Populars for Prodi

The Populars for Prodi (Italian: Popolari per Prodi) was an electoral list of political parties in Italy. The list contested the 1996 general election as a component of The Olive Tree,[1][2] supporting Romano Prodi as candidate for Prime Minister.

The list, which contested seats for the Chamber of Deputies, was composed of:

Party Ideology Leader
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 Hartmann Gallmetzer

The list received 6.8% of the vote for the Chamber, returning 67 deputies.[3][4]

References

  1. Aldo di Virgilio; Junko Kato (2011). "Party Competition Under New Electoral Rules in Italy and Japan, 1994–2009". In Daniela Giannetti; Bernard Grofman. A Natural Experiment on Electoral Law Reform: Evaluating the Long Run Consequences of 1990s Electoral Reform in Italy and Japan. Springer Science & Business Media. p. 21. ISBN 978-1-4419-7228-6.
  2. Roberto D'Alimonte (2005). "Italy: A Case of Fragmented Bipolarism". In Michael Gallagher; Paul Mitchell. The Politics of Electoral Systems. OUP Oxford. p. 263. ISBN 978-0-19-153151-4.
  3. Bruno Vespa (2010). Storia d'Italia da Mussolini a Berlusconi. Edizioni Mondadori. pp. 480–481. ISBN 978-88-520-1174-0.
  4. José María Magone (2003). The Politics of Southern Europe: Integration Into the European Union. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 168. ISBN 978-0-275-97787-0.
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