Ladins Dolomites was a minor

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representing the Ladin-speaking minority in

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History

The party, whose original name was Ladins Political Movement (, MPL), was founded in the early 1990s by

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, president of the General Union of Ladins of the Dolomites from 1983 to 1986. The party obtained provincial representation in the 1993 provincial election (2.0% of the vote and 1 seat, for Willeit himself) and in 1998 provincial election (3.6% of the vote, in a joint list with the

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, and 1 seat). After that, the party failed to have any elects both in the

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and

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(1.4% and 1.1%, respectively). In 2008 the party took its final name. In the 2013 provincial election LD ran within a three-party list, along with the Citizens' Union for South Tyrol and We South Tyroleans. The coalition won 2.1% of the vote and

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, leader of the Citizens' Union, was its sole elect to the Provincial Council. In Ladin areas the coalition did worse than LD alone in 2008.

References

External links

Official website
{{Webarchive, url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080920080239/http://www.ladins.biz/ , date=2008-09-20 Ladinia Political parties in South Tyrol