1995 Molise regional election

Summary

The Molise regional election of 1995 took place on 23 April 1995.

1995 Molise regional election

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All 30 seats to the Regional Council of Molise
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Marcello Veneziale Quintino Vincenzo Pallante
Party PDS Forza Italia
Alliance Centre-left Centre-right
Seats won 18 12
Popular vote 103,226 101,348
Percentage 50.5% 49.5%


President before election

Giovanni Di Giandomenico
PPI

Elected President

Marcello Veneziale
PDS

Marcello Veneziale (Democratic Party of the Left) was elected President of the Region, defeating Quintino Pallante (National Alliance) by a narrow margin.

For the first time the President of the Region was directly elected by the people, although the election was not yet binding and the President-elect could have been replaced during the term. This is precisely what happened in 1998, when a centrist majority ousted Veneziale and replaced him with Michele Iorio (a splinter of the Italian People's Party, who switched to the Democratic Union for the Republic). In 1999 Iorio switched again party, this time to Forza Italia, and formed a centre-right government, but was soon replaced by a centre-left majority, which reinstated Veneziale.

Results edit

Candidates votes votes (%) seats
reg. list
seats
prov. lists
Marcello Veneziale 103,226 50.46 6 12
Democratic Party of the Left 38,102 20.13 5
Italian People's Party 20,759 10.97 3
Pact of Democrats 17,479 9.24 2
Communist Refoundation Party 13,259 7.01 2
Federation of the Greens 2,919 1.54 -
Quintino Vincenzo Pallante 101,348 49.54 - 12
Forza Italia – The People's Pole 37,132 19.62 5
National Alliance 32,603 17.23 4
Christian Democratic Centre 21,830 11.30 2
Progressive People's Party 5,611 2.96 1
Total 204,574 100.00 6 24

Source: Ministry of the Interior