Lega Nord Emilia
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Lega Nord Emilia is a regionalist
Regionalism (politics)
Regionalism is a term used in international relations. Regionalism also constitutes one of the three constituents of the international commercial system...
political party in Italy active in the Emilian
Emilia (region of Italy)
Emilia is a historical region of northern Italy which approximately corresponds to the western and north-eastern portions of today’s Emilia-Romagna region...
part of Emilia-Romagna
Emilia-Romagna
Emilia–Romagna is an administrative region of Northern Italy comprising the two historic regions of Emilia and Romagna. The capital is Bologna; it has an area of and about 4.4 million inhabitants....
. It is one of the 13 "national" sections forming Lega Nord.
History
The party was founded in 1989 by Giorgio Conca, a leading member of Lega LombardaLega Lombarda
Lega Lombarda is a regionalist political party active in Lombardy. Led by Giancarlo Giorgetti, the party is the second largest in the region....
at the time, and Carla Uccelli, as Emilian-Romagna League (Lega Emiliano-Romagnola, thus comprising also Romagna
Romagna
Romagna is an Italian historical region that approximately corresponds to the south-eastern portion of present-day Emilia-Romagna. Traditionally, it is limited by the Apennines to the south-west, the Adriatic to the east, and the rivers Reno and Sillaro to the north and west...
). Soon after the party was joined by Fabio Dosi, who was elected secretary.
The party participated to the 1989 European Parliament election
European Parliament election, 1989
The 1989 European Parliamentary Election was a European election held across the 12 European Community member states in June 1989. It was third European election but the first time that Spain and Portugal voted at the same time as the other members...
as part of the coalition Lega Lombarda – Alleanza Nord
Lega Lombarda – Alleanza Nord
Lega Lombarda – Alleanza Nord was an electoral alliance for the 1989 European Parliament election in Italy.It was composed by six regionalist parties representative of six Northern regions:*Lega Lombarda*Liga Veneta...
. In 1989–1990 it took part in the process of federating the Northern regionalist parties, ahead of the regional elections, taking the current name. Since then it is one of the two regional sections of Lega Nord in Emilia-Romagna, the other being Lega Nord Romagna
Lega Nord Romagna
Lega Nord Romagna is a regionalist political party in Italy active in the Romagna, part of Emilia-Romagna. It is one of the two regional sections of Lega Nord in Emilia-Romagna, the other being Lega Nord Emilia....
.
The current national secretary is Angelo Alessandri
Angelo Alessandri
Angelo Alessandri is the leader of Lega Nord Emilia and federal president of Lega Nord ....
, who is also federal president of Lega Nord. In the 2008 general election
Italian general election, 2008
A snap general election was held in Italy on 13 April and 14 April 2008. The election came after President Giorgio Napolitano dissolved parliament on 6 February 2008 following the defeat of the government of Prime Minister Romano Prodi in a January 2008 Senate vote, and the unsuccessful tentative...
the party elected four deputies (including Alessandri himself and Gianluca Pini, leader of Lega Nord Romagna) and two senators (including the leader of Extreme South and Deputy-Mayor of Lampedusa
Lampedusa
Lampedusa is the largest island of the Italian Pelagie Islands in the Mediterranean Sea. The comune of Lampedusa e Linosa is part of the Sicilian province of Agrigento which also includes the smaller islands of Linosa and Lampione. It is the southernmost part of Italy. Tunisia, which is about ...
Angela Maraventano
Angela Maraventano
Angela Maraventano is an Italian politician, senator of Northern League elected in Emilia-Romagna during the election of 2008. She was deputy-mayor of Lampedusa from May 2007 to January 2009....
). It controls also four seats in the Regional Council of Emilia-Romagna.
Popular support
Lega Nord is much stronger in EmilianEmilia (region of Italy)
Emilia is a historical region of northern Italy which approximately corresponds to the western and north-eastern portions of today’s Emilia-Romagna region...
provinces than in Romagna
Romagna
Romagna is an Italian historical region that approximately corresponds to the south-eastern portion of present-day Emilia-Romagna. Traditionally, it is limited by the Apennines to the south-west, the Adriatic to the east, and the rivers Reno and Sillaro to the north and west...
: in the 2010 regional election
Emilia-Romagna regional election, 2010
The Emilia-Romagna regional election of 2010 took place on 28–29 March 2010.The two-term incumbent President of the Region, Vasco Errani of the centre-left Democratic Party defeated Anna Maria Bernini and Gian Luca Galletti .Errani and the Democrats lost ground to the...
it won 22.0% in Piacenza
Province of Piacenza
The Province of Piacenza is a province in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Piacenza.The province has 273,689 inhabitants . Its total area is 2,589 km². There are 48 comuni in the province, see Comuni of the Province of Piacenza...
, 17.8% in Parma
Province of Parma
The Province of Parma is a province in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Parma.It has an area of 3,449 km², and a total population of 413,198...
, 14.6% in Reggio Emilia
Province of Reggio Emilia
The Province of Reggio Emilia is one of the eight provinces of the Italian Region of Emilia-Romagna. The capital city, which is the most densely populated comune in the Province, is Reggio Emilia....
, 15.5% in Modena
Province of Modena
The Province of Modena is a province in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Modena.It has an area of 2,689 km², and a total population of 659,925 . There are 48 comuni in the province, see Comuni of the Province of Modena.At May 31, 2005, the main comuni by population...
, 9.6% in Bologna
Province of Bologna
The Province of Bologna is a province in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Bologna.-Geography:It has an area of 3,702 km², and a total population of 991,647 . There are 60 comuni in the province, see Comuni of the Province of Bologna...
and 13.7% in Ferrara
Province of Ferrara
The Province of Ferrara is a province in the Emilia-Romagna region of Italy. Its capital is the city of Ferrara.It has an area of 2,632 km², about two thirds of the area of the U.S. State of Rhode Island, and a total population of about 350,000 . There are 26 comuni in the province , see...
.
The combined electoral results of Lega Nord Emilia and Lega Nord Romagna
Lega Nord Romagna
Lega Nord Romagna is a regionalist political party in Italy active in the Romagna, part of Emilia-Romagna. It is one of the two regional sections of Lega Nord in Emilia-Romagna, the other being Lega Nord Emilia....
in Emilia-Romagna
Emilia-Romagna
Emilia–Romagna is an administrative region of Northern Italy comprising the two historic regions of Emilia and Romagna. The capital is Bologna; it has an area of and about 4.4 million inhabitants....
are shown in the table below.
| 1990 regional | 1992 general | 1994 general | 1995 regional | 1996 general | 1999 European | 2000 regional | 2001 general | 2004 European | 2005 regional | 2006 general | 2008 general | 2009 European | 2010 regional |
| 2.9 | 9.6 | 6.4 | 3.4 | 7.2 | 3.0 | 2.6 | 3.3 | 3.4 | 4.8 | 3.9 | 7.8 | 11.1 | 13.7 |
Leadership
- National Secretary: Giorgio Conca (1989–1990), Fabio Dosi (1990–1995), Pierluigi Copercini (1995–1996), Maurizio Parma (1996–2002), Angelo AlessandriAngelo AlessandriAngelo Alessandri is the leader of Lega Nord Emilia and federal president of Lega Nord ....
(2002–present) - National President: Pierluigi Copercini (1991–1995), Gianni Bettelli (1996–1999), Genesio Ferrari (1999–2002), Villiam Pellacani (2002–2006), Fabio Rainieri (2006–present)