# 2005 Lombard regional election

The 2005 Lombard regional election took place on 3–4 April 2005. The 8th term of the Regional Council was chosen. Roberto Formigoni (Forza Italia) was re-elected for the third time in a row President, defeating Riccardo Sarfatti.

## Electoral system

Regional elections in Lombardy 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.

## Council apportionment

According to the official 2001 Italian census, the 64 Council seats which must be covered by proportional representation were so distributed between Lombard provinces.
| BG | BS | CO | CR | LC | LO | MN | MI | MB | PV | SO | VA | total |
| 7 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 21 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 64 |
It must be underlined that this allocation is not fixed. Remained seats and votes after proportional distribution, are all grouped at regional level and divided by party lists. The consequent division of these seats at provincial level usually change the original apportionment. Only 37 seats were directly assigned at provincial level, and the final distribution between provinces changed in this way.
| BG | BS | CO | CR | LC | LO | MN | MI | MB | PV | SO | VA | total |
| +1 | +1 | -1 | = | = | = | -1 | +2 | -1 | -1 | -1 | = | -1 |
As it can be seen, the Province of Sondrio remained without representation.

## 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 | 33.8 | 24 | Roberto Formigoni |
| | House of Freedoms | | Northern League | 15.4 | 10 | Roberto Formigoni |
| | House of Freedoms | | National Alliance | 9.7 | 6 | Roberto Formigoni |
| | House of Freedoms | | Union of Christian and Centre Democrats | 4.1 | 2 | Roberto Formigoni |
| | House of Freedoms | | New Italian Socialist Party | 0.7 | – | Roberto Formigoni |
| | House of Freedoms | | Laic Pole (Liberal Democrats–PRI–PLI) | — | — | Roberto Formigoni |
| | The Union | | The Olive Tree | 22.0 | 20 | Riccardo Sarfatti |
| | The Union | | Communist Refoundation Party | 6.4 | 5 | Riccardo Sarfatti |
| | The Union | | Party of Italian Communists | 1.9 | – | Riccardo Sarfatti |
| | The Union | | Pensioners' Party | 1.6 | 1 | Riccardo Sarfatti |
| | The Union | | Federation of the Greens | — | — | Riccardo Sarfatti |
| | The Union | | Italy of Values | — | — | Riccardo Sarfatti |
| | Far-right coalition | | Social Alternative (AS–FT–FSN–FN) | — | — | Gianmario Invernizzi |
| | Far-right coalition | | Lega Padana Lombardia | — | — | Gianmario Invernizzi |
| | Far-right coalition | | Pensions & Work | — | — | Gianmario Invernizzi |

## Results

2005 election led to the return to the guide of the Region, for its third consecutive term, Communion and Liberation's Roberto Formigoni, supported by the center-right coalition.
If the mechanisms of electoral law generated a Regional Council very similar to the incumbent one, popular vote marked a significant reduction in the gap between the two sides, which was almost halved. The same plurality party, Forza Italia, decreased of more than four hundred preferences. The election was also the test for a list that led, within two years, to the national foundation of a new political entity, the Democratic Party.
The Olive Tree, an alliance comprising The Daisy and the Democrats of the Left, was the largest party in the region for the first time with the 27.1% of votes.
3–4 April 2005 Lombard regional election results :
| Candidates | Candidates | Votes | % | Seats | Parties | Parties | Votes | % | Seat |
| | Roberto Formigoni | 2,841,883 | 53.86 | 16 |
| | Roberto Formigoni | 2,841,883 | 53.86 | 16 | | Forza Italia | 1,137,621 | 25.95 | 18 |
| | Roberto Formigoni | 2,841,883 | 53.86 | 16 | | Northern League – Lombard League | 693,464 | 15.82 | 11 |
| | Roberto Formigoni | 2,841,883 | 53.86 | 16 | | National Alliance | 380,962 | 8.69 | 5 |
| | Roberto Formigoni | 2,841,883 | 53.86 | 16 | | Union of Christian and Centre Democrats | 166,761 | 3.80 | 2 |
| | Roberto Formigoni | 2,841,883 | 53.86 | 16 | | New Italian Socialist Party | 36,616 | 0.84 | – |
| | Roberto Formigoni | 2,841,883 | 53.86 | 16 | | Laic Pole (Liberal Democrats–PRI–PLI) | 11,196 | 0.26 | – |
| | Roberto Formigoni | 2,841,883 | 53.86 | 16 | Total | Total | 2,426,620 | 55.34 | 36 |
| | Riccardo Sarfatti | 2,278,173 | 43.17 | 1 |
| | Riccardo Sarfatti | 2,278,173 | 43.17 | 1 | | The Olive Tree | 1,186,848 | 27.07 | 19 |
| | Riccardo Sarfatti | 2,278,173 | 43.17 | 1 | | Communist Refoundation Party | 248,703 | 5.67 | 3 |
| | Riccardo Sarfatti | 2,278,173 | 43.17 | 1 | | Federation of the Greens | 128,060 | 2.92 | 2 |
| | Riccardo Sarfatti | 2,278,173 | 43.17 | 1 | | Pensioners' Party | 115,481 | 2.63 | 1 |
| | Riccardo Sarfatti | 2,278,173 | 43.17 | 1 | | Party of Italian Communists | 104,481 | 2.38 | 1 |
| | Riccardo Sarfatti | 2,278,173 | 43.17 | 1 | | Italy of Values | 61,431 | 1.40 | 1 |
| | Riccardo Sarfatti | 2,278,173 | 43.17 | 1 | Total | Total | 1,845,004 | 42.08 | 28 |
| | Gianmario Invernizzi | 142,807 | 2.71 | – |
| | Gianmario Invernizzi | 142,807 | 2.71 | – | | Social Alternative (AS–FT–FSN–FN) | 54,937 | 1.25 | – |
| | Gianmario Invernizzi | 142,807 | 2.71 | – | | Lega Padana Lombardia | 39,012 | 0.89 | – |
| | Gianmario Invernizzi | 142,807 | 2.71 | – | | Pensions & Work | 7,409 | 0.17 | – |
| | Gianmario Invernizzi | 142,807 | 2.71 | – | Total | Total | 101,358 | 2.31 | – |
| | Marco Marsili | 14,008 | 0.27 | – | | Federation of Liberal Democrats | 11,579 | 0.26 | – |
| Total candidates | Total candidates | 5,276,871 | 100.00 | 17 | Total parties | Total parties | 4,384,561 | 100.00 | 63 |
| Source: Ministry of the Interior – Historical Archive of Elections ||||||||||
Popular vote (party)
The Olive Tree
27.07%
FI
25.95%
LN
15.82%
AN
8.69%
PRC
5.67%
UDC
3.80%
FdV
2.92%
PP
2.63%
PdCI
2.38%
IdV
1.40%
AS
1.25%
Others
2.42% :
Popular vote (coalition)
Formigoni
55.34%
Sarfatti
42.08%
Invernizzi
2.71%
Marsili
0.27% :

### Results by province

| Province | Roberto Formigoni | Riccardo Sarfatti | Turnout |
| Milan | 821,495 (48.74%) | 814,934 (48.36%) | 71.02% |
| Brescia | 368,705 (56.90%) | 253,080 (39.06%) | 75.16% |
| Bergamo | 347,263 (60.33%) | 214,510 (37.27%) | 74.52% |
| Varese | 276,137 (58.39%) | 184,599 (39.03%) | 71.51% |
| Monza and Brianza | 243,210 (54.49%) | 193,080 (43.26%) | 75.56% |
| Como | 200,396 (62.06%) | 113,623 (35.19%) | 72.51% |
| Pavia | 158,119 (52.65%) | 130,671 (43.51%) | 74.21% |
| Mantua | 103,207 (45.93%) | 116,766 (51.97%) | 74.07% |
| Cremona | 100,900 (50.45%) | 91,718 (45.86%) | 75.15% |
| Lecco | 99,286 (53.54%) | 79,452 (42.85%) | 75.37% |
| Lodi | 59,923 (50.19%) | 55,364 (46.37%) | 75.50% |
| Sondrio | 63,242 (65.91%) | 30,376 (31.66%) | 64.02% |

### Results by capital city

| City | Roberto Formigoni | Riccardo Sarfatti | Turnout |
| Milan | 339,015 (49.80%) | 326,009 (47.89%) | 67.62% |
| Brescia | 55,968 (50.76%) | 51,312 (46.54%) | 75.52% |
| Monza | 37,170 (52.18%) | 32,675 (45.89%) | 74.08% |
| Bergamo | 36,453 (54.73%) | 29,072 (43.65%) | 73.12% |
| Como | 26,605 (56.56%) | 19,291 (41.01%) | 70.00% |
| Varese | 26,594 (58.62%) | 17,944 (39.55%) | 68.95% |
| Pavia | 22,852 (50.85%) | 20,930 (46.58%) | 77.88% |
| Cremona | 18,937 (45.75%) | 21,319 (51.50%) | 73.22% |
| Mantua | 11,639 (40.11%) | 16,902 (58.25%) | 75.52% |
| Lecco | 13,961 (52.54%) | 11,964 (44.85%) | 72.71% |
| Lodi | 13,495 (52.19%) | 11,511 (44.52%) | 78.18% |
| Sondrio | 6,839 (56.60%) | 4,993 (41.32%) | 67.32% |