AP - Sun Apr 9, 7:52 AM ET Italian Communist Refoundation party transvestite candidate Vladimir Luxuria, right, (formerly known as Vladimiro Guadagno) casts his ballot in a polling station in Rome, Sunday, April 9, 2006, on the first of a two-day general election. Some 47 million Italians are eligible to vote in the balloting. Conservative Premier Silvio Berlusconi faced a strong challenge Sunday from his center-left opponent Romano Prodi in parliamentary elections marked by disenchantment over Italy's stagnant economy and a bitter campaign. (AP Photo/Plinio Lepri)