The Lists of Slavs and Germans () was the collective name given to the

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representing Slovene and

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minorities in

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between

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and the

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. Most Slovene-speakers resided in the

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, most German-speakers in

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History

In the Julian March the list was organised by

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. In South Tyrol it consisted of the '' Deutscher Verband'' (DV), a political party formed by the merger of the

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'' (TVP) and the national-liberal '' Deutschfreiheitliche Partei'' (DFP); the DV was successively led by Eduard Reut-Nicolussi and Karl Tinzl. In the 1921 general election the Lists won a combined 1.3% of the vote and 9 seats in the

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.Piergiorgio Corbetta; Maria Serena Piretti (2009). ''Atlante storico-elettorale d'Italia''. Zanichelli,

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. In the 1924 general election the Lists won a combined 0.9% and 4 seats. In 1922 the Lists opposed the formation of

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government, which would forbid other languages and all the parties except the

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. Consequently, the Lists ceased to exist.

Election results

Chamber of Deputies

Results by districts

References

{{reflist Defunct political parties in Italy Political parties of minorities Banned political parties Defunct political parties in South Tyrol