Italian Senate election in Lombardy, 1996

Italian Senate election in Lombardy, 1996

April 21, 1996

All 47 Lombard seats in the Italian Senate   Majority party Minority party   Leader Romano Prodi Silvio Berlusconi Party The Olive Tree Forza Italia Alliance The Olive Tree Pole of Freedoms & Pole of Good Government Last election 19 seats, 34.2% 27 seats, 57.2% Seats won 19 16 Seat change -7 +6 Popular vote 1,924,113 2,557,622 Percentage 33.7% 44.8% Swing -0.5% -12.4%

Majority before election Pole of Freedoms New Plurality The Olive Tree

Lombardy renewed its delegation to the Italian Senate on April 21, 1996. This election was a part of national Italian general election of 1996 even if, according to the Italian Constitution, every senatorial challenge in each Region is a single and independent race.

The election was won by the centre-left coalition called The Olive Tree.

Electoral system

The intricate electoral system introduced in 1993, called Mattarella Law, provided 75% of the seats in the Senate as elected by first-past-the-post system, whereas the remaining 25% was assigned by a special proportional method that actually assigned the remaining seats to minority parties.

Results

Coalitions	votes	votes (%)	seats	Parties	seats	change
The Olive Tree	1,928,868	34.2	19	Democratic Party of the Left	12	+
				Italian People's Party	4	+
				Federation of the Greens	2	=
				Italian Renewal	1	=
Pole for Freedoms	1,853,453	32.8	16	Forza Italia	10	-
				National Alliance	5	-
				Federalist Party	1	+
Lega Nord	1,376,124	24.4	11	Lega Nord	11
Alliance of Progressives	50,235	0.9	1	Communist Refoundation Party	1
Others	437,745	7.7	-	Others	-	-
Total coalitions	5,646,425	100.0	47	Total parties	47	=

Sources: Ministry of the Interior, Italian Senate

Constituencies

N°	Constituency	Winner	Alliance	Party	Votes %	Losers
1	Milan Central	Carlo Scognamiglio		Forza Italia	47.9%	G. Bianchini (Olive) 35.2% L. Rossi (League) 10.9%
2	Milan East	Saverio Vertone		Forza Italia	46.4%	Vera Squarcialupi (Olive) 36.2% G. Galimberti (League) 11.5%
3	Milan West	Riccardo De Corato		National Alliance	46.5%	Felice Besostri (Olive) 35.4% P. Arpesani (League) 11.7%
4	Milan South	Roberto Lasagna		Forza Italia	41.5%	Antonio Duva (Olive) 38.6% M. Bedoni (League) 13.1%
5	Milan North	Leopoldo Elia		Italian People's Party	43.6%	L. Strik (Pannella) 23.1% M. Frigerio (League) 16.4%
6	Sesto San Giovanni	Antonio Pizzinato		Democratic Party of the Left	42.7%	Sergio Travaglia (Pole) 38.1% C. Pedrazzini (League) 12.9%
7	Lodi	Gianni Piatti		Democratic Party of the Left	39.7%	Michele Bucci (Pole) 34.8% G. Finaguerra (League) 17.2%
8	Rozzano	Carlo Smuraglia		Democratic Party of the Left	40.8%	Antonino Caruso (Pole) 40.1% G. Lombardi (League) 12.7%
9	Abbiategrasso	Francesco Servello		National Alliance	34.4%	F. Bonetti (Olive) 33.0% G. Gadda (League) 25.5%
10	Rho	Fiorello Cortiana		Federation of the Greens	36.5%	F. Tofoni (Pole) 34.9% G. Carnovali (League) 23.6%
11	Bollate	Ornella Piloni		Democratic Party of the Left	38.1%	P. Balzano (Pole) 34.0% E. Busnelli (League) 21.5%
12	Cinisello Balsamo	Patrizia Toia		Italian People's Party	43.8%	Enrico Rizzi (Pole) 35.0% G. Tronconi (League) 15.2%
13	Seregno	Ettore Rotelli		Forza Italia	36.3%	M. Pulcini (Olive) 29.8% C. Monti (League) 27.6%
14	Monza	Alfredo Mantica		National Alliance	38.1%	Anna Maria Bernasconi (Olive) 37.0% E. Merlo (League) 19.3%
15	Melzo	Loris Maconi		Democratic Party of the Left	41.6%	M. Staglieno (Pole) 33.4% S. Motta (League) 19.4%
16	Cologno Monzese	Natale Ripamonti		Federation of the Greens	40.2%	Enrico Pianetta (Pole) 39.0% C. Marchini (League) 13.8%
17	Varese	Piero Pellicini		National Alliance	33.1%	M. Astuti (Olive) 29.9% Giuseppe Leoni (League) 29.7%
18	Gallarate	Luigi Peruzzotti		Lega Nord	34.6%	G. Martinoli (Olive) 29.9% G. Margutti (Pole) 29.2%
19	Busto Arsizio	Antonio Tomassini		Forza Italia	32.8%	Francesco Speroni (League) 32.0% M. Maggioni (Olive) 29.2%
20	Como	Gianfranco Miglio		Federalist Party	35.2%	G. Peruzzo (Olive) 29.3% G. Ostinelli (League) 27.2%
21	Cantù	Elia Manara		Lega Nord	32.3%	G. Manfredi (Pole) 31.3% P. Giovanni (Olive) 29.5%
22	Brescia	Alessandro Pardini		Democratic Party of the Left	38.9%	R. Conti (Pole) 30.6% G. Giudici (League) 24.7%
23	Lumezzane	Francesco Tabladini		Lega Nord	41.8%	A. Gregorelli (Olive) 30.9% L. Becchetti (Pole) 25.4%
24	Desenzano del Garda	Giovanni Bruni		Italian Renewal	33.1%	Massimo Wilde (League) 31.0% I. Formentini (Pole) 28.4%
25	Chiari	Francesco Tirelli		Lega Nord	32.9%	B. Mazzotti (Olive) 32.3% G.Gei (Pole) 27.8%
26	Suzzara	Piergiorgio Bergonzi		Communist Refoundation Party	34.3%	F. Marenghi (Pole) 30.5% I. Maffini (League) 24.7%
27	Mantua	Roberto Borroni		Democratic Party of the Left	43.9%	R. Freddi (Pole) 28.3% A. Cattaneo (League) 20.2%
28	Cremona	Angelo Rescaglio		Italian People's Party	38.7%	G. Galli (Pole) 31.9% B. Bruttomesso (League) 21.8%
29	Pavia	Tullio Montagna		Democratic Party of the Left	37.0%	G. Beccaria (Pole) 34.6% L. Verderio (League) 19.2%
30	Vigevano	Domenico Contestabile		Forza Italia	37.8%	C. Broli (Olive) 34.6% G. Desigis (League) 19.3%
31	Bergamo	Giovanni Zilio		Italian People's Party	32.3%	Sergio Rossi (League) 31.9% L. Caputo (Pole) 29.1%
32	Albino	Vito Gnutti		Lega Nord	44.8%	G. Giupponi (Olive) 26.7% G. Bettera (Pole) 22.3%
33	Treviglio	Massimo Dolazza		Lega Nord	35.5%	L. Gelpi (Olive) 29.5% M. Signorelli (Pole) 27.7%
34	Sondrio	Fiorello Provera		Lega Nord	36.8%	M. Gallo (Pole) 28.6% R. Pedrini (Olive) 27.0%
35	Lecco	Roberto Castelli		Lega Nord	33.3%	V. Addis (Olive) 32.9% P. Fiocchi (Pole) 27.1%

Additional senators

• Pole for Freedoms

1. Antonino Caruso (National Alliance, 40.1%)
2. Enrico Pianetta (Forza Italia, 39.0%)
3. Sergio Travaglia (Forza Italia, 38.1%)
4. Enrico Rizzi (Forza Italia, 35.0%)
5. Michele Bucci (Forza Italia, 34.8%)

• The Olive Tree

1. Antonio Duva (Democratic Party of the Left, 38.6%)
2. Anna Maria Bernasconi (Democratic Party of the Left, 37.0%)
3. Vera Squarcialupi (Democratic Party of the Left, 36.2%)
4. Felice Besostri (Democratic Party of the Left, 35.4%)

• Lega Nord

1. Francesco Speroni (Lega Nord, 32.0%)^[1]
2. Sergio Rossi (Lega Nord, 31.9%)
3. Massimo Wilde (Lega Nord, 31.0%)

Notes

1. He resigned in 1999 when he became MEP. He was then substituted by Giuseppe Leoni.