Salvatore Cuffaro, 48, was first elected at the Sicilian Presidency in the July 2001 with 59.1% of regional votes; that election was held immediately after the national election which saw the centre-right win all the 61 Sicilian ridings. Cuffaro is a prominent member of Union of Christian and Centre Democrats, a Christian democratic party. Often associated to the mafia by his critics because of an open investigation by the magistrature of Palermo which brought to a trial commitment, Cuffaro was nevertheless head the regional UDC list of candidates for the April general election.
Rita Borsellino, 61, sister of the late judge Paolo assassinated by the mafia, gained the centre-left candidacy after having won a primary election with over 67% of votes against Ferdinando Latteri. She was not member of any party.
Nello Musumeci, 51, was a former member of the right-wing National Alliance party; he served as President of the Province of Catania from 1994 to 2003. He left National Alliance in September 2005 in order to found a new autonomist party, Sicilian Alliance, of which he was the leader.
Pollster claimed this election to be much closer than five years earlier, and majority of surveys even put Borsellino to lead over Cuffaro. [1][permanent dead link] However, Sicily confirmed one more time in the April 2006 national election, in which the House of Freedoms obtained 57% of regional votes, to be still a centre-right stronghold. The election was in fact characterized by separate contemporary votes for centre-right parties and Rita Borsellino as president, as the sum of centre-right coalition parties obtained over 60% of votes. In any case, the disjoint vote was not sufficient to ensure Borsellino to win the election, and Cuffaro was confirmed president of Sicily.
The Independent (2006-05-30). . London. Archived from the original on 2006-09-07. Retrieved 2006-05-30.
BBC (2006-05-30). "Prodi wins key cities in election". BBC News. Retrieved 2006-05-30.
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2006, sicilian, regional, election, renewal, sicilian, regional, assembly, presidency, sicily, held, 2006, 2001, 2006, 2008, seats, sicilian, regional, assemblyturnout59, majority, party, minority, party, leader, salvatore, cuffaro, rita, borsellinoparty, inde. The 2006 Sicilian regional election for the renewal of the Sicilian Regional Assembly and the Presidency of Sicily was held on 28 May 2006 2006 Sicilian regional election 2001 28 May 2006 2008 All 80 seats to the Sicilian Regional AssemblyTurnout59 17 4 33 Majority party Minority party Leader Salvatore Cuffaro Rita BorsellinoParty UDC IndependentAlliance House of Freedoms The UnionLast election 57 seats 59 1 29 seats 36 6 Seats won 62 28Seat change 5 1Popular vote 1 374 706 1 078 179Percentage 53 1 41 6 Swing 6 0 5 0 President before electionSalvatore CuffaroUDC President elect Salvatore CuffaroUDCThe 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 Contents 1 Candidates 2 Results 3 Sources 4 External links 4 1 CandidatesCandidates editSalvatore Cuffaro 48 was first elected at the Sicilian Presidency in the July 2001 with 59 1 of regional votes that election was held immediately after the national election which saw the centre right win all the 61 Sicilian ridings Cuffaro is a prominent member of Union of Christian and Centre Democrats a Christian democratic party Often associated to the mafia by his critics because of an open investigation by the magistrature of Palermo which brought to a trial commitment Cuffaro was nevertheless head the regional UDC list of candidates for the April general election Rita Borsellino 61 sister of the late judge Paolo assassinated by the mafia gained the centre left candidacy after having won a primary election with over 67 of votes against Ferdinando Latteri She was not member of any party Nello Musumeci 51 was a former member of the right wing National Alliance party he served as President of the Province of Catania from 1994 to 2003 He left National Alliance in September 2005 in order to found a new autonomist party Sicilian Alliance of which he was the leader Pollster claimed this election to be much closer than five years earlier and majority of surveys even put Borsellino to lead over Cuffaro 1 permanent dead link However Sicily confirmed one more time in the April 2006 national election in which the House of Freedoms obtained 57 of regional votes to be still a centre right stronghold The election was in fact characterized by separate contemporary votes for centre right parties and Rita Borsellino as president as the sum of centre right coalition parties obtained over 60 of votes In any case the disjoint vote was not sufficient to ensure Borsellino to win the election and Cuffaro was confirmed president of Sicily Results edit28 May 2006 Sicilian regional election results nbsp Candidates Votes Seats Parties Votes SeatsSalvatore Cuffaro 1 374 706 53 09 9Forza Italia 471 634 19 17 17Union of Christian and Centre Democrats 319 349 12 98 11Movement for Autonomy New Sicily 308 219 12 53 10National Alliance 259 927 10 56 9The Kite 139 344 5 66 6Tricolour Flame 8 528 0 35 Christian Democracy for Autonomies 6 530 0 26 Total 1 513 531 61 52 53Rita Borsellino 1 078 179 41 64 1Democrats of the Left 344 551 14 00 12Democracy is Freedom The Daisy 295 762 12 02 12United for Sicily SDI IdV PRC PdCI FdV Sicilian Spring 127 947 5 20 3Rita My Commitment for Sicily 119 177 4 84 Total 887 437 36 07 27Nello Musumeci 136 545 5 27 Sicilian Alliance 59 380 2 41 Total candidates 2 589 430 100 00 10 Total parties 2 460 348 100 00 80Source Sicilian RegionPopular voteFI 19 17 DS 14 00 UDC 12 98 MpA NS 12 53 DL 12 02 AN 10 56 LA LP 5 66 UpS 5 20 Rita 4 84 AS 2 41 PresidentCuffaro 53 09 Borsellino 41 64 Musumeci 5 27 Sources editThe Independent 2006 05 30 Sicily elects governor linked with Mafia London Archived from the original on 2006 09 07 Retrieved 2006 05 30 BBC 2006 05 30 Prodi wins key cities in election BBC News Retrieved 2006 05 30 External links editCandidates edit in Italian Salvatore Toto Cuffaro in Italian Rita Borsellino in Italian Sebastiano Nello Musumeci Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title 2006 Sicilian regional election amp oldid 1183279182, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
