1994 Italian Presidential Election

Presidential elections were held in Italy on November 9, 1994 to elect the President of the Italian Republic. The center-right coalition ticket, formed by Silvio Berlusconi and Gianfranco Fini, defeated the left wing ticket composed by Achille Occhetto and Massimo D'Alema. These were the first elections after an enormous institutional and electoral reform committed by all political forces in order to build a new system after the Tangentopoli corruption scandal. The "Second Republic", as called by journalists, began with this election with several states having their electoral college and voters, heavily modeled on the U.S. system.