His successor, Enrico Rossi, was defeated in a landslide his centre-right opponent Monica Faenzi.

Minor candidates included Francesco Bosi for the Union of the Centre, Alfonso De Virgilis for the Italian Radicals and Ilario Palmisani for New Force.

The councillors are elected in provincial constituencies by proportional representation using the largest remainder method with a Droop quota and close lists.

Remaining seats and votes after nominal distribution, are all grouped at regional level and divided by party lists.

The election was won by President Enrico Rossi of the Democratic Party, supported by the center-left coalition.