1996 Italian Senate election in Lombardy

1996 Italian Senate election in Lombardy

← 1994 April 21, 1996 2001 →
All 47 Lombard seats in the Italian Senate
Majority party Minority party   Leader Romano Prodi Silvio Berlusconi Party The Olive Tree Forza Italia Alliance The Olive Tree Pole for Freedoms Last election 19 seats, 34.2% 27 seats, 57.2% Seats won 19 16 Seat change +6 Popular vote 1,924,113 1,853,453 Percentage 33.7% 32.8% Swing -0.5% -10.8%
Majority before election Pole of Freedoms New Plurality The Olive Tree

Lombardy renewed its delegation to the Italian Senate on April 21, 1996. This election was a part of national Italian general election of 1996 even if, according to the Italian Constitution, every senatorial challenge in each Region is a single and independent race.

The election was won by the centre-left coalition called The Olive Tree.

Electoral system[]

The intricate electoral system introduced in 1993, called Mattarella Law, provided 75% of the seats in the Senate as elected by first-past-the-post system, whereas the remaining 25% was assigned by a special proportional method that actually assigned the remaining seats to minority parties.

Results[]

Coalition	votes	votes (%)	seats	Party	seats	change
The Olive Tree	1,928,868	34.2	19	Democratic Party of the Left	11	8
				Italian People's Party	4	1
				Federation of the Greens	2	2
				Italian Renewal	1	1
				Italian Republican Party	1	1
Pole for Freedoms	1,853,453	32.8	16	Forza Italia	10	1
				National Alliance	5	4
				Federalist Party	1	1
Northern League	1,376,124	24.4	11	Northern League	11	15
Alliance of Progressives	50,235	0.9	1	Communist Refoundation Party	1	1
Others	437,745	7.7	-	Others	-	-
Total coalitions	5,646,425	100.0	47	Total parties	47	=

Sources: Ministry of the Interior, Italian Senate

Constituencies[]

N°	Constituency	Winner	Alliance	Party	Votes %	Losers
1	Milan Central	Carlo Scognamiglio	Pole for Freedoms	Forza Italia	47.9%	G. Bianchini (Olive) 35.2% L. Rossi (League) 10.9%
2	Milan East		Pole for Freedoms	Forza Italia	46.4%	(Olive) 36.2% G. Galimberti (League) 11.5%
3	Milan West		Pole for Freedoms	National Alliance	46.5%	(Olive) 35.4% P. Arpesani (League) 11.7%
4	Milan South		Pole for Freedoms	Forza Italia	41.5%	(Olive) 38.6% M. Bedoni (League) 13.1%
5	Milan North	Leopoldo Elia		Italian People's Party	43.6%	L. Strik (Pannella) 23.1% M. Frigerio (League) 16.4%
6	Sesto San Giovanni	Antonio Pizzinato		Democratic Party of the Left	42.7%	(Pole) 38.1% C. Pedrazzini (League) 12.9%
7	Lodi			Democratic Party of the Left	39.7%	(Pole) 34.8% G. Finaguerra (League) 17.2%
8	Rozzano	Carlo Smuraglia		Democratic Party of the Left	40.8%	(Pole) 40.1% G. Lombardi (League) 12.7%
9	Abbiategrasso		Pole for Freedoms	National Alliance	34.4%	F. Bonetti (Olive) 33.0% G. Gadda (League) 25.5%
10	Rho			Federation of the Greens	36.5%	F. Tofoni (Pole) 34.9% G. Carnovali (League) 23.6%
11	Bollate			Democratic Party of the Left	38.1%	P. Balzano (Pole) 34.0% E. Busnelli (League) 21.5%
12	Cinisello Balsamo	Patrizia Toia		Italian People's Party	43.8%	(Pole) 35.0% G. Tronconi (League) 15.2%
13	Seregno		Pole for Freedoms	Forza Italia	36.3%	M. Pulcini (Olive) 29.8% C. Monti (League) 27.6%
14	Monza	Alfredo Mantica	Pole for Freedoms	National Alliance	38.1%	(Olive) 37.0% E. Merlo (League) 19.3%
15	Melzo			Democratic Party of the Left	41.6%	M. Staglieno (Pole) 33.4% S. Motta (League) 19.4%
16	Cologno Monzese			Federation of the Greens	40.2%	(Pole) 39.0% C. Marchini (League) 13.8%
17	Varese		Pole for Freedoms	National Alliance	33.1%	M. Astuti (Olive) 29.9% (League) 29.7%
18	Gallarate		Northern League	Northern League	34.6%	G. Martinoli (Olive) 29.9% G. Margutti (Pole) 29.2%
19	Busto Arsizio		Pole for Freedoms	Forza Italia	32.8%	Francesco Speroni (League) 32.0% M. Maggioni (Olive) 29.2%
20	Como	Gianfranco Miglio	Pole for Freedoms	Federalist Party	35.2%	G. Peruzzo (Olive) 29.3% G. Ostinelli (League) 27.2%
21	Cantù		Northern League	Northern League	32.3%	G. Manfredi (Pole) 31.3% P. Giovanni (Olive) 29.5%
22	Brescia			Democratic Party of the Left	38.9%	R. Conti (Pole) 30.6% G. Giudici (League) 24.7%
23	Lumezzane		Northern League	Northern League	41.8%	A. Gregorelli (Olive) 30.9% L. Becchetti (Pole) 25.4%
24	Desenzano del Garda	Giovanni Bruni		Italian Renewal	33.1%	Massimo Wilde (League) 31.0% I. Formentini (Pole) 28.4%
25	Chiari		Northern League	Northern League	32.9%	B. Mazzotti (Olive) 32.3% G.Gei (Pole) 27.8%
26	Suzzara		Alliance of Progressives	Communist Refoundation Party	34.3%	F. Marenghi (Pole) 30.5% I. Maffini (League) 24.7%
27	Mantua			Democratic Party of the Left	43.9%	R. Freddi (Pole) 28.3% A. Cattaneo (League) 20.2%
28	Cremona			Italian People's Party	38.7%	G. Galli (Pole) 31.9% B. Bruttomesso (League) 21.8%
29	Pavia			Democratic Party of the Left	37.0%	G. Beccaria (Pole) 34.6% L. Verderio (League) 19.2%
30	Vigevano		Pole for Freedoms	Forza Italia	37.8%	C. Broli (Olive) 34.6% G. Desigis (League) 19.3%
31	Bergamo			Italian People's Party	32.3%	Sergio Rossi (League) 31.9% L. Caputo (Pole) 29.1%
32	Albino	Vito Gnutti	Northern League	Northern League	44.8%	G. Giupponi (Olive) 26.7% G. Bettera (Pole) 22.3%
33	Treviglio		Northern League	Northern League	35.5%	L. Gelpi (Olive) 29.5% M. Signorelli (Pole) 27.7%
34	Sondrio		Northern League	Northern League	36.8%	M. Gallo (Pole) 28.6% R. Pedrini (Olive) 27.0%
35	Lecco	Roberto Castelli	Northern League	Northern League	33.3%	V. Addis (Olive) 32.9% P. Fiocchi (Pole) 27.1%

Additional senators[]

• Pole for Freedoms

1. (National Alliance, 40.1%)
2. (Forza Italia, 39.0%)
3. (Forza Italia, 38.1%)
4. (Forza Italia, 35.0%)
5. (Forza Italia, 34.8%)

• The Olive Tree

1. (Italian Republican Party, 38.6%)
2. (Democratic Party of the Left, 37.0%)
3. (Democratic Party of the Left, 36.2%)
4. (Democratic Party of the Left, 35.4%)

• Lega Nord

1. Francesco Speroni (Lega Nord, 32.0%)^[1]
2. Sergio Rossi (Lega Nord, 31.9%)
3. Massimo Wilde (Lega Nord, 31.0%)

Notes[]