user: ### NOW ANSWER:
Question: How many Inhabitants were in the democratic party for an election before 2009 for Mayor of stefano cimatti?
Columns: ['Municipality', 'Inhabitants', 'Mayor', 'Party', 'Election']
Types: ['text', 'real', 'text', 'text', 'real']
Sample row: ['Venice', 270884.0, 'Giorgio Orsoni', 'Democratic Party', 2010.0]
SQL:

assistant: SELECT COUNT("Inhabitants") FROM "Table" WHERE "Party" = 'democratic party' AND "Mayor" = 'stefano cimatti' AND "Election" < 2009.0;