Lega Nord Toscana
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Lega Nord Toscana (North League Tuscany, LNT) is a regionalist Italian political party active in Tuscany.
It was founded in 1987 as Movement for Tuscany (Movimento per la Toscana, MpT). In 1988, under the leadership of Tommaso Fragassi, the party changed name into Tuscanian Alliance (Alleanza Toscana, AT).
AT participated to the 1989 European Parliament election as part of the coalition Lega Lombarda – Alleanza Nord. In 1989-1990 it took part in the process of federating the Northern regionalist parties, ahead of the regional elections. In February 1991 it merged into Lega Nord, taking the current name, and since then it is the regional section of that party in Tuscany.
The party is temorarily led by Luca Rodolfo Paolini, national secretary of Lega Nord Marche. In the 2008 general election the party elected a deputy, Paolini himself, after almost ten years of non representation in the Italian Parliament.
[edit] Popular support
Lega Nord is not particularly strong in Tuscany. In the 2008 general election the party had its best results in the Provinces of Lucca (3.1%), Arezzo (3.1%) and Massa-Carrara (2.8%)
The electoral results of Lega Nord Toscana in the Region are shown in the table below.
| 1990 regional | 1992 general | 1994 general | 1995 regional | 1996 general | 1999 European | 2000 regional | 2001 general | 2004 European | 2005 regional | 2006 general | 2008 general |
| 0.8 | 3.1 | 2.2 | 0.7 | 1.8 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 1.3 | 1.1 | 2.0 |
[edit] Leadership
- National Secretary: Mario Forconi (1987–1988), Tommaso Fragassi (1988–1994), Simone Gnaga (1994–1999), Vincenzo Soldati (1999–2007)
- National President: Tommaso Fragassi (1987–1988), Gualberto Niccolini (1988–1995), Walter Gherardini (1995–2001), Moreno Menconi (2001–2007)
[edit] External links
| National sections of Lega Nord | ||
| Lega Lombarda – Liga Veneta – Lega Nord Piemont – Lega Nord Emilia – Lega Nord Friuli-Venezia Giulia Lega Nord Liguria – Lega Nord Trentino – Lega Nord Toscana – Lega Nord Romagna – Lega Nord Marche – Lega Nord Umbria – Lega Nord Sud Tirolo – Lega Nord Valle d'Aosta |
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