Lega Alpina Lumbarda Explained

Lombard Alpine League
Native Name:Lega Alpina Lumbarda
Country:Lombardy
Leader:Roberto Gremmo
Foundation:1992
Dissolution:1996
Merged:Lega per l'Autonomia – Alleanza Lombarda
Ideology:Federalism
Lombard regionalism
Position:Left-wing

Lega Alpina Lumbarda (Lombard Alpine League, LAL) was a left-wing regionalist political party in Italy, based in Lombardy. The party, an alternative to Lega Lombarda–Lega Nord, was led by Elidio De Paoli throughout its existence.

History

The party was founded in 1992 by De Paoli, a former blue-collar worker, local leader of the Marxist-Leninist League,[1] [2] and municipal councillor for the Greens in Brescia.[3] De Paoli was elected senator both in the 1992 general election (when the party won 2.1% in Lombardy)[4] and the 1994 general election (4.3%).[5]

For the 1996 general election the party joined forces with Alleanza Lombarda Autonomia (a 1989 split from Lega Lombarda, led by Angela Bossi and Pierangelo Brivio, sister and brother-in-law of Umberto Bossi respectively), forming Lega per l'Autonomia – Alleanza Lombarda.

In 2009, Lega Alpina Lumbarda, led by De Paoli, filed lists in some Lombard provincial elections. The list gained everywhere less than 1%.[6]

Popular support

The electoral results of the party in Lombardy are shown in the table below. For general elections the results always refer to the Senate.

1992 general1994 general1994 European1995 regional
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Notes and References

  1. Web site: De Paoli, il leghista "rosso": l' Unione? Non dura . Archiviostorico.corriere.it . 2014-07-16.
  2. Web site: La galassia marxista-leninista: la FEDERAZIONE MARXISTA-LENINISTA D'ITALIA . it . Lavoropolitico.it . 2014-07-16.
  3. Web site: L'ex operario - senatore: "Io, il primo a denunciare" . Archiviostorico.corriere.it . 2014-07-16.
  4. Web site: ::: Ministero dell'Interno ::: Archivio Storico delle Elezioni - Senato del 5 Aprile 1992 . Elezionistorico.interno.it . 2014-07-16.
  5. Web site: ::: Ministero dell'Interno ::: Archivio Storico delle Elezioni - Senato del 27 Marzo 1994 . Elezionistorico.interno.it . 2014-07-16.
  6. Web site: ::: Ministero dell'Interno ::: Archivio Storico delle Elezioni - Comunali del 7 Giugno 2009 . Elezionistorico.interno.it . 2014-07-16.