Independent Alternative for Italians Abroad

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Independent Alternative for Italians Abroad
Alternativa Indipendente Italiani all'Estero
Leader John Adamo
Dom Serafini
Founded17 November 2005 [1]
Dissolvedc. 2006
Ideology Interests of Italians abroad
Political position Centre

The Independent Alternative for Italians Abroad (Italian : Alternativa Indipendente Italiani all'Estero; AIIE) was a party list that contested the 2006 Italian general election in the overseas division of North America and Central America. It ran four candidates for the Chamber of Deputies and two candidates for the Italian Senate. The party did not win any seats.

The AIIE supported improvements in consular and health-care services for Italians living abroad, and was generally focused on interactions between Italy and the country's diaspora population. [2] One candidate for the Italian Chamber of Deputies indicated that the party was neither right-wing nor left-wing, and that it opposed bureaucracy while supporting freedom for both the individual and society. [3] Another party candidate for the Italian Senate said that the AIIE was seeking to reach an electorate of moderate and undecided voters. [4]

Electoral record

PartyVotes%Deputies
   The Union 33,88138.721
   Forza Italia 26,84330.681
   For Italy in the World with Tremaglia 10,89712.45
   Union of Christian and Centre Democrats 9,49410.85
   Independent Alternative for Italians Abroad 3,7324.26
   Northern League 1,4611.67
   Tricolour Flame 1,1971.37
Total valid votes87,505100.00
The Union candidate preference votes
Gino Bucchino (elected)10,361
Giovanni Rapana'8,626
Silvana Mangione8,086
Graziella Ciminata Bivona4,502
Forza Italia candidate preference votes
Salvatore Ferrigno (elected)10,492
Liliana Bartolotta4,717
Paolo Antonio Ariemma4,427
Angela Della Costanza Turner3,392
For Italy in the World with Tremaglia candidate preference votes
Antonio Cardillo3,593
Anna Colarusso2,950
Angelo Vinciguerra2,362
Quintino Cianfaglione1,634
Union of Christian and Centre Democrats candidate preference votes
Giuseppe Canciani3,877
Domenico Mignone2,696
Gaetano Mattioli Cecchini1,202
Massimo Seracini 916
Independent Alternative for Italians Abroad candidate preference votes
John Adamo1,947
Paolo de Francesco685
Francesco de Leo648
Antonino Massana408
Northern League candidate preference votes
Guido Renzi541
Stefano Bagnasco431
Natale Salvatore Caruso312
Tricolour Flame candidate preference votes
Giorgio Viti382
Vito Verzura351

Source: ARCHIVIO STORICO DELLE ELEZIONI - Consultazione dati: Camera 09/04/2006, Area ESTERO, Ripartizione AMERICA SETTENTRIONALE E CENTRALE, Ministerio dell'Interno, Government of Italy, accessed 27 July 2011. Voters were not required to give a preference vote for any candidate.

PartyVotes%Senators
   The Union 32,03638.031
   Forza Italia 25,55630.33
   For Italy in the World with Tremaglia 11,60413.77
   Union of Christian and Centre Democrats 9,41211.17
   Independent Alternative for Italians Abroad 3,1913.79
   Northern League 1,3891.65
   Tricolour Flame 1,0611.26
Total valid votes84,249100.00
The Union candidate preference votes
Renato Turano (elected)12,097
Rocco di Trolio7,675
Forza Italia candidate preference votes
Augusto Sorriso8,898
Liborio Zambito 5,387
For Italy in the World with Tremaglia candidate preference votes
Carlo Consiglio5,446
Vincenzo Centofanti2,531
Union of Christian and Centre Democrats candidate preference votes
Vittorio Coco 3,906
Bernardo Paradiso2,885
Independent Alternative for Italians Abroad candidate preference votes
Domenico Serafini detto Dom 1,471
Sonia Marcella Spadoni922
Northern League candidate preference votes
Salvatore Rappa807
Tricolour Flame candidate preference votes
Alfredo Viti415

Source: ARCHIVIO STORICO DELLE ELEZIONI - Consultazione dati: Senato 09/04/2006, Area ESTERO, Ripartizione AMERICA SETTENTRIONALE E CENTRALE, Ministerio dell'Interno, Government of Italy, accessed 27 July 2011. Voters were not required to give a preference vote for any candidate.

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