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History

The PCI, which took the name from the 1926–1991

Italian Communist Party The Italian Communist Party ( it, Partito Comunista Italiano, PCI) was a communist political party in Italy. The PCI was founded as ''Communist Party of Italy'' on 21 January 1921 in Livorno by seceding from the Italian Socialist Party (PSI) ...

, emerged in 2016 from the merger of the

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(PCdI) with splinters from the

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(PRC) and minor groups. The foundation of the new PCI took place ninety years after the transformation of the old

into the old PCI. After the founding congress, Mauro Alboresi was elected secretary by the party's newly formed national committee. In the 2018 general election, the PCI was part of the Power to the People electoral list, which obtained 1.1% of the vote and no seats. Soon after, the party left the list. In July the PCI held its first regular congress. In July 2022 the PCI, together with other far-left parties and organizations (Confederation of the Italian Left, Atheist Democracy, Inventing the Future, The Future City, CARC Party and

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), formed the "Popular Unity" coordination, with the aim of elaborating and implementing common and shared initiatives and proposals. However, in the

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the PCI ran as a stand-alone list in 5 out 29 constituencies for the Chamber of Deputies and 7 out of 21 for the Senate, obtaining between 1.0 and 1.5% in

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Leadership

* Secretary: Mauro Alboresi (2016–present) * President: Manuela Palermi (2016–2018), Selene Prodi (2018–present) * Coordinator:

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(2018–present)

Election results

Italian Parliament

Regional Councils

References

External links

Official website
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