Popular Support
The electoral results of Forza Italia in the 10 most populated Regions of Italy are shown in the table below.
| 1994 general | 1995 regional | 1996 general | 1999 European | 2000 regional | 2001 general | 2004 European | 2005 regional | 2006 general | |
| Piedmont | 26.5 | 26.7 | 21.7 | 28.8 | 30.8 | 32.0 | 22.2 | 22.4 | 23.5 |
| Lombardy | 26.0 | 29.2 | 23.6 | 30.5 | 33.9 | 32.3 | 25.7 | 26.0 | 27.1 |
| Veneto | 23.7 | 24.0 | 17.1 | 26.0 | 30.4 | 32.0 | 24.6 | 22.7 | 24.5 |
| Emilia-Romagna | 16.5 | 18.2 | 15.1 | 20.4 | 21.2 | 23.8 | 19.8 | 18.2 | 18.6 |
| Tuscany | 16.4 | 19.1 | 14.3 | 19.5 | 20.3 | 21.7 | 17.8 | 17.2 | 16.9 |
| Lazio | 20.5 | 18.9 | 16.1 | 20.6 | 21.5 | 26.4 | 17.5 | 15.4 | 21.4 |
| Campania | 19.9 | 18.9 | 23.4 | 25.2 | 20.9 | 33.8 | 19.5 | 11.9 | 27.2 |
| Apulia | - | 20.7 | 24.6 | 28.0 | 28.7 | 30.1 | 20.4 | 26.8 | 27.3 |
| Calabria | 19.0 | 19.7 | 18.3 | 21.4 | 18.3 | 25.7 | 13.0 | 10.0 | 20.7 |
| Sicily | 33.6 | 17.1 | 32.2 | 26.8 | 25.1 | 36.7 | 21.5 | 19.2 | 29.1 |
| ITALY | 21.0 | - | 20.4 | 25.2 | - | 29.4 | 21.0 | - | 23.7 |
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