Italian general election, 1996 (Veneto)

The Italian general election of 1996
Italian general election, 1996
An early national general election was held in Italy on 21 April, 1996 to elect members of the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate of the Republic...

took place on 21 April 1996. In Veneto

Veneto

Veneto is one of the 20 regions of Italy. Its population is about 5 million, ranking 5th in Italy.Veneto had been for more than a millennium an independent state, the Republic of Venice, until it was eventually annexed by Italy in 1866 after brief Austrian and French rule...

the election was narrowly won by the centre-left Olive Tree coalition, which won also nationally, but Liga Veneta

Liga Veneta

Liga Veneta is a regionalist political party based in Veneto, combining Venetism and fiscal federalism. Liga Veneta is by far the largest party in Veneto and the party of Luca Zaia, President of Veneto since March 2010.It was the first party of its kind in Northern Italy, predating Umberto...

–Lega Nord was the most voted party in the region: 32.8% in single-seat constituencies

Plurality voting system

The plurality voting system is a single-winner voting system often used to elect executive officers or to elect members of a legislative assembly which is based on single-member constituencies...

and 29.3% among party lists

Proportional representation

Proportional representation is a concept in voting systems used to elect an assembly or council. PR means that the number of seats won by a party or group of candidates is proportionate to the number of votes received. For example, under a PR voting system if 30% of voters support a particular...

Chamber of Deputies

Democratic Party of the Left

The Democratic Party of the Left was a post-communist, democratic socialist political party in Italy.-History:...

|align="right"|374,836
|align="right"|11.8
|align="right"|1

|rowspan="5" align="right" valign=top|4
|rowspan="5" align="right" valign=top|19

|-

|rowspan="1" align="left"|Italian People's Party-UD

Democratic Union (Italy)

The Democratic Union was a small social-liberal party in Italy.It was founded in 1996 by Antonio Maccanico , Willer Bordon and Giorgio Benvenuto, both members of Democratic Alliance...

-PRI

Italian Republican Party

The Italian Republican Party is a liberal political party in Italy.The PRI is party with old roots that originally took a left-wing position, claiming descent from the political position of Giuseppe Mazzini...

-SVP

South Tyrolean People's Party

The South Tyrolean People's Party is a regionalist Christian democratic political party active in the Italian province of South Tyrol.Founded in 1945, the SVP represents the German-speaking population of the province, as well as Ladin speakers. Since the first election of the Provincial Council in...

-Prodi

Romano Prodi

Romano Prodi is an Italian politician and statesman. He served as the Prime Minister of Italy, from 17 May 1996 to 21 October 1998 and from 17 May 2006 to 8 May 2008...

|align="right"|257,552
|align="right"|8.1
|align="right"|1

|-

|rowspan="1" align="left"|Communist Refoundation Party

Communist Refoundation Party

The Communist Refoundation Party is a communist Italian political party. Its current secretary is Paolo Ferrero....

|align="right"|166,793
|align="right"|5.3
|align="right"|1

|-

|rowspan="1" align="left"|Italian Renewal

Italian Renewal

The Italian Renewal was a liberal-centrist political party in Italy.It was founded in 1996 by Lamberto Dini along with some former Liberals, Socialists, Christian Democrats, Republicans and Social Democrats...

-Socialists

Italian Socialists

The Italian Socialists were a minor social-democratic political party in Italy active in Italy from 1994 to 1998....

-Patto

Patto Segni

Patto Segni was a Christian-democratic and liberal political party in Italy, named after Mario Segni.-History:The party was founded in 1993 as a split from Democratic Alliance and as the continuation of the Populars for the Reform, a split from Christian Democracy in 1992, whose principal aim was...

|align="right"|165,675
|align="right"|5.2
|align="right"|1

|-

|rowspan="1" align="left"|Federation of the Greens

Federation of the Greens

The Federation of the Greens is a green political party in Italy, which includes also a large eco-socialist faction. Since 2009 the party leader is Angelo Bonelli.-Early years:...

|align="right"|79,394
|align="right"|2.5
|align="right"|-
|-
|rowspan="1" align="left"|Lega Nord
|rowspan="1" align="right"|1,031,223
|rowspan="1" align="right"|32.8
|rowspan="1" align="right"|15

|rowspan="1" align="left"|Lega Nord
|align="right"|928,033
|align="right"|29.3
|align="right"|4

|rowspan="1" align="right"|4
|rowspan="1" align="right"|19
|-
|rowspan="4" align="left" valign=top|Pole of Freedoms
Pole of Freedoms
The Pole of Freedoms was a centre-right electoral alliance in Italy, launched at the 1994 general election by Silvio Berlusconi.The alliance was composed primarily of Forza Italia and the Lega Nord, but also included Christian Democratic Centre and the Union of the Centre...

|rowspan="4" align="right" valign=top|1,015,697
|rowspan="4" align="right" valign=top|32.3
|rowspan="4" align="right" valign=top|7

|rowspan="1" align="left"|Forza Italia

Forza Italia

Forza Italia was a liberal-conservative, Christian democratic, and liberal political party in Italy, with a large social democratic minority, that was led by Silvio Berlusconi, four times Prime Minister of Italy....

|align="right"|542,488
|align="right"|17.1
|align="right"|2

|rowspan="4" align="right" valign=top|5
|rowspan="4" align="right" valign=top|12

|-

|rowspan="1" align="left"|National Alliance

National Alliance (Italy)

National Alliance was a conservative political party in Italy.Gianfranco Fini was the leader of the party since its foundation in 1995, however he stepped down in 2008 after being elected to the nominally non-partisan post of President of the Italian Chamber of Deputies and was succeeded by...

|align="right"|371,207
|align="right"|11.7
|align="right"|2

|-

|rowspan="1" align="left"|CCD-CDU

United Christian Democrats

The United Christian Democrats was a Christian democratic party in Italy.-History:It began in 1995 by a split of those members of the Italian People's Party who wanted to enter into an alliance with Silvio Berlusconi's Forza Italia...

|align="right"|171,711
|align="right"|5.4
|align="right"|1

|-

|rowspan="1" align="left"|Pannella-Sgarbi List
|align="right"|29,942
|align="right"|1.0
|align="right"|-

|-
|rowspan="1" align="left"|North-East Union
North-East Union
The North-East Union is a Venetist political party active in Veneto.The party was formed in 1996 by splinters from Liga Veneta–Lega Nord led by Adriano Bertaso. In the 1996 general election the party won 2.0% of the vote in the region , having run only in the Verona–Padua–Vicenza–Rovigo constituency...

|rowspan="1" align="right"|9,996
|rowspan="1" align="right"|0.3
|rowspan="1" align="right"|-

|rowspan="1" align="left"|North-East Union

North-East Union

The North-East Union is a Venetist political party active in Veneto.The party was formed in 1996 by splinters from Liga Veneta–Lega Nord led by Adriano Bertaso. In the 1996 general election the party won 2.0% of the vote in the region , having run only in the Verona–Padua–Vicenza–Rovigo constituency...

|align="right"|63,934
|align="right"|2.0
|align="right"|-

|rowspan="1" align="right"|-
|rowspan="1" align="right"|-
|-
|rowspan="1" align="left"|Tricolour Flame
|rowspan="1" align="right"|4,459
|rowspan="1" align="right"|0.1
|rowspan="1" align="right"|-

|rowspan="1" align="left"|Tricolour Flame
|align="right"|9,780
|align="right"|0.3
|align="right"|-

|rowspan="1" align="right"|-
|rowspan="1" align="right"|-
|-
|rowspan="1" align="left"|Others
|rowspan="1" align="right"|20,302
|rowspan="1" align="right"|0.6
|rowspan="1" align="right"|-

|rowspan="1" align="left"|others
|align="right"|9,490
|align="right"|0.3
|align="right"|-

|rowspan="1" align="right"|-
|rowspan="1" align="right"|-

|-
|- bgcolor="#E9E9E9"
!rowspan="1" align="left" valign="top"|Total coalitions
!rowspan="1" align="right" valign="top"|3,141,181
!rowspan="1" align="right" valign="top"|100.0
!rowspan="1" align="right" valign="top"|37
!rowspan="1" align="left" valign="top"|Total parties
!rowspan="1" align="right" valign="top"|3,170,835
!rowspan="1" align="right" valign="top"|100.0
!rowspan="1" align="right" valign="top"|13
!rowspan="1" align="right" valign="top"|13
!rowspan="1" align="right" valign="top"|50
|}Source: Regional Council of Veneto

Provincial breakdown

Province	AN National Alliance The National Alliance is a white separatist political organization. It was founded by University physics teacher Dr. William Luther Pierce in 1974, and is based in the Pierce family's compound in Hillsboro, West Virginia. Although it operates primarily in the United States, the National Alliance...	FI Forza Italia Forza Italia was a liberal-conservative, Christian democratic, and liberal political party in Italy, with a large social democratic minority, that was led by Silvio Berlusconi, four times Prime Minister of Italy....	LV Liga Veneta Liga Veneta is a regionalist political party based in Veneto, combining Venetism and fiscal federalism. Liga Veneta is by far the largest party in Veneto and the party of Luca Zaia, President of Veneto since March 2010.It was the first party of its kind in Northern Italy, predating Umberto...	PPI	PDS Democratic Party of the Left The Democratic Party of the Left was a post-communist, democratic socialist political party in Italy.-History:...
Verona Province of Verona The Province of Verona is a province in the Veneto region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Verona.-Overview:The province has an area of 3,109 km², and a total population of 912,981...	14.7	17.3	25.7	8.7	9.8
Vicenza Province of Vicenza The Province of Vicenza is a province in the Veneto region of northern Italy. Its capital city is Vicenza.The province has an area of 2,723 km², and a total population of 840,000 . There are 121 comuni in the province...	10.0	14.1	36.1	9.0	7.3
Padua Province of Padua The Province of Padua is a province in the Veneto region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Padua.-History and territory:...	13.7	16.5	23.6	9.6	12.4
Treviso Province of Treviso The Province of Treviso is a province in the Veneto region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Treviso.The province has an area of 2,477 km², and a total population of 886.886 . There are 95 municipalities in the province .-Municipalities:-External links:*...	9.1	16.7	41.9	7.5	8.7
Belluno Province of Belluno TheThe Province of Belluno is a province in the Veneto region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Belluno.It has an area of 3,678 km², and a total population of 214,026 .-Geography:...	7.9	18.9	41.4	6.0	7.8
Venice Province of Venice The Province of Venice is a province in the Veneto region of northern Italy. Its capital is the city of Venice.It has an area of 2,467 km², and a total population of 829,418 . There are 44 comuni in the province . As of 2005, the main comuni by population are:-External links:* * : photos of...	10.9	19.8	22.2	6.2	18.3
Rovigo Province of Rovigo The Province of Rovigo is a province in the Veneto region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Rovigo.It borders on the north with the provinces of Verona, Padua and Venice, on the south with the province of Ferrara, on the west with the province of Mantua, and on the eastwith the Adriatic Sea.-...	13.7	17.6	13.2	8.2	21.3
Veneto Veneto Veneto is one of the 20 regions of Italy. Its population is about 5 million, ranking 5th in Italy.Veneto had been for more than a millennium an independent state, the Republic of Venice, until it was eventually annexed by Italy in 1866 after brief Austrian and French rule...	11.7	17.1	29.2	8.1	11.8

Source: Regional Council of Veneto

Senate

|- bgcolor="#E9E9E9"
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=left rowspan=2 valign=bottom|Coalitions
!colspan="3" align="center" valign=top|Single-seat constituencies
!colspan="1" align="center" valign=top|Prop.
!colspan="1" align="center" valign=top|Total
|-
|- bgcolor="#E9E9E9"
|align="center" valign=top|votes
|align="center" valign=top|votes (%)
|align="center" valign=top|seats
|align="center" valign=top|seats
|align="center" valign=top|seats
|-
|rowspan="1" align="left" valign=top|The Olive Tree–Progressives
Communist Refoundation Party
The Communist Refoundation Party is a communist Italian political party. Its current secretary is Paolo Ferrero....

–LAV
Lega Autonomia Veneta
The Lega Autonomia Veneta was a centre-left regionalist political party in Veneto.The party was composed mainly of dissidents from Liga Veneta, but nevertheless its long-standing leaders were Mario Rigo, a former Mayor of Venice and MEP for the Italian Socialist Party, and Oscar De Bona,...

|rowspan="1" align="right" valign=top|938,606
|rowspan="1" align="right" valign=top|33.9
|rowspan="1" align="right" valign=top|8
|rowspan="1" align="right" valign=top|2
|rowspan="1" align="right" valign=top|10
|-
|rowspan="1" align="left" valign=top|Pole of Freedoms
Pole of Freedoms
The Pole of Freedoms was a centre-right electoral alliance in Italy, launched at the 1994 general election by Silvio Berlusconi.The alliance was composed primarily of Forza Italia and the Lega Nord, but also included Christian Democratic Centre and the Union of the Centre...

|rowspan="1" align="right" valign=top|840,404
|rowspan="1" align="right" valign=top|30.4
|rowspan="1" align="right" valign=top|1
|rowspan="1" align="right" valign=top|3
|rowspan="1" align="right" valign=top|4
|-
|rowspan="1" align="left"|Lega Nord
|rowspan="1" align="right" valign=top|839,339
|rowspan="1" align="right" valign=top|30.3
|rowspan="1" align="right" valign=top|8
|rowspan="1" align="right" valign=top|1
|rowspan="1" align="right" valign=top|9
|-
|rowspan="1" align="left"|North-East Union
North-East Union
The North-East Union is a Venetist political party active in Veneto.The party was formed in 1996 by splinters from Liga Veneta–Lega Nord led by Adriano Bertaso. In the 1996 general election the party won 2.0% of the vote in the region , having run only in the Verona–Padua–Vicenza–Rovigo constituency...

|rowspan="1" align="right" valign=top|72,541
|rowspan="1" align="right" valign=top|2.6
|rowspan="1" align="right" valign=top|-
|rowspan="1" align="right" valign=top|-
|rowspan="1" align="right" valign=top|-
|-
|rowspan="1" align="left"|Tricolour Flame
|rowspan="1" align="right" valign=top|39,096
|rowspan="1" align="right" valign=top|1.4
|rowspan="1" align="right" valign=top|-
|rowspan="1" align="right" valign=top|-
|rowspan="1" align="right" valign=top|-
|-
|rowspan="1" align="left"|Others
|rowspan="1" align="right" valign=top|38,257
|rowspan="1" align="right" valign=top|1.4
|rowspan="1" align="right" valign=top|-
|rowspan="1" align="right" valign=top|-
|rowspan="1" align="right" valign=top|-
|-
|- bgcolor="#E9E9E9"
!rowspan="1" align="left" valign="top"|Total coalitions
!rowspan="1" align="right" valign="top"|2,768,243
!rowspan="1" align="right" valign="top"|100.0
!rowspan="1" align="right" valign="top"|17
!rowspan="1" align="right" valign="top"|6
!rowspan="1" align="right" valign="top"|23
|}Source: Regional Council of Veneto

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