This article deals with the Italian Regional Elections of April 2005. After briefly providing a sketch of the shaping of regional government during the past ten years, the article deals with three essential features. First: the character of the consultation. Once again, the national-political significance of regional elections has largely prevailed. Second: the relationship between turnout and electoral outcome. The centre-right electorate abstention was at the origin of the electoral triumph of the Unione. Third: the most significant results of the electoral verdict. The result was cut and dried: the Unione gained 12 out of 14 regions where elections took place. However this political earthquake did not create a critical election.
A. Di Virgilio (2006). The Italian Regions at the polls 2005. When a political earthquake does not create a critical election. REGIONAL AND FEDERAL STUDIES, 16(3), 333-346 [10.1080/13597560600852540].
The Italian Regions at the polls 2005. When a political earthquake does not create a critical election
DI VIRGILIO, ALDO
2006
Abstract
This article deals with the Italian Regional Elections of April 2005. After briefly providing a sketch of the shaping of regional government during the past ten years, the article deals with three essential features. First: the character of the consultation. Once again, the national-political significance of regional elections has largely prevailed. Second: the relationship between turnout and electoral outcome. The centre-right electorate abstention was at the origin of the electoral triumph of the Unione. Third: the most significant results of the electoral verdict. The result was cut and dried: the Unione gained 12 out of 14 regions where elections took place. However this political earthquake did not create a critical election.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
