Parliamentary elections in Italy 1996
The 1996 general election in Italy took place on April 21, 1996.
The center-left alliance L'Ulivo under Romano Prodi was able to prevail over the center-right alliance under Silvio Berlusconi .
Starting position
After the Berlusconi I cabinet failed in January 1995 due to coalition disputes , the Dini cabinet , which consisted of non-party experts and was based in parliament on the center-left parties and the Northern League , governed until the early elections in 1996 .
Result
Chamber of Deputies
| Polo per le Libertà | be right | % | Seats | L'Unione | be right | % | Seats | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Forza Italia | 7,712,149 | 20.57 | 123 | Partito Democratico della Sinistra | 7,894,118 | 21.06 | 172 | |
| Alleanza Nazionale | 5,870,491 | 15.66 | 93 | Partito della Rifondazione Comunista | 3,213,748 | 8.57 | 35 | |
| CCD - CDU | 2,189,563 | 5.84 | 30th | Popolari per Prodi ( PPI , PRI and SVP ) | 2,554,072 | 6.81 | 72 | |
| Lista Pannella | 702.988 | 1.88 | 0 | Rinnovamento Italiano (PS and SI) | 1,627,380 | 4.34 | 26th | |
| Federazione dei Verdi | 938,665 | 2.50 | 14th | |||||
| Partito Sardo d'Azione | 38.002 | 0.10 | 0 | |||||
| Other | direct candidates only | 4th | ||||||
| All in all | 16,475,191 | 43.95 | 246 | All in all | 16,265,985 | 43.39 | 323 | |
| Others | be right | % | Seats |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lega Nord | 3,776,354 | 10.07 | 59 |
| Lega d'Azione Meridionale | 72,062 | 0.19 | 1 |
| Vallée d'Aoste | direct candidates only | 1 | |
| Other | 894.806 | 2.39 | - |
| All in all | 4,743,222 | 12.65 | 61 |
Election of the Senate
| Casa delle Libertà | be right | % | Seats | L'Unione | be right | % | Seats | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Forza Italia | 12.185.020 | 37.35 | 44 | Partito Democratico della Sinistra | 13,434,607 | 41.18 | 93 | |
| Alleanza Nazionale | 43 | Partito Popolare Italiano | 27 | |||||
| Centro Cristiano Democratico | 15th | Federazione dei Verdi | 14th | |||||
| Cristiani Democratici Uniti | 10 | Rinnovamento Italiano | 6th | |||||
| Unione di Centro | 2 | Federazione Laburista | 5 | |||||
| Partito Federalista | 1 | Socialisti Italiani | 5 | |||||
| Lista per Trieste | 1 | Cristiano Sociali | 4th | |||||
| Lista Pannella | 509,826 | 1.56 | 1 | Patto Segni | 1 | |||
| Movimento Italiano Democratico | 1 | |||||||
| Partito Sardo d'Azione | 1 | |||||||
| La Rete | 1 | |||||||
| Lega Autonomia Veneta | 1 | |||||||
| Partito della Rifondazione Comunista | 934.974 | 2.87 | 10 | |||||
| L'Abete ( SVP and PATT ) | 178,425 | 0.55 | 2 | |||||
| All in all | 12,694,846 | 38.91 | 117 | All in all | 14,548,006 | 44.59 | 167 | |
| Others | be right | % | Seats |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lega Nord | 3,394,733 | 10.41 | 27 |
| Fiamma Tricolore | 747.487 | 2.29 | 1 |
| Vallée d'Aoste | 27,493 | 0.08 | 1 |
| Others | 1,212,019 | 3.52 | - |
| All in all | 5,381,732 | 17.00 | 29 |
Government formation
The parties of the center-left alliance L'Ulivo used their majority in both chambers of parliament to form a government under their top candidate Romano Prodi . The Prodi I cabinet took office on May 17, 1996. The PRC initially supported the government in parliament, but was not represented by ministers at the cabinet table. Prodi resigned in October 1998 after losing a vote of confidence and was replaced by Massimo D'Alema . The PRC then went into opposition, whereupon the Partito dei Comunisti Italiani (PdCI) split off, which continued to support the government. In principle, however, a center-left coalition ( Cabinet D'Alema I and II ) remained until the regular end of the legislative period in 2001 , even after D'Alema was again replaced as Prime Minister by Giuliano Amato ( Cabinet Amato II ).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Camera 04/21/1996 Italia In: elezionistorico.interno.gov.it
- ^ Italy, elections held in 1996. In: ipu.org . Retrieved October 28, 2018 .
