The Molise regional election of 1995 took place on 23 April 1995. Marcello Veneziale (

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) was elected President of the Region, defeating

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(

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) by a narrow margin. 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. This is precisely what happened in 1998, when a centrist majority ousted Veneziale and replaced him with

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(a splinter of the Italian People's Party, who switched to the

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). In 1999 Iorio switched again party, this time to

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, and formed a centre-right government, but was soon replaced by a centre-left majority, which reinstated Veneziale.

Results

Source
Ministry of the Interior
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