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Parties and
Elections
in Europe |
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| Legislative elections:
Chamber
of Deputies, 5-year term, 4% threshold (coalitions 10%, within coalitions 2%,
several exceptions), party-list PR + majority bonus: |
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· President:
Giorgio Napolitano (PD) · Prime Minister: Enrico Letta (PD)
· Government: PD, PDL, SC, UDC |
| Party |
2013 |
Seats |
2008 |
Seats |
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Partito
Democratico (PD) 
Democratic Party |
Social democracy
Christian left
|
2007
|
25,4% |
297 |
33,2% |
217 |
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Sinistra Ecologia Libertą
(SEL)
Left
Ecology Freedom |
Democratic socialism
Eco-socialism
|
2010
|
3,2% |
37 |
- |
- |
 |
Centro
Democratico (CD)
Democratic Centre |
Centrism
Social
liberalism
|
2012
|
0,5% |
6 |
- |
- |
 |
Südtiroler Volkspartei (SVP)
South Tyrolean People's
Party |
German-Ladin minority
interests
Christian democracy
|
1945
EPP''
|
0,4% |
5 |
0,4% |
2 |
 |
Il
Popolo
della Libertą (PDL)
The
People of
Freedom
|
Liberal
conservatism
Christian democracy
|
2009
EPP
|
21,6% |
98 |
37,4% |
276 |
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Lega Nord (LN)
League
North |
Regionalism
Right-wing populism
|
1989
MELD
|
4,1% |
18 |
8,3% |
60 |
 |
Fratelli
d'Italia (FDI)
Brothers
of Italy |
National conservatism
|
2012
|
2,0% |
9 |
- |
- |
 |
Grande
Sud – MPA (GS)
Great
South – MPA (2008:
MPA) |
Regionalism
Christian
democracy
|
2011
|
0,4% |
- |
1,1% |
8 |
 |
Movimento
5 Stelle (MCS)
Five
Star Movement |
Anti-corruption politics
Participatory democracy
Environmentalism |
2009
|
25,6% |
109 |
- |
- |
 |
Scelta
Civica (SC)
Civic
Choice |
Centrism
Liberalism
|
2012
|
8,3% |
39 |
- |
- |
 |
Unione di Centro
(UDC)
Union of
the Centre |
Christian democracy
|
2002
EPP
CDI |
1,8% |
8 |
5,6% |
36 |
 |
Rivoluzione
Civile (RC)
Civil
Revolution (2008: SA) |
Anti-corruption
politics
Communism
Green politics |
2012
|
2,2% |
- |
3,1% |
- |
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Italia
dei Valori (IDV)
Italy of Values (affiliated to RC
in 2013) |
Anti-corruption
politics
Centrism
|
1998
ALDE
|
- |
- |
4,4% |
29 |
| Aosta Valley/Abroad |
- |
4 |
- |
2 |
| Others |
4,5% |
- |
6,5% |
- |
| Total |
- |
630 |
- |
630 |
| Turnout |
75,2% |
80,5% |
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