2005 Lazio regional election

2005 Lazio regional election

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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

Politics of Lazio
Statute Regional Government President: Francesco Rocca Vice President: Roberta Angelilli Regional Council President: Antonio Aurigemma Elections Political parties Provinces
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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.