List of political parties in Italy
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Several political parties
operate in Italy
, and historically there have been even more than today. No one party has ever had the chance of gaining power alone and thus parties must work with each other to form coalition government
s.
However, since the 2008 general election
, only five major parties have been represented in Parliament
. On one side the centre-right
The People of Freedom
and Lega Nord support the Berlusconi IV Cabinet
. On the other side there is the centre-left
opposition, composed of the Democratic Party
and Italy of Values
. The Union of Christian and Centre Democrats and Future and Freedom
are the only relevant national parties outside the two big coalitions to be represented in Parliament. Other minor regional parties have seats in Parliament, notably the Movement for Autonomies, the South Tyrolean People's Party
and the Valdotanian Union
, while many more regional parties are active at the regional level.
, which was the party of government, and the Italian Communist Party
, the main opposition party. The other opposition party was the post-fascist
Italian Social Movement
. During its almost fifty years in government, Christian Democracy chose its coalition partners among four parties: the Italian Socialist Party
, the Italian Democratic Socialist Party
, the Italian Republican Party
and the Italian Liberal Party
.
The Christian Democrats led the government consecutively for 46 but five years. Between 1983 to 1991, they steadily shared government with the Socialists, the Republicans, the Democratic Socialists and the Liberals altogether. These were the years when several Northern
regional parties demanding autonomy
organized themselves at the regional level. In 1991 they federated themselves into Lega Nord, which became the country's fourth largest party in the 1992 general election
.
In 1992–1994, the political system was shaken by a series of corruption scandals known collectively as Tangentopoli
. These events led to the disappearance of the five parties of government. Consequently the Communists, who had evolved to become Democratic Party of the Left
in 1991, and the post-fascists, who launched National Alliance
, gained strength. Following the 1994 general election
media tycoon Silvio Berlusconi
became Prime Minister
at the head of a coalition composed mainly of three parties: its brand new party called Forza Italia
(joined by many members of the formerly mainstream parties), National Alliance and Lega Nord.
Between 1996 and 2008, Italian political parties were organized into two big coalitions, the centre-right
Pole for Freedoms
(which was re-named House of Freedoms
after the re-entry of Lega Nord in 2000) and The Olive Tree (re-named The Union
in 2005) on the centre-left
. The centre-left governed from 1996 to 2001 and again between 2006 and 2008, while the House of Freedoms was in government between 2001 and 2006.
In 2008 The Union ceased to exist and the new-born Democratic Party
decided to break the alliance with the Communist Refoundation Party
and the other parties of the coalition, except Italy of Values
and the Italian Radicals
. In the centre-right Forza Italia and National Alliance merged to form The People of Freedom
, which continued the alliance with Lega Nord and secured a big majority in both Chambers at the 2008 general election
.
or having scored more than 4% in the 2008 general election
:
Aosta Valley
Piedmont
Lombardy
South Tyrol
Trentino
Veneto
Friuli-Venezia Giulia
Emilia-Romagna
Liguria
Tuscany
Marche
Umbria
Campania
Basilicata
Apulia
Sardinia
Sicily
Aosta Valley
Piedmont
Lombardy
Liguria
South Tyrol
Trentino
Veneto
Friuli-Venezia Giulia
Molise
Campania
Basilicata
Calabria
Sicily
Sardinia
Political party
A political party is a political organization that typically seeks to influence government policy, usually by nominating their own candidates and trying to seat them in political office. Parties participate in electoral campaigns, educational outreach or protest actions...
operate in Italy
Politics of Italy
The politics of Italy is conducted through a parliamentary, democratic republic with a multi-party system. Executive power is exercised collectively by the Council of Ministers, which is led by the President of the Council of Ministers, referred to as "Presidente del Consiglio" in Italian...
, and historically there have been even more than today. No one party has ever had the chance of gaining power alone and thus parties must work with each other to form coalition government
Coalition government
A coalition government is a cabinet of a parliamentary government in which several political parties cooperate. The usual reason given for this arrangement is that no party on its own can achieve a majority in the parliament...
s.
However, since the 2008 general election
Italian general election, 2008
A snap general election was held in Italy on 13 April and 14 April 2008. The election came after President Giorgio Napolitano dissolved parliament on 6 February 2008 following the defeat of the government of Prime Minister Romano Prodi in a January 2008 Senate vote, and the unsuccessful tentative...
, only five major parties have been represented in Parliament
Parliament of Italy
The Parliament of Italy is the national parliament of Italy. It is a bicameral legislature with 945 elected members . The Chamber of Deputies, with 630 members is the lower house. The Senate of the Republic is the upper house and has 315 members .Since 2005, a party list electoral law is being...
. On one side the centre-right
Centre-right
The centre-right or center-right is a political term commonly used to describe or denote individuals, political parties, or organizations whose views stretch from the centre to the right on the left-right spectrum, excluding far right stances. Centre-right can also describe a coalition of centrist...
The People of Freedom
The People of Freedom
The People of Freedom is a centre-right political party in Italy. With the Democratic Party, it is one of the two major parties of the current Italian party system....
and Lega Nord support the Berlusconi IV Cabinet
Berlusconi IV Cabinet
Berlusconi IV Cabinet has been the cabinet of the government of Italy from 8 May 2008 to 16 November 2011.As of July 2011, it was composed of 24 ministers, 4 deputy ministers and 39 under-secretaries, for a total of 67 members.-Sources:*...
. On the other side there is the centre-left
Centre-left
Centre-left is a political term that describes individuals, political parties or organisations such as think tanks whose ideology lies between the centre and the left on the left-right spectrum...
opposition, composed of the Democratic Party
Democratic Party (Italy)
The Democratic Party is a social-democratic political party in Italy, that is the second-largest in the country. The party is led by Pier Luigi Bersani, who was elected in the 2009 leadership election....
and Italy of Values
Italy of Values
Italy of Values is a centrist, populist and anti-corruption political party in Italy. The party, which is affiliated to the European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party , is headed by former Mani pulite prosecutor Antonio Di Pietro, who entered politics in 1996.The party aims to gather and give...
. The Union of Christian and Centre Democrats and Future and Freedom
Future and Freedom
Future and Freedom , whose complete name is Future and Freedom for Italy is a centre-right political party in Italy....
are the only relevant national parties outside the two big coalitions to be represented in Parliament. Other minor regional parties have seats in Parliament, notably the Movement for Autonomies, the South Tyrolean People's Party
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...
and the Valdotanian Union
Valdotanian Union
The Valdotanian Union is a regionalist-centrist Italian political party active in Aosta Valley. Its leaders are Ego Perron, party president, and Augusto Rollandin, President of the Region....
, while many more regional parties are active at the regional level.
History
Between 1945 and 1994, Italian politics was dominated by two major parties: Christian DemocracyChristian Democracy (Italy)
Christian Democracy was a Christian democratic party in Italy. It was founded in 1943 as the ideological successor of the historical Italian People's Party, which had the same symbol, a crossed shield ....
, which was the party of government, and the Italian Communist Party
Italian Communist Party
The Italian Communist Party was a communist political party in Italy.The PCI was founded as Communist Party of Italy on 21 January 1921 in Livorno, by seceding from the Italian Socialist Party . Amadeo Bordiga and Antonio Gramsci led the split. Outlawed during the Fascist regime, the party played...
, the main opposition party. The other opposition party was the post-fascist
Fascism
Fascism is a radical authoritarian nationalist political ideology. Fascists seek to rejuvenate their nation based on commitment to the national community as an organic entity, in which individuals are bound together in national identity by suprapersonal connections of ancestry, culture, and blood...
Italian Social Movement
Italian Social Movement
The Italian Social Movement , and later the Italian Social Movement–National Right , was a neo-fascist and post-fascist political party in Italy. Formed in 1946 by supporters of former Italian dictator Benito Mussolini, the party became the fourth largest party in Italy by the early 1960s...
. During its almost fifty years in government, Christian Democracy chose its coalition partners among four parties: the Italian Socialist Party
Italian Socialist Party
The Italian Socialist Party was a socialist and later social-democratic political party in Italy founded in Genoa in 1892.Once the dominant leftist party in Italy, it was eclipsed in status by the Italian Communist Party following World War II...
, the Italian Democratic Socialist Party
Italian Democratic Socialist Party
The Italian Democratic Socialist Party is a minor social-democratic political party in Italy. Mimmo Magistro is the party leader. The PSDI, before the 1990s decline in votes and members, had been an important force in Italian politics, being the longest serving partner in government for Christian...
, the Italian Republican Party
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...
and the Italian Liberal Party
Italian Liberal Party
The Italian Liberal Party was a liberal political party in Italy.-Origins:The origins of liberalism in Italy came from the so-called "Historical Right", a parliamentary group formed by Camillo Benso di Cavour in the Parliament of the Kingdom of Sardinia following the 1848 revolution...
.
The Christian Democrats led the government consecutively for 46 but five years. Between 1983 to 1991, they steadily shared government with the Socialists, the Republicans, the Democratic Socialists and the Liberals altogether. These were the years when several Northern
Northern Italy
Northern Italy is a wide cultural, historical and geographical definition, without any administrative usage, used to indicate the northern part of the Italian state, also referred as Settentrione or Alta Italia...
regional parties demanding autonomy
Autonomous area
An autonomous area or autonomous entity is an area of a country that has a degree of autonomy, or freedom from an external authority. Typically it is either geographically distinct from the rest of the country or populated by a national minority. Countries that include autonomous areas are often...
organized themselves at the regional level. In 1991 they federated themselves into Lega Nord, which became the country's fourth largest party in the 1992 general election
Italian general election, 1992
The Italian general elections of 1992 were held on the 5 April 1992.The 1992 elections were the first without the traditionally second most important political force in Italy, the Italian Communist Party , which had been disbanded in 1991...
.
In 1992–1994, the political system was shaken by a series of corruption scandals known collectively as Tangentopoli
Tangentopoli
Tangentopoli is a term which was coined to describe pervasive corruption in the Italian political system exposed in the 1992-6 Mani Pulite investigations, as well as the resulting scandal, which led to the collapse of the hitherto dominant Christian Democracy party and its allies.-Popular distrust...
. These events led to the disappearance of the five parties of government. Consequently the Communists, who had evolved to become Democratic Party of the Left
Democratic Party of the Left
The Democratic Party of the Left was a post-communist, democratic socialist political party in Italy.-History:...
in 1991, and the post-fascists, who launched 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...
, gained strength. Following the 1994 general election
Italian general election, 1994
An early national general election was held in Italy on March 27, 1994 to elect members of the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate. Silvio Berlusconi's centre-right alliance won handily the election for the Chamber and only narrowly lost that for the Senate....
media tycoon Silvio Berlusconi
Silvio Berlusconi
Silvio Berlusconi , also known as Il Cavaliere – from knighthood to the Order of Merit for Labour which he received in 1977 – is an Italian politician and businessman who served three terms as Prime Minister of Italy, from 1994 to 1995, 2001 to 2006, and 2008 to 2011. Berlusconi is also the...
became Prime Minister
Prime minister of Italy
The Prime Minister of Italy is the head of government of the Italian Republic...
at the head of a coalition composed mainly of three parties: its brand new party called 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....
(joined by many members of the formerly mainstream parties), National Alliance and Lega Nord.
Between 1996 and 2008, Italian political parties were organized into two big coalitions, the centre-right
Centre-right
The centre-right or center-right is a political term commonly used to describe or denote individuals, political parties, or organizations whose views stretch from the centre to the right on the left-right spectrum, excluding far right stances. Centre-right can also describe a coalition of centrist...
Pole for Freedoms
Pole for Freedoms
The Pole for Freedoms was an electoral alliance of centre-right political parties in Italy, which was active from 1996 to 2001. It included Forza Italia, the National Alliance, Christian Democratic Centre and the United Christian Democrats....
(which was re-named House of Freedoms
House of Freedoms
The House of Freedoms , was a major Italian centre-right political and electoral alliance led by Silvio Berlusconi. It was initially composed of several political parties:*Forza Italia *National Alliance...
after the re-entry of Lega Nord in 2000) and The Olive Tree (re-named The Union
The Union (political coalition)
The Union was an centre-left coalition of political parties in Italy. It was led by Romano Prodi, Prime Minister of Italy from April 2006 to April 2008, and former President of the European Commission.-Parties:...
in 2005) on the centre-left
Centre-left
Centre-left is a political term that describes individuals, political parties or organisations such as think tanks whose ideology lies between the centre and the left on the left-right spectrum...
. The centre-left governed from 1996 to 2001 and again between 2006 and 2008, while the House of Freedoms was in government between 2001 and 2006.
In 2008 The Union ceased to exist and the new-born Democratic Party
Democratic Party (Italy)
The Democratic Party is a social-democratic political party in Italy, that is the second-largest in the country. The party is led by Pier Luigi Bersani, who was elected in the 2009 leadership election....
decided to break the alliance with the Communist Refoundation Party
Communist Refoundation Party
The Communist Refoundation Party is a communist Italian political party. Its current secretary is Paolo Ferrero....
and the other parties of the coalition, except Italy of Values
Italy of Values
Italy of Values is a centrist, populist and anti-corruption political party in Italy. The party, which is affiliated to the European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party , is headed by former Mani pulite prosecutor Antonio Di Pietro, who entered politics in 1996.The party aims to gather and give...
and the Italian Radicals
Italian Radicals
Italian Radicals is an Italian political party which describes itself as a liberale, liberista e libertario political movement .It was...
. In the centre-right Forza Italia and National Alliance merged to form The People of Freedom
The People of Freedom
The People of Freedom is a centre-right political party in Italy. With the Democratic Party, it is one of the two major parties of the current Italian party system....
, which continued the alliance with Lega Nord and secured a big majority in both Chambers at the 2008 general election
Italian general election, 2008
A snap general election was held in Italy on 13 April and 14 April 2008. The election came after President Giorgio Napolitano dissolved parliament on 6 February 2008 following the defeat of the government of Prime Minister Romano Prodi in a January 2008 Senate vote, and the unsuccessful tentative...
.
Major parties
Having their own group in at least one of the two chambers of the Italian ParliamentParliament of Italy
The Parliament of Italy is the national parliament of Italy. It is a bicameral legislature with 945 elected members . The Chamber of Deputies, with 630 members is the lower house. The Senate of the Republic is the upper house and has 315 members .Since 2005, a party list electoral law is being...
or having scored more than 4% in the 2008 general election
Italian general election, 2008
A snap general election was held in Italy on 13 April and 14 April 2008. The election came after President Giorgio Napolitano dissolved parliament on 6 February 2008 following the defeat of the government of Prime Minister Romano Prodi in a January 2008 Senate vote, and the unsuccessful tentative...
:
- The People of FreedomThe People of FreedomThe People of Freedom is a centre-right political party in Italy. With the Democratic Party, it is one of the two major parties of the current Italian party system....
(Il Popolo della Libertà) - Democratic PartyDemocratic Party (Italy)The Democratic Party is a social-democratic political party in Italy, that is the second-largest in the country. The party is led by Pier Luigi Bersani, who was elected in the 2009 leadership election....
(Partito Democratico) - Northern League (Lega Nord)
- Lombard LeagueLega LombardaLega Lombarda is a regionalist political party active in Lombardy. Led by Giancarlo Giorgetti, the party is the second largest in the region....
(Lega Lombarda), Venetian LeagueLiga VenetaLiga 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...
(Liga Veneta), other national sections
- Lombard League
- Union of the Centre (Unione di Centro)
- Union of Christian and Centre Democrats (Unione dei Democratici Cristiani e di Centro)
- Future and FreedomFuture and FreedomFuture and Freedom , whose complete name is Future and Freedom for Italy is a centre-right political party in Italy....
(Futuro e Libertà) - Italy of ValuesItaly of ValuesItaly of Values is a centrist, populist and anti-corruption political party in Italy. The party, which is affiliated to the European Liberal Democrat and Reform Party , is headed by former Mani pulite prosecutor Antonio Di Pietro, who entered politics in 1996.The party aims to gather and give...
(Italia dei Valori)
Minor parties
Having a minor representation in elective bodies, at national or regional level, or having scored less than 4% in the 2008 general election:- Left Ecology Freedom (Sinistra Ecologia Libertà)
- Communist Refoundation PartyCommunist Refoundation PartyThe Communist Refoundation Party is a communist Italian political party. Its current secretary is Paolo Ferrero....
(Partito della Rifondazione Comunista) - Party of Italian CommunistsParty of Italian CommunistsThe Party of Italian Communists is a communist political party in Italy. Its long-time leader is Oliviero Diliberto.-Foundation and early years:...
(Partito dei Comunisti Italiani) - Five Star Movement (Movimento Cinque Stelle)
- Alliance for ItalyAlliance for ItalyAlliance for Italy is a centrist political party in Italy.The party, which is described in its manifesto as "democratic, liberal, popular" as opposed both to "right-wing populism" and the "social-democratic left, an experience with high and memorable value, yet by now run out", was launched on 11...
(Alleanza per l'Italia) - Italian RadicalsItalian RadicalsItalian Radicals is an Italian political party which describes itself as a liberale, liberista e libertario political movement .It was...
(Radicali Italiani) - The RightThe RightThe Right is a national-conservative political party in Italy.-Foundation:On 3 July 2007 Storace announced his resignation from National Alliance in a letter posted on his website, claiming that it had become too centrist and moderate and in protest against the lack of internal democracy in the...
(La Destra) - Federation of the GreensFederation of the GreensThe 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:...
(Federazione dei Verdi) - Italian Socialist Party (Partito Socialista Italiano)
- We the SouthWe the SouthWe the South , in full We the South – Freedom and Autonomy , is a regionalist-centrist political party in Italy based in the South.-History:...
(Noi Sud) - Movement for Autonomies (Movimento per le Autonomie)
- The Populars of Italy Tomorrow (I Popolari di Italia Domani)
- UDEUR Populars for the SouthUDEUR Populars for the SouthUDEUR Populars for the South is a small centrist and Christian-democratic political party in Italy. Led by Clemente Mastella, the party has been at times very strong in Southern Italy, but almost irrelevant in Northern Italy...
(UDEUR Popolari per il Sud) - Tricolour Flame (Fiamma Tricolore)
- Italian Republican PartyItalian Republican PartyThe 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...
(Partito Repubblicano Italiano) - Italian Liberal Party (Partito Liberale Italiano)
- Liberal DemocratsLiberal Democrats (Italy)The Liberal Democrats are a liberal-centrist political party in Italy.Its long-time leader was Senator Lamberto Dini, former Minister of the Treasury, Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs.-History:...
(Liberal Democratici) - Alliance of the CentreAlliance of the CentreAlliance of the Centre is a Christian-democratic political party in Italy.It was founded in November 2008 by splinters from the Union of Christian and Centre Democrats who wanted to return to an alliance with Silvio Berlusconi's centre-right coalition and support his fourth government...
(Alleanza di Centro) - Workers' Communist PartyWorkers' Communist Party (Italy)The Italian Communist Workers' Party is a party of the far left. It was created in 2006 by the Trotskyist breakaway wing of the Communist Refoundation Party led by Marco Ferrando ....
(Partito Comunista dei Lavoratori) - New Force (Forza Nuova)
- Critical LeftCritical LeftCritical Left is a communist political party in Italy.-History:Originally a Trotskyist faction within the Communist Refoundation Party , it broke ranks on 8 December 2007 to become an independent political party. From 2006 to 2008 SC had a member of the deputy, Salvatore Cannavò, and a senator,...
(Sinistra Critica) - Italian Democratic Socialist PartyItalian Democratic Socialist PartyThe Italian Democratic Socialist Party is a minor social-democratic political party in Italy. Mimmo Magistro is the party leader. The PSDI, before the 1990s decline in votes and members, had been an important force in Italian politics, being the longest serving partner in government for Christian...
(Partito Socialista Democratico Italiano)
Regional parties
More than 1% in a previous regional election (or at least 2 regional councillors):Aosta Valley
- Valdotanian UnionValdotanian UnionThe Valdotanian Union is a regionalist-centrist Italian political party active in Aosta Valley. Its leaders are Ego Perron, party president, and Augusto Rollandin, President of the Region....
(Union Valdôtaine) - Autonomy Liberty Participation EcologyAutonomy Liberty Participation EcologyAutonomy Liberty Participation Ecology is a regionalist political party active in Aosta Valley, whose progressive ideology mixes elements of social democracy, green politics and social liberalism...
(Autonomie Liberté Partecipation Ecologie) - Edelweiss Aosta ValleyEdelweiss Aosta ValleyEdelweiss Aosta Valley is a Christian-democratic and centrist Italian political party active in Aosta Valley.It was founded in 2001 by the merger of the Autonomists and the Autonomist Federation...
(Stella Alpina Val d'Aosta) - Autonomist FederationAutonomist FederationThe Autonomist Federation is a centrist, social-liberal and social-democratic Italian political party active in Aosta Valley...
(Fédération Autonomiste) - Rainbow Aosta ValleyRainbow Aosta ValleyThe Rainbow Aosta Valley is an Italian coalition of parties active in Aosta Valley, active since 2003 and since 2006 a member of the Autonomy Liberty Democracy coalition in general elections....
(Arcobaleno Vallée d'Aoste) - Northern League Aosta ValleyLega Nord Valle d'AostaLega Nord Valle d'Aosta is a regionalist political party in Italy which is the regional section of Lega Nord in Aosta Valley...
(Lega Nord Valle d'Aosta)
Piedmont
- Autonomist Piedmont / Northern League PiedmontLega Nord PiemontLega Nord Piemont is a regionalist political party in Italy that is the regional section of Lega Nord in Piedmont.Its leader Roberto Cota is the President of Piedmont since March 2010.-Early years:...
(Piemont Autonomista / Lega Nord Piemont) - Moderates for PiedmontModerates for PiedmontModerates for Piedmont is a regional centrist Italian political party active in Piedmont. Its leader is Giacomo Portas ....
(Moderati per il Piemonte) - Padanian League PiedmontLega PadanaLega Padana is a Padanist and separatist political party active mainly in Piedmont.In the 2009 provincial elections, led by Renzo Rabellino, Lega Padana Piemont obtained 1.1% of the vote in the Province of Alessandria and 1.0% in the Province of Turin...
(Lega Padana Piemont)
Lombardy
- Lombard LeagueLega LombardaLega Lombarda is a regionalist political party active in Lombardy. Led by Giancarlo Giorgetti, the party is the second largest in the region....
(Lega Lombarda) - Padanian League LombardyLega Padana LombardiaLega Padana Lombardia , briefly known as Lombardia Autonoma in 2008, is a Padanist and autonomist political party active in Lombardy, Italy....
(Lega Padana Lombardia) - Lombard Alliance League (Lega Alleanza Lombarda)
South Tyrol
- South Tyrolean People's PartySouth Tyrolean People's PartyThe 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...
(Südtiroler Volkspartei) - The LibertariansThe LibertariansThe Libertarians is a liberal and nationalist political party in the Italian province of South Tyrol committed to the German-speaking minority....
(Die Freiheitlichen) - Greens (Verdi–Grüne–Vërc)
- South Tyrolean FreedomSouth Tyrolean FreedomThe South Tyrolean Freedom is a separatist German-speaking political party active in South Tyrol committed to the reunification of South Tyrol with the state of Tyrol within Austria....
(Süd-Tiroler Freiheit) - Citizens' Union (BürgerUnion)
- Northern League South TyrolLega Nord Sud TiroloLega Nord Sud Tirolo/Lega Nord Südtirol is a regionalist political party in Italy which is the provincial section of Lega Nord in South Tyrol...
(Lega Nord Sud Tirolo) - UnitalyUnitaliaUnitalia is a minor Italian-speaking, national-conservative political party active in South Tyrol, Italy.It was founded in 1996 as a split from National Alliance and is led by Donato Seppi...
(Unitalia) - Citizens' Movement (Bürgerbewegung)
- Ladins Political MovementLadins Political MovementThe Ladins Political Movement is a minor regionalist political party representing the Ladin minority in South Tyrol....
(Moviment Politich Ladins)
Trentino
- Union for TrentinoUnion for TrentinoThe Union for Trentino is a regionalist centrist and Christian-democratic political party active in the province of Trentino, Italy. The party is currently led by Marco Tanas....
(Unione per il Trentino) - Northern League TrentinoLega Nord TrentinoLega Nord Trentino is a regionalist political party in Italy which is the provincial section of Lega Nord in Trentino. The current national secretary is Maurizio Fugatti, deputy to the Italian Parliament...
(Lega Nord Trentino) - Trentino Tyrolean Autonomist PartyTrentino Tyrolean Autonomist PartyThe Trentino Tyrolean Autonomist Party is a regionalist Christian-democratic Italian political party based in Trentino.-History:The party was founded in 1948 as Trentino Tyrolean People's Party . In 1982 a split between the conservative wing, led by Franco Tretter, and the centrist wing of the...
(Partito Autonomista Trentino Tirolese) - Loyal to Trentino (Leali al Trentino)
- United ValleysUnited ValleysUnited Valleys is a regionalist Italian political party active in the province of Trentino, Italy.It was formed in May 2006 by former leader of Lega Nord Trentino Denis Bertolini and seeks to represent the inhabitants of the valleys of Trentino: Val di Sole, Val di Non, Valle dell'Adige, Valli...
(Valli Unite) - Democrats for TrentinoDemocrats for TrentinoDemocrats for Trentino is a regionalist social-democratic Italian political party based in Trentino.It emerged in September 2008 as a split from the Democratic Party , after that Remo Andreolli, provincial Minister of Health and last provincial leader of the Democrats of the Left, was excluded...
(Democratici per il Trentino) - Administer TrentinoAdminister TrentinoAdminister Trentino is a Christian-democratic Italian political party active in the province of Trentino.The party was formed in 2008 as a split from Forza Italia by Nerio Giovanazzi, a long-time politician who had been previously a member of Christian Democracy and the Italian People's Party...
(Amministrare il Trentino) - Ladin Autonomist UnionLadin Autonomist UnionThe Ladin Autonomist Union is a minor progressive political party in the province of Trentino, Italy, which seeks to represent the Ladin minority in the Province and especially that living in Fascia Valley...
(Unione Autonomista Ladina)
Veneto
- Venetian LeagueLiga VenetaLiga 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...
(Liga Veneta) - North-East UnionNorth-East UnionThe 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...
(Unione Nord-Est)- North-East ProjectNorth-East ProjectNorth-East Project is a Venetist, fiscal federalist and libertarian Italian political party based in Veneto, demanding larger autonomy, if not complete independence for the region.-History:...
(Progetto Nord-Est) - Venetian Republic League (Liga Veneta Repubblica)
- North-East Project
Friuli-Venezia Giulia
- Northern League Friuli-Venezia GiuliaLega Nord Friuli-Venezia GiuliaLega Nord Friuli-Venezia Giulia is a regionalist political party in Italy which is the regional section of Lega Nord in Friuli-Venezia Giulia....
(Lega Nord Friuli-Venezia Giulia) - Citizens for the President (Cittadini per il Presidente)
- Slovene UnionSlovene UnionThe Slovene Union is a centrist Italian political party representing the Slovene minority in Friuli-Venezia Giulia. Its name in Slovene means literally "The Slovene Community", but the denomination "Slovene Union" is used in other languages....
(Slovenska Skupnost) - Giulian FrontGiulian FrontGiulian Front is a regionalist political party active in the Province of Trieste, Italy.Formed in the mid 1990s, the party strives for the independence of Trieste from Italy , in line with a tradition started with the Independence Front for the Free Giulian State after World War II and continued...
(Fronte Giuliano)
Emilia-Romagna
- Emilia-Romagna League / Northern League EmiliaLega Nord EmiliaLega Nord Emilia is a regionalist political party in Italy active in the Emilian part of Emilia-Romagna. It is one of the 13 "national" sections forming Lega Nord.-History:...
(Lega Emiliano-Romagnola / Lega Nord Emilia) - Northern League RomagnaLega Nord RomagnaLega Nord Romagna is a regionalist political party in Italy active in the Romagna, part of Emilia-Romagna. It is one of the two regional sections of Lega Nord in Emilia-Romagna, the other being Lega Nord Emilia....
(Lega Nord Romagna)
Liguria
- Ligurian Union / Northern League LiguriaLega Nord LiguriaLega Nord Liguria is a regionalist political party in Italy which is the regional section of Lega Nord in Liguria. The current national secretary is Francesco Bruzzone.-History:...
(Uniun Ligure / Lega Nord Liguria)
Tuscany
- Tuscanian Alliance / Northern League Tuscany (Alleanza Toscana / Lega Nord Toscana)
Marche
- Northern League MarcheLega Nord MarcheLega Nord Marche is a regionalist political party in Italy which is the regional section of Lega Nord in the Marche. The current national secretary is Luca Rodolfo Paolini, who was elected deputy in the 2008 general election in Tuscany: it was the first time ever that Lega Nord Marche was...
(Lega Nord Marche)
Umbria
- Northern League UmbriaLega Nord UmbriaLega Nord Umbria is a regionalist political party in Italy which is the regional section of Lega Nord in Umbria. The party is provisionally directed by Luca Rodolfo Paolini, national secretary of Lega Nord Marche....
(Lega Nord Umbria)
Campania
- Federalist Democracy (Democrazia Federalista)
- Democratic PopularsDemocratic PopularsThe Democratic Populars is a tiny Christian-Democratic Italian political party based in Campania.It was founded in February 2008 by splinters from the UDEUR Populars who wanted to continue the alliance with centre-left The Union coalition...
(Popolari Democratici)
Basilicata
- United PopularsUnited PopularsThe United Populars is a regional Christian-democratic political party based in Basilicata, Italy.The party was founded in February 2008 by splinters from the UDEUR Populars who wanted to continue the alliance with centre-left The Union coalition...
(Popolari Uniti)
Apulia
- Apulia FirstApulia FirstApulia First is a regionalist-centrist political party in Italy active in Apulia.The party was lanched in 2005 as a civic list in support of Raffaele Fitto, the outgoing President of the Region of Forza Italia...
(La Puglia Prima di Tutto) - Moderates and PopularsModerates and PopularsModerates and Populars is a regionalist-centrist political party in Italy active in Apulia.Soon after the 2010 regional election three disgruntled regional councillors coming from three different parties joined forces and launched their own party...
(Moderati e Popolari) - I the South (Io Sud)
- Southern Action LeagueSouthern Action LeagueThe Southern Action League is a regionalist national-conservative Italian political party active in Apulia and especially in the Province of Taranto....
(Lega d'Azione Meridionale)
Sardinia
- Sardinian ReformersSardinian ReformersThe Sardinian Reformers is a liberal and Christian-democratic political party in Sardinia based in Sardinia and led by Massimo Fantola....
(Riformatori Sardi) - Sardinian Action PartySardinian Action PartyThe Sardinian Action Party is a regionalist social-democratic political party in Sardinia, which has recently sided with The People of Freedom, the largest centre-right party in Italy.-History:...
(Partito Sardo d'Azione) - Sardinian Democratic UnionSardinian Democratic UnionThe Sardinian Democratic Union – Nationalist Project is a regionalist Christian-democratic political party in Sardinia...
(Unione Democratica Sarda) - Red MoorsRed MoorsRed Moors is a regionalist social-democratic political party in Sardinia.The party was founded in 2009 as a split from the Sardinian Action Party, after that the latter had signed an electoral pact with The People of Freedom, the main centre-right party in Italy.In the 2009 regional election the...
(Rosso Mori) - Independence Republic of SardiniaIndependence Republic of SardiniaIndependence Republic of Sardinia is a social-democratic and non-violent separatist political party in Sardinia...
(Indipendèntzia Repùbrica de Sardigna) - Sardinian People's PartySardinian People's PartyThe Party of Sardinian People – Fortza Paris is a regionalist political party in Sardinia.The party's self-proclaimed ideology comprises "all what the 20th Century had it good", including Christian democracy, liberalism, social democracy and federalism, but it is basically a Christian-democratic...
(Partito del Popolo Sardo) - Sardinia NationSardinia NationSardinia Nation is a minor separatist and democratic-socialist political party in Sardinia, Italy. Its leader is Bustianu Cumpostu.-History:...
(Sardigna Natzione)
Sicily
- Force of the SouthForce of the SouthForce of the South is a liberal-conservative political party in Italy based in Sicily.In September 2010, after years of weighting , Gianfranco Micciché, long-time leader of Forza Italia and, later, The People of Freedom in Sicily and Under-Secretary in Berlusconi IV Cabinet, announced his exit...
(Forza del Sud) - Allied for SicilyAllied for SicilyAllied for Sicily is a regional centrist political party active in Sicily, Italy.The party was formed in May 2011 by former members of The People of Freedom, the Union of Christian and Centre Democrats and the Democratic Party in support of Raffaele Lombardo's regional government...
(Alleati per la Sicilia)
Parties of the Italians abroad
Having scored more than 15% in one constituency in the 2008 general election, or having at least 1 MP:- Associative Movement Italians AbroadAssociative Movement Italians AbroadThe Associative Movement Italians Abroad is an Italian political party representing voters living in South America....
(Movimento Associativo Italiani all'Estero) - Italian Associations in South AmericaItalian Associations in South AmericaThe Italian Associations in South America is an Italian political party representing voters living in South America, for this continent has been object of major Italian immigration....
(Associazioni Italiane in Sud America)
Coalitions
Having scored at least 15% in a general election:- Pact for ItalyPact for ItalyThe Pact of Italy was a centrist electoral coalition in Italy, launched by Mario Segni and Mino Martinazzoli in 1994....
(Patto per l'Italia) - Pole of FreedomsPole of FreedomsThe 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...
(Polo delle Libertà) - Pole of Good GovernmentPole of Good GovernmentThe Pole of Good Government 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 National Alliance, but also included Christian Democratic Centre , the Union of the Centre and Liberal...
(Polo del Buon Governo) - Alliance of ProgressivesAlliance of ProgressivesThe Alliance of Progressives was a left-wing electoral coalition in Italy in 1994.It was composed of:*the Democratic Party of the Left ;*the Communist Refoundation Party ;...
(Alleanza dei Progressisti) - Pole for FreedomsPole for FreedomsThe Pole for Freedoms was an electoral alliance of centre-right political parties in Italy, which was active from 1996 to 2001. It included Forza Italia, the National Alliance, Christian Democratic Centre and the United Christian Democrats....
(Polo per le Libertà) - The Olive Tree (L'Ulivo)
- The UnionThe Union (political coalition)The Union was an centre-left coalition of political parties in Italy. It was led by Romano Prodi, Prime Minister of Italy from April 2006 to April 2008, and former President of the European Commission.-Parties:...
(L'Unione) - House of FreedomsHouse of FreedomsThe House of Freedoms , was a major Italian centre-right political and electoral alliance led by Silvio Berlusconi. It was initially composed of several political parties:*Forza Italia *National Alliance...
(Casa delle Libertà)
Parties
Having scored at least 1% in a general election, or having at least 5 MPs:- Italian Revolutionary Socialist PartyItalian Revolutionary Socialist PartyThe Italian Revolutionary Socialist Party was a socialist political party in Italy.It was founded in 1881 as Revolutionary Socialist Party of Romagna by Andrea Costa, a fomer anarchist converted to democratic socialism, after his marriage with Anna Kuliscioff...
(Partito Socialista Rivoluzionario Italiano) - Italian Labour PartyItalian Labour PartyThe Italian Labour Party was a socialist political party in Italy.It was founded in 1882 in Milan by Giuseppe Croce and Costantino Lazzari and was supported externally by the Milanese Socialist League of Filippo Turati...
(Partito Operaio Italiano) - Radical PartyRadical Party (Italy, 1877)The Radical Party was a radical political party in Italy.It was founded in 1877 by Agostino Bertani and Felice Cavallotti as a radical-liberal party of what was then considered the "far left", from the name of the parliamentary group the Radicals formed with Andrea Costa, the first Socialist...
(Partito Radicale) - Constitutional Democratic PartyConstitutional Democratic Party (Italy)The Constitutional Democratic Party was a social-liberal political party in Italy.It emerged in 1913 from the left-wing of the dominant Liberals, of which it continued to be a government coalition partner...
(Partito Democratico Costituzionale) - Democratic Liberal PartyDemocratic Liberal Party (Italy)The Democratic Liberal Party was a social-liberal political party in Italy.It was formed for the 1921 general election by the union of the Radical Party with several other liberal parties, most of whom had taken part to the joint lists between the Radicals and the Liberals in many single-seat...
(Partito Liberale Democratico) - Independent Socialist Party (Partito Socialista Indipendente)
- Reform Democratic Party (Partito Democratico Riformista)
- Party of Combatants (Partito dei Combattenti)
- Economic Party (Partito Economico)
- Party of Italian PeasantsParty of Italian PeasantsThe Party of Italian Peasants was a small Italian political party founded in 1920.Starting from social democratic and christian social ideas, the party moved to an independent ideological position, with the sole goal to defend the small farmers against the great landowners...
(Partito dei Contadini Italiani) - Italian Social Democratic PartyItalian Social Democratic PartyThe Italian Democratic Social Party was a social-liberal political party in Italy.It was formed for the 1919 general election by the union of the Constitutional Democratic Party with several other parties of the liberal left...
(Partito Democratico Sociale Italiano) - Italian Reform Socialist PartyItalian Reform Socialist PartyThe Italian Reform Socialist Party was a social-democratic political party in Italy.It was formed in 1912 by those leading reformists who had been expelled from the Italian Socialist Party because of their desire of entering in the majority supporting Prime Minister Giovanni Giolitti...
(Partito Socialista Riformista Italiano) - Communist Party of ItalyCommunist Party of ItalyThe Communist Party of Italy was a communist political party in Italy which existed from 1921 to 1926. That year it was outlawed by Benito Mussolini's fascist regime. In 1943, the name was changed to the Italian Communist Party.-Foundation:The forerunner of the party was the Communist Faction...
(Partito Comunista d'Italia) - Italian People's Party (old) (Partito Popolare Italiano)
- United Socialist Party (old)United Socialist Party (Italy, 1922–1930)The United Socialist Party was a social-democratic political party in Italy, active from 1922 to 1930....
(Partito Socialista Unitario) - National Fascist PartyNational Fascist PartyThe National Fascist Party was an Italian political party, created by Benito Mussolini as the political expression of fascism...
(Partito Nazionale Fascista) - Republican Fascist PartyRepublican Fascist PartyThe Republican Fascist Party was a political party led by Benito Mussolini during the German occupation of Central and Northern Italy. It was founded as the successor of former National Fascist Party as an anti-monarchist party...
(Partito Fascista Repubblicano) - Labour Democratic PartyLabour Democratic PartyThe Labour Democratic Party was a social-liberal political party in Italy, founded in 1943 as the heir of defunct Italian Social Democratic Party, formed by those Socialists who wanted to cooperate with the Liberal political guard which governed Italy from the days of Giovanni Giolitti...
(Partito Democratico del Lavoro) - Action Party (Partito d'Azione)
- Front of the Ordinary Man (Fronte dell'Uomo Qualunque)
- United Socialist PartyUnited Socialist Party (Italy, 1949–1951)The United Socialist Party was a social-democratic political party in Italy 1949-1951.On 1 May 1951 PSU fused with the Italian Socialist Workers' Party to give birth to the Italian Democratic Socialist Party ....
(Partito Socialista Unitario) - Socialist AutonomySocialist AutonomySocialist Autonomy was a social-democratic Italian political party.It was founded in October 1953 by disgruntled members of the Italian Socialist Workers' Party , who did not agree with the proposed new new electoral law supported by their party and who wanted a better unity with the Italian...
(Autonomia Socialista) - National Democratic AllianceNational Democratic Alliance (Italy)The National Democratic Alliance was a short-lived liberal Italian political party.It was formed in March 1953 by disgruntled members of the Italian Liberal Party, who did not agree with the new electoral law approved by the Parliament with the support of their party. Its leaders were Epricarmo...
(Alleanza Democratica Nazionale) - People's UnityPeople's Unity (Italy)Popular Unity was a short-lived social-democratic and social-liberal political party in Italy.It was formed in April 1953 by disgruntled members of the Italian Democratic Socialist Party and the Italian Republican Party , who did not agree with the new electoral law approved by the Parliament...
(Unità Popolare) - Monarchist National PartyMonarchist National PartyThe Monarchist National Party was a political party in Italy founded in 1946, uniting conservatives, liberal conservatives, conservative liberals and nationalists...
(Partito Nazionale Monarchico) - People's Monarchist PartyPeople's Monarchist Party (Italy)The People's Monarchist Party was an Italian conservative party founded in 1954 by a split from the National Monarchist Party...
(Partito Monarchico Popolare) - Unified Socialist Party (Partito Socialista Unificato)
- Italian Socialist Party of Proletarian UnityItalian Socialist Party of Proletarian UnityThe Italian Socialist Party of Proletarian Unity , was a political party in Italy from 1964 to 1972.-History:...
(Partito Socialista di Unità Proletaria) - Italian Democratic Party of Monarchist UnityItalian Democratic Party of Monarchist UnitySince 1961 the Italian Democratic Party of Monarchist Unity was the continuation of the Italian Democratic Party , a monarchist party founded in 1959 by the union of the People's Monarchist Party and the National Monarchist Party.The new party, like its predecessors, was hampered by a...
(Partito Democratico Italiano di Unità Monarchica) - National DemocracyNational Democracy (Italy)The National Democracy party was a spin-off of Movimento Sociale Italiano, after the electoral defeat of 1976. It was born to pursue an agreement with the Democrazia Cristiana party, by moving from the neo-fascist ideology of the Movimento Sociale Italiano to a post-fascist moderate ideology.The...
(Democrazia Nazionale) - Proletarian Unity Party (Partito di Unità Proletaria)
- Radical Party (Partito Radicale)
- Rainbow GreensRainbow GreensRainbow Greens was a green Italian political party.It was founded in 1989 by splinters of Proletarian Democracy and some leading Radicals .It took part in the 1989 European Parliament elections,...
(Verdi Arcobaleno) - Green ListsGreen ListsThe Green Lists was an green Italian political party.It was founded in 1986 and merged in 1991 with the Rainbow Greens to form the Federation of the Greens....
(Liste Verdi) - Italian Communist PartyItalian Communist PartyThe Italian Communist Party was a communist political party in Italy.The PCI was founded as Communist Party of Italy on 21 January 1921 in Livorno, by seceding from the Italian Socialist Party . Amadeo Bordiga and Antonio Gramsci led the split. Outlawed during the Fascist regime, the party played...
(Partito Comunista Italiano) - Proletarian DemocracyProletarian DemocracyProletarian Democracy was a political party in Italy.-1970s:DP was founded in 1975 as a joint electoral front of the Proletarian Unity Party , Workers Vanguard and the Workers Movement for Socialism...
(Democrazia Proletaria) - Christian Democracy (old)Christian Democracy (Italy)Christian Democracy was a Christian democratic party in Italy. It was founded in 1943 as the ideological successor of the historical Italian People's Party, which had the same symbol, a crossed shield ....
(Democrazia Cristiana) - Italian Liberal Party (old)Italian Liberal PartyThe Italian Liberal Party was a liberal political party in Italy.-Origins:The origins of liberalism in Italy came from the so-called "Historical Right", a parliamentary group formed by Camillo Benso di Cavour in the Parliament of the Kingdom of Sardinia following the 1848 revolution...
(Partito Liberale Italiano) - Italian Socialist Party (old)Italian Socialist PartyThe Italian Socialist Party was a socialist and later social-democratic political party in Italy founded in Genoa in 1892.Once the dominant leftist party in Italy, it was eclipsed in status by the Italian Communist Party following World War II...
(Partito Socialista Italiano) - Italian Social MovementItalian Social MovementThe Italian Social Movement , and later the Italian Social Movement–National Right , was a neo-fascist and post-fascist political party in Italy. Formed in 1946 by supporters of former Italian dictator Benito Mussolini, the party became the fourth largest party in Italy by the early 1960s...
(Movimento Sociale Italiano) - Democratic AllianceDemocratic Alliance (Italy)The Democratic Alliance was an Italian political party founded in 1993, with the intent of becoming the container of an alliance of centre-left forces. However, the project did not succeed, and it presented itself as a minor party, mainly composed of former Republicans and former Communists...
(Alleanza Democratica) - Liberal Democratic FoundationLiberal Democratic FoundationThe Liberal Democratic Foundation was a Christian-democratic and liberal Italian political party.It was founded on 28 April 1994 by splinters from Patto Segni led by Giulio Tremonti and Alberto Michelini...
(Fondazione Liberaldemocratica) - Federalists and Liberal DemocratsFederalists and Liberal DemocratsThe Federalists and Liberal Democrats was a federalist and liberal Italian political party.-History:...
(Federalisti e Liberaldemocratici) - Federalist Italian LeagueFederalist Italian LeagueThe Federalist Italian League was a short-lived federalist and liberal Italian political party.-History:The party was founded by dissident members of Lega Nord on 13 February 1995, including Luigi Negri , Enrico Hüllwech and Giorgio Vido...
(Lega Italiana Federalista) - Italian SocialistsItalian SocialistsThe Italian Socialists were a minor social-democratic political party in Italy active in Italy from 1994 to 1998....
(Socialisti Italiani) - Democratic Party of the LeftDemocratic Party of the LeftThe Democratic Party of the Left was a post-communist, democratic socialist political party in Italy.-History:...
(Partito Democratico della Sinistra) - Movement of Unitarian Communists (Movimento dei Comunisti Unitari)
- Labour FederationLabour FederationThe Labour Federation was a social-democratic party in Italy.It was founded in 1994 by former members of the Italian Socialist Party and was in close alliance with the Democratic Party of the Left , with which it merged in 1998 to form the Democrats of the Left...
(Federazione Laburista) - Social ChristiansSocial ChristiansSocial Christians is a Christian social-democratic faction within the Democratic Party, a political party in Italy....
(Cristiano Sociali) - Republican LeftRepublican LeftThe Republican Left was an Italian political party founded on January 30, 1994 after the Italian Republican Party split....
(Sinistra Repubblicana) - Union of the Centre (old) (Unione di Centro)
- Christian Democrats for the RepublicChristian Democrats for the RepublicThe Christian Democrats for the Republic was a Christian-democratic Italian political party.The party was formed in February 1998 as a splinter group from the Christian Democratic Centre...
(Cristiani Democratici per la Repubblica) - Democratic Union for the RepublicDemocratic Union for the RepublicThe Democratic Union for the Republic was a short-lived centrist political party in Italy.It was founded in February 1998 by Francesco Cossiga, Clemente Mastella , Rocco Buttiglione , Mario Segni The Democratic Union for the Republic (Unione Democratica per la Repubblica, UDR) was a short-lived...
(Unione Democratica per la Repubblica) - Movement for Democracy – The Net (Movimento per la Democrazia – La Rete)
- Democratic UnionDemocratic 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...
(Unione Democratica) - Union for the RepublicUnion for the Republic (Italy)The Union for the Republic was a centrist Italian political party.It was formed by Francesco Cossiga and his followers after the break-up of the Democratic Union for the Republic in 1999. Most of its members, with the notable exception of Carlo Scognamiglio Pasini, joined Forza Italia prior to the...
(Unione per la Repubblica) - Pannella ListPannella ListPannella List was a strongly libertarian Radical electoral list active in the 1990s in Italy. Its long-standing leader and standard-bearer was Marco Pannella, who had been the historical leader of the Radical Party from 1963 to 1989....
(Lista Pannella) - Federalist PartyFederalist Party (Italy)The Federalist Party was a federalist Italian political party.It was launched as Federalist Union on 1 June 1994 by Gianfranco Miglio, an influent Senator and political scientist who left Lega Nord in May over disagreements with Umberto Bossi, and Umberto Giovine, an ex-Socialist who was at the...
(Partito Federalista) - Italian People's Party (Partito Popolare Italiano)
- Italian RenewalItalian RenewalThe 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...
(Rinnovamento Italiano) - The Democrats (I Democratici)
- Christian Democratic Centre (Centro Cristiano Democratico)
- United Christian DemocratsUnited Christian DemocratsThe 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...
(Cristiani Democratici Uniti) - European DemocracyEuropean DemocracyEuropean Democracy was a minor christian-democratic Italian political party.It was founded in 2000 by Sergio D'Antoni , Giulio Andreotti and Ortensio Zecchino, all three spliters from the Italian People's Party...
(Democrazia Europea) - Segni PactPatto SegniPatto 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...
(Patto Segni) - Bonino ListBonino ListBonino List was a strongly libertarian Radical electoral list active in the 1990s and the 2000s in Italy. Named for Emma Bonino, a leading Radical who had been member of the European Commission from 1995 to 1999 , after the unsuccessful "Emma for President" campaign, it was the successor of the...
(Lista Bonino) - Autonomists for EuropeAutonomists for EuropeAutonomists for Europe is a minor regionalist, Christian-democratic and liberal Italian political party. Founded in 2000 by splinters of Lega Nord as a potentially dangerous competitor, is now a rather marginal force...
(Autonomisti per l'Europa) - Democrats of the LeftDemocrats of the LeftThe Democrats of the Left was a social-democratic Italian political party and part of the Olive Tree electoral coalition, which merged with a number of centrist and leftist groups to form the Democratic Party on 14 October 2007...
(Democratici di Sinistra) - Democracy is Freedom – The Daisy (Democrazia è Libertà – La Margherita)
- Italian Democratic SocialistsItalian Democratic SocialistsThe Italian Democratic Socialists were a small social-democratic political party in Italy. Led by Enrico Boselli, the party was the direct continuation of the Italian Socialists, the legal successor of the historical Italian Socialist Party...
(Socialisti Democratici Italiani) - Forward ItalyForza ItaliaForza 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....
(Forza Italia) - National AllianceNational 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...
(Alleanza Nazionale) - Movement for the LeftMovement for the LeftMovement for the Left was a socialist and communist political party in Italy, emerged by a split from the Communist Refoundation Party...
(Movimento per la Sinistra) - Democratic LeftDemocratic LeftDemocratic Left, Democratic Left Party, or Party of the Democratic Left may refer to:-Political parties:*Democratic Left *Democratic Left *Democratic Left *Democratic Left *Democratic Left...
(Sinistra Democratica)
Regional parties
Having scored at least 1% in a regional election, or having at least 2 regional councillors:Aosta Valley
- Aosta Valley Regional Rally (Raggruppamento Regionale Valle d'Aosta)
- Italian Democratic Group (Gruppo Democratico Italiano)
- Valdotanian RallyValdotanian RallyThe Valdotanian Rally was a conservative Italian political party active in Aosta Valley.In 1963 a group of conservative members of the Valdotanian Union formed the Valdotanian Independent Rally and won 3.3% of the vote in a regional election. In 1967 RIV merged with other conservative groups in...
(Rassemblement Valdôtain) - Valdotanian Democratic Union (Union Democratique Valdôtaine)
- Progressive Valdotanian UnionProgressive Valdotanian UnionThe Progressive Valdotanian Union was a social-democratic Italian political party active in Aosta Valley.It emerged in 1973 as a split from the Valdotanian Union and won 6.7% of the vote in that year’s regional election...
(Union Valdôtaine Progressiste) - Valdotanian Craftsmen and Traders (Artigiani e Commercianti Valdostani)
- Popular DemocratsPopular DemocratsThe Popular Democrats was a Christian-leftist Italian political party active in the Aosta Valley of Italy. Its leading members included Cesare Dujany, Maurizio Martin and Angelo Pollicini....
(Democratici Popolari) - Free Zone List (Lista Zona Franca)
- Autonomist UnionAutonomist UnionAutonomist Union was a regionalist Italian political party active in Aosta Valley.It was founded in 1987 by Roberto Gremmo as the local emanation of Piedmontese Union. In the 1988 regional election the party won 1.6% and Gremmo was elected to the Regional Council...
(Union Autonomiste) - Autonomists Democrats ProgressivesAutonomists Democrats ProgressivesThe Autonomists Democrats Progressives was a social-liberal and Christian-leftist Italian political party active in Aosta Valley...
(Autonomistes Démocrates Progressistes) - Independent AutonomistsIndependent AutonomistsThe Independent Autonomists was a social-liberal Italian political party active in Aosta Valley.It was founded in March 1991 by Ilario Lanivi, ex-leading member of the Autonomists Democrats Progressives, and Amato Maquignaz...
(Autonomisti Indipendenti) - For Aosta ValleyFor Aosta ValleyFor Aosta Valley was a social-liberal and Christian-leftist Italian political party active in Aosta Valley.It was founded in 1993 by Cesare Dujany, former leader of the Popular Democrats, and Ilario Lanivi, leader of the Independent Autonomists. In the 1993 regional election the party won 4.3% of...
(Pour la Vallée d'Aoste) - Autonomist People's AllianceAutonomist People's AllianceThe Autonomist People's Alliance was a social-democratic Italian political party active in Aosta Valley....
(Alleanza Popolare Autonomista) - AutonomistsAutonomistsThe Autonomists was a Christian-democratic Italian political party active in Aosta Valley.It was founded in 1997 by the union of the regional Italian People's Party with For Aosta Valley and some former Socialists. In the 1998 regional election Autonomists won 12.8% and five regional deputies...
(Autonomistes) - Forward ValleyForward ValleyForward Valley was a social-democratic political party active in Aosta Valley.The party, whose leader was Enrico Bich, was the heir of the Italian Socialist Party in the Region and gained 4.7% of the votes in the 2003 regional election, failing to surpass the 5% threshold needed to enter in the...
(Alé Vallée) - Valdotanian RenewalValdotanian RenewalValdotanian Renewal was a social-liberal Italian political party.It was founded in 2006 by a split from the Valdotanian Union , led by former President of Region Carlo Perrin...
(Renouveau Valdôtain) - Lively Aosta ValleyLively Aosta ValleyLively Aosta Valley was a social-liberal Italian political party active in Aosta Valley. It was founded in 2005 by a left-wing split from the Valdotanian Union and its leader was Roberto Louvin....
(Vallée d'Aoste Vive)
Piedmont
- Piedmontese UnionPiedmontese UnionPiedmontese Union was a regionalist political party active in Piedmont.It was founded in 1981 by Roberto Gremmo, a former member of the Italian Communist Party. The party was soon joined by well-known folk-singer Gipo Farassino, a former Communist too. In the 1985 regional election UP won 1.1% of...
(Union Piemontèisa)
Lombardy
- New LeagueLega NuovaLega Nuova was a short-lived regionalist political party active in Lombardy.Lega Nuova was founded in 1991 by Franco Castellazzi, national president of Lega Lombarda–Lega Nord in collision with the party's leader Umberto Bossi, and by five other regional councillors from that party...
(Lega Nuova)
Liguria
- New Liguria (Liguria Nuova)
South Tyrol
- Union of Independents (Unione Indipendenti)
- Tridentine Autonomy (Autonomia Tridentina)
- Italian Union (Unione Italiana)
- Tyrolean Homeland Party (Tiroler Heimatpartei)
- Social Progressive Party of South TyrolSocial Progressive Party of South TyrolThe Social Progressive Party of South Tyrol was a regionalist democratic-socialist and hard-line German-speaking political party active in South Tyrol....
(Soziale Fortschrittspartei Südtirols) - Social Democratic Party of South TyrolSocial Democratic Party of South TyrolThe Social Democratic Party of South Tyrol was a regionalist social-democratic and hard-line German-speaking political party active in South Tyrol, Italy....
(Sozialdemokratische Partei Südtirols) - Party of Independents (Partei der Unabhängigen)
- New LeftNew Left (Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol)The New Left was a list which contexted the 1978 Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol regional election. The list was led by Alexander Langer, a former member of Lotta Continua. NL-NS opposed the dominant ethnic division in South Tyrolean politics. NL-NS won 12,315 votes in Trentino and 9,753 votes in...
(Nuova Sinistra–Neue Linke) - South Tyrolean Homeland FederationSouth Tyrolean Homeland FederationThe South Tyrolean Homeland Federation was a nationalist political party active in South Tyrol.It was launched in 1983 as Election Association of Homeland Federation and won 4.2% in the 1983 general election and 2.6% in the 1983 provincial election, enough for granting Eva Klotz a seat in the...
(Südtiroler Heimatbund) - Freedom Party of South TyrolFreedom Party of South TyrolThe Freedom Party of South Tyrol was a regionalist liberal-conservative and national-liberal political party active in South Tyrol.It was launched in 1988 as the continuation of the Party of Independents by Gerold Meraner. In the 1988 provincial election FPS took 1.4% and got Meraner elected to...
(Freiheitliche Partei Südtirols) - Democratic Party of South TyrolDemocratic Party of South TyrolThe Democratic Party of South Tyrol is a minor regionalist liberal, green and social-democratic political party active in South Tyrol.The party was founded in 1997, as a continuation of the Social Democratic Party of South Tyrol, and was led by Roland Girardi...
(Demokratische Partei Südtirols) - Democratic Union of Alto AdigeDemocratic Union of Alto AdigeThe Democratic Union of Alto Adige was an Italian-speaking christian-democratic Italian political party active in South Tyrol, which has been South Tyrols sister party of the Trentino Democratic People's Union. Its long-time leader is Luigi Cigolla....
(Unione Democratica del Alto Adige)
Trentino
- Anti-Autonomistic National League (Lega Nazionale Anti-Autonomistica)
- Alliance of Independents (Alleanza Indipendenti)
- Independent Autonomists (Autonomisti Indipendenti)
- Craftsman-Farmer AllianceCraftsman-Farmer AllianceThe Craftsman-Farmer Alliance was a political party in Trento, Italy. The party contested the 1964 Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol regional election...
(Alleanza Contadina Artigiana) - New LeftNew Left (Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol)The New Left was a list which contexted the 1978 Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol regional election. The list was led by Alexander Langer, a former member of Lotta Continua. NL-NS opposed the dominant ethnic division in South Tyrolean politics. NL-NS won 12,315 votes in Trentino and 9,753 votes in...
(Nuova Sinistra–Neue Linke) - Union of Independents for Trentino (Unione Indipendenti per il Trentino)
- Trentino Tyrolean People's PartyTrentino Tyrolean People's PartyThe Trentino Tyrolean People's Party was a regionalist Christian-democratic Italian political party based in Trentino which was active from 1948 to 1992.-History:...
(Partito Popolare Trentino Tirolese) - Trentino Tyrolean Autonomist UnionTrentino Tyrolean Autonomist UnionThe Trentino Tyrolean Autonomist Union was a regionalist christian-democratic Italian political party based in Trentino which was active from 1982 to 1988.-History:...
(Unione Autonomista Trentino Tirolese) - Integral AutonomyIntegral Autonomy (1980s)Integral Autonomy was a regionalist Christian-democratic Italian political party based in Trentino.-History:In 1982 the Trentino Tyrolean People's Party broke up: the more conservative wing formed the Trentino Tyrolean Autonomist Union , while the more centrist Integral Autonomy, under the...
(Autonomia Integrale) - Lega Autonomia Trentino (Trentino Autonomy League)
- Alliance for Trentino (Alleanza per il Trentino)
- Integral AutonomyIntegral Autonomy (1990s)Integral Autonomy , whose complete name was Integral Autonomy – Regional Autonomist Federation was a regionalist centrist Italian political party based in Trentino.-History:...
(Autonomia Integrale) - Trentino AutonomistsTrentino AutonomistsTrentino Autonomists , whose complete name was Trentino Autonomists – Gentians was a regionalist centrist Italian political party based in Trentino.-History:...
(Autonomisti Trentini) - Trentino TomorrowTrentino TomorrowTrentino Tomorrow was a regionalist social-liberal Italian political party active in the province of Trentino, Italy.It was composed of former members of the Italian Socialist Party, the Italian Republican Party, the Italian Democratic Socialist Party and Democratic Alliance...
(Trentino Domani) - Daisy Civic ListDaisy Civic ListThe Daisy Civic List was a regionalist Christian-democratic and centrist Italian political party active in Trentino.-History:It was founded in 1998 by Lorenzo Dellai and other local politicians active in several centrist parties, both from the centre-left and the centre-right at the national...
(Civica Margherita) - Taverna ListTaverna ListTaverna List , also known as Free Trentino , was a regionalist national-conservative Italian political party active in the province of Trentino...
(Lista Taverna)
Veneto
- Union of the Venetian PeopleUnion of the Venetian PeopleThe Union of the Venetian People was a Venetist political party active in Veneto.-History:The party was founded in 1987 by splinters from Liga Veneta led by Ettore Beggiato and Gianni Butturini. In the 1990 regional election UPV won 1.9% of the vote and Beggiato was re-elected to the Regional...
(Union del Popolo Veneto) - Venetian Autonomy LeagueLega Autonomia VenetaThe 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,...
(Lega Autonomia Veneta) - Marco Polo FrontFronte Marco PoloFronte Marco Polo was a Venetist political party active in Veneto, named after Marco Polo.Fabio Padovan, leader of the European Federalist Free Entrepreneurs and former deputy of Liga Veneta–Lega Nord, and Giorgio Vido, another former deputy of LV–LN, formed FMP in 1999 in view of the 2000...
(Fronte Marco Polo) - Together for VenetoTogether for VenetoTogether for Veneto was a centrist Italian coalition of parties active in Veneto.It was formed for the 2000 regional election by the local sections of three national parties: the Italian People's Party, The Democrats and Italian Renewal...
(Insieme per il Veneto) - Veneto for the EPPVeneto for the European People's PartyVeneto for the European People's Party is a regional christian-democratic party based in Veneto.-History:...
(Veneto per il PPE)
Friuli-Venezia Giulia
- List for Trieste (Lista per Trieste)
- Friuli MovementFriuli MovementFriuli Movement is a regionalist political party active in Friuli, Italy since 1966.The party is currently active, but has lost importance...
(Movimento Friûl) - Friuli Autonomy League (Lega Autonomia Friuli)
- Friuli-Venezia Giulia Autonomist Party (Partito Autonomista Friuli-Venezia Giulia)
- Reform Popular CentreReform Popular CentreReform Popular Centre was a centrist coalition active in Friuli-Venezia Giulia from 1998 to 2003.The coalition was launched for the 1998 regional election and comprised five parties:*Italian People's Party...
(Centro Riformatore Popolare) - Freedom and AutonomyFreedom and AutonomyFreedom and Autonomy was a regionalist social-democratic and centrist Italian electoral list active in Friuli-Venezia Giulia....
(Libertà e Autonomia)
Molise
- Christian Inspiration Populars (Popolari di Ispirazione Cristiana)
Campania
- Democratic RepublicansDemocratic Republicans (Italy)The Democratic Republicans were a tiny liberal political party in Italy.The party was founded in 2004 by splinters from the Italian Republican Party , who wanted to get rid of the alliance with the centre-right House of Freedoms coalition. Its leader was Giuseppe Ossorio...
(Repubblicani Democratici)
Basilicata
- The Democrats (I Democratici)
Calabria
- Mancini ListMancini ListMancini List was a regional social-democratic political party active in Calabria. The party was often referred to as PSE, Italian acronym for the Party of European Socialists and was led by Giacomo Mancini....
(Lista Mancini) - Southern Democratic PartySouthern Democratic PartyThe Southern Democratic Party was a centrist Italian political party based in Calabria.The Southern Democratic Party was founded in 2006, as a split from the regional organisation of Democracy is Freedom – The Daisy. The PDM's leader was Agazio Loiero, President of Calabria Region since 2005...
(Partito Democratico Meridionale)
Sicily
- Sicilian Independence Movement (Movimento Indipendentista Siciliano)
- Social Liberal Union Autonomy Sicily (Unione Liberale Sociale Autonomia Sicilia)
- Social Christian Sicilian UnionSocial Christian Sicilian UnionThe Social Christian Sicialian Union was a Christian-leftist Italian political party active in Sicily. Its best electoral result was in 1959, when it won 10.6% of the votes and got elected nine regional deputies....
(Unione Siciliana Cristiano Sociale) - Sicilian Spring (Primavera Siciliana)
- New SicilyNew SicilyNew Sicily is a regionalist social-democratic political party based in Sicily. Its founder and current leader is Bartolo Pellegrino. It is composed mainly by former members of the Italian Socialist Party...
(Nuova Sicilia) - Autonomist DemocratsAutonomist DemocratsThe Autonomist Democrats were a social-democratic and liberal electoral list for the 2008 Sicilian regional election....
(Democratici Autonomisti)
Sardinia
- Sardinian Socialist Action PartySardinian Socialist Action PartyThe Sardinian Socialist Action Party was a regionalist social-democratic political party active in Sardinia....
(Partito Sardo d'Azione Socialista) - Sardinian Independence PartySardinian Independence PartyThe Sardinian Independence Party was a minor separatist and democratic-socialist political party in Sardinia, Italy....
(Partidu Sardu Indipendentista) - New Movement (Nuovo Movimento)
- Democratic FederationDemocratic Federation (Sardinia)Democratic Federation was a regionalist social-democratic political party in Sardinia, Italy.It was launched in 1994 basically by members of the Italian Socialist Party, the Italian Democratic Socialist Party and the Italian Republican Party, after that these parties were severely damaged by the...
(Federazione Democratica) - Sardinia ProjectSardinia ProjectThe Sardinia Project was a social-democratic regionalist political party active in Sardinia, Italy.It was founded in 2003 and was led by Renato Soru, who was elected President of Sardinia at the head of a centre-left coalition in the 2004 regional election...
(Progetto Sardegna) - Sardinian Autonomist PopularsSardinian Autonomist PopularsThe Sardinian Autonomist Populars was a tiny regionalist Christian-democratic Italian political party based in Sardinia....
(Popolari Autonomisti Sardi)