2005 Lazio regional election

2005 Lazio regional election

3–4 April 2005
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 20 10 Popular vote 1,631,501 1,524,712 Percentage 50.7% 47.4% Swing 4.7% 3.1%
President of Lazio before election Francesco Storace House of Freedoms President of Lazio Piero Marrazzo The Olive Tree

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. Storace however denied all the charges.

Results

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 Party–Liberal 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