Popular Support
The electoral results of the Democrats of the Left (Democratic Party of the Left until 1998) in the 10 most populated Regions of Italy are shown in the table below. The result for the 2006 general election refers to the election for the Senate, indeed DS contested the election for the Chamber of Deputies in a joint-list with DL.
| 1994 general | 1995 regional | 1996 general | 1999 European | 2000 regional | 2001 general | 2004 European | 2005 regional | 2006 general | |
| Piedmont | 16.7 | 21.7 | 16.9 | 13.7 | 17.7 | 15.9 | 20.1 | 16.9 | |
| Lombardy | 13.0 | 16.5 | 15.1 | 12.9 | 11.7 | 12.4 | |||
| Veneto | 12.2 | 16.5 | 11.8 | 11.1 | 12.3 | 10.7 | 11.5 | ||
| Emilia-Romagna | 36.6 | 43.0 | 35.7 | 32.8 | 36.2 | 28.8 | 30.6 | ||
| Tuscany | 33.7 | 40.9 | 34.8 | 31.9 | 36.4 | 30.9 | 29.8 | ||
| Lazio | 23.3 | 27.2 | 23.5 | 18.4 | 20.0 | 17.3 | 19.2 | ||
| Campania | 19.7 | 19.5 | 20.0 | 13.8 | 14.2 | 14.3 | 15.3 | 14.1 | |
| Apulia | 19.9 | 22.1 | 22.1 | 14.1 | 15.7 | 12.9 | 16.6 | 15.6 | |
| Calabria | 22.2 | 22.2 | 21.0 | 16.4 | 14.3 | 17.9 | 15.4 | 14.4 | |
| Sicily | 16.5 | 14.1 | 16.6 | 12.0 | 10.1 | 10.3 | 14.0 | 11.4 | |
| ITALY | 20.4 | - | 21.1 | 17.3 | - | 16.6 | - | - | 17.2 |
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