Italian general election, 2006

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The Italian general election of 2006 was a closely contested national parliamentary vote in Italy that resulted in a narrow victory for Romano Prodi’s center-left coalition over Silvio Berlusconi’s center-right alliance.

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instanceOf general election ⓘ
parliamentary election ⓘ
afterElectionPrimeMinister Romano Prodi ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction Italian Republic ⓘ
beforeElectionPrimeMinister Silvio Berlusconi ⓘ
controversy disputed results and recount demands ⓘ
country Italy ⓘ
electorate Italian citizens eligible to vote in 2006 ⓘ
endDate 2006-04-10 ⓘ
hasEffect polarization of Italian party system ⓘ
very slim majority in the Senate for the center-left ⓘ
hasPart 2006 Italian general election for the Chamber of Deputies ⓘ
2006 Italian general election for the Senate ⓘ
headOfLosingCoalition Silvio Berlusconi ⓘ
headOfWinningCoalition Romano Prodi ⓘ
languageOfOfficialName Italian ⓘ
legislativeBodyElected Chamber of Deputies of Italy ⓘ
Senate of the Republic (Italy) ⓘ
locatedInTime XV Legislature of Italy ⓘ
loserCoalition House of Freedoms (Casa delle Libertà) ⓘ
linked to: House of Freedoms
mainCenterLeftAlliance The Union (L'Unione) ⓘ
linked to: The Union (Italy)
mainCenterRightAlliance House of Freedoms (Casa delle Libertà) ⓘ
linked to: House of Freedoms
mainIssue economic policy ⓘ
foreign policy and military missions abroad ⓘ
public debt and fiscal policy ⓘ
nextElection Italian general election, 2008 ⓘ
notableFor extremely close vote count ⓘ
post-election disputes over alleged irregularities ⓘ
officeContested Prime Minister of Italy ⓘ
officialName Elezioni politiche italiane del 2006 ⓘ
partOf political history of Italy ⓘ
politicalSpectrumLosingCoalition center-right ⓘ
politicalSpectrumWinningCoalition center-left ⓘ
previousElection Italian general election, 2001 ⓘ
regulatedBy Italian electoral law in force in 2006 ⓘ
result narrow victory for center-left coalition ⓘ
significantEvent end of Berlusconi II government ⓘ
formation of Prodi II government ⓘ
startDate 2006-04-09 ⓘ
timePeriod early 21st century ⓘ
turnout high voter turnout ⓘ
typeOfElectoralSystem proportional representation with majority premium ⓘ
votingSystemChamberOfDeputies party-list proportional representation with majority bonus ⓘ
votingSystemSenate regional party-list proportional representation with majority bonus ⓘ
winnerCoalition The Union (L'Unione) ⓘ
linked to: The Union (Italy)

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Italian Democratic Socialists → participatedIn → Italian general election, 2006 ⓘ
Italian general election, 2001 → nextElection → Italian general election, 2006 ⓘ
Italian general election, 2006 → officialName → Elezioni politiche italiane del 2006 ⓘ
linked to: Italian general election, 2006
Italian general election, 2006 → hasPart → 2006 Italian general election for the Chamber of Deputies ⓘ
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Italian general election, 2006 → hasPart → 2006 Italian general election for the Senate ⓘ
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Alleanza Nazionale → participatedIn → Italian general election, 2006 ⓘ
Italian general election, 2008 → previousElection → Italian general election, 2006 ⓘ
House of Freedoms → participatedIn → 2006 Italian general election ⓘ
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Prodi II government → formedAsResultOf → 2006 Italian general election ⓘ
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The Daisy → participatedIn → 2006 Italian general election ⓘ
linked to: Italian general election, 2006