2005 Lazio regional election explained

Election Name:2005 Lazio regional election
Country:Lazio
Type:legislative
Ongoing:no
Previous Election:2000 Lazio regional election
Previous Year:2000
Next Election:2010 Lazio regional election
Next Year:2010
Seats For Election:All 70 seats to the Regional Council of Lazio
Election Date:3–4 April 2005
Leader1:Piero Marrazzo
Party1:Independent politician
Alliance1:The Union (political coalition)
Color1:EF3E3E
Last Election1:22 seats, 46,0%
Seats1:42
Seat Change1: 20
Popular Vote1:1,631,501
Percentage1:50.7%
Swing1:4.7%
Leader2:Francesco Storace
Party2:National Alliance (Italy)
Color2:0A6BE1
Alliance2:House of Freedoms
Last Election2:38 seats, 51,3%
Seats2:28
Seat Change2: 10
Popular Vote2:1,524,712
Percentage2:47.4%
Swing2:3.1%
President of Lazio
Posttitle:President of Lazio
Before Election:Francesco Storace
Before Party:House of Freedoms
After Election:Piero Marrazzo
After Party:The Olive Tree (political coalition)

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

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

CandidatesVotes%SeatsPartiesVotes%Seats
Piero Marrazzo1,631,50150.6914
The Olive Tree748,75627.0416
Marrazzo List186,7406.744
Communist Refoundation Party162,7755.883
Federation of the Greens73,0452.642
Party of Italian Communists64,6762.341
Union of Democrats for Europe46,2431.671
Italy of Values28,6001.031
United Consumers18,1630.66
Forza Roma10,3360.37
Avanti Lazio3,2850.12
Total1,342,61948.4928
Francesco Storace1,524,71247.371
National Alliance468,67916.9310
Forza Italia425,12815.359
Union of Christian and Centre Democrats217,3907.854
Storace List195,3567.054
Socialist Party – New PSI30,4291.10
The Clover15,7630.57
Social Idea Movement12,6110.46
Republican PartyLiberal Party11,7630.42
Pensioners' Party7,7880.28
Consumers' List4,2070.15
Democratic Constituent2,9150.11
Total1,392,02950.2727
Alessandra Mussolini62,4981.94
Social Alternative32,5411.18
Four-leaf Clover List1,9080.07
Total34,4491.24
Total candidates3,218,711100.0015Total parties2,769,097100.0055
Source: Ministry of the Interior

References

Notes and References

  1. http://www.repubblica.it/2006/c/sezioni/cronaca/ladrisegr/elenchi/elenchi.html?ref=hpstr2 Repubblica.it » cronaca » Dalle liste della Mussolini a Marrazzo ecco le imprese degli spioni romani