Italy 2006 parliamentary election
Final results from ParlGov, read : The Olive Tree won 220 of 630 seats with 30.4% of the vote; 81.7% of registered voters cast a ballot, up 0.3 points on 2001.
- Italy
- Held
Result
- The Olive Tree220
- Forza Italia140
- National Alliance71
- Communist Refoundation Party41
- Union of the Centre39
- Lega Nord26
- Radical Party18
- Italy of Values17
- Party of Italian Communists16
- Federation of the Greens15
- Union of Democrats for Europe10
- The Union6
- Christian Democracy for the Autonomies4
- South Tyrolean People's Party4
- Associative Italians Abroad1
- Autonomy Liberty Democracy1
- Unnamed party with one seat1
Seats and votes by party
| Party | Seats | ± seats | % | ± points | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Olive Treewith Democrats of the Left, Democracy is Freedom – The Daisy, Italian Democratic Socialists / Party, Pensioners' Party and European Republicans Movement | 220 | 30.4 | 11,930,983 | ||
| Forza Italia | 140 | −54 | 23.6 | −5.8 | 9,251,383 |
| National Alliance | 71 | −28 | 12.0 | 0.0 | 4,707,126 |
| Union of the Centre | 39 | 6.8 | 2,648,266 | ||
| Communist Refoundation Party | 41 | +30 | 5.7 | +0.7 | 2,229,464 |
| Lega Nord | 26 | −4 | 4.5 | +0.6 | 1,769,523 |
| Radical Party | 18 | +18 | 2.5 | +0.3 | 990,964 |
| Italy of Values | 17 | +17 | 2.3 | −1.7 | 904,484 |
| Party of Italian Communists | 16 | +6 | 2.3 | +0.6 | 884,127 |
| Federation of the Greens | 15 | −2 | 2.0 | −0.2 | 784,803 |
| Union of Democrats for Europe | 10 | 1.4 | 543,780 | ||
| The Union | 6 | 1.1 | 422,330 |
The other parties and groups
| Party | Seats | ± seats | % | ± points | Votes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Christian Democracy for the Autonomieswith New Italian Socialist Party | 4 | 0.7 | 285,474 | ||
| South Tyrolean People's Party | 4 | +1 | 0.5 | −0.1 | 182,704 |
| Associative Italians Abroad | 1 | 0.3 | 99,817 | ||
| Unnamed party with one seat | 1 | −2 | 0.2 | 72,105 | |
| Autonomy Liberty Democracy | 1 | 0.1 | 34,168 |
± is the change against the Italy 2001 parliamentary election, party by party.
Votes by party
- The Olive Tree 11,930,983
- Forza Italia 9,251,383
- National Alliance 4,707,126
- Union of the Centre 2,648,266
- Communist Refoundation Party 2,229,464
- Lega Nord 1,769,523
- Radical Party 990,964
- Italy of Values 904,484
- Party of Italian Communists 884,127
- Federation of the Greens 784,803
- Union of Democrats for Europe 543,780
- The Union 422,330
- Christian Democracy for the Autonomies 285,474
- South Tyrolean People's Party 182,704
- Associative Italians Abroad 99,817
- Unnamed party with one seat 72,105
- Autonomy Liberty Democracy 34,168
ParlGov lists parties with at least 1 percent of the vote or 2 seats, so the rows do not add up to the valid votes. How we read it.
ParlGov counts an alliance's votes and seats under its first party: such a row names the allies it counts.
Share of the vote
Turnout
81.7% of the 49,502,192 registered voters cast a ballot (40,436,294 ballots), up 0.3 points on 2001. 39,207,414 of them were valid votes. How turnout is counted.
Votes and seats
- The Olive Tree30.4% of votes34.9% of seats
- Forza Italia23.6% of votes22.2% of seats
- National Alliance12.0% of votes11.3% of seats
- Communist Refoundation Party5.7% of votes6.5% of seats
- Union of the Centre6.8% of votes6.2% of seats
- Lega Nord4.5% of votes4.1% of seats
- Radical Party2.5% of votes2.9% of seats
- Italy of Values2.3% of votes2.7% of seats
- Party of Italian Communists2.3% of votes2.5% of seats
- Federation of the Greens2.0% of votes2.4% of seats
- Union of Democrats for Europe1.4% of votes1.6% of seats
- The Union1.1% of votes1.0% of seats
The Gallagher index of disproportionality is 3.5 (0 when seats follow votes exactly); the effective number of parties is 5.7 by votes and 5.1 by seats; The Olive Tree led Forza Italia by 6.8 points of the vote. How these are computed.
Sources and licence
Sources and licence
- ParlGov 2024 Release (Döring and Manow), Harvard Dataverse (source). Licence: CC0 1.0 Universal
- Wikidata, party colours (P465) (source). Licence: CC0 1.0 Universal
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