Blame it on their good looks and voluptuous bodies, but Italians have a history of mixing their politics with the world of entertainment. For instance, in the ongoing Italian presidential elections, there were stray votes for a male porn actor and famous actress.

However, Parliament Speaker Laura Boldrini clarified that in the case of the male porn star, Rocco Siffredi, he does not qualify since he is just 48 while the Italian constitution places 50 as the minimum age for president.

Mr Siffredo has made around 450 porno films and has a reputation for being well-endowed and engaging in rough sex. Besides triple X-rated films, he has also appeared in commercials and music videos.

Also receiving stray votes are legendary Italian actress and beauty Sophia Loren and Valeria Marini, another buxom starlet.

Italy has a history of electing porn stars, with Ciccolina or Ilona Staller as the best example, when she became a member of Parliament from 1987 to 1991.

Besides, Ciccolina, there have been several other male and female porn stars who have attempted to become politicians. Here are seven of them:

1. Marey Carey - She began her career on Playboy TV and run for California governor in 2003. Although she lost, she was 10th among 135 candidates. She planned to run in 2006 as lieutenant governor of the same state but pulled, and has plans to run for U.S. president in 2016.

2. Stormy Daniels - Run for Senate in Louisiana in 2010 but later pulled out of the race.

3. Melody Damayo - More known as Mimi Miyagi, she is a Filipina migrant to the U.S. who ran for Nevada governor in 2006, but lost and decided to go back to making porn.

4. Milly D'Abbraccio - Ran for a seat in Rome's City Council in 2008 with a political platform of creating a Love City. She lost her bid.

5. Marilyn Chambers - The star of Behind the Green Door ran for VP of the U.S. under the Personal Choice Party ticket and for president in 2008, but lost both contests.

6. Goeran Eurenius - He won as councilor in Haerryda, Sweden in 1998 and moonlights as a porn start. He has made at least 14 porn movies.

7. Sonny Landham - He ran in the primary election for Governor of Kentucky in 2003 and for Senator in 2008, but was unsuccessful in his two bids. He has starred in both porn flicks as well as mainstream movies such as the Predator with another actor turned politician, Arnold Schwarzenegger.

In the ongoing Philippine election, a former sexy starlet and now manager of movie stars, Annabelle Rama, is making a bid for a congressional seat in the province of Cebu.

Of course, another porn star, Coco Brown, was recently in the news for her attempt to became a space traveler.