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active in

South Tyrol it, Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano – Alto Adige lld, Provinzia Autonoma de Balsan/Bulsan – Südtirol , settlement_type = Autonomous province , image_skyline = , image_alt ...

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. Its long-time leader was Luigi Cigolla. The party had a counterpart in

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, the Autonomist People's Union. The party emerged in 1993 as a local split from

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and garnered 1.7% of the vote in that year's provincial election. In the 2003 provincial election the party formed an alliance with

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and the

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named Autonomist Union. The coalition won 3.7% and Cigolla, re-elected to the Provincial Council for the third time in a row, was appointed provincial minister. In 2008 the party was merged with the provincial section of

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,http://ricerca.quotidianiespresso.it/altoadige/archivio/altoadige/2008/09/11/AZ6PO_AZ601.html which obtained a mere 1.6% in the provincial election, leaving Cigolla without his seat.

References

{{Reflist Defunct political parties in South Tyrol Christian democratic parties in Italy Catholic political parties