The Sunflower () was an
electoral alliance
An electoral alliance (also known as a bipartisan electoral agreement, electoral pact, electoral agreement, electoral coalition or electoral bloc) is an association of political parties or individuals that exists solely to stand in elections.
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of two
Italian
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centre-left parties for the
2001 Italian general election
The 2001 Italian general election was held in Italy on 13 May 2001 to elect members of the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate of the Republic. The election was won by the centre-right coalition House of Freedoms led by Silvio Berlusconi, defea ...
, namely:
*
Federation of the Greens
The Federation of the Greens (, FdV), frequently referred to as Greens (''Verdi''), was a green political party in Italy. It was formed in 1990 by the merger of the Federation of Green Lists and the Rainbow Greens.
The FdV was part of the Eur ...
(''Federazione dei Verdi'')
*
Italian Democratic Socialists
The Italian Democratic Socialists (, SDI) was a social-democratic political party in Italy. The party was the direct continuation of the Italian Socialists, the legal successor of the historical Italian Socialist Party. The Italian Democrati ...
(''Socialisti Democratici Italiani'', SDI)
The Sunflower was founded to benefit from the
proportional list voting system employed in the election; however, the member parties received too few votes to benefit from their alliance. They did manage to enter parliament via its participation on the
Olive Tree
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list, however, so the electoral alliance was disbanded soon afterwards.
Defunct political party alliances in Italy
2001 establishments in Italy
Political parties established in 2001
Federation of the Greens
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