The National Democratic Alliance ( it, Alleanza Democratica Nazionale, ADN) was a short-lived
liberal
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political party in Italy.
It was formed in March 1953 by disgruntled members of the
Italian Liberal Party
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(PLI), who did not agree with the new electoral law approved by the
Parliament
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with the support of their party.
Its leaders were
Epicarmo Corbino and
Giuseppe Nitti. Also non-Liberals joined:
Raffaele Terranova, a
Christian Democrat
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,
Franco Antonicelli
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, a
Republican
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, and
Andrea Finocchiaro Aprile
Andrea Finocchiaro Aprile (26 June 1878–14 January 1964) was an Italian politician.
Biography
He was born in Lercara Friddi on 26 June 1878 as the son of Camillo Finocchiaro Aprile, a liberal politician and several times minister, and the Sicil ...
, former leader of the
Sicilian Independentist Movement.
The party won 0.4% of the vote in the
1953 general election and soon after was disbanded, but obtained its goal: thanks to ADN and
Popular Unity, the governing coalition did not pass the 50% of the vote, which would have given to it a majority bonus (two-thirds of the seats in the
Chamber of Deputies).
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