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.Repubblica.it » cronaca » Dalle liste della Mussolini a Marrazzo ecco le imprese degli spioni romani Storace however denied all the charges.
Results + Candidates Votes % Seats Parties Votes % Seats rowspan=12 Piero Marrazzo1,631,50150.6914 The Olive Tree748,75627.0416 Marrazzo List186,7406.744 Communist Refoundation Party162,7755.883 Federation of the Greens73,0452.642 Party of Italian Communists64,6762.341 Union of Democrats for Europe46,2431.671 Italy of Values28,6001.031 United Consumers18,1630.66– Forza Roma10,3360.37– Avanti Lazio3,2850.12–Total1,342,61948.4928 rowspan=13 Francesco Storace1,524,71247.371 National Alliance468,67916.9310 Forza Italia425,12815.359 Union of Christian and Centre Democrats217,3907.854 Storace List195,3567.054 Socialist Party – New PSI30,4291.10– The Clover15,7630.57– Social Idea Movement12,6110.46– Republican Party–Liberal Party11,7630.42– Pensioners' Party7,7880.28– Consumers' List4,2070.15– Democratic Constituent2,9150.11–Total1,392,02950.2727 rowspan=4 Alessandra Mussolini62,4981.94– Social Alternative32,5411.18– Four-leaf Clover List1,9080.07–Total34,4491.24– Total candidates3,218,711100.0015Total parties2,769,097100.0055 Source: Ministry of the Interior
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