1996 Italian Senate election in Lombardy

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1996 Italian Senate election in Lombardy
Flag of Lombardy.svg
  1994 April 21, 1996 2001  

All 47 Lombard seats in the Italian Senate
 Majority partyMinority party
  Prodi Heiligendamm G8 2007 001 crop.jpg Silvio Berlusconi.jpg
Leader Romano Prodi Silvio Berlusconi
Party The Olive Tree Forza Italia
Alliance The Olive Tree Pole for Freedoms
Last election6 seats, 34.2%10 seats
sum of member parties [1]
Seats won1916
Seat changeIncrease2.svg13Increase2.svg6
Popular vote1,924,1131,853,453
Percentage33.7%32.8%
Swing-0.5%-10.8%

Majority before election

Pole of Freedoms

New Plurality

The Olive Tree

Lombardy renewed its delegation to the Italian Senate on April 21, 1996. This election was a part of national Italian general election of 1996 even if, according to the Italian Constitution, every senatorial challenge in each Region is a single and independent race.

Contents

The election was won by the centre-left coalition called The Olive Tree.

Electoral system

The intricate electoral system introduced in 1993, called Mattarella Law, provided 75% of the seats in the Senate as elected by first-past-the-post system, whereas the remaining 25% was assigned by a special proportional method that actually assigned the remaining seats to minority parties.

Results

Coalitionvotesvotes (%)seatsPartyseatschange
The Olive Tree 1,928,86834.219 Democratic Party of the Left 11Increase2.svg8
Italian People's Party 4Increase2.svg1
Federation of the Greens 2Increase2.svg2
Italian Renewal 1Increase2.svg1
Italian Republican Party 1Increase2.svg1
Pole for Freedoms 1,853,45332.816 Forza Italia 10Increase2.svg1
National Alliance 5Increase2.svg4
Federalist Party 1Increase2.svg1
Northern League 1,376,12424.411 Northern League 11Decrease2.svg15
Alliance of Progressives 50,2350.91 Communist Refoundation Party 1Decrease2.svg1
Others437,7457.7- Others--
Total coalitions5,646,425100.047Total parties47=

Sources: Ministry of the Interior, Italian Senate

Constituencies

ConstituencyWinnerAlliancePartyVotes %Losers
1 Milan Central Carlo Scognamiglio Pole for Freedoms Forza Italia 47.9%G. Bianchini (Olive) 35.2%
L. Rossi (League) 10.9%
2 Milan East Saverio Vertone Pole for Freedoms Forza Italia 46.4% Vera Squarcialupi (Olive) 36.2%
G. Galimberti (League) 11.5%
3 Milan West Riccardo De Corato Pole for Freedoms National Alliance 46.5% Felice Besostri (Olive) 35.4%
P. Arpesani (League) 11.7%
4 Milan South Roberto Lasagna Pole for Freedoms Forza Italia 41.5% Antonio Duva (Olive) 38.6%
M. Bedoni (League) 13.1%
5 Milan North Leopoldo Elia Logo Ulivo 2006.png Italian People's Party 43.6%L. Strik (Pannella) 23.1%
M. Frigerio (League) 16.4%
6 Sesto San Giovanni Antonio Pizzinato Logo Ulivo 2006.png Democratic Party of the Left 42.7% Sergio Travaglia (Pole) 38.1%
C. Pedrazzini (League) 12.9%
7 Lodi Gianni Piatti Logo Ulivo 2006.png Democratic Party of the Left 39.7% Michele Bucci (Pole) 34.8%
G. Finaguerra (League) 17.2%
8 Rozzano Carlo Smuraglia Logo Ulivo 2006.png Democratic Party of the Left 40.8% Antonino Caruso (Pole) 40.1%
G. Lombardi (League) 12.7%
9 Abbiategrasso Francesco Servello Pole for Freedoms National Alliance 34.4%F. Bonetti (Olive) 33.0%
G. Gadda (League) 25.5%
10 Rho Fiorello Cortiana Logo Ulivo 2006.png Federation of the Greens 36.5%F. Tofoni (Pole) 34.9%
G. Carnovali (League) 23.6%
11 Bollate Ornella Piloni Logo Ulivo 2006.png Democratic Party of the Left 38.1%P. Balzano (Pole) 34.0%
E. Busnelli (League) 21.5%
12 Cinisello Balsamo Patrizia Toia Logo Ulivo 2006.png Italian People's Party 43.8% Enrico Rizzi (Pole) 35.0%
G. Tronconi (League) 15.2%
13 Seregno Ettore Rotelli Pole for Freedoms Forza Italia 36.3%M. Pulcini (Olive) 29.8%
C. Monti (League) 27.6%
14 Monza Alfredo Mantica Pole for Freedoms National Alliance 38.1% Anna Maria Bernasconi (Olive) 37.0%
E. Merlo (League) 19.3%
15 Melzo Loris Maconi Logo Ulivo 2006.png Democratic Party of the Left 41.6%M. Staglieno (Pole) 33.4%
S. Motta (League) 19.4%
16 Cologno Monzese Natale Ripamonti Logo Ulivo 2006.png Federation of the Greens 40.2% Enrico Pianetta (Pole) 39.0%
C. Marchini (League) 13.8%
17 Varese Piero Pellicini Pole for Freedoms National Alliance 33.1%M. Astuti (Olive) 29.9%
Giuseppe Leoni (League) 29.7%
18 Gallarate Luigi Peruzzotti Northern League Northern League 34.6%G. Martinoli (Olive) 29.9%
G. Margutti (Pole) 29.2%
19 Busto Arsizio Antonio Tomassini Pole for Freedoms Forza Italia 32.8% Francesco Speroni (League) 32.0%
M. Maggioni (Olive) 29.2%
20 Como Gianfranco Miglio Pole for Freedoms Federalist Party 35.2%G. Peruzzo (Olive) 29.3%
G. Ostinelli (League) 27.2%
21 Cantù Elia Manara Northern League Northern League 32.3%G. Manfredi (Pole) 31.3%
P. Giovanni (Olive) 29.5%
22 Brescia Alessandro Pardini Logo Ulivo 2006.png Democratic Party of the Left 38.9%R. Conti (Pole) 30.6%
G. Giudici (League) 24.7%
23 Lumezzane Francesco Tabladini Northern League Northern League 41.8%A. Gregorelli (Olive) 30.9%
L. Becchetti (Pole) 25.4%
24 Desenzano del Garda Giovanni Bruni Logo Ulivo 2006.png Italian Renewal 33.1% Massimo Wilde (League) 31.0%
I. Formentini (Pole) 28.4%
25 Chiari Francesco Tirelli Northern League Northern League 32.9%B. Mazzotti (Olive) 32.3%
G.Gei (Pole) 27.8%
26 Suzzara Piergiorgio Bergonzi Alliance of Progressives Communist Refoundation Party 34.3%F. Marenghi (Pole) 30.5%
I. Maffini (League) 24.7%
27 Mantua Roberto Borroni Logo Ulivo 2006.png Democratic Party of the Left 43.9%R. Freddi (Pole) 28.3%
A. Cattaneo (League) 20.2%
28 Cremona Angelo Rescaglio Logo Ulivo 2006.png Italian People's Party 38.7%G. Galli (Pole) 31.9%
B. Bruttomesso (League) 21.8%
29 Pavia Tullio Montagna Logo Ulivo 2006.png Democratic Party of the Left 37.0%G. Beccaria (Pole) 34.6%
L. Verderio (League) 19.2%
30 Vigevano Domenico Contestabile Pole for Freedoms Forza Italia 37.8%C. Broli (Olive) 34.6%
G. Desigis (League) 19.3%
31 Bergamo Giovanni Zilio Logo Ulivo 2006.png Italian People's Party 32.3% Sergio Rossi (League) 31.9%
L. Caputo (Pole) 29.1%
32 Albino Vito Gnutti Northern League Northern League 44.8%G. Giupponi (Olive) 26.7%
G. Bettera (Pole) 22.3%
33 Treviglio Massimo Dolazza Northern League Northern League 35.5%L. Gelpi (Olive) 29.5%
M. Signorelli (Pole) 27.7%
34 Sondrio Fiorello Provera Northern League Northern League 36.8%M. Gallo (Pole) 28.6%
R. Pedrini (Olive) 27.0%
35 Lecco Roberto Castelli Northern League Northern League 33.3%V. Addis (Olive) 32.9%
P. Fiocchi (Pole) 27.1%

Additional senators

  1. Antonino Caruso (National Alliance, 40.1%)
  2. Enrico Pianetta (Forza Italia, 39.0%)
  3. Sergio Travaglia (Forza Italia, 38.1%)
  4. Enrico Rizzi (Forza Italia, 35.0%)
  5. Michele Bucci (Forza Italia, 34.8%)
  1. Antonio Duva (Italian Republican Party, 38.6%)
  2. Anna Maria Bernasconi (Democratic Party of the Left, 37.0%)
  3. Vera Squarcialupi (Democratic Party of the Left, 36.2%)
  4. Felice Besostri (Democratic Party of the Left, 35.4%)
  1. Francesco Speroni (Lega Nord, 32.0%) [2]
  2. Sergio Rossi (Lega Nord, 31.9%)
  3. Massimo Wilde (Lega Nord, 31.0%)

Notes

  1. Instead, the previous centre-right alliance was mainly composed by the League and Forza Italia and obtained a 43% of votes.
  2. He resigned in 1999 when he became MEP. He was then substituted by Giuseppe Leoni.

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