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1995 Tuscan regional election

Field	Value
election_name	1995 Tuscan regional election
country	Tuscany
type	legislative
elected_members	List of members of the Regional Council of Tuscany, 1995–2000
previous_election	1990 Tuscan regional election
previous_year	1990
next_election	2000 Tuscan regional election
next_year	2000
turnout	85.2% (4.4%)
seats_for_election	All 50 seats to the Regional Council
election_date	23 April 1995
image1	[[File:Vannino Chiti daticamera.jpg	160x160px]]
leader1	Vannino Chiti
party1	Democratic Party of the Left
alliance1	Centre-left coalition (Italy)
color1	EF3E3E
seats1	33
popular_vote1	1,188,995
percentage1	50.1%
image2	[[File:Del_Debbio.jpg	160x160px]]
leader2	Paolo Del Debbio
party2	Forza Italia (1994)
alliance2	Centre-right coalition (Italy)
color2	0A6BE1
seats2	13
popular_vote2	855,287
percentage2	36.1%
title	President of Tuscany
posttitle	President of Tuscany
before_election	Vannino Chiti
before_party	PDS
after_election	Vannino Chiti
after_party	PDS
map_image	File:Toscana_1995_Coalizioni.png

The Tuscan regional election of 1995 was one of the 1995 Italian regional elections that took place on 23 April. 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 ruled by the "Tatarella law", which 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 with 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 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.

The panachage was also allowed: the voter can 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	Votes (%)	Seats
Centre-left coalition}}	Centre-left coalition		Democratic Party of the Left	39.8	22
	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
Centre-right coalition}}	Centre-right coalition		National Alliance	3.3	1
	Forza Italia – The People's Pole
	Christian Democratic Centre
	Pannella List	1.0	–	Vincenzo Donvito
	Communist Refoundation Party			Luciano Ghelli

Results

In the context of the profound political changes that invested Italy between 1992 and 1994, Italian Parliament changed the regional electoral law, adapting them to new majoritarian principle now in vogue in the country, trim and tend bipolar politics. The new political geography, however, did not fit properly to Tuscany where, besides a garrison of right, assumed insignificant importance the presence of Umberto Bossi's Northern League, which, instead of the others regions, sustained the centre-left candidate. Another major innovation had originated in Tuscany: Silvio Berlusconi' party, Forza Italia, had collected anti-Communist orphans of deceased traditional parties.

The central political alliances had not been followed up at Tuscany, with the Communist Refoundation Party in sharp contrast with PDS because of the contrast into the old party of PCI. PRC accused the PDS and at the same time the Northern League accused Forza Italia to be the trojan horse for the recycling of the old political class, had led to the arrest of the Northern League's electoral steady ascent, if not also a marked reflux into the consent of the federalist party. So paradoxically, the Northern League sustained Chiti.

Election on 23 April saw the success of the broad leftist coalition, grouping progressive ex-Christian Democrats, ex-socialist, ex-communist and greens, and led to presidency 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
Centre-left coalition}}	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
Centre-right coalition}}	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
	Vincenzo Donvito	33,856	1.43	–		Pannella List	28,295
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

References

"Regionali 23/04/1995 > Area ITALIA > Regione TOSCANA". Ministero dell'Interno DAIT.

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