2005 Abruzzo regional election

2005 Abruzzo regional election

3–4 April 2005
All 40 seats to the Regional Council of Abruzzo
Majority party Minority party   Leader Ottaviano Del Turco Giovanni Pace Party SDI National Alliance Alliance The Union House of Freedoms Seats won 27 13 Seat change 10 13 Popular vote 446,407 311,547 Percentage 58.2% 40.7% Swing 9.4% 8.8%
President before election Giovanni Pace National Alliance President-elect Ottaviano Del Turco SDI

The Abruzzo regional election of 2005 took place on 3–4 April 2005.

Ottaviano Del Turco (Italian Democratic Socialists, then Democratic Party) defeated incumbent Giovanni Pace (National Alliance) by a landslide.

Results

Candidates & parties	votes	votes (%)	seats reg. list	seats prov. lists
Ottaviano Del Turco	446,407	58.24	8	19
Democrats of the Left	136,430	18.60	→	6
Democracy is Freedom – The Daisy	122,764	16.73	→	6
Italian Democratic Socialists	38,221	5.21	→	2
Communist Refoundation Party	36,008	4.91	→	1
UDEUR	34,735	4.73	→	1
Party of Italian Communists	21,641	2.95	→	1
Italy of Values	17,982	2.45	→	1
Federation of the Greens	14,728	2.01	→	1
Italian Democratic Socialist Party	2,346	0.32	→	0
Giovanni Pace	311,547	40.65	1	12
Forza Italia	117,287	15.99	→	5
National Alliance	82,068	11.19	→	3
Union of Christian and Centre Democrats	61,761	8.42	→	3
Christian Democracy	20,462	2.79	→	1
Moderates and Reformists	8,509	1.16	→	0
New PSI–PRI–PLI	7,035	0.96	→	0
Social Idea Movement	5,213	0.71	→	0
Fabrizio Bosio	8,517	1.11	-	-
Social Alternative	6,468	0.88	→	0
Total	766,471	100.00	9	31

Source: Ministry of the Interior