2005 Apulian regional election
{{Infobox election
| election_name = 2005 Apulian regional election
| country = Apulia
| type = legislative
| ongoing = no
| previous_election = 2000 Apulian regional election
| previous_year = 2000
| next_election = 2010 Apulian regional election
| next_year = 2010
| seats_for_election = All 70 seats to the Regional Council of Apulia
| election_date = 3–4 April 2005
| image1 = 160x160px
| leader1 = Nichi Vendola
| party1 = Communist Refoundation Party
| color1 = EF3E3E
| alliance1 = The Union (political coalition)
| last_election1 = 22 seats, 43.5%
| seats1 = 42
| seat_change1 = {{increase}}20
| popular_vote1 = 1,165,536
| percentage1 = 49.8%
| swing1 = {{increase}}6.3%
| image2 = 160x160px
| leader2 = Raffaele Fitto
| party2 = Forza Italia
| alliance2 = House of Freedoms
| color2 = 0A6BE1
| last_election2 = 38 seats, 54.0%
| seats2 = 28
| seat_change2 = {{decrease}}10
| popular_vote2 = 1,151,405
| percentage2 = 49.2%
| swing2 = {{decrease}}5.8%
| title = President
| posttitle = Elected President
| before_election = Raffaele Fitto
| before_party = FI
| after_election = Nichi Vendola
| after_party = PRC
| map_image = File:Puglia_2005_Coalizioni.png
}}
{{politics of Apulia}}
The Apulian regional election of 2005 took place on 3–4 April 2005.
Nichi Vendola (Communist Refoundation Party) defeated incumbent Raffaele Fitto (Forza Italia). The success of Vendola came somewhat unexpected. In a Southern Italian Region, expected to be morally conservative, Vendola, a communist and homosexual, defeated Fitto, a conservative Christian democrat. Vendola was the first candidate ever to be appointed by its coalition through a primary election instead of agreements between parties. A defeat of Vendola might have resulted in a cancellation of the primary election of The Union for choosing the candidate for Prime Minister in the 2006 general election.
Centre-left primary election
The centre-left candidate was chosen through primary elections, which were won by surprise by Nichi Vendola.[http://www.repubblica.it/2004/l/sezioni/politica/proditornadue/vincevendola/vincevendola.html Puglia, primarie con sorpresa Nichi Vendola batte Boccia]
| class="wikitable" style="font-size:95%" |
| bgcolor="EFEFEF"
! colspan=2|Candidate ! Party ! Votes ! % |
| bgcolor="{{party color|Communist Refoundation Party}}" |
| PRC | align=right|40,358 | align=right|50.9 |
| bgcolor="{{party color|The Daisy}}" |
| DL | align=right|38,676 | align=right|49.1 |
| colspan=3|Total
| align=right|79,034 | align=right|100.0 |
Results
| class="wikitable"
|+ {{nowrap|3–4 April 2005 Apulian regional election results}} |
| colspan=10|File:Apulia Regional Council 2005.svg |
| colspan=2| Candidates
! Votes ! % ! Seats ! colspan=2| Parties ! Votes ! % ! Seats |
|---|
| rowspan=14 bgcolor="{{party color|Centre-left coalition}}"|
| rowspan=14| Nichi Vendola | rowspan=14 align=right|1,165,536 | rowspan=14 align=right|49.84 | rowspan=14 align=right|1 |
| bgcolor="{{party color|Democrats of the Left}}" |
| align=right|356,369 | align=right|16.63 | align=right|14 |
| bgcolor="{{party color|The Daisy}}" |
| Democracy is Freedom – The Daisy | align=right|208,806 | align=right|9.74 | align=right|8 |
| bgcolor="{{party color|Communist Refoundation Party}}" |
| Communist Refoundation Party | align=right|109,146 | align=right|5.09 | align=right|4 |
| bgcolor="{{party color|Italian Socialist Party}}" |
| Italian Democratic Socialists | align=right|86,096 | align=right|4.01 | align=right|3 |
| bgcolor="{{party color|Union of Democrats for Europe}}" |
| Union of Democrats for Europe | align=right|70,293 | align=right|3.28 | align=right|3 |
| bgcolor="#D1114E" |
| The Apulian Spring | align=right|55,335 | align=right|2.58 | align=right|3 |
| bgcolor="{{party color|Party of Italian Communists}}" |
| align=right|48,141 | align=right|2.24 | align=right|2 |
| bgcolor="{{party color|Italian Democratic Socialist Party}}" |
| Autonomist Socialists – PSDI – MRE | align=right|47,511 | align=right|2.22 | align=right|2 |
| bgcolor="{{party color|Italy of Values}}" |
| align=right|38,120 | align=right|1.78 | align=right|1 |
| bgcolor="{{party color|Federation of the Greens}}" |
| align=right|33,309 | align=right|1.55 | align=right|1 |
| bgcolor="lightblue" |
| United Democratic Christians | align=right|8,397 | align=right|0.39 | align=right|– |
| bgcolor="{{party color|Pensioners' Party (Italy)}}" |
| align=right|3,959 | align=right|0.18 | align=right|– |
| colspan=2|Total
| align=right|1,065,752 | align=right|49.69 | align=right|41 |
| rowspan=8 bgcolor="{{party color|Centre-right coalition}}"|
| rowspan=8| Raffaele Fitto | rowspan=8 align=right|1,151,405 | rowspan=8 align=right|49.24 | rowspan=8 align=right|1 |
| bgcolor="{{party color|Forza Italia}}" |
| align=right|381,663 | align=right|17.80 | align=right|10 |
| bgcolor="{{party color|National Alliance (Italy)}}" |
| align=right|259,563 | align=right|12.10 | align=right|7 |
| bgcolor="#E76227" |
| align=right|196,281 | align=right|9.15 | align=right|5 |
| bgcolor="{{party color|Union of the Centre (2002)}}" |
| Union of Christian and Centre Democrats | align=right|167,038 | align=right|7.79 | align=right|4 |
| bgcolor="{{party color|New Italian Socialist Party}}" |
| align=right|48,109 | align=right|2.24 | align=right|1 |
| bgcolor="black" |
| align=right|10,099 | align=right|0.47 | align=right|– |
| colspan=2|Total
| align=right|1.062.753 | align=right|49.55 | align=right|27 |
| bgcolor="{{party color|Social Alternative}}"|
| Gianfelice Galassi | align=right|10,973 | align=right|0.47 | align=right|– | bgcolor="{{party color|Social Alternative}}"| | align=right|9,368 | align=right|0.44 | align=right|– |
| bgcolor="lightblue"|
| Luca Scalabrini | align=right|10,477 | align=right|0.45 | align=right|– | bgcolor="lightblue"| | align=right|6,791 | align=right|0.32 | align=right|– |
| colspan=10 | |
| colspan=2| Total candidates
| align=right|2,338,391 | align=right|100.00 | align=right|2 | colspan=2| Total parties | align=right|2,144,664 | align=right|100.00 | align=right|68 |
| colspan=10|Source: [https://elezionistorico.interno.gov.it/index.php?tpel=R&dtel=03/04/2005&tpa=I&tpe=R&lev0=0&levsut0=0&lev1=16&levsut1=1&ne1=16&es0=S&es1=S&ms=S Ministry of the Interior – Historical Archive of Elections] |
{{Elections in Apulia}}