The 2005 Basilicata regional election took place on 17–18 April 2005. The election was for all 30 seats of the Regional Council of Basilicata and the president of Basilicata, who automatically became a member of the council alongside two other seats, plus that of the second-placed candidate. It was the third-last election of the 2005 Italian regional elections. Due to some legal issues with the presentation of the list of Social Alternative, Basilicata did not vote along with the other Italian regions in on 3–4 April 2005 regional elections but a couple of weeks later instead. The victory of The Union coalition, which obtained more than two thirds of the vote, was the largest in Italy and Vito De Filippo of Democracy is Freedom – The Daisy, the youngest president of Basilicata and the most voted president of a region in percentage terms, was elected president by a landslide. As part of what became a over 20-year rule of the centre-left coalition, the results in Basilicata reflected their comparison as the political equivalent of the left-wing Emilia-Romagna region in Southern Italy.
Results +CandidatesVotes%SeatsPartiesVotes%SeatsVito De Filippo236,47967.003 The Olive Tree133,10438.6510 UDEUR38,04211.053 Federation of the Greens19,5925.691 Communist Refoundation Party15,9924.641 Party of Italian Communists14,3324.161 Italy of Values9,5112.761 Pact of Liberal Democrats6,0061.740Total236,57968.7017Cosimo Latronico101,72528.821 Forza Italia43,65812.684 Union of Christian and Centre Democrats27,1007.873 National Alliance22,5536.552 Federation of the Centre (PRI–DCU–DCA–PLI)3,1240.91-Total96,43528.009 Margherita Torrio8,7802.49– Socialist Party – New PSI7,9792.320 Roberto Fiore3,5471.00– Social Alternative2,3350.680 Angela Mancuso2,4360.69– Popular Unity1,0140.290Total candidates352,967100.004Total parties344,342100.0026Registered voters372,25667.16Source: Ministry of the Interior – Results
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