Lega Nord Trentino

Northern League Trentino
Lega Nord Trentino
Secretary Mirko Bisesti
President Alessandro Savoi
Founded 1990
Ideology Federalism
Regionalism[1]
National affiliation Lega Nord
European affiliation none
International affiliation none
Website
http://www.leganordtrentino.org/


Lega Nord Trentino (English: Northern League Trentino, LNT) is a regionalist[1] political party in Italy that functions as the "national" (hence, provincial) section of Lega Nord in Trentino. The party's current national secretary is Mirko Bisesti.

History

The party was founded in 1990 by some Trentino autonomists who wanted to join Lega Nord, as the Trentino Tyrolean Autonomist Party (PATT) had refused to do so. They included Elisabetta Bertotti, Erminio Boso (former member of Integral Autonomy and the PATT),[2] Sergio Divina (former member of the Italian Liberal Party),[3] Sergio Muraro and Alessandro Savoi. Divina was the party's first secretary until 1995, when he was replaced by Savoi.

In the 1992 general election the LNT won 13.9% of the vote, electing Bertotti to the Chamber of Deputies and Boso to the Senate. In the 1993 provincial election the party obtained 16.2% and six regional councillors, including Divina and Muraro.[4] In the 1996 general election the LNT, which had ejected Bertotti for supporting Lorenzo Dellai, the centre-left candidate, for mayor of Trento in 1995,[5][6] increased its share to 20.8%. Then, the party underwent a period of decline.

For the 2001 general election the LNT, under the leadership of Rolando Fontan, joined forces with the PATT. Both Fontan and Denis Bertolini, who successively led the LNT from 1999 to 2003, left the party. The latter launched the alternative United Valleys party,[7] while the formed would make a comback in 2018.[8] However, in 2005 the party elected a long-lasting leadership, formed by Maurizio Fugatti (who would be elected to the Chamber in 2006 and 2008) as secretary and Savoi as president.

In the 2008 provincial election Divina stood for President of Trentino,[9] supported by an autonomist coalition comprising also The People of Freedom (PdL), but was defeated by incumbent Dellai by a landslide.[10] LNT won 18.4% of the vote (combined result of the party's list, 14.1%, and Divina's personal list, 4.3%), passing the PdL (12.3%) in the Province and getting eight deputies elected, six from the party's list and two from Divina's list.[11][12]

In the 2013 general election the LNT lost its representation in the Chamber,[13] while Divina was re-elected to the Senate as the coalition's best loser, having lost in his single-seat constituency.[14] In the 2013 provincial election Fugatti, deprived of his parliamentary seat, ran for President, winning 6.6%[15] and 6.2% for the party.[16]

In the 2018 general election the party won 26.7% of the vote and obtained a record of five deputies, but no senators.

Contrarily to other regional sections of Lega Nord, the party scores better in general elections than in provincial elections, in which it suffers more competition by other regionalist parties, such as the Trentino Tyrolean Autonomist Party.

The electoral results of Lega Nord Trentino in the province of Trentino are shown in the table below.

1992 general1993 provincial1994 general1996 general1998 provincial1999 European2001 general2003 provincial2004 European2006 general2008 general2008 provincial
13.916.212.420.88.84.66.16.66.47.916.418.4[17]
2009 European2013 general2013 provincial2014 European2018 general
14.97.36.29.026.7

Leadership

  • National Secretary: Sergio Divina (1991–1995), Alessandro Savoi (1995–1999), Rolando Fontan (1999–2001), Denis Bertolini (2001–2003), Sergio Divina (2003–2005), Maurizio Fugatti (2005–2018), Mirko Bisesti (2018–present)
  • National President: Sergio Muraro (1992–1993), Gianbattista Sordo (1993–1995), Sergio Divina (1995–1999), Marco Tomasi (1999–2001), Lorenzo Conci (2001–2003), Alessandro Savoi (2005–present)

References

  1. 1 2 Nordsieck, Wolfram (2018). "Trentino/Italy". Parties and Elections in Europe. Retrieved 6 October 2018.
  2. ↑ http://www.consiglio.provincia.tn.it/consiglio/consiglieri_provinciali/consiglieri_rice.it.asp?pagetype=rice&id=18160&blank=Y
  3. ↑ http://archiviostorico.corriere.it/1993/settembre/11/Trento_leghista_indagato_tutta_macchinazione_co_0_93091110301.shtml
  4. ↑ https://www.consiglio.provincia.tn.it/istituzione/storia-del-consiglio/le-legislature/Pages/undicesima-1993-1998.aspx
  5. ↑ http://ricerca.repubblica.it/repubblica/archivio/repubblica/1995/06/20/eretica-vi-querelo-nella-lega.html
  6. ↑ https://web.archive.org/web/20151119020226/http://archiviostorico.corriere.it/1995/giugno/10/Eresia_espulsa_deputata_lumbarda_co_8_950610819.shtml
  7. ↑ http://www.confindustria.tn.it/confindustria/trento/TnInd.nsf/5dda8460c259b916c12571d500310229/651c41adf6955eacc12574ea002e7341?OpenDocument
  8. ↑ http://www.lavocedelnordest.eu/la-lega-nord-torna-primiero-alle-fiere-primavera-fugatti-pronto-le-provinciali-anche-le-primarie-nel-centrodestra
  9. ↑ "Elezioni di ottobre è Divina l'anti-Dellai - Trentino". Retrieved 2 March 2018.
  10. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-11-12. Retrieved 2008-10-11.
  11. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-11-12. Retrieved 2008-10-11.
  12. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2008-11-12. Retrieved 2008-10-11.
  13. ↑ "Dipartimento per gli Affari Interni e Territoriali". elezioni.interno.it. Retrieved 2 March 2018.
  14. ↑ "Dipartimento per gli Affari Interni e Territoriali". elezioni.interno.it. Retrieved 2 March 2018.
  15. ↑ S.R.l., DOTCOM. "Elezioni 2013 - Provincia autonoma di Trento". www.elezioni-2013.provincia.tn.it. Retrieved 2 March 2018.
  16. ↑ S.R.l., DOTCOM. "Elezioni 2013 - Provincia autonoma di Trento". www.elezioni-2013.provincia.tn.it. Retrieved 2 March 2018.
  17. ↑ Combined result of Lega Nord Trentino (14.1%) and Civica Divina (4.3%), personal list of LNT provincial leader Sergio Divina.
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