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Parties and
Elections
in Europe |
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| Legislative elections:
Chamber
of Deputies, 5-year term, 4% thresholds (within coalitions 2%,
coalitions 10%), party-list PR + majority bonus |
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· President:
Giorgio Napolitano (PD) · Prime Minister: Silvio Berlusconi (PDL)
· Government: PDL,
LN, MPA |
| Party |
Ideology, Affiliation,
Founding |
2008 |
Seats |
2006 |
Seats |
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Il
Popolo
della Libertà (PDL) 
The
People of
Freedom
(2006: FI + AN + DCA-NPSI) |
Liberal
conservatism; Christian democracy |
EPP
2009 |
37,4% |
276 |
36,8% |
216 |
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Lega Nord (LN)
League
North |
Regionalism;
Right-wing populism
|
-
1989 |
8,3% |
60 |
4,6% |
23 |
 |
Movimento per
le Autonomie
(MPA)
Movement
for Autonomies |
Regionalism;
Christian democracy
|
-
2005 |
1,1% |
8 |
3 |
 |
Partito
Democratico (PD)
Democratic Party (2006: L'ULIVO) |
Social democracy;
Christian left
|
-
2007 |
33,2% |
217 |
31,3% |
225 |
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Italia dei Valori
(IDV)
Italy of Values |
Centrism;
Anti-corruption politics
|
ELDR
1998 |
4,4% |
29 |
2,3% |
17 |
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Unione di Centro (UDC)
Union of
the Centre |
Christian democracy
|
-
2008 |
5,6% |
36 |
- |
- |
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Unione
dei Democratici Cristiani e di Centro (UDC)
Union
of Christian and Centre Democrats |
Christian democracy
|
EPP, CDI
2002 |
- |
33 |
6,8% |
39 |
 |
Rosa
Bianca (RB)
White Rose |
Christian democracy
|
-
2008 |
- |
3 |
- |
- |
 |
Sinistra Arcobaleno (SA)
Rainbow
Left
(dissolved in 2008)
|
Communism;
Democratic socialism, Green politics, Eco-socialism |
-
2008 |
3,1% |
- |
- |
- |
 |
Partito Rifondazione Comunista
(PRC)
Communist
Refoundation Party |
Communism
|
EL
1991 |
- |
- |
5,8% |
41 |
 |
Partito dei Comunisti Italiani
(PDCI)
Party of
Italian Communists |
Communism
|
ELo
1998 |
- |
- |
2,3% |
16 |
 |
Federazione dei Verdi (VERDI)
Green
Federation |
Green politics;
Eco-socialism
|
EGP, GG
1990 |
- |
- |
2,1% |
16 |
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Sinistra
Democratica (SD)
Democratic Left |
Democratic socialism
|
-
2007 |
- |
- |
- |
- |
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Partito
Socialista Italiano (PSI)
Italian
Socialist Party
(former PS; 2006: SDI-RI)
|
Social democracy
|
PES, SI
2007 |
1,0% |
- |
2,6% |
18 |
 |
Südtiroler Volkspartei (SVP)
South Tyrolean People's
Party |
German-Ladin
minority politics; Christian democracy |
EPPo
1945 |
0,4% |
2 |
0,5% |
4 |
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Unione
Democratici per l'Europa - Popolari (UDEUR)
Democrats' Union for Europe - Popular |
Christian
democracy
|
EPP, CDI
1999 |
- |
- |
1,4% |
10 |
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Autonomie Liberté Démocratie
(ALD)
Autonomy Liberty Democracy (Aosta Valley
alliance led by RV, AV, PD) |
Regionalism;
French minority politics, Social democracy |
EFAo (RV)
2006 |
- |
1 |
- |
1 |
| Independents |
- |
- |
- |
1 |
- |
1 |
| Others |
- |
- |
5,5% |
- |
3,5% |
- |
| Total |
- |
- |
- |
630 |
- |
630 |
| Turnout |
- |
- |
80,5% |
83,6% |
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