1996 Italian general election in Veneto

The Italian general election of 1996 took place on 21 April 1996. In Veneto the election was narrowly won by the centre-left Olive Tree coalition, which won also nationally, but Liga VenetaLega Nord was the most voted party in the region: 32.8% in single-seat constituencies and 29.3% among party lists.

Results edit

Chamber of Deputies edit

Coalition Single-seat constituencies Proportional system Total
votes votes (%) seats Party votes votes (%) seats tot. seats
The Olive TreeProgressivesLAV 1,061,861 33.8 15 Democratic Party of the Left 374,836 11.8 1 4 19
Italian People's Party-UD-PRI-SVP-Prodi 257,552 8.1 1
Communist Refoundation Party 166,793 5.3 1
Italian Renewal-Socialists-Patto 165,675 5.2 1
Federation of the Greens 79,394 2.5 -
Lega Nord 1,031,223 32.8 15 Lega Nord 928,033 29.3 4 4 19
Pole of Freedoms 1,015,697 32.3 7 Forza Italia 542,488 17.1 2 5 12
National Alliance 371,207 11.7 2
CCD-CDU 171,711 5.4 1
Pannella–Sgarbi List 29,942 1.0 -
North-East Union 9,996 0.3 - North-East Union 63,934 2.0 - - -
Tricolour Flame 4,459 0.1 - Tricolour Flame 9,780 0.3 - - -
Others 20,302 0.6 - others 9,490 0.3 - - -
Total coalitions 3,141,181 100.0 37 Total parties 3,170,835 100.0 13 13 50

Source: Regional Council of Veneto

Provincial breakdown edit

Province AN FI LV PPI PDS
Verona 14.7 17.3 25.7 8.7 9.8
Vicenza 10.0 14.1 36.1 9.0 7.3
Padua 13.7 16.5 23.6 9.6 12.4
Treviso 9.1 16.7 41.9 7.5 8.7
Belluno 7.9 18.9 41.4 6.0 7.8
Venice 10.9 19.8 22.2 6.2 18.3
Rovigo 13.7 17.6 13.2 8.2 21.3
Veneto 11.7 17.1 29.2 8.1 11.8

Source: Regional Council of Veneto

Senate edit

Coalition Single-seat constituencies PR Total
votes votes (%) seats seats seats
The Olive TreeProgressivesLAV 938,606 33.9 8 2 10
Pole of Freedoms 840,404 30.4 1 3 4
Lega Nord 839,339 30.3 8 1 9
North-East Union 72,541 2.6 - - -
Tricolour Flame 39,096 1.4 - - -
Others 38,257 1.4 - - -
Total coalitions 2,768,243 100.0 17 6 23

Source: Regional Council of Veneto