The
Italian general election of 2006 took place on 10–11 April 2006. The election was won in
Veneto
it, Veneto (man) it, Veneta (woman)
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by the centre-right
House of Freedoms
The House of Freedoms ( it, Casa delle Libertà, CdL) was a major centre-right political and electoral alliance in Italy, led by Silvio Berlusconi.
History
The CdL was the successor of the Pole of Freedoms/ Pole of Good Government and the Pol ...
coalition by a landslide in an election narrowly won by the centre-left
The Union at the national level.
Results
Chamber of Deputies
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!rowspan="1" align="left" valign="top", Coalition leader
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!rowspan="7" align="left" valign="top",
Silvio Berlusconi
Silvio Berlusconi ( ; ; born 29 September 1936) is an Italian media tycoon and politician who served as Prime Minister of Italy in four governments from 1994 to 1995, 2001 to 2006 and 2008 to 2011. He was a member of the Chamber of Deputies ...
, rowspan="7" valign="top", 1,789,452
, rowspan="7" valign="top", 56.3
, rowspan="7" valign="top", 26
, align="left",
Forza Italia
Forza ItaliaThe name is not usually translated into English: ''forza'' is the second-person singular imperative of ''forzare'', in this case translating to "to compel" or "to press", and so means something like "Forward, Italy", "Come on, Ital ...
, valign="top", 779,602
, valign="top", 24.5
, valign="top", 12
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, align="left",
National Alliance
, valign="top", 358,648
, valign="top", 11.3
, valign="top", 5
, -
, align="left",
Lega Nord
Lega Nord (; acronym: LN), whose complete name is (), is a right-wing, federalist, populist and conservative political party in Italy. In the run-up of the 2018 general election, the party was rebranded as (), without changing its official ...
, valign="top", 353,284
, valign="top", 11.1
, valign="top", 5
, -
, align="left",
Union of Christian and Centre Democrats
The Union of the Centre ( it, Unione di Centro, UdC), whose complete name is "Union of Christian and Centre Democrats" (''Unione dei Democratici Cristiani e Democratici di Centro'', UDC), is a Christian-democratic political party in Italy. Loren ...
, valign="top", 247,327
, valign="top", 7.8
, valign="top", 4
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, align="left",
Social Alternative
, valign="top", 18,968
, valign="top", 0.6
, valign="top", -
, -
, align="left",
Christian Democracy
Christian democracy (sometimes named Centrist democracy) is a political ideology that emerged in 19th-century Europe under the influence of Catholic social teaching and neo-Calvinism.
It was conceived as a combination of modern democratic ...
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Socialist Party
Socialist Party is the name of many different political parties around the world. All of these parties claim to uphold some form of socialism, though they may have very different interpretations of what "socialism" means. Statistically, most of t ...
, valign="top", 16,088
, valign="top", 0.5
, valign="top", -
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, align="left", others
, valign="top", 15,535
, valign="top", 0.5
, valign="top", -
, -
!rowspan="10" align="left" valign="top",
Romano Prodi
Romano Antonio Prodi (; born 9 August 1939) is an Italian politician, economist, academic, senior civil servant, and business executive who served as the tenth president of the European Commission from 1999 to 2004. He served twice as Prime ...
, rowspan="10" valign="top", 1,236,161
, rowspan="10" valign="top", 40.4
, rowspan="10" valign="top", 23
, align="left",
The Olive Tree
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Democracy is Freedom – The Daisy
Democracy is Freedom – The Daisy ( it, Democrazia è Libertà – La Margherita, DL), commonly known simply as The Daisy (''La Margherita''), was a centrist political party in Italy. The party was formed from the merger of three parties withi ...
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Democrats of the Left
The Democrats of the Left ( it, Democratici di Sinistra, DS) was a social-democratic political party in Italy.
The DS, successor of the Democratic Party of the Left (PDS) and the Italian Communist Party, was formed in 1998 upon the merger of t ...
, valign="top", 848,830
, valign="top", 26.7
, valign="top", 16
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, align="left",
Communist Refoundation Party
The Communist Refoundation Party ( it, Partito della Rifondazione Comunista, PRC) is a communist political party in Italy that emerged from a split of the Italian Communist Party (PCI) in 1991. The party's secretary is Maurizio Acerbo, who replace ...
, valign="top", 124,081
, valign="top", 3.9
, valign="top", 2
, -
, align="left",
Italy of Values
Italy of Values ( it, Italia dei Valori, IdV) is a populist and anti-corruption political party in Italy. The party was founded in 1998 by former '' Mani pulite'' prosecutor Antonio Di Pietro, who entered politics in 1996 and finally left the ...
, valign="top", 69,870
, valign="top", 2.2
, valign="top", 2
, -
, align="left",
Rose in the Fist
The Rose in the Fist ( it, Rosa nel Pugno, RnP) was a political alliance of parties in Italy.
The RnP was composed of the Italian Democratic Socialists (SDI; a social-democratic party led by Enrico Boselli and Roberto Villetti), the Italian R ...
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Italian Democratic Socialists
The Italian Democratic Socialists ( it, Socialisti Democratici Italiani, SDI) were a social-democratic political party in Italy. The party was the direct continuation of the Italian Socialists, the legal successor of the historical Italian Socia ...
*
Italian Radicals
, valign="top", 68,876
, valign="top", 2.2
, valign="top", 2
, -
, align="left",
Federation of the Greens
The Federation of the Greens ( it, Federazione dei Verdi, FdV), frequently referred to as Greens (''Verdi''), was a green political party in Italy. It was formed in 1990 by the merger of the Federation of Green Lists and the Rainbow Greens.
T ...
, valign="top", 59,301
, valign="top", 1.9
, valign="top", 1
, -
, align="left",
Party of Italian Communists
The Party of Italian Communists ( it, Partito dei Comunisti Italiani, PdCI) was a communist party in Italy established in October 1998 by splinters from the Communist Refoundation Party (PRC). The split was led by Armando Cossutta, founder and ...
, valign="top", 45,197
, valign="top", 1.4
, valign="top", -
, -
, align="left",
Liga Fronte Veneto
, valign="top", 22,010
, valign="top", 0.7
, valign="top", -
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, align="left",
Pensioners' Party
, valign="top", 21,048
, valign="top", 0.7
, valign="top", -
, -
, align="left",
Populars–UDEUR
, valign="top", 14,743
, valign="top", 0.5
, valign="top", -
, -
, align="left", others
, valign="top", 6,225
, valign="top", 0.2
, valign="top", -
, -
!rowspan="1" align="left" valign="top",
Giorgio Panto
Giorgio Panto (1 October 1941 – 26 November 2006) was an Italian entrepreneur and politician.
Panto was born at Meolo, in the Province of Venice. After being a long-time supporter of the Liga Veneta–Lega Nord, in 2004 he founded a new Ve ...
, rowspan="1" valign="top", 86,824
, rowspan="1" valign="top", 2.7
, rowspan="1" valign="top", -
, align="left",
North-East Project
, valign="top", 86,824
, valign="top", 2.7
, valign="top", -
, -
!rowspan="1" align="left" valign="top", Others
, rowspan="1" valign="top", 7,181
, rowspan="1" valign="top", 0.2
, rowspan="1" valign="top", -
, align="left", others
, valign="top", 7,181
, valign="top", 0.2
, valign="top", -
, -
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!rowspan="1" align="left" valign="top", Total coalitions
!rowspan="1" align="right" valign="top", 3,184,017
!rowspan="1" align="right" valign="top", 100.0
!rowspan="1" align="right" valign="top", 49
!rowspan="1" align="left" valign="top", Total parties
!rowspan="1" align="right" valign="top", 3,184,017
!rowspan="1" align="right" valign="top", 100.0
!rowspan="1" align="right" valign="top", 49
Source
Regional Council of Veneto
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Senate
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Silvio Berlusconi
Silvio Berlusconi ( ; ; born 29 September 1936) is an Italian media tycoon and politician who served as Prime Minister of Italy in four governments from 1994 to 1995, 2001 to 2006 and 2008 to 2011. He was a member of the Chamber of Deputies ...
, rowspan="8" valign="top", 1,673,791
, rowspan="8" valign="top", 57.1
, rowspan="8" valign="top", 14
, align="left",
Forza Italia
Forza ItaliaThe name is not usually translated into English: ''forza'' is the second-person singular imperative of ''forzare'', in this case translating to "to compel" or "to press", and so means something like "Forward, Italy", "Come on, Ital ...
, valign="top", 720,749
, valign="top", 24.6
, valign="top", 6
, -
, align="left",
National Alliance
, valign="top", 336,374
, valign="top", 11.5
, valign="top", 3
, -
, align="left",
Lega Nord
Lega Nord (; acronym: LN), whose complete name is (), is a right-wing, federalist, populist and conservative political party in Italy. In the run-up of the 2018 general election, the party was rebranded as (), without changing its official ...
, valign="top", 321,992
, valign="top", 11.0
, valign="top", 3
, -
, align="left",
Union of Christian and Centre Democrats
The Union of the Centre ( it, Unione di Centro, UdC), whose complete name is "Union of Christian and Centre Democrats" (''Unione dei Democratici Cristiani e Democratici di Centro'', UDC), is a Christian-democratic political party in Italy. Loren ...
, valign="top", 231,240
, valign="top", 7.9
, valign="top", 2
, -
, align="left",
Social Alternative
, valign="top", 16,229
, valign="top", 0.5
, valign="top", -
, -
, align="left",
Christian Democracy
Christian democracy (sometimes named Centrist democracy) is a political ideology that emerged in 19th-century Europe under the influence of Catholic social teaching and neo-Calvinism.
It was conceived as a combination of modern democratic ...
–
Socialist Party
Socialist Party is the name of many different political parties around the world. All of these parties claim to uphold some form of socialism, though they may have very different interpretations of what "socialism" means. Statistically, most of t ...
, valign="top", 15,415
, valign="top", 0.5
, valign="top", -
, -
, align="left",
Tricolour Flame
The Social Movement Tricolour Flame ( it, Movimento Sociale Fiamma Tricolore, MSFT), commonly known as Tricolour Flame (''Fiamma Tricolore''), is a Neo-fascism, neo-fascist List of political parties in Italy, political party in Italy.
History
The ...
, valign="top", 14,375
, valign="top", 0.5
, valign="top", -
, -
, align="left", others
, valign="top", 17,417
, valign="top", 0.6
, valign="top", -
, -
!rowspan="10" align="left" valign="top",
Romano Prodi
Romano Antonio Prodi (; born 9 August 1939) is an Italian politician, economist, academic, senior civil servant, and business executive who served as the tenth president of the European Commission from 1999 to 2004. He served twice as Prime ...
, rowspan="10" valign="top", 1,158,534
, rowspan="10" valign="top", 39.6
, rowspan="10" valign="top", 10
, align="left",
Democracy is Freedom – The Daisy
Democracy is Freedom – The Daisy ( it, Democrazia è Libertà – La Margherita, DL), commonly known simply as The Daisy (''La Margherita''), was a centrist political party in Italy. The party was formed from the merger of three parties withi ...
, valign="top", 348,670
, valign="top", 11.9
, valign="top", 4
, -
, align="left",
Democrats of the Left
The Democrats of the Left ( it, Democratici di Sinistra, DS) was a social-democratic political party in Italy.
The DS, successor of the Democratic Party of the Left (PDS) and the Italian Communist Party, was formed in 1998 upon the merger of t ...
, valign="top", 336,278
, valign="top", 11.5
, valign="top", 4
, -
, align="left",
Communist Refoundation Party
The Communist Refoundation Party ( it, Partito della Rifondazione Comunista, PRC) is a communist political party in Italy that emerged from a split of the Italian Communist Party (PCI) in 1991. The party's secretary is Maurizio Acerbo, who replace ...
, valign="top", 144,502
, valign="top", 4.9
, valign="top", 1
, -
, align="left",
Together with the Union
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Federation of the Greens
The Federation of the Greens ( it, Federazione dei Verdi, FdV), frequently referred to as Greens (''Verdi''), was a green political party in Italy. It was formed in 1990 by the merger of the Federation of Green Lists and the Rainbow Greens.
T ...
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Party of Italian Communists
The Party of Italian Communists ( it, Partito dei Comunisti Italiani, PdCI) was a communist party in Italy established in October 1998 by splinters from the Communist Refoundation Party (PRC). The split was led by Armando Cossutta, founder and ...
, valign="top", 111,417
, valign="top", 3.8
, valign="top", 1
, -
, align="left",
Italy of Values
Italy of Values ( it, Italia dei Valori, IdV) is a populist and anti-corruption political party in Italy. The party was founded in 1998 by former '' Mani pulite'' prosecutor Antonio Di Pietro, who entered politics in 1996 and finally left the ...
, valign="top", 83,931
, valign="top", 2.9
, valign="top", -
, -
, align="left",
Rose in the Fist
The Rose in the Fist ( it, Rosa nel Pugno, RnP) was a political alliance of parties in Italy.
The RnP was composed of the Italian Democratic Socialists (SDI; a social-democratic party led by Enrico Boselli and Roberto Villetti), the Italian R ...
*
Italian Democratic Socialists
The Italian Democratic Socialists ( it, Socialisti Democratici Italiani, SDI) were a social-democratic political party in Italy. The party was the direct continuation of the Italian Socialists, the legal successor of the historical Italian Socia ...
*
Italian Radicals
, valign="top", 61,527
, valign="top", 2.1
, valign="top", -
, -
, align="left",
Pensioners' Party
, valign="top", 23,446
, valign="top", 0.8
, valign="top", -
, -
, align="left",
Liga Fronte Veneto
, valign="top", 23,208
, valign="top", 0.8
, valign="top", -
, -
, align="left",
Populars–UDEUR
, valign="top", 14,723
, valign="top", 0.5
, valign="top", -
, -
, align="left", others
, valign="top", 10,832
, valign="top", 0.4
, valign="top", -
, -
!rowspan="1" align="left" valign="top",
Giorgio Panto
Giorgio Panto (1 October 1941 – 26 November 2006) was an Italian entrepreneur and politician.
Panto was born at Meolo, in the Province of Venice. After being a long-time supporter of the Liga Veneta–Lega Nord, in 2004 he founded a new Ve ...
, rowspan="1" valign="top", 87,601
, rowspan="1" valign="top", 3.0
, rowspan="1" valign="top", -
, align="left",
North-East Project
, valign="top", 87,601
, valign="top", 3.0
, valign="top", -
, -
!rowspan="1" align="left" valign="top", Others
, rowspan="1" valign="top", 11,293
, rowspan="1" valign="top", 0.3
, rowspan="1" valign="top", -
, align="left", others
, valign="top", 11,293
, valign="top", 0.3
, valign="top", -
, -
, - bgcolor="#E9E9E9"
!rowspan="1" align="left" valign="top", Total coalitions
!rowspan="1" align="right" valign="top", 2,931,210
!rowspan="1" align="right" valign="top", 100.0
!rowspan="1" align="right" valign="top", 24
!rowspan="1" align="left" valign="top", Total parties
!rowspan="1" align="right" valign="top", 2,931,210
!rowspan="1" align="right" valign="top", 100.0
!rowspan="1" align="right" valign="top", 24
Source
Regional Council of Veneto
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Italian General Election, 2006 (Veneto)
Elections in Veneto
General, Veneto