Italian Senate election in Lombardy, 1996

Italian Senate election in Lombardy, 1996

1994 ← April 21, 1996 → 2001

All 47 Lombard seats in the Italian Senate   Majority party Minority party   Leader Romano Prodi Silvio Berlusconi Party The Olive Tree Forza Italia Alliance The Olive Tree Pole of Freedoms & Pole of Good Government Last election 19 seats, 34.2% 27 seats, 57.2% Seats won 19 16 Seat change -7 +6 Popular vote 1,924,113 2,557,622 Percentage 33.7% 44.8% Swing -0.5% -12.4%

Majority before election Pole of Freedoms New Plurality The Olive Tree

Pole of Freedoms

The Olive Tree

Lombardy renewed its delegation to the Italian Senate on April 21, 1996. This election was a part of national Italian general election of 1996 even if, according to the Italian Constitution, every senatorial challenge in each Region is a single and independent race.

The election was won by the centre-left coalition called The Olive Tree.

The intricate electoral system introduced in 1993, called Mattarella Law, provided 75% of the seats in the Senate as elected by first-past-the-post system, whereas the remaining 25% was assigned by a special proportional method that actually assigned the remaining seats to minority parties.

Sources: Ministry of the Interior, Italian Senate

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