Piedmontese regional election, 1995

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

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.

Enzo Ghigo (Forza Italia) was surprisingly elected President of the Region, defeating Giuseppe Pichetto (independent of The Olive Tree) and Domenico Comino (Lega Nord Piemont).

Forza Italia, founded the year before by Silvio Berlusconi, formed a joint list with the United Christian Democrats and became the largest party in the region with 26.7% of the vote, while the Democrats of the Left came second with 21.7%.

Results

Candidates	votes	votes (%)	seats reg. list	seats prov. lists
Enzo Ghigo	1,059,602	39.70	12	21
Forza Italia–People's Pole	588,171	26.71	→	14
National Alliance	247,103	11.22	→	6
Christian Democratic Centre	65,099	2.96	→	1
Giuseppe Pichetto	938,280	35.16	-	18
Democratic Party of the Left	478,615	21.73	→	11
Italian People's Party	136,664	6.21	→	3
Pact of Democrats	76,592	3.48	→	2
Federation of the Greens	59,238	2.69	→	1
Pensioners' Party	35,162	1.60	→	1
Populars and Democrats	8,507	0.39	→	-
Domenico Comino	296,966	11.13	-	5
Lega Nord Piemont	217,194	9.86	→	5
Giovanni Alasia	248,158	9.30	-	4
Communist Refoundation Party	203,842	9.26	→	4
Carmelo Palma	54,436	2.04	-	-
Pannella List	35,899	1.63	→	-
Autonomist Front	2,703	0.12	→	-
Alessandro Lupi	45,428	1.70	-	-
Greens Greens	31,145	1.41	→	-
Renzo Rabellino	26,006	9.97	-	-
Piedmont Nation of Europe	16,356	0.74	→	-
Total	2,668,876	100.00	12	48

Sources: Ministry of the Interior and Istituto Cattaneo