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The Tuscan regional election of 1995 was one of the 1995 Italian regional elections. It took place on 23 April 1995.[1] 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 alliance | Constituent lists | Previous result | Candidate | |||
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| Votes (%) | Seats | |||||
| 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 | —N/a | —N/a | ||||
| Centre-right coalition | National Alliance | 3.3 | 1 | Paolo Del Debbio | ||
| Forza Italia – The People's Pole | —N/a | —N/a | ||||
| Christian Democratic Centre | —N/a | —N/a | ||||
| Pannella List | 1.0 | – | Vincenzo Donvito | |||
| Communist Refoundation Party | —N/a | —N/a | 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.
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| Candidates | Votes | % | Seats | Parties | Votes | % | Seats | ||
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| Vannino Chiti | 1,188,995 | 50.12 | 10 | ||||||
| Democratic Party of the Left | 874,463 | 40.90 | 19 | ||||||
| Populars–Democrats–Liberals | 135,895 | 6.35 | 2 | ||||||
| Federation of the Greens | 57,666 | 2.70 | 1 | ||||||
| Labour Federation | 30,204 | 1.41 | 1 | ||||||
| Italian Republican Party | 16,395 | 0.77 | – | ||||||
| Northern League Tuscany | 15,049 | 0.70 | – | ||||||
| Total | 1,129,672 | 52.81 | 23 | ||||||
| Paolo Del Debbio | 855,287 | 36.05 | – | ||||||
| Forza Italia – The People's Pole | 409,266 | 19.13 | 7 | ||||||
| National Alliance | 281,298 | 13.15 | 5 | ||||||
| Christian Democratic Centre | 53,291 | 2.49 | 1 | ||||||
| Total | 743,855 | 34.77 | 13 | ||||||
| Luciano Ghelli | 294,128 | 12.40 | – | Communist Refoundation Party | 237,405 | 11.10 | 4 | ||
| Vincenzo Donvito | 33,856 | 1.43 | – | Pannella List | 28,295 | 1.32 | – | ||
| Total candidates | 2,372,266 | 100.00 | 10 | Total parties | 2,139,227 | 100.00 | 40 | ||
| Source: Ministry of the Interior – Historical Archive of Elections | |||||||||
See also
References
- "Regionali 23/04/1995 > Area ITALIA > Regione TOSCANA". Eligendo Archivio (in Italian). Ministero dell'Interno DAIT. Retrieved 24 February 2025.