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2005 Tuscan regional election

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All 65 seats to the Regional Council
Turnout	71.3% (3.3%)
Majority party Minority party   Leader Claudio Martini Alessandro Antichi Party DS Forza Italia Alliance The Union House of Freedoms Last election 32 seats, 49.3% 16 seats, 40.0% Seats won 39 21 Seat change 7 5 Popular vote 1,185,374 678,491 Percentage 57.4% 32.8% Swing 8.1% 1.6%
President before election Claudio Martini DS Elected President Claudio Martini DS

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

Incumbent Claudio Martini (Democrats of the Left) defeated Alessandro Antichi (Forza Italia) by a landslide.

Electoral system

Tuscany uses its own legislation of 2004 to elect its Council. The councillors are elected in provincial constituencies by proportional representation using the largest remainder method with a Droop quota and close lists.

In this system parties are grouped in alliances, and the alliance which receives a plurality of votes elects all its candidates, its leader becoming the President of Tuscany.

In 2005 the number of the regional councilors rose to 65 from 50.

Parties and candidates

Results

2005 election led to the return to the guide of the Region, for its second consecutive term, Claudio Martini, supported by the center-left coalition.

If the mechanisms of electoral law generated a Regional Council very similar to the incumbent one, popular vote marked a significant increase in the gap between the two sides, which was almost halved. The same plurality party, Democrats of the Left in coalition with other parties in The Olive Tree, increased of more than one hundred thousand preferences. The election was also the test for a list that led, within two years, to the national foundation of a new political entity, the Democratic Party.

Like 1995 election, Communist Refoundation Party run lonely with its candidate.

3–4 April 2005 Tuscan regional election results

Candidates		Votes	%	Seats	Parties		Votes	%	Seats
	Claudio Martini	1,185,374	57.37	1
						The Olive Tree	880,876	48.77	33
						Party of Italian Communists	77,126	4.27	3
						Federation of the Greens	50,235	2.78	2
						Italy of Values	15,869	0.88	–
					Total		1,024,106	56.70	38
	Alessandro Antichi	678,491	32.84	1
						Forza Italia	310,427	17.19	10
						National Alliance	196,478	10.88	7
						Union of Christian and Centre Democrats	66,186	3.66	3
						Northern League Tuscany	22,884	1.27	–
					Total		595,975	33.00	20
	Luca Ciabatti	151,560	7.33	1		Communist Refoundation Party	148,103	8.20	4
	Renzo Macelloni	30,062	1.45	–		Socialists and Laics (incl. New PSI, PRI, PLI)	23,379	1.29	–
	Mario Gozzoli	20,845	1.01	–		Social Alternative	14,651	0.81	–
Total candidates		2,066,332	100.00	3	Total parties		1,806,214	100.00	62
Source: Ministry of the Interior – Historical Archive of Elections

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