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The Building Democracy (''Costruire Democrazia'') is a
political party A political party is an organization that coordinates candidates to compete in a particular area's elections. It is common for the members of a party to hold similar ideas about politics, and parties may promote specific political ideology, ...
based in
Molise Molise ( , ; ; , ) is a Regions of Italy, region in Southern Italy. Until 1963, it formed part of the region of Abruzzi e Molise together with Abruzzo. The split, which did not become effective until 1970, makes Molise the newest region in Ital ...
,
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.


History

The party was founded in September 2009 by the lawyer Massimo Romano, former member of
Italy of Values Italy of Values (, IdV) is a populist and anti-corruption political party in Italy. The party was founded in 1998 by former ''Mani pulite'' prosecutor Antonio Di Pietro, who entered politics in 1996 and finally left the party in 2014. IdV has ai ...
. In 2011 Romano ran in the primary elections to choose the centre-left candidate for president, which Frattura later won. In the
2011 Molise regional election The Molise regional election of 2011 took place on 16–17 October 2011. Michele Iorio ( PdL) narrowly defeated Paolo Di Laura Frattura ( PD) and secured a third consecutive term as President of Molise. In May 2012 a tribunal declared the ...
, Building Democracy, within the
centre-left coalition The centre-left coalition () is a political alliance of political parties in Italy active under several forms and names since 1995, when The Olive Tree was formed under the leadership of Romano Prodi. The centre-left coalition has ruled the c ...
, won 4.23% of the vote and one seat (assigned to Romano). The party took part in the
2013 Italian general election General elections were held in Italy on 24 and 25 February 2013 to determine the 630 members of the Chamber of Deputies (Italy), Chamber of Deputies and the 315 elective members of the Senate of the Republic (Italy), Senate of the Republic for ...
, obtaining only 2,635 votes for the Senate. In the same year, it also took part in the
2013 Molise regional election The Molise regional election of 2013 took place on 24–25 February 2013, after that the 2011–2016 legislature was prematurely dissolved due to irregularities in the 2011 Molise regional election, 2011 regional election. Paolo di Laura Frattur ...
within a coalition of civic lists, obtaining 5.07% of the vote and one seat (assigned, in this occasion, to Filippo Monaco). After a period of inactivity, Building Democracy participates again in the 2023 Molise regional election, within the centre-left coalition, obtaining 5.73% of the votes and one seat (won by the leader Massimo Romano).Regionali Molise consiglieri eletti. Ecco come sarà composto il consiglio regionale: tutti i nomi
/ref> In the 2024 local elections, Building Democracy presents its two mayoral candidates in the cities of
Campobasso Campobasso (, ; ) is a city and ''comune'' in southern Italy, the capital of the region of Molise and of the province of Campobasso. It is located in the high basin of the Biferno river, surrounded by Sannio and Matese mountains. Campobas ...
and
Termoli Termoli ( Molisano: ''Térmëlë'') is a ''comune'' (municipality) on the south Adriatic coast of Italy, in the province of Campobasso, region of Molise. It has a population of around 32,000, having expanded quickly after World War II, and it is a ...
. In Campobasso, the mayoral candidate of Costruire Democracy, Pino Ruta, supported by a civic coalition formed by Costruire Democracy, Civic Confederation and Unica Terra, obtained 19.9% and did not reach the run-off. Building Democracy gets 9.8%. During the runoff, Pino Ruta's coalition supported the center-left mayoral candidate Marialuisa Forte, winning and obtaining 4 seats in the city council and 3 assessors, including the deputy mayor. Instead, in Termoli, presenting its mayoral candidate Settimio Andrea Montesanto, Building Democracy obtained 3.6%, barely exceeding the threshold of 4%.


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