Italian Senate election in Lombardy, 2006

Italian Senate election in Lombardy, 2006

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All 47 Lombard seats in the Italian Senate
Majority party Minority party   Leader Silvio Berlusconi Romano Prodi Party Forza Italia The Olive Tree Alliance House of Freedoms The Union Last election 33 seats, 44.8% 14 seats, 49.4% 33.7% as The Olive Seats won 27 20 Seat change -6 +6 Popular vote 3,342,468 2,501,467 Percentage 57.0% 42.6% Swing +12.2% -6.8%
Majority before election House of Freedoms New Majority House of Freedoms

House of Freedoms

House of Freedoms

Lombardy renewed its delegation to the Italian Senate on April 9, 2006. This election was a part of national Italian general election of 2006 even if, according to the Italian Constitution, every senatorial challenge in each Region is a single and independent race.

Differently from the national result, the election was won by the centre-right coalition of the House of Freedoms. Forza Italia was the largest party in the election with 28%, ahead of the Democrats of the Left (12%) and Lega Nord (11%). Eleven provinces gave a majority or a plurality to Silvio Berlusconi's alliance, while voters of the Province of Mantua supported the new Italian Prime Minister Romano Prodi.

Silvio Berlusconi's House of Freedoms arrived to this election after a series of bad results. Forza Italia had lost 5 points at regional level during the 2004 European election, while the Province of Milan shifted to the left in the same occasion. 2005 regional election had confirmed rightist Regional President Roberto Formigoni, but its coalition lost more than 8 points.

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