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Italy 2006 parliamentary election

What was the result of the 2006 parliamentary election in Italy?

The Olive Tree won 220 of 630 seats with 30.4% of the vote. 81.7% of registered voters cast a ballot.

  • Italy
  • Held:
  • Final result
  • ParlGov, read 5 October 2026

Which party won the most seats?

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.

  • The Olive Tree 220 30.4%
  • Forza Italia 140 −54 seats 23.6% −5.8 points
  • National Alliance 71 −28 seats 12.0% 0.0 points
  • Union of the Centre 39 6.8%
  • Communist Refoundation Party 41 +30 seats 5.7% +0.7 points
  • Lega Nord 26 −4 seats 4.5% +0.6 points
  • Radical Party 18 +18 seats 2.5% +0.3 points
  • Italy of Values 17 +17 seats 2.3% −1.7 points
  • Party of Italian Communists 16 +6 seats 2.3% +0.6 points
  • Federation of the Greens 15 −2 seats 2.0% −0.2 points
  • Union of Democrats for Europe 10 1.4%
  • The Union 6 1.1%
  • Seats won
  • Change on the previous election at the right
  • Share of the vote
  • Share at the previous election
  • Change in points at the right

Changes are against the Italy 2001 parliamentary election, party by party.

316 of 630 seats make a majority

Key numbers

  1. 30.4%

    Share of the vote won by The Olive Tree and its allies

    The Olive Tree and its allies won 220 of 630 seats. A majority needs 316.

  2. +30 seats

    Seats gained by Communist Refoundation Party

    The largest gain in seats compared with 2001. Forza Italia lost 54 seats.

  3. 81.7%

    Voter turnout

    Up 0.3 points on 2001.

Seats and votes by party

PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
The Olive Treewith Democrats of the Left, Democracy is Freedom – The Daisy, Italian Democratic Socialists / Party, Pensioners' Party and European Republicans Movement22030.411,930,983
Forza Italia140−5423.6−5.89,251,383
National Alliance71−2812.00.04,707,126
Union of the Centre396.82,648,266
Communist Refoundation Party41+305.7+0.72,229,464
Lega Nord26−44.5+0.61,769,523
Radical Party18+182.5+0.3990,964
Italy of Values17+172.3−1.7904,484
Party of Italian Communists16+62.3+0.6884,127
Federation of the Greens15−22.0−0.2784,803
Union of Democrats for Europe101.4543,780
The Union61.1422,330
The other parties and groups
PartySeats± seats%± pointsVotes
Christian Democracy for the Autonomieswith New Italian Socialist Party40.7285,474
South Tyrolean People's Party4+10.5−0.1182,704
Associative Italians Abroad10.399,817
Unnamed party with one seat1−20.272,105
Autonomy Liberty Democracy10.134,168

± 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.

ParlGov counts an alliance's votes and seats under its first party: such a row names the allies it counts.

How many people voted?

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 do the votes compare with the 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
Each party's share of the vote (outlined) and of the seats (filled)

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.

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