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1993 Italian Local Elections
The 1993 Italian local elections were held on 6 and 20 June, on 21 November and 5 December. It was the first time where citizens could vote both for the mayor and the city council, as for the provincial president and the provincial council. The elections were won by the Democratic Party of the Left, led by Achille Occhetto and his centre-left to left-wing alliance. But the elections were also characterized by a strong aftermath of the Lega Nord, Northern League in Northern Italy and the Italian Social Movement in Central Italy, Central and Southern Italy. These elections caused the end of the traditional parties which ruled Italy for almost fifty years, like the Christian Democracy (Italy), Christian Democracy, the Italian Socialist Party, Socialist Party, the Italian Democratic Socialist Party, Democratic Socialist Party, the Italian Republican Party, Republican Party and the Italian Liberal Party, Liberal Party. Municipal elections Mayoral election results Overall parties re ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Democratic Party Of The Left
The Democratic Party of the Left ( it, Partito Democratico della Sinistra, PDS) was a democratic socialist and social-democratic political party in Italy. Founded in February 1991 as the post-communist evolution of the Italian Communist Party, the party was the largest in the Alliance of Progressives and The Olive Tree coalitions. In February 1998, the party merged with minor parties to form Democrats of the Left. History The PDS evolved from the Italian Communist Party (PCI), the largest communist party in the Western Bloc for most of the Cold War. Since 1948, it had been the second-largest party in Parliament. The PCI moved away from communist orthodoxy in the late 1960s, when it opposed the Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia. In the 1970s, it was one of the first parties to embrace Eurocommunism. By the late 1980s, the PCI had ties with social-democratic and democratic-socialist parties, and it was increasingly apparent that it was no longer a Marxist–Leninist party. W ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
