# 2005 Ligurian regional election

The Ligurian regional election of 2005 took place on 3–4 April 2005.
Claudio Burlando (Democrats of the Left) defeated incumbent Sandro Biasotti (an independent close to Forza Italia).

## Electoral system

Regional elections in Liguria were ruled by the "Tatarella law" (approved in 1995), which provided for a mixed electoral system: four fifths of the regional councilors were elected in provincial constituencies by proportional representation, using the largest remainder method with a droop quota and open lists, while the residual votes and the 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 the council seats instead was 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 | Political party or alliance | Constituent lists | Constituent lists | Previous result | Previous result | Candidate |
| Political party or alliance | Political party or alliance | Constituent lists | Constituent lists | Votes (%) | Seats | Candidate |
| | House of Freedoms | | Forza Italia | 20.2 | 8 | Sandro Biasotti |
| | House of Freedoms | | National Alliance | 10.2 | 3 | Sandro Biasotti |
| | House of Freedoms | | Union of Christian and Centre Democrats | 4.4 | 1 | Sandro Biasotti |
| | House of Freedoms | | Northern League Liguria | 4.3 | 1 | Sandro Biasotti |
| | House of Freedoms | | New Liguria | 2.8 | 1 | Sandro Biasotti |
| | House of Freedoms | | Biasotti List | — | — | Sandro Biasotti |
| | House of Freedoms | | Others | — | — | Sandro Biasotti |
| | The Union | | The Olive Tree | 35.3 | 12 | Claudio Burlando |
| | The Union | | Communist Refoundation Party | 6.5 | 2 | Claudio Burlando |
| | The Union | | Federation of the Greens | 2.1 | 1 | Claudio Burlando |
| | The Union | | Party of Italian Communists | 1.9 | – | Claudio Burlando |
| | The Union | | Pensioners' Party | 0.7 | – | Claudio Burlando |
| | The Union | | People of Liguria | — | — | Claudio Burlando |
| | The Union | | Italy of Values | — | — | Claudio Burlando |
| | The Union | | Union of Democrats for Europe | — | — | Claudio Burlando |
| | The Union | | Others | — | — | Claudio Burlando |
| | Social Alternative (AS–FT–FSN–FN) | Social Alternative (AS–FT–FSN–FN) | Social Alternative (AS–FT–FSN–FN) | — | — | Angelo Riccobaldi |

## Results

3–4 April 2005 Ligurian regional election results :
| Candidates | Candidates | Votes | % | Seats | Parties | Parties | Votes | % | Seat |
| | Claudio Burlando | 491,545 | 52.64 | 8 |
| | Claudio Burlando | 491,545 | 52.64 | 8 | | The Olive Tree | 279,727 | 34.35 | 12 |
| | Claudio Burlando | 491,545 | 52.64 | 8 | | Communist Refoundation Party | 53,626 | 6.59 | 2 |
| | Claudio Burlando | 491,545 | 52.64 | 8 | | People of Liguria | 35,831 | 4.40 | 1 |
| | Claudio Burlando | 491,545 | 52.64 | 8 | | Party of Italian Communists | 21,877 | 2.69 | 1 |
| | Claudio Burlando | 491,545 | 52.64 | 8 | | Federation of the Greens | 16,089 | 1.98 | 1 |
| | Claudio Burlando | 491,545 | 52.64 | 8 | | Italy of Values | 10,611 | 1.30 | 1 |
| | Claudio Burlando | 491,545 | 52.64 | 8 | | Union of Democrats for Europe | 7,707 | 0.95 | – |
| | Claudio Burlando | 491,545 | 52.64 | 8 | | Pensioners' Party | 6,926 | 0.85 | – |
| | Claudio Burlando | 491,545 | 52.64 | 8 | | Consumers | 1,774 | 0.22 | – |
| | Claudio Burlando | 491,545 | 52.64 | 8 | | Pact of Liberal Democrats | 449 | 0.06 | – |
| | Claudio Burlando | 491,545 | 52.64 | 8 | Total | Total | 434,617 | 53.37 | 18 |
| | Sandro Biasotti | 434,934 | 46.58 | 1 |
| | Sandro Biasotti | 434,934 | 46.58 | 1 | | Forza Italia | 160,305 | 19.69 | 6 |
| | Sandro Biasotti | 434,934 | 46.58 | 1 | | Biasotti List | 71,067 | 8.73 | 3 |
| | Sandro Biasotti | 434,934 | 46.58 | 1 | | National Alliance | 58,221 | 7.15 | 2 |
| | Sandro Biasotti | 434,934 | 46.58 | 1 | | Northern League Liguria | 38,060 | 4.67 | 1 |
| | Sandro Biasotti | 434,934 | 46.58 | 1 | | Union of Christian and Centre Democrats | 26,639 | 3.27 | 1 |
| | Sandro Biasotti | 434,934 | 46.58 | 1 | | New Liguria | 5,857 | 0.72 | – |
| | Sandro Biasotti | 434,934 | 46.58 | 1 | | Socialists and Liberals | 5,745 | 0.71 | – |
| | Sandro Biasotti | 434,934 | 46.58 | 1 | | Consumers' List | 4,495 | 0.55 | – |
| | Sandro Biasotti | 434,934 | 46.58 | 1 | | Pensioners and Disabled – Animalists and Environmentalists | 3,888 | 0.48 | – |
| | Sandro Biasotti | 434,934 | 46.58 | 1 | Total | Total | 374,277 | 45.96 | 13 |
| | Angelo Riccobaldi | 7,313 | 0.78 | – | | Social Alternative | 5,441 | 0.67 | – |
| Total candidates | Total candidates | 933,792 | 100.00 | 9 | Total parties | Total parties | 814,335 | 100.00 | 31 |
| Source: Ministry of the Interior – Historical Archive of Elections ||||||||||