The Italian regional elections of 3–4 April 2005 were a major victory (11-2) for the centre-left

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coalition, led by

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. The centre-right coalition, governing in the national government, was defeated in all the regions it held, except for its strongholds in

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and

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, whose population is anyway a fourth of Italian population. The elections resulted in the national government, led by

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, to acknowledge defeat and open a crisis, which resulted in the formation of

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, with some ministers being substituted. Due to a series of bureaucratic issues involving the presentation of the list of

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, 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
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