza Italia – The People's Pole409,26619.137 National Alliance281,29813.155 Christian Democratic Centre53,2912.491Total743,85534.7713 Luciano Ghelli294,12812.40– Communist Refoundation Party237,40511.104 Vincenzo Donvito33,8561.43– Pannella List28,2951.32– Total candidates2,372,266100.0010 Total parties2,139,227100.0040Source: Ministry of the Interior – Historical Archive of Elections
See also 1995 Italian regional elections
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