2007 Democratic Party (Italy) leadership election

2007 Democratic Party leadership election

14 October 2007 2009 →

Nominee Walter Veltroni Rosy Bindi Enrico Letta Delegate count 2322 312 220 Popular vote 2,694,721 459,398 391,775 Percentage 75.8% 12.9% 11.0%

Secretary before election None Elected Secretary Walter Veltroni

The 2007 Democratic Party leadership election was held on 14 October 2007 in order to elect the first leader of the Democratic Party, the largest political party in Italy at the time. The election was conducted as an open primary, with all Italian citizens aged at least 16 and non-Italian legal residents being eligible to vote. A minimum fee of one euro (initially chosen as five euros, lowered to one euro following direct requests by almost all leadership candidates) was requested to voters in order to take part in the election.

The election, attended by over three and a half million voters, ended in a landslide victory for Walter Veltroni, Mayor of Rome and former leader of the Democrats of the Left, who gained 75.8% of the vote, being thus elected as first Democratic Party leader.^[1]