Lega Umbria ( en, Umbria League), whose complete name is ( en, Umbria League for Salvini Premier), is a regionalist

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active in

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. The party was a "national" section of

Lega Nord Lega Nord (; acronym: LN), whose complete name is (), is a right-wing, federalist, populist and conservative political party in Italy. In the run-up of the 2018 general election, the party was rebranded as (), without changing its official n ...

(LN) from 1991 to 2000 and has been the regional section of

Lega per Salvini Premier Lega ( en, League), whose official name is Lega per Salvini Premier ( en, League for Salvini Premier; abbr. LSP or LpSP), is a right-wing populist political party in Italy, led by Matteo Salvini. The LSP is the informal successor of Lega Nord ( ...

(LSP) in Umbria since 2020. Since 2018 the party has been led by Virginio Caparvi. One of its members,

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, has been serving as

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since November 2019.

Recent history

In the 2010 Umbrian regional election the party obtained 4.3% and entered the Regional Council for the first time with a regional councillor, while in

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it obtained 14.0% and, despite a reduction of the Council's numbers, two councillors. In the 2018 general election the party won 20.2% of the vote regionally and in the subsequent municipal election

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, a ''leghista'', was elected mayor of

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, the region's second largest city. In the

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the party increased its share to 38.2%. In the 2019 regional election the party fielded

as candidate for president. She was handily elected with 57.6% of the vote and a 20% lead over its main opponent, Vincenzo Bianconi, who was the candidate of a joint list of the

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and the

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. The LNT and the "Tesei President" list won a combined 40.9% of the vote. The election ended 49 years of governments led by the

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and its successors.

Popular support

The party is a tiny one among the national sections of the LN, but it is recently gaining clout. The electoral results of Lega Nord Umbria in

are shown in the tables below.

Electoral results

;Legislative Assembly of Umbria

Leadership

*Secretary: Alessandro Salvaneschi (1995–1999), Francesco Miroballo (1999–2009),

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(commissioner, 2009–2012), Gianluca Cirignoni (commissioner, 2012–2013), Stefano Candiani (commissioner, 2013–2018), Virginio Caparvi (2018–present, commissioner 2020–2023) *President: ''unknown'' (1995–2018), Valerio Mancini (2018–2020)

Gallery

File:Flag of Umbria (Lega Nord).svg, alt=, Proposed flag of Umbria by Lega Umbria

References

External links

Official website
{{Lega Nord Federalist parties in Italy Lega Nord Political parties in Umbria