# 2005 Emilia-Romagna regional election

The Emilia-Romagna regional election of 2005 took place on 3–4 April 2005.
The incumbent President Vasco Errani, a member of the social democratic Democrats of the Left, was re-elected defeating by a landslide Carlo Monaco, the candidate of the centre-right coalition led by Forza Italia.

## Electoral system

Regional elections in Emilia-Romagna 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 |
| | The Union | | The Olive Tree | 44.5 | 19 | Vasco Errani |
| | The Union | | Communist Refoundation Party | 5.7 | 2 | Vasco Errani |
| | The Union | | Federation of the Greens | 2.7 | 1 | Vasco Errani |
| | The Union | | Party of Italian Communists | 2.1 | 1 | Vasco Errani |
| | The Union | | Union of Democrats for Europe | 0.1 | – | Vasco Errani |
| | The Union | | Italy of Values | — | — | Vasco Errani |
| | House of Freedoms | | Forza Italia | 21.1 | 10 | Monaco Carlo |
| | House of Freedoms | | National Alliance | 11.4 | 4 | Monaco Carlo |
| | House of Freedoms | | Union of Christian and Centre Democrats | 3.7 | 1 | Monaco Carlo |
| | House of Freedoms | | Northern League Emilia-Romagna (LNE+LNR) | 3.3 | 1 | Monaco Carlo |
| | House of Freedoms | | New Italian Socialist Party | 0.4 | – | Monaco Carlo |

## Results

3–4 April 2005 Emilia-Romagna regional election results :
| Candidates | Candidates | Votes | % | Seats | Parties | Parties | Votes | % | Seats |
| | Vasco Errani | 1,579,989 | 62.73 | 5 |
| | Vasco Errani | 1,579,989 | 62.73 | 5 | | The Olive Tree | 1,095,566 | 48.03 | 22 |
| | Vasco Errani | 1,579,989 | 62.73 | 5 | | Communist Refoundation Party | 130,609 | 5.73 | 2 |
| | Vasco Errani | 1,579,989 | 62.73 | 5 | | Party of Italian Communists | 79,406 | 3.48 | 1 |
| | Vasco Errani | 1,579,989 | 62.73 | 5 | | Federation of the Greens | 69,475 | 3.05 | 1 |
| | Vasco Errani | 1,579,989 | 62.73 | 5 | | Italy of Values | 31,929 | 1.40 | 1 |
| | Vasco Errani | 1,579,989 | 62.73 | 5 | | Union of Democrats for Europe | 7,732 | 0.34 | – |
| | Vasco Errani | 1,579,989 | 62.73 | 5 | Total | Total | 1,414,717 | 62.02 | 27 |
| | Monaco Carlo | 886,775 | 35.21 | 1 |
| | Monaco Carlo | 886,775 | 35.21 | 1 | | Forza Italia | 415,406 | 18.21 | 9 |
| | Monaco Carlo | 886,775 | 35.21 | 1 | | National Alliance | 201,963 | 8.85 | 4 |
| | Monaco Carlo | 886,775 | 35.21 | 1 | | Northern League Emilia-Romagna | 109,092 | 4.78 | 3 |
| | Monaco Carlo | 886,775 | 35.21 | 1 | | Union of Christian and Centre Democrats | 89,787 | 3.94 | 1 |
| | Monaco Carlo | 886,775 | 35.21 | 1 | | New Italian Socialist Party | 19,372 | 0.85 | – |
| | Monaco Carlo | 886,775 | 35.21 | 1 | Total | Total | 835,620 | 36.63 | 17 |
| | Bruno Barbieri | 26,712 | 1.06 | – | | Consumers' List | 15,520 | 0.68 | – |
| | Gianni Correggiari | 25,052 | 0.99 | – | | Social Alternative | 15,193 | 0.67 | – |
| Total candidates | Total candidates | 2,518,528 | 100.00 | 6 | Total parties | Total parties | 2,281,050 | 100.00 | 44 |
| Source: Ministry of the Interior – Historical Archive of Elections ||||||||||
Popular vote
Ulivo
48.03%
FI
18.21%
AN
8.85%
PRC
5.73%
LN
4.78%
UDC
3.94%
PdCI
3.48%
FdV
3.05%
Others
3.94% :
President
Errani
62.73%
Monaco
35.21%
Barbieri
1.06%
Correggiari
0.99% :