The Tyrolean Homeland Party (, THP) was a regionalist

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active in

South Tyrol South Tyrol ( , ; ; ), officially the Autonomous Province of Bolzano – South Tyrol, is an autonomous administrative division, autonomous provinces of Italy, province in northern Italy. Together with Trentino, South Tyrol forms the autonomo ...

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from 1963 to 1968. It was launched in 1963 by Josef Raffeiner, former secretary of the

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(SVP) from 1945 to 1947 and then Senator from 1948 to 1958, as a split of part of the

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and liberal-conservative wing of SVP. In the 1963 general election THP took about 4% in the Province and in the 1964 provincial election 2.4% (Raffeiner was elected to the Council). It was the first notable competition to the catch-all SVP for the German-speaking electorate. After that, the party shifted to the right, attracting disgruntled right-wing conservatives. This development was contrary to what Raffeiner had planned and he disbanded the THP in 1968.
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{{Reflist Defunct political parties in South Tyrol Conservative liberal parties Conservative parties in Italy Defunct nationalist parties in Italy German nationalist political parties Liberal conservative parties Liberal parties in Italy National conservative parties South Tyrolean nationalism