Apulian regional election, 2005

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April 3-4, 2005

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All 70 seats to the Regional Council of Apulia

	Majority party	Minority party

Leader	Nichi Vendola	Raffaele Fitto
Party	Communist Refoundation	Forza Italia
Alliance	The Union	House of Freedoms
Last election	22 seats, 43.5%	38 seats, 54.0%
Seats won	42	28
Seat change	20	10
Popular vote	1,165,536	1,151,405
Percentage	49.8%	49.2%
Swing	6,3%	5.8%

President of Apulia before election

Raffaele Fitto
House of Freedoms

President of Apulia

Nichi Vendola
The Olive Tree

Raffaele Fitto
House of Freedoms

Nichi Vendola
The Olive Tree

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 a homosexual, defeated Fitto, a 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.

Sources: Ministry of the Interior

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