Italy. Common Good

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Italy. Common Good
Italia. Bene Comune
Leader Pier Luigi Bersani
Founded 13 October 2012
Political position Centre-left
Colours Red, Green
Politics of Italy
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Italy. Common Good (Italia. Bene Comune, IBC) was an Italian centre-left political and electoral alliance created to stand at the 2013 Italian general election. It comprised the following parties:

Also part of the alliance were regional parties such as the South Tyrolean People's Party (in South Tyrol),[1] Trentino Tyrolean Autonomist Party (in Trentino),[2] Autonomy Liberty Participation Ecology (in Aosta Valley),[3] Moderates for Piedmont (in Piedmont), and The Megaphone list of Rosario Crocetta (in Sicily).[4] Additionally, the Greens of South Tyrol formed a local electoral pact with SEL in South Tyrol.[5]

The alliance was announced on 31 July 2012 by the Secretary of the Democratic Party Pier Luigi Bersani and officially launched on 13 October, with the signature of a common political platform.[6]

By the terms of the agreement, each party in the coalition stood separately in the 2013 general election. However, all parties agreed to support Bersani as Prime Minister. Bersani was elected as the coalition's prime ministerial candidate in the primary election held on 25 November and 2 December.[7][8][9]

In the election, the coalition gained a plurality in both houses of the Italian parliament, garnering 29.6% of the vote in the Chamber[10] and 31.6% of the vote in the Senate,[11] thus failing to have enough seats to form a government of its own. Consequently Bersani resigned from party leadership and the PD joined a grand coalition government, led by Enrico Letta.

Primary election results[12]
Candidates Party First round Second round
Votes % Votes %
Pier Luigi Bersani PD 1,395,096 44.9 1,706,457 60.9
Matteo Renzi PD 1,104,958 35.5 1,095,925 39.1
Nichi Vendola SEL 485,689 15.6
Laura Puppato PD 80,628 2.6
Bruno Tabacci CD 43,840 1.4
All votes total 3,181,626 2,741,685
Blank and invalid votes 2,659 0.22 8,930 0.32

Election results

Italian Parliament

Chamber of Deputies
Election year # of
overall votes		 % of
overall vote		 # of
overall seats won		 +/– Leader
2013 10,047,603 (#1) 29.5
345 / 630
–
 Pier Luigi Bersani
Senate of the Republic
Election year # of
overall votes		 % of
overall vote		 # of
overall seats won		 +/– Leader
2013 9,686,683 (#1) 31.6
123 / 315
–
 Pier Luigi Bersani

References

  1. ↑ "Accordo fatto SVP-Pd per senato Bolzano - Trentino-Alto Adige/Suedtirol". ANSA.it. Retrieved 2013-03-01. 
  2. ↑ "Patto per l'autonomia Svp-Pd-Patt - Trentino-Alto Adige/Suedtirol". ANSA.it. 2010-01-03. Retrieved 2013-03-01. 
  3. ↑ "Guichardaz e Morelli candidati Alpe-Pd - Valle D'Aosta". ANSA.it. Retrieved 2013-03-01. 
  4. ↑ "Liste, i simboli presentati sono 215: è record. Domani le esclusioni - Il Messaggero". Ilmessaggero.it. Retrieved 2013-03-01. 
  5. ↑ "Elezioni, patto Verdi Alto Adige e Sel - Corriere della Sera". Corriere.it. 2009-12-24. Retrieved 2013-03-01. 
  6. ↑ http://www.primarieitaliabenecomune.it/intenti
  7. ↑ "Bersani: "Leali a Monti ma pronti a tutto Daremo riconoscimento a coppie gay"". Repubblica.it. 2012-07-31. Retrieved 2013-03-01. 
  8. ↑ "Via all'alleanza Pd-Vendola E su Monti nasce un caso". Archiviostorico.corriere.it. 2009-12-24. Retrieved 2013-03-01. 
  9. ↑ "Il centrosinistra «ignora» il premier". Archiviostorico.corriere.it. 2009-12-24. Retrieved 2013-03-01. 
  10. ↑ http://elezioni.interno.it/camera/scrutini/20130224/C000000000.htm
  11. ↑ http://elezioni.interno.it/senato/scrutini/20130224/S000000000.htm
  12. ↑ Risultati
Historical political parties in Italy
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