Populars for Prodi Popolari per Prodi | |
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Leaders | Franco Marini, Antonio Maccanico Giorgio La Malfa |
Founded | 1996 |
Dissolved | 1996 |
Preceded by | Pact for Italy |
Merged into | Democracy is Freedom – The Daisy |
Political position | Centre to centre-left [1] [2] |
National affiliation | The Olive Tree (1996) |
The Populars for Prodi (Italian : Popolari per Prodi) was an electoral list of political parties in Italy.
The list participated in the 1996 general election as a component of The Olive Tree, [3] [4] supporting Romano Prodi as candidate for Prime Minister. The list, contested seats for the Chamber of Deputies, receiving 6.8% of the vote and 72 deputies (including Prodi). [5] [6]
The alliance was composed of the following four parties:
Party | Ideology | Leader | |
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Italian People's Party (PPI) | Christian democracy | Franco Marini | |
Democratic Union (UD) | Social liberalism | Antonio Maccanico | |
Italian Republican Party (PRI) | Liberalism | Giorgio La Malfa | |
South Tyrolean People's Party (SVP) | Regionalism | Siegfried Brugger |
Chamber of Deputies | |||||
Election year | # of overall votes | % of overall vote | # of overall seats won | +/– | Leader |
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1996 | 2,554,072 (#6) | 6.8 | 69 / 630 | – | Franco Marini |