2005 Italian regional elections
3–4 April 2005
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Presidents and regional assemblies of Piedmont, Lombardy, Veneto, Liguria, Emilia-Romagna, Tuscany, Marche, Umbria, Lazio, Campania, Abruzzo, Apulia, Basilicata and Calabria | |
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Elected Presidents: The House of Freedoms The Union |
The Italian regional elections of 2005 were held on 3–4 April.
The elections were a major victory (11–2) for the centre-left coalition The Union, led by Romano Prodi. The centre-right coalition, which had been in power at the national level since 2001, was defeated in all the regions it governed except for its strongholds, Lombardy and Veneto. As a result of the elections, the national government led by Silvio Berlusconi acknowledged defeat and entered a political crisis, which led to the fall of the Berlusconi II Cabinet and the formation of the Berlusconi III Cabinet, with some ministers being replaced.
Due to a series of bureaucratic issues involving the submission of the Social Alternative list in Basilicata, the election there was held two weeks later. In that region, the victory of the centre-left coalition brought the final tally to 12–2.