Italian general election, 1992 (Veneto)

The Italian general election of 1992 took place on 5–6 March 1992.

The election was a realigning one in Italy, due to the rise of Lega Nord, a federation of northern regionalist parties of which LV was a founding member. The realignment was especially visible in Veneto, where DC, though still being the largest party, lost almost a third of its voters between 1987 and 1992, stopping at 31.5%. LV gained ground in the Pedemontana, that is to say the provinces at the feet of the mountains, most of which had long been Christian Democratic heartlands: 21.5% in the province of Treviso, 20.6% in Verona and 19.5% in Vicenza. In Belluno LV became the largest party with 27.8%, by reducing the vote of DC and halving that of the PSI. The total score of Venetist parties was 31.8% in Vicenza, 29.3% in Treviso, 27.2% in Verona and 22.9% in Padua. The PDS got just 9.9% regionally, fairly less than the PCI in 1990.

Contents

Results

Chamber of Deputies

Parties votes votes (%) seats
Christian Democracy 1,018,522 31.5 15
Lega Nord* 576,079 17.8 8
Italian Socialist Party 345,522 10.7 5
Democratic Party of the Left 321,464 9.9 5
Lega Autonomia Veneta 152,280 4.7 1
Italian Republican Party 119,889 3.7 2
Communist Refoundation Party 116,814 3.6 2
Italian Social Movement 104,369 3.2 1
Federation of the Greens 103,059 3.2 2
Italian Liberal Party 61,889 1.9 1
Movement for Democracy – The Net 52,143 1.6 1
Veneto Autonomous Region Movement 49,031 1.5 -
Union of the Venetian People 48,805 1.5 -
Italian Democratic Socialist Party 46,370 1.4 -
Pannella List 33,097 1.0 -
Others 83,624 2.6 -
Total 3,232,957 100.0 43

* = Including Liga Veneta.
Source: Regional Council of Veneto

Provincial breakdown

Province DC LV Ven. PSI PDS
Verona 34.0 20.6 6.6 11.1 7.1
Vicenza 34.3 19.5 12.3 7.9 5.6
Padua 34.5 14.8 8.1 9.3 10.5
Treviso 32.9 21.5 7.8 9.7 7.5
Belluno 27.4 27.8 - 14.3 8.0
Venice 23.8 13.4 6.6 13.0 16.2
Rovigo 29.5 8.5 6.1 14.1 18.1
Veneto 31.5 17.8 7.7 10.6 9.9

Ven. = Other Venetists, including LAV, UPV and MVRA.
Source: Regional Council of Veneto

Senate

Parties votes votes (%) seats
Christian Democracy 890,493 32.2 9
Lega Nord* 454,293 16.4 4
Italian Socialist Party 297,690 10.8 3
Democratic Party of the Left 289,862 10.5 3
Lega Autonomia Veneta 137,988 5.0 1
Communist Refoundation Party 116,748 4.2 1
Italian Republican Party 116,182 4.2 1
Italian Social Movement 92,547 3.3 1
Federation of the Greens 85,379 3.1 -
Veneto Autonomous Region Movement 53,880 1.9 -
Italian Liberal Party 50,100 1.8 -
Union of the Venetian People 43,292 1.6 -
Italian Democratic Socialist Party 40,258 1.5 -
Others 100,313 3.7 -
Total 2,769,025 100.0 23

* = Including Liga Veneta.
Source: Regional Council of Veneto