Lega Padana Explained

Colorcode:Green
Padanian League
Native Name:Lega Padana
Leader1 Title:Secretary
Leader1 Name:Gianluca Noccetti
Foundation:8 February 1999
Headquarters:Via San Donato, 55
10144 Turin
Ideology:Separatism
Padanism
Seats1 Title:Chamber of Deputies
Seats2 Title:Senate
Seats3 Title:European Parliament
Website:www.legapadana.it
Country:Italy

Lega Padana (Padanian League) is a Padanist and separatist political party founded in 1999 and active mainly in Piedmont, Italy.

In the 2009 provincial elections, the piedmontese section of the party, the Piedmont Padanian League (Lega Padana Piemont) obtained 1.1% of the vote in the Province of Alessandria[1] and 1.0% in the Province of Turin.[2] Renzo Rabellino, who was a joint-candidate of several small parties, won 3.5% of the vote and he was elected to the Provincial Council of Turin.[3] In the 2010 Piedmontese regional election Rabellino ran for president and gained 1.7%.[4] In 2011 Turin municipal election the candidate supported by LPP, Domenico Coppola, won 3.6% of the vote.[5] Coppola, who had been elected to the Municipal Council, died a few days later the election.[6]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ministero dell'Interno - Elezioni e Referendum . 2010-02-07 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090625190838/http://amministrative.interno.it/amministrative/amm090621/P002.htm . 2009-06-25 .
  2. Web site: Ministero dell'Interno - Elezioni e Referendum . 2010-02-07 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090625215212/http://amministrative.interno.it/amministrative/amm090621/P081.htm . 2009-06-25 .
  3. Web site: Provincia di Torino - Organi, Consiglio provinciale.
  4. Web site: Eligendo Archivio - Ministero dell'Interno DAIT.
  5. Web site: Comune di TORINO (TORINO) - Elezioni Comunali del 15 - 16 maggio 2011 - Ministero dell'Interno . 2011-06-06 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110519070140/http://comunali.interno.it/comunali/amm110515/C0812620.htm . 2011-05-19 .
  6. Web site: Morto Domenico Coppola, eletto consigliere a Torino tra le polemiche - Il Messaggero . www.ilmessaggero.it . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110523071748/http://www.ilmessaggero.it/articolo_app.php?id=38656&sez=HOME_INITALIA&npl=&desc_sez= . 2011-05-23.