 Lombardy used for the first time its own legislation to elect its Council, very similar to national "Tatarella Law" of 1995.The new electoral law was adopted before the resignation of 74 members of the Council on October 26, 2012.While the President of Lombardy and the leader of the opposition are still elected at-large, 78 councillors, instead of 64 as it was before, are elected by party lists under a form of semi-proportional representation.