2006 Milan municipal election
Municipal elections were held in Milan on 28–29 May 2006, at the same time as other Italian municipal elections. The main candidates were the former Minister of Education Letizia Moratti, supported by Silvio Berlusconi's House of Freedom, and the prefect Bruno Ferrante, supported by The Olive Tree.
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| Turnout | 67.5% | |||||||||||||||
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As a result of the election, Moratti was elected.
Mayoral election
The center-right coalition was led by the Minister of Education Letizia Moratti, from Forza Italia.
The center-left coalition was led by the prefect Bruno Ferrante.
Voting System
The voting system is used for all mayoral elections in Italy, in the city with a population higher than 15,000 inhabitants. Under this system voters express a direct choice for the mayor or an indirect choice voting for the party of the candidate's coalition. If no candidate receives 50% of votes, the top two candidates go to a second round after two weeks. This gives a result whereby the winning candidate may be able to claim majority support, although it is not guaranteed.
The election of the City Council is based on a direct choice for the candidate with a preference vote: the candidate with the majority of the preferences is elected. The number of the seats for each party is determined proportionally.
Results
Letizia Moratti won the election on the first round and became the first female mayor of Milan.
| Candidate | Party | Coalition | First round | ||
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| Votes | % | ||||
| Letizia Moratti | FI | House of Freedoms | 353,410 | 51.97 | |
| Bruno Ferrante | DS | The Union | 319,487 | 46.98 | |
| Others | 7,165 | 1.06 | |||
| Eligible voters | 1,030,616 | 100.00 | |||
| Did not vote | 334,074 | 32.48 | |||
| Voted | 695,912 | 67.52 | |||
| Blank or invalid ballots | 15,850 | 2.3 | |||
| Total valid votes | 680,062 | 97.7 | |||
Summary of the 2006 Milan City Council election results
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| Parties and coalitions | Votes | % | Seats | |||
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| Forza Italia | FI | 194,995 | 32.2% | 24 | ||
| National Alliance (Alleanza Nazionale) | AN | 51,801 | 8.6% | 6 | ||
| Lega Nord | LN | 22,702 | 3.7% | 2 | ||
| Union of the Centre (Unione di Centro) | UDC | 14,713 | 2.4% | 1 | ||
| Others | 44,264 | 7.5% | 3 | |||
| Moratti coalition (Centre-right) | 328,475 | 54.3% | 36 | |||
| The Olive Tree (L'Ulivo) | 133,315 | 22.0% | 14 | |||
| Communist Refoundation Party (Rifondazione Comunista) | PRC | 25,252 | 4.2% | 2 | ||
| Federation of the Greens (Federazione dei Verdi) | FV | 20,346 | 3.4% | 2 | ||
| Others | 91,319 | 15.0% | 6 | |||
| Ferrante coalition (Centre-left) | 270,232 | 44.6% | 24 | |||
| Others | 6,471 | 1.1% | 0 | |||
| Total | 605,178 | 100% | 60 | |||
| Votes cast / turnout | 695,912 | 67.5% | ||||
| Registered voters | 1,030,616 | |||||
| Source: Ministry of the Interior | ||||||