Lista civica
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Lista civica is the name given to a party list presented at an Italian
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...

 local election which has no official connection with a national political party and which campaigns on local issues.

Examples include La Tua Bologna (‘Your Bologna
Bologna
Bologna is the capital city of Emilia-Romagna, in the Po Valley of Northern Italy. The city lies between the Po River and the Apennine Mountains, more specifically, between the Reno River and the Savena River. Bologna is a lively and cosmopolitan Italian college city, with spectacular history,...

’), Lista per Trieste (‘List for Trieste
Trieste
Trieste is a city and seaport in northeastern Italy. It is situated towards the end of a narrow strip of land lying between the Adriatic Sea and Italy's border with Slovenia, which lies almost immediately south and east of the city...

’), Per Parma con Ubaldi (‘For Parma with Ubaldi’, Ubaldi being the mayoral candidate) and Gruppo Rinnovamento Partecipazione Solidarietà
Gruppo Rinnovamento Partecipazione Solidarietà
Renovation Participation Solidarity Group is a local political party in Lusigliè, Italy. It has a long-standing history: it was founded in 1994, but it is active still today, over three decades after it firstly partook in Lusigliè municipal elections...

('Renovation, Participation, Solidarity Group', a party list active in Lusigliè).

Such ‘non-party lists’ are most common in elections at the commune
Comune
In Italy, the comune is the basic administrative division, and may be properly approximated in casual speech by the English word township or municipality.-Importance and function:...

 level; they may also be present in provincial
Provinces of Italy
In Italy, a province is an administrative division of intermediate level between a municipality and a region .-Overview:...

 and regional
Regions of Italy
The regions of Italy are the first-level administrative divisions of the state, constituting its first NUTS administrative level. There are twenty regions, of which five are constitutionally given a broader amount of autonomy granted by special statutes....

elections.
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