2005 Lazio regional election

The Lazio regional election of 2005 took place on 3–4 April 2005.

2005 Lazio regional election

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All 70 seats to the Regional Council of Lazio
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Piero Marrazzo Francesco Storace
Party Independent National Alliance
Alliance The Union House of Freedoms
Last election 22 seats, 46,0% 38 seats, 51,3%
Seats won 42 28
Seat change Increase 20 Decrease 10
Popular vote 1,631,501 1,524,712
Percentage 50.7% 47.4%
Swing Increase4.7% Decrease3.1%


President of Lazio before election

Francesco Storace
House of Freedoms

President of Lazio

Piero Marrazzo
The Olive Tree

Piero Marrazzo (Independent of The Union) defeated incumbent Francesco Storace (AN, House of Freedoms).

The defeat in Lazio for House of Freedoms was especially important as the centre-right expected to maintain control of the Region. Storace, a leading member in the centre-right, was subsequently granted the status of Minister of Public Health in Berlusconi III Cabinet.

During the electoral campaign, Storace came out with factual evidence that Alessandra Mussolini's Social Alternative had added fake signatures to real ones to reach the minimum number needed to present a list. However, to demonstrate this, he had someone "hack" into the database of the municipality of Rome in order to verify the signatures: he was therefore nicknamed "Storhacker" by Mussolini. It also appeared that someone spied on the centre-left candidate Marrazzo.[1] Storace however denied all the charges.

Results

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3–4 April 2005 Lazio regional election results
 
Candidates Votes % Seats Parties Votes % Seats
Piero Marrazzo 1,631,501 50.69 14
The Olive Tree 748,756 27.04 16
Marrazzo List 186,740 6.74 4
Communist Refoundation Party 162,775 5.88 3
Federation of the Greens 73,045 2.64 2
Party of Italian Communists 64,676 2.34 1
Union of Democrats for Europe 46,243 1.67 1
Italy of Values 28,600 1.03 1
United Consumers 18,163 0.66
Forza Roma 10,336 0.37
Avanti Lazio 3,285 0.12
Total 1,342,619 48.49 28
Francesco Storace 1,524,712 47.37 1
National Alliance 468,679 16.93 10
Forza Italia 425,128 15.35 9
Union of Christian and Centre Democrats 217,390 7.85 4
Storace List 195,356 7.05 4
Socialist Party – New PSI 30,429 1.10
The Clover 15,763 0.57
Social Idea Movement 12,611 0.46
Republican PartyLiberal Party 11,763 0.42
Pensioners' Party 7,788 0.28
Consumers' List 4,207 0.15
Democratic Constituent 2,915 0.11
Total 1,392,029 50.27 27
Alessandra Mussolini 62,498 1.94
Social Alternative 32,541 1.18
Four-leaf Clover List 1,908 0.07
Total 34,449 1.24
Total candidates 3,218,711 100.00 15 Total parties 2,769,097 100.00 55
Source: Ministry of the Interior

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