Popular Support
The electoral results of the Democratic Party in the 10 most populated Regions of Italy are shown in the table below. As PD was founded in 2007, the electoral results from 1994 to 2006 refer to the combined result of the two main percursor parties, the Democrats of the Left and Democracy is Freedom – The Daisy (and its precursors, 1994–2001), or to the joint-list called The Olive Tree.
| 1994 general | 1995 regional | 1996 general | 1999 European | 2000 regional | 2001 general | 2004 European | 2005 regional | 2006 general | 2008 general | 2009 European | 2010 regional | |
| Piedmont | 29.8 | 31.4 | 26.6 | 25.0 | 25.6 | 31.0 | 29.0 | 30.5 | 31.4 | 32.4 | 24.7 | 23.2 |
| Lombardy | 28.0 | 25.9 | 25.5 | 24.2 | 20.2 | 26.8 | 26.3 | 27.1 | 26.7 | 28.1 | 21.3 | 22.9 |
| Veneto | 33.3 | 31.5 | 25.1 | 23.8 | 26.0 | 25.6 | 26.7 | 28.9 | 26.7 | 26.5 | 20.3 | 20.3 |
| Emilia-Romagna | 51.4 | 52.3 | 47.5 | 43.7 | 43.9 | 44.3 | 43.0 | 48.1 | 44.8 | 45.7 | 38.6 | 40.6 |
| Tuscany | 49.4 | 47.2 | 44.8 | 41.0 | 44.1 | 44.3 | 41.6 | 48.8 | 43.3 | 46.8 | 38.7 | 42.2 |
| Lazio | 37.7 | 33.2 | 33.5 | 30.4 | 29.6 | 33.4 | 31.7 | 33.8 | 31.0 | 36.8 | 28.1 | 26.3 |
| Campania | 36.8 | 33.3 | 32.2 | 31.7 | 32.9 | 26.4 | 31.3 | 31.3 | 28.5 | 29.2 | 23.4 | 21.4 |
| Apulia | 42.1 | 35.7 | 31.0 | 30.8 | 29.4 | 29.0 | 26.3 | 28.9 | 29.1 | 30.1 | 21.7 | 20.8 |
| Calabria | 42.0 | 37.3 | 32.0 | 34.4 | 27.7 | 28.6 | 27.2 | 33.9 | 31.4 | 32.6 | 25.4 | 22.8 |
| Sicily | 30.7 | 26.4 | 26.7 | 31.6 | 22.4 | 24.2 | 28.6 | 34.8 | 25.3 | 25.4 | 21.9 | 18.8 |
| ITALY | 39.3 | - | 32.2 | 31.9 | - | 31.1 | 31.1 | - | 31.3 | 33.2 | 26.1 | - |
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