2006 Sicilian regional election

2006 Sicilian regional election

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All 80 seats to the Sicilian Regional Assembly
Turnout59.17% (Decrease 4.33%)
  Majority party Minority party
 
Leader Salvatore Cuffaro Rita Borsellino
Party UDC Independent
Alliance House of Freedoms The Union
Last election 57 seats, 59.1% 29 seats, 36.6%
Seats won 62 28
Seat change Increase 5 Decrease 1
Popular vote 1,374,706 1,078,179
Percentage 53.1% 41.6%
Swing Decrease 6.0% Increase 5.0%


President before election

Salvatore Cuffaro
UDC

President-elect

Salvatore Cuffaro
UDC

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: Salvatore Cuffaro, incumbent president and House of Freedoms candidate; Rita Borsellino, candidate of The Union; and Nello Musumeci, MEP elected for the National Alliance and now leader of the autonomist movement Sicilian Alliance. In the end, Cuffaro won the election, despite a heavy loss of support compared with five years before, when he was elected with 59.1% of votes.