The Italian general election of 1996 took place on 21 April 1996. In

Veneto Veneto, officially the Region of Veneto, is one of the 20 regions of Italy, located in the Northeast Italy, north-east of the country. It is the fourth most populous region in Italy, with a population of 4,851,851 as of 2025. Venice is t ...

the election was narrowly won by the centre-left

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coalition, which won also nationally, but

Liga Veneta Liga Veneta (; ; abbr. LV), whose complete name is (), is a regionalist political party active in Veneto. The LV, whose ideology combines Venetian nationalism and support for fiscal federalism, was established in 1979 under the slogan "farthe ...

–

Lega Nord Lega Nord (LN; ), whose complete name is (), is a right-wing politics, right-wing, federalism, federalist, populism, populist and conservatism, conservative list of political parties in Italy, political party in Italy. In the run-up to the 201 ...

was the most voted party in the region: 32.8% in

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and 29.3% among

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Results

Chamber of Deputies

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Progressives Progressivism is a left-leaning political philosophy and reform movement that seeks to advance the human condition through social reform. Adherents hold that progressivism has universal application and endeavor to spread this idea to human so ...

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Democratic Party of the Left The Democratic Party of the Left (, PDS) was a democratic-socialist and social-democratic political party in Italy. Founded in February 1991 as the post-communist evolution of the Italian Communist Party, the party was the largest in the A ...

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Communist Refoundation Party The Communist Refoundation Party (, PRC) is a Communism, communist List of political parties in Italy, political party in Italy that emerged from a split of the Italian Communist Party (PCI) in 1991. The party's secretary is Maurizio Acerbo, who r ...

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Italian Renewal Italian Renewal (, RI) was a centrist and liberal political party in Italy. The party was a member of The Olive Tree and centre-left coalition, while also affiliated to the European People's Party from 1998 to 2004. History Originally the D ...

Socialists Socialism is an economic and political philosophy encompassing diverse economic and social systems characterised by social ownership of the means of production, as opposed to private ownership. It describes the economic, political, and socia ...

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Federation of the Greens The Federation of the Greens (, FdV), frequently referred to as Greens (''Verdi''), was a green political party in Italy. It was formed in 1990 by the merger of the Federation of Green Lists and the Rainbow Greens. The FdV was part of the Eur ...

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Pole of Freedoms The Pole of Freedoms () was a centre-right political and electoral alliance in Italy, launched at the 1994 general election by Silvio Berlusconi. Its counterpart in central and southern Italy was the Pole of Good Government, both forming the f ...

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Forza Italia (FI; ) was a centre-right liberal-conservative political party in Italy, with Christian democratic,Chiara Moroni, , Carocci, Rome 2008 liberalOreste Massari, ''I partiti politici nelle democrazie contempoiranee'', Laterza, Rome-Bari 2004 (esp ...

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North-East Union The North-East Union (''Unione Nord-Est'') was a Venetian nationalism, Venetist list of political parties in Italy, political party active in Veneto. The party was formed in 1996 by splinters from Liga Veneta–Lega Nord led by Adriano Bertaso, a ...

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, align="right", 63,934 , align="right", 2.0 , align="right", - , rowspan="1" align="right", - , rowspan="1" align="right", - , - , rowspan="1" align="left",

Tricolour Flame The Social Movement Tricolour Flame (, MSFT), commonly known as Tricolour Flame (''Fiamma Tricolore''), is a neo-fascist political party in Italy. History The party was started by the more radical members of the Fascist Italian Social Movement ...

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, align="right", 9,780 , align="right", 0.3 , align="right", - , rowspan="1" align="right", - , rowspan="1" align="right", - , - , rowspan="1" align="left", Others , rowspan="1" align="right", 20,302 , rowspan="1" align="right", 0.6 , rowspan="1" align="right", - , rowspan="1" align="left", others , align="right", 9,490 , align="right", 0.3 , align="right", - , rowspan="1" align="right", - , rowspan="1" align="right", - , - , - bgcolor="#E9E9E9" !rowspan="1" align="left" valign="top", Total coalitions !rowspan="1" align="right" valign="top", 3,141,181 !rowspan="1" align="right" valign="top", 100.0 !rowspan="1" align="right" valign="top", 37 !rowspan="1" align="left" valign="top", Total parties !rowspan="1" align="right" valign="top", 3,170,835 !rowspan="1" align="right" valign="top", 100.0 !rowspan="1" align="right" valign="top", 13 !rowspan="1" align="right" valign="top", 13 !rowspan="1" align="right" valign="top", 50 Source
Regional Council of Veneto
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Provincial breakdown

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Regional Council of Veneto
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Senate

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, rowspan="1" align="right" valign=top, 840,404 , rowspan="1" align="right" valign=top, 30.4 , rowspan="1" align="right" valign=top, 1 , rowspan="1" align="right" valign=top, 3 , rowspan="1" align="right" valign=top, 4 , - , rowspan="1" align="left",

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, rowspan="1" align="right" valign=top, 72,541 , rowspan="1" align="right" valign=top, 2.6 , rowspan="1" align="right" valign=top, - , rowspan="1" align="right" valign=top, - , rowspan="1" align="right" valign=top, - , - , rowspan="1" align="left",

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Regional Council of Veneto
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