2006 Sicilian regional election
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The 2006 Sicilian regional election for the renewal of the Sicilian Regional Assembly and the Presidency of Sicily was held on 28 May 2006.
The election was competed by three competitors:
Candidates
Salvatore Cuffaro, 48, was first elected at the Sicilian Presidency in the July 2001 with 59.1% of regional votes; that election was held immediately after the
Rita Borsellino, 61, sister of the late judge Paolo assassinated by the mafia, gained the centre-left candidacy after having won a primary election with over 67% of votes against Ferdinando Latteri. She was not member of any party.
Nello Musumeci, 51, was a former member of the right-wing National Alliance party; he served as President of the Province of Catania from 1994 to 2003. He left National Alliance in September 2005 in order to found a new autonomist party, Sicilian Alliance, of which he was the leader.
Pollster claimed this election to be much closer than five years earlier, and majority of surveys even put Borsellino to lead over Cuffaro. [1][permanent dead link] However, Sicily confirmed one more time in the April 2006 national election, in which the House of Freedoms obtained 57% of regional votes, to be still a centre-right stronghold. The election was in fact characterized by separate contemporary votes for centre-right parties and Rita Borsellino as president, as the sum of centre-right coalition parties obtained over 60% of votes. In any case, the disjoint vote was not sufficient to ensure Borsellino to win the election, and Cuffaro was confirmed president of Sicily.
Results
Candidates | Votes | % | Seats | Parties | Votes | % | Seats | ||
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Salvatore Cuffaro | 1,374,706 | 53.09 | 9 | ||||||
Forza Italia | 471,634 | 19.17 | 17 | ||||||
Union of Christian and Centre Democrats
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319,349 | 12.98 | 11 | ||||||
Movement for Autonomy – New Sicily | 308,219 | 12.53 | 10 | ||||||
National Alliance | 259,927 | 10.56 | 9 | ||||||
The Kite | 139,344 | 5.66 | 6 | ||||||
Tricolour Flame | 8,528 | 0.35 | – | ||||||
Christian Democracy for Autonomies | 6,530 | 0.26 | – | ||||||
Total | 1,513,531 | 61.52 | 53 | ||||||
Rita Borsellino | 1,078,179 | 41.64 | 1 | ||||||
Democrats of the Left | 344,551 | 14.00 | 12 | ||||||
Democracy is Freedom – The Daisy | 295,762 | 12.02 | 12 | ||||||
United for Sicily (SDI–IdV–PRC–PdCI–FdV–Sicilian Spring) | 127,947 | 5.20 | 3 | ||||||
Rita – My Commitment for Sicily | 119,177 | 4.84 | – | ||||||
Total | 887,437 | 36.07 | 27 | ||||||
Nello Musumeci | 136,545 | 5.27 | – | Sicilian Alliance | 59,380 | 2.41 | – | ||
Total candidates | 2,589,430 | 100.00 | 10 | Total parties | 2,460,348 | 100.00 | 80 | ||
Source: Sicilian Region |
Sources
- The Independent (2006-05-30). "Sicily elects governor linked with Mafia". London. Archived from the original on 2006-09-07. Retrieved 2006-05-30.
- BBC (2006-05-30). "Prodi wins key cities in election". BBC News. Retrieved 2006-05-30.
External links
Candidates
- (in Italian) Salvatore "Totò" Cuffaro
- (in Italian) Rita Borsellino
- (in Italian) Sebastiano "Nello" Musumeci