Lega Alpina Lumbarda
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| name = Lombard Alpine League
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| country = Lombardy
| leader = Roberto Gremmo
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| foundation = 1992
| dissolution = 1996
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| merged = Lega per l'Autonomia – Alleanza Lombarda
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| ideology = Federalism
Lombard regionalism
|position = Left-wing
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Lega Alpina Lumbarda (Lombard Alpine League, LAL) was a left-wing regionalist political party in Italy, based in Lombardy. The party, an alternative to Lega Lombarda–Lega Nord, was led by Elidio De Paoli throughout its existence.
History
The party was founded in 1992 by De Paoli, a former blue-collar worker, local leader of the Marxist-Leninist League,{{cite web|url=http://archiviostorico.corriere.it/2006/aprile/19/Paoli_leghista_rosso_Unione_Non_co_9_060419045.shtml |title=De Paoli, il leghista "rosso": l' Unione? Non dura |publisher=Archiviostorico.corriere.it |date= |accessdate=2014-07-16}}{{cite web|url=http://lavoropolitico.it/fmldi.htm |title=La galassia marxista-leninista: la FEDERAZIONE MARXISTA-LENINISTA D'ITALIA |language=it |publisher=Lavoropolitico.it |date= |accessdate=2014-07-16}} and municipal councillor for the Greens in Brescia.{{cite web|url=http://archiviostorico.corriere.it/2013/aprile/09/operario_senatore_primo_denunciare_co_0_20130409_0d230672-a0dc-11e2-9c13-69dbb89f7f7d.shtml |title=L'ex operario - senatore: "Io, il primo a denunciare" |publisher=Archiviostorico.corriere.it |date= |accessdate=2014-07-16}} De Paoli was elected senator both in the 1992 general election (when the party won 2.1% in Lombardy){{cite web|url=http://elezionistorico.interno.it/index.php?tpel=S&dtel=05/04/1992&tpa=I&tpe=R&lev0=0&levsut0=0&lev1=3&levsut1=1&ne1=3&es0=S&es1=S&ms=S |title=::: Ministero dell'Interno ::: Archivio Storico delle Elezioni - Senato del 5 Aprile 1992 |publisher=Elezionistorico.interno.it |date= |accessdate=2014-07-16}} and the 1994 general election (4.3%).{{cite web|url=http://elezionistorico.interno.it/index.php?tpel=S&dtel=27/03/1994&tpa=I&tpe=R&lev0=0&levsut0=0&lev1=3&levsut1=1&ne1=3&es0=S&es1=S&ms=S |title=::: Ministero dell'Interno ::: Archivio Storico delle Elezioni - Senato del 27 Marzo 1994 |publisher=Elezionistorico.interno.it |date= |accessdate=2014-07-16}}
For the 1996 general election the party joined forces with Alleanza Lombarda Autonomia (a 1989 split from Lega Lombarda, led by Angela Bossi and Pierangelo Brivio, sister and brother-in-law of Umberto Bossi respectively), forming Lega per l'Autonomia – Alleanza Lombarda.
In 2009, Lega Alpina Lumbarda, led by De Paoli, filed lists in some Lombard provincial elections. The list gained everywhere less than 1%.{{cite web|url=http://elezionistorico.interno.it/index.php?tpel=G&dtel=07/06/2009&tpa=I&tpe=R&lev0=0&levsut0=0&lev1=3&levsut1=1&ne1=3&es0=S&es1=S&ms=N |title=::: Ministero dell'Interno ::: Archivio Storico delle Elezioni - Comunali del 7 Giugno 2009 |publisher=Elezionistorico.interno.it |date= |accessdate=2014-07-16}}
Popular support
The electoral results of the party in Lombardy are shown in the table below. For general elections the results always refer to the Senate.
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| |1992 general | 1994 general | 1994 European | 1995 regional |
| |2.1 | 4.3 | 0.9| |
References
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{{Historical Italian political parties}}
Category:1992 establishments in Italy
Category:1996 disestablishments in Italy
Category:Political parties established in 1992
Category:Political parties disestablished in 1996