The Italian general election of 1996 took place on 21 April 1996. The election was won in Sardinia by the centre-left The Olive Tree (which included the

Sardinian Action Party The Sardinian Action Party ( sc, Partidu Sardu, it, Partito Sardo d'Azione, PSd'Az or PSdA) is a Sardinian nationalist, regionalist and separatist political party in Sardinia. While being traditionally part of the Sardinian centre-left, the p ...

), which won also nationally.

Results

Chamber of Deputies

Progressives Progressivism holds that it is possible to improve human societies through political action. As a political movement, progressivism seeks to advance the human condition through social reform based on purported advancements in science, techno ...

– PSd'Az , rowspan="6" align="right" valign=top, 482,169 , rowspan="6" align="right" valign=top, 48.8 , rowspan="6" align="right" valign=top, 8 , rowspan="1" align="left", Democratic Party of the Left , align="right", 202,142 , align="right", 20.3 , align="right", 1 , rowspan="6" align="right" valign=top, 2 , rowspan="6" align="right" valign=top, 10 , - , rowspan="1" align="left",

Communist Refoundation Party The Communist Refoundation Party ( it, Partito della Rifondazione Comunista, PRC) is a communist political party in Italy that emerged from a split of the Italian Communist Party (PCI) in 1991. The party's secretary is Maurizio Acerbo, who replac ...

, align="right", 83,813 , align="right", 8.4 , align="right", 1 , - , rowspan="1" align="left", Italian Renewal- Socialists-

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, align="right", 69,969 , align="right", 7.0 , align="right", - , - , rowspan="1" align="left", Italian People's Party- UD- PRI- SVP- Prodi , align="right", 60,974 , align="right", 6.1 , align="right", - , - , rowspan="1" align="left", Federation of the Greens , align="right", 20,713 , align="right", 2.1 , align="right", - , - , rowspan="1" align="left",

, align="right", 38,002 , align="right", 3.8 , align="right", - , - , rowspan="4" align="left" valign=top, Pole of Freedoms , rowspan="4" align="right" valign=top, 456,253 , rowspan="4" align="right" valign=top, 46.1 , rowspan="4" align="right" valign=top, 6 , rowspan="1" align="left",

Forza Italia Forza ItaliaThe name is not usually translated into English: ''forza'' is the second-person singular imperative of ''forzare'', in this case translating to "to compel" or "to press", and so means something like "Forward, Italy", "Come on, Ital ...

, align="right", 227,596 , align="right", 22.9 , align="right", 1 , rowspan="4" align="right" valign=top, 2 , rowspan="4" align="right" valign=top, 8 , - , rowspan="1" align="left", National Alliance , align="right", 182,648 , align="right", 18.3 , align="right", 1 , - , rowspan="1" align="left", CCD- CDU , align="right", 60,205 , align="right", 6.0 , align="right", - , - , rowspan="1" align="left",

Pannella-Sgarbi List The Pannella List ( it, Lista Pannella, LP) is a liberal and libertarian association, which was also the electoral list of the Italian Radicals between 1992 and 1999, when it was replaced by the Bonino List. Its standard-bearer was Marco Pannel ...

, align="right", 20,537 , align="right", 2.1 , align="right", - , - , rowspan="1" align="left", Sardinia Nation , rowspan="1" align="right", 42,246 , rowspan="1" align="right", 4.3 , rowspan="1" align="right", - , rowspan="1" align="left", Sardinia Nation , align="right", 23,355 , align="right", 2.3 , align="right", - , rowspan="1" align="right", - , rowspan="1" align="right", - , - , rowspan="1" align="left", Others , rowspan="1" align="right", 8,332 , rowspan="1" align="right", 0.8 , rowspan="1" align="right", - , rowspan="1" align="left", others , align="right", 6,270 , align="right", 0.6 , align="right", - , rowspan="1" align="right", - , rowspan="1" align="right", - , - , - bgcolor="#E9E9E9" !rowspan="1" align="left" valign="top", Total coalitions !rowspan="1" align="right" valign="top", 989,000 !rowspan="1" align="right" valign="top", 100.0 !rowspan="1" align="right" valign="top", 14 !rowspan="1" align="left" valign="top", Total parties !rowspan="1" align="right" valign="top", 996,224 !rowspan="1" align="right" valign="top", 100.0 !rowspan="1" align="right" valign="top", 4 !rowspan="1" align="right" valign="top", 4 !rowspan="1" align="right" valign="top", 18 Source
Ministry of the Interior
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Senate

, - bgcolor="#E9E9E9" !style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=left rowspan=2 valign=bottom, Coalitions !colspan="3" align="center" valign=top, Single-seat constituencies !colspan="1" align="center" valign=top, Prop. !colspan="1" align="center" valign=top, Total , - , - bgcolor="#E9E9E9" , align="center" valign=top, votes , align="center" valign=top, votes (%) , align="center" valign=top, seats , align="center" valign=top, seats , align="center" valign=top, seats , - , rowspan="1" align="left", The Olive Tree– PSd'Az , rowspan="1" align="right" valign=top, 421,331 , rowspan="1" align="right" valign=top, 50.0 , rowspan="1" align="right" valign=top, 5 , rowspan="1" align="right" valign=top, - , rowspan="1" align="right" valign=top, 5 , - , rowspan="1" align="left" valign=top, Pole for Freedoms , rowspan="1" align="right" valign=top, 376,042 , rowspan="1" align="right" valign=top, 44.7 , rowspan="1" align="right" valign=top, 1 , rowspan="1" align="right" valign=top, 3 , rowspan="1" align="right" valign=top, 4 , - , rowspan="1" align="left", Sardinia Nation , rowspan="1" align="right" valign=top, 44,713 , rowspan="1" align="right" valign=top, 5.3 , rowspan="1" align="right" valign=top, - , rowspan="1" align="right" valign=top, - , rowspan="1" align="right" valign=top, - , - , - bgcolor="#E9E9E9" !rowspan="1" align="left" valign="top", Total coalitions !rowspan="1" align="right" valign="top", 842,086 !rowspan="1" align="right" valign="top", 100.0 !rowspan="1" align="right" valign="top", 6 !rowspan="1" align="right" valign="top", 3 !rowspan="1" align="right" valign="top", 9 Source
Ministry of the Interior
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