The Democratic Front ( it, Fronte Democratico, FD), is a heterogenous and mainly regional faction within the
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(PD), a
political party in Italy
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. The faction was launched by
Michele Emiliano, President of
Apulia, one of the 20
regions of Italy
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, and former Mayor of
Bari, in the run-up of the
2017 leadership election.
The FD includes
centrists,
Christian leftists,
social democrats,
democratic socialists, and
left-wing populists.
In the election Emiliano obtained 10.9% of the vote and lost to
Matteo Renzi
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(69.2%) and
Andrea Orlando (20.0%). However, Emiliano did well in
Southern Italy
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, obtaining 54.4% in Apulia, 24.4% in
Basilicata and 22.6% in
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I dati definitivi delle primarie: Renzi 70%, Orlando 19,5%, Emiliano 10,49%
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