State election in South Tyrol 1956
The South Tyrolean state elections in 1956 took place on November 11, 1956 as an election to the regional council of Trentino-South Tyrol . Formally, the election to the regional council took place in two separate constituencies, one of which corresponded to the area of the subordinate province of Bolzano and one to the area of the subordinate province of Trento . In the constituency of the province of Bolzano, 22 members were elected to the regional council, in the province of Trento 26 members. With their election to the 48-seat regional council, the members of the Bolzano constituency also became members of the South Tyrolean parliament , while those of the Trento constituency became members of the Trentino parliament .
The III. The legislative period began on December 13, 1956 and ended on December 12, 1960. On December 15, 1956, the state parliament elected the South Tyrolean provincial government ( Pupp cabinet ).
Election result
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Historical meaning
The elections highlight the incipient stabilization of the party system in the provinces, as was typical in the entire Western European context for the decades of the Cold War . All parties in the state parliament were able to achieve exactly the same number of seats in 1956 as in the previous elections in 1952.
Web links
- Results of the regional council elections for Trentino-South Tyrol (PDF; 544 kB)
- South Tyrol Handbook , ed. by the South Tyrolean provincial government, 29th revised edition, September 2013
- Website of the South Tyrolean parliament with the results of all regional elections