Italians voting in regional elections today and Sunday gave Berlusconi's
Forza Italia a drubbing. The mishandling and the dissembling surrounding the Sgrena affair coupled with Bush and Blair's public humiliation of Berlusconi over troop withdrawal have contributed in handing the left a big victory. Huge overall voter turnout topping 71%.
Abruzzo (L'Aquila): United Center-Left 54.8%
Calabria (Catanzaro): United Center-Left 58.5%
Campania (Naples): United Center-Left 56.4%
Emilia-Romagna (Bologna): United Center-Left 65.0%
Lazio (Rome): United Center-Left 51.0%
Liguria (Genoa): United Center-Left 50.5%
Marche (Ancona): United Center-Left 55.5%
Piedmont (Turin): United Center-Left 53.0%
Puglia (Bari): United Center-Left 48.9%
Tuscany (Florence): United Center-Left 60.5%
Umbria (Assisi): United Center-Left 60.5%
Berlusconi's party took Lombardy and Venice.