The Italian general election of 1996 took place on 21 April 1996. In Veneto the election was narrowly won by the centre-left Olive Tree coalition, which won also nationally, but Liga Veneta–Lega Nord was the most voted party in the region: 32.8% in single-seat constituencies and 29.3% among party lists.
Results
Chamber of Deputies
Coalition | Single-seat constituencies | Proportional system | Total | ||||||
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votes | votes (%) | seats | Party | votes | votes (%) | seats | tot. | seats | |
The Olive Tree–Progressives–LAV | 1,061,861 | 33.8 | 15 | Democratic Party of the Left | 374,836 | 11.8 | 1 | 4 | 19 |
Italian People's Party-UD-PRI-SVP-Prodi | 257,552 | 8.1 | 1 | ||||||
Communist Refoundation Party | 166,793 | 5.3 | 1 | ||||||
Italian Renewal-Socialists-Patto | 165,675 | 5.2 | 1 | ||||||
Federation of the Greens | 79,394 | 2.5 | - | ||||||
Lega Nord | 1,031,223 | 32.8 | 15 | Lega Nord | 928,033 | 29.3 | 4 | 4 | 19 |
Pole of Freedoms | 1,015,697 | 32.3 | 7 | Forza Italia | 542,488 | 17.1 | 2 | 5 | 12 |
National Alliance | 371,207 | 11.7 | 2 | ||||||
CCD-CDU | 171,711 | 5.4 | 1 | ||||||
Pannella–Sgarbi List | 29,942 | 1.0 | - | ||||||
North-East Union | 9,996 | 0.3 | - | North-East Union | 63,934 | 2.0 | - | - | - |
Tricolour Flame | 4,459 | 0.1 | - | Tricolour Flame | 9,780 | 0.3 | - | - | - |
Others | 20,302 | 0.6 | - | others | 9,490 | 0.3 | - | - | - |
Total coalitions | 3,141,181 | 100.0 | 37 | Total parties | 3,170,835 | 100.0 | 13 | 13 | 50 |
Source: Regional Council of Veneto
Provincial breakdown
Province | AN | FI | LV | PPI | PDS |
Verona | 14.7 | 17.3 | 25.7 | 8.7 | 9.8 |
Vicenza | 10.0 | 14.1 | 36.1 | 9.0 | 7.3 |
Padua | 13.7 | 16.5 | 23.6 | 9.6 | 12.4 |
Treviso | 9.1 | 16.7 | 41.9 | 7.5 | 8.7 |
Belluno | 7.9 | 18.9 | 41.4 | 6.0 | 7.8 |
Venice | 10.9 | 19.8 | 22.2 | 6.2 | 18.3 |
Rovigo | 13.7 | 17.6 | 13.2 | 8.2 | 21.3 |
Veneto | 11.7 | 17.1 | 29.2 | 8.1 | 11.8 |
Source: Regional Council of Veneto
Senate
Coalition | Single-seat constituencies | PR | Total | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
votes | votes (%) | seats | seats | seats | |
The Olive Tree–Progressives–LAV | 938,606 | 33.9 | 8 | 2 | 10 |
Pole of Freedoms | 840,404 | 30.4 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
Lega Nord | 839,339 | 30.3 | 8 | 1 | 9 |
North-East Union | 72,541 | 2.6 | - | - | - |
Tricolour Flame | 39,096 | 1.4 | - | - | - |
Others | 38,257 | 1.4 | - | - | - |
Total coalitions | 2,768,243 | 100.0 | 17 | 6 | 23 |
Source: Regional Council of Veneto