The Italian regional elections of 3–4 April 2005 were a major victory (11-2) for the centre-left
The Union coalition, led by
Romano Prodi
Romano Antonio Prodi (; born 9 August 1939) is an Italian politician, economist, academic, senior civil servant, and business executive who served as the tenth president of the European Commission from 1999 to 2004. He served twice as Pr ...
. The centre-right coalition, governing in the national government, was defeated in all the regions it held, except for its strongholds in
Lombardy and
Veneto
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, whose population is anyway a fourth of Italian population. The elections resulted in the national government, led by
Silvio Berlusconi
Silvio Berlusconi ( ; ; born 29 September 1936) is an Italian media tycoon and politician who served as Prime Minister of Italy in four governments from 1994 to 1995, 2001 to 2006 and 2008 to 2011. He was a member of the Chamber of Deputies f ...
, to acknowledge defeat and open a crisis, which resulted in the formation of
Berlusconi III Cabinet, with some ministers being substituted.
Due to a series of bureaucratic issues involving the presentation of the list of
Social Alternative in
Basilicata, the election there would have been held
two weeks later. There, the victory of the centre-left coalition brought the tally to 12-2.
The fact that the centre-left was particularly strong in small regions led to the even result of the
2006 general election.
Overall results
Regional councils
Presidents of the regions
Results by region
Piedmont
Lombardy
Veneto
Liguria
Emilia-Romagna
Tuscany
Umbria
Marche
Lazio
Abruzzo
Campania
Basilicata
Apulia
Calabria
External links
Ministry of the Interior – Electoral Archive
{{Italian elections
Elections in Italian regions
2005 elections in Italy
April 2005 events in Europe