# 2006 Milan municipal election

Municipal elections were held in Milan on 28–29 May 2006, to elect the Mayor of Milan and the 60 members of the City Council.
The incumbent Mayor Gabriele Albertini was term-limited and could not run for a third term.
The main candidates were the incumbent Minister of Education Letizia Moratti, supported by Silvio Berlusconi's centre-right coalition House of Freedoms, and the former prefect of Milan Bruno Ferrante, supported by the centre-left coalition The Union.
As a result of the election, Letizia Moratti was officially proclaimed new Mayor of Milan on 1 June 2006, becoming the first female to fill the office.

## Background
### Centre-left primary election

In December 2005 the centre-left coalition decided to call an open primary election to choose its mayoral candidate. Four people registered to be candidates in this election: Bruno Ferrante, former prefect of Milan (2000–2005); Dario Fo, playwright and 1997 Nobel Prize in Literature; Milly Moratti, environmentalist activist; and Dario Corritore, an independent business executive.
The election took place on 29 January 2006:
| Candidate | Candidate | Supported by | Votes (%) |
| | Bruno Ferrante | DS, DL | 67.85% |
| | Dario Fo | PRC | 23.09% |
| | Milly Moratti | FdV | 5.78% |
| | Davide Corritore | none | 3.28% |
| Total | Total | Total | 100.00 |
Total voters: 82,496

## Voting System

The semipresidential voting system was the one used for all mayoral elections in Italy of cities with a population higher than 15,000 for the fourth time. 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 at least 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.
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 losing party is determined proportionally.

## Parties and candidates

This is a list of the major parties (and their respective leaders) which participated in the election.
| Political party or alliance | Constituent lists | Candidate |
| Centre-left coalition (The Union) | The Olive Tree | Bruno Ferrante |
| Centre-left coalition (The Union) | Communist Refoundation Party | Bruno Ferrante |
| Centre-left coalition (The Union) | Party of Italian Communists | Bruno Ferrante |
| Centre-left coalition (The Union) | Rose in the Fist | Bruno Ferrante |
| Centre-left coalition (The Union) | Federation of the Greens | Bruno Ferrante |
| Centre-left coalition (The Union) | Italy of Values | Bruno Ferrante |
| Centre-right coalition (House of Freedoms) | Forza Italia | Letizia Moratti |
| Centre-right coalition (House of Freedoms) | National Alliance | Letizia Moratti |
| Centre-right coalition (House of Freedoms) | Northern League | Letizia Moratti |
| Centre-right coalition (House of Freedoms) | Union of Christian and Centre Democrats | Letizia Moratti |

## Results

Summary of the 2006 Milan City Council and Mayoral election results :
| Candidates | Candidates | Votes | % | Leader's seat | Parties | Votes | % | Seats |
| | Letizia Moratti | 353,410 | 51.97 | – | Forza Italia | 194,995 | 32.22 | 24 |
| | Letizia Moratti | 353,410 | 51.97 | – | National Alliance | 51,801 | 8.56 | 6 |
| | Letizia Moratti | 353,410 | 51.97 | – | Letizia Moratti List | 30,781 | 5.09 | 3 |
| | Letizia Moratti | 353,410 | 51.97 | – | Northern League | 22,702 | 3.75 | 2 |
| | Letizia Moratti | 353,410 | 51.97 | – | Union of Christian and Centre Democrats | 14,713 | 2.43 | 1 |
| | Letizia Moratti | 353,410 | 51.97 | – | Pensions and Work | 3,537 | 0.58 | – |
| | Letizia Moratti | 353,410 | 51.97 | – | Christian Democracy for Autonomies | 2,560 | 0.42 | – |
| | Letizia Moratti | 353,410 | 51.97 | – | Social Action | 2,305 | 0.38 | – |
| | Letizia Moratti | 353,410 | 51.97 | – | Tricolour Flame | 1,634 | 0.27 | – |
| | Letizia Moratti | 353,410 | 51.97 | – | Young people for Milan | 1,418 | 0.23 | – |
| | Letizia Moratti | 353,410 | 51.97 | – | New Italian Socialist Party | 920 | 0.15 | – |
| | Letizia Moratti | 353,410 | 51.97 | – | Pensioners and Disabled | 879 | 0.15 | – |
| | Letizia Moratti | 353,410 | 51.97 | – | S.O.S. Italy | 230 | 0.04 | – |
| | Letizia Moratti | 353,410 | 51.97 | – | Total | 328,475 | 54.28 | 36 |
| | Bruno Ferrante | 319,487 | 46.98 | Y | The Olive Tree | 133,315 | 22.03 | 14 |
| | Bruno Ferrante | 319,487 | 46.98 | Y | Ferrante List | 45,501 | 7.52 | 4 |
| | Bruno Ferrante | 319,487 | 46.98 | Y | Communist Refoundation Party | 25,252 | 4.17 | 2 |
| | Bruno Ferrante | 319,487 | 46.98 | Y | Federation of the Greens | 20,346 | 3.36 | 2 |
| | Bruno Ferrante | 319,487 | 46.98 | Y | United with Dario Fo | 12,821 | 2.12 | 1 |
| | Bruno Ferrante | 319,487 | 46.98 | Y | Party of Italian Communists | 9,345 | 1.54 | – |
| | Bruno Ferrante | 319,487 | 46.98 | Y | Italy of Values | 8,843 | 1.46 | – |
| | Bruno Ferrante | 319,487 | 46.98 | Y | Rose in the Fist | 8,563 | 1.41 | – |
| | Bruno Ferrante | 319,487 | 46.98 | Y | Pensioners' Party | 3,654 | 0.60 | – |
| | Bruno Ferrante | 319,487 | 46.98 | Y | Union of Democrats for Europe | 1,989 | 0.33 | – |
| | Bruno Ferrante | 319,487 | 46.98 | Y | Consumers' List | 603 | 0.10 | – |
| | Bruno Ferrante | 319,487 | 46.98 | Y | Total | 270,232 | 44.65 | 23 |
| | Giorgio Ballabio | 1,329 | 0.20 | – | Your Milan | 1,323 | 0.22 | – |
| | Cesare Fracca | 1,220 | 0.18 | – | Living Milan | 1,169 | 0.19 | – |
| | Gabriele Pagliuzzi | 1,187 | 0.17 | – | Liberal Right – Federal Europe | 935 | 0.15 | – |
| | Ambrogio Crespi | 1,086 | 0.16 | – | Liberal-Democratic Socialists – No ICI | 853 | 0.14 | – |
| | Valerio Colombo | 752 | 0.11 | – | Humanist Party | 696 | 0.12 | – |
| | Alberto Beniamino Saiabene | 676 | 0.10 | – | This is a City | 690 | 0.11 | – |
| | Sante Gaiardoni | 523 | 0.08 | – | Sante Gaiardoni List | 435 | 0.07 | – |
| | Pietro Vangeli | 392 | 0.06 | – | Communist List | 370 | 0.06 | – |
| Total | Total | 680,062 | 100.00 | 1 | | 605,178 | 100.00 | 59 |
| Eligible voters | Eligible voters | 1,030,616 | 100.00 | | | | | |
| Did not vote | Did not vote | 334,074 | 32.48 | | | | | |
| Voted | Voted | 695,912 | 67.52 | | | | | |
| Blank or invalid ballots | Blank or invalid ballots | 15,850 | 2.3 | | | | | |
| Total valid votes | Total valid votes | 680,062 | 97.7 | | | | | |
| Source: Ministry of the Interior ||||||||||