List of political parties in Italy#Fortieth statement by Checco

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This is a list of political parties in Italy since Italian unification in 1861.

Throughout history, numerous political parties have been operating in Italy. Since World War II no party has ever gained enough support to govern alone; thus, parties form political alliances and coalition governments.

In the 2022 general election, four groupings obtained most of the votes and most of the seats in the two houses of the Italian Parliament: the "centre-right coalition" composed of the Brothers of Italy, Lega, Forza Italia and minor allies; the "centre-left coalition" composed of the Democratic Party and minor allies; the populist Five Star Movement; and the liberal Action – Italia Viva (also known as "Third Pole").

Coalitions of parties for regional elections can be slightly different from those for general elections, due to different regional conditions (for instance, in some regions the Democratic Party and the Five Star Movement are in coalition, but not in others; same for the Democratic Party and the Third Pole) and the presence of several regional parties, some of which active only at regional level.

History

The first modern political party in Italy was the Italian Socialist Party, established in 1892.{{cite book|author=Maurizio Degl'Innocenti|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xxDQ1_-63LsC&dq=partito+socialista+italiano+primo+partito+moderno+in+italia&pg=PT4|title=Geografia e istituzioni del socialismo italiano, 1892–1914|publisher=Guida Editori|year=1983|isbn=9788870423143}} Until then, the main political groupings of the country, the Historical Right and the Historical Left, were not classifiable as parties, but as simple groups of notables, each with their own electoral fiefdom, that joined together according to their own ideas.{{cite book|author=Ubaldo Comite|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=-nwfDgAAQBAJ&dq=destra+storica+sinistra+storica+partiti&pg=PA26|title=Un approccio manageriale alla gestione dei partiti politici|page=26|publisher=Franco Angeli Edizioni|year=2017|isbn=9788891749703}} From time to time, in the context of the Historical Far Left, other parties emerged: the Italian Republican Party, established in 1895,{{cite book|author=Corrado Scibilia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=56xqCwAAQBAJ&dq=nel+congresso+di+milano+pri+1895&pg=PT744|title=Annali della Fondazione Ugo La Malfa XXV – 2010|year=2016|publisher=Gangemi Editore|isbn=9788849247404}} and the Italian Radical Party, established in 1904.{{cite book|author=Francesco Leoni|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Im2XqQWy1QYC&dq=repubblicani+estrema+sinistra&pg=PA254|title=Storia dei partiti politici italiani|page=254|publisher=A. Guida|year=2001|isbn=9788871884950}}

The Italian Socialist Party envisaged itself as a mass party, a form of party that would dominate throughout the 20th century. It was followed a few years later by the Italian People's Party, established in 1919. Both parties achieved electoral success until the advent of fascism, contributing decisively to the loss of strength and authority of the old liberal ruling class, which had not been able to structure itself into a proper party: the Liberals' grouping, launched in 1913, was not a coherent one and the Italian Liberal Party, formed in 1922, came too late. The beginning of 1921 saw the foundation of the Communist Party of Italy, born from a split of the Italian Socialist Party. Also in 1921, Benito Mussolini gave birth to the National Fascist Party, and the next year, through the March on Rome, he was appointed Prime Minister. In 1926, through the so-called leggi fascistissime ({{Literal translation|very fascist laws}}), all parties were dissolved except the National Fascist Party, which thus remained the only legal party in the Kingdom of Italy until the fall of the regime in July 1943. Meanwhile, following the dissolution of the Comintern in May 1943, the Communist Party of Italy was rebranded Italian Communist Party. The following September, six anti-fascist parties – the Christian Democracy, the Italian Socialist Party, the Italian Communist Party, the Italian Liberal Party, the Action Party and the Labour Democratic Party — formed the joint National Liberation Committee, which gained official recognition as the representative of the Italian resistance movement (the Committee recognised the monarchy, thus the Italian Republican Party stayed out because of its full loyalty to republican principles). The parties of the Committee then formed, in various combinations, the governments of Italy from the liberation of Rome in 1944 until 1947, when the Socialists and the Communists were ejected.

In 1946, through a referendum, Italy became a republic and a Constituent Assembly wrote the republican Constitution. Between 1948 and 1992, the party system was dominated by two major parties: the Christian Democracy, the structural party of government, and the Italian Communist Party, the main opposition party.{{cite book|author1=Robert Leonardi|author2=Douglas A. Wertman|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=WvavCwAAQBAJ&dq=two+main+italian+parties+christian+democracy+communist&pg=PA179|title=Italian Christian Democracy: The Politics of Dominance|publisher=Palgrave Macmillan UK|page=179|year=1989|isbn=9781349088942}} Another stable opposition party was the post-fascist Italian Social Movement. For about half a century, following a so-called conventio ad excludendum of the Italian Communist Party,{{cite book|author1=Sondra Z. Koff|author2=Stephen P. Koff|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Zy2o7uL6yHwC&dq=excludendum&pg=PA4|title=Italy: From the First to the Second Republic|publisher=Routledge|page=65|year=1999|isbn=9780415196642}} the governments were led by the Christian Democracy, that chose its coalition partners among smaller parties situated either to its left or right: the Italian Socialist Party, the Italian Democratic Socialist Party, the Italian Liberal Party and the Italian Republican Party.{{cite journal|author=Renato Brunetta|url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/20027704|title=Italy's Other Left|journal=Daedalus |year=2001 |volume=130 |issue=3 |pages=25–45 |publisher=The MIT Press|jstor=20027704 }} Between 1981 and 1991, the Christian Democrats formed coalition governments named Pentapartito with all four of them.{{cite book|author=Martin J. Bull|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iWS8CgAAQBAJ&dq=coalition+pentapartito+italy+1991+1981&pg=PA296|title=The Oxford Handbook of Italian Politics|publisher=Oxford University Press|page=295|year=2015|isbn=9780199669745}} That was the time when several northern regional parties, whose policy themes were federalism and autonomism, were established. In 1991 they federated themselves into Lega Nord, which became the country's fourth largest party in the 1992 general election.{{cite book|author=Anna Cento Bull|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YKKHwv5ifH4C&dq=1992+northern+league+came+fourth&pg=PA65|title=Social Identities and Political Cultures in Italy|publisher=Berghahn Books|page=4|year=2000|isbn=9781571819444}}

Between 1992 and 1994, the established party system was shaken by a series of corruption scandals known collectively as Tangentopoli. These events led to the disappearance of the five parties of government.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=P7-2AgAAQBAJ&dq=1992+italy+tangentopoli+scandal&pg=PT707|title=Europe Since 1945: An Encyclopedia|publisher=Taylor & Francis|page=663|year=2014|isbn=9781135179328}} Consequently, the Italian Communist Party, which had evolved to become the Democratic Party of the Left in 1991, with the exit of the Communist Refoundation Party, and the post-fascists, who had launched National Alliance in 1994, gained strength. On the contrary, the Christian Democracy, which changed its name to Italian People's Party in 1994, lost its centrality in the Italian party system. Following the 1994 general election, media tycoon Silvio Berlusconi became Prime Minister at the head of a government composed mainly of his brand-new Forza Italia party, joined by several members of the defunct mainstream parties, National Alliance and Lega Nord.{{cite book|author=Nicola Maggini|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YT9rDQAAQBAJ&dq=Italian+Republican+Party+centrist&pg=PA53|title=Young People's Voting Behaviour in Europe: A Comparative Perspective|publisher=Palgrave Macmillan UK|page=55|year=2016|isbn=9781137592439}}

Between 1996 and 2008, the political parties were organised into two big coalitions, which took turns in government: the centre-right Pole for Freedoms, which was renamed House of Freedoms after the re-entry of Lega Nord in 2000, and The Olive Tree, lately part of a broader coalition named The Union, on the centre-left.{{cite book|author=Gianfranco Pasquino|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2Dq9DwAAQBAJ&dq=1996+2008+italy+coalitions+centre-left+centre-right&pg=PT98|title=Italian Democracy: How It Works|publisher=Taylor & Francis|year=2019|isbn=9781351401081}} As for the centre-left, the Democratic Party of the Left changed its name again in 1998, becoming Democrats of the Left,{{cite book|author=Claire Annesley|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=RefH7Ya5kU4C&dq=pds+1998+evolved+into+ds&pg=PT91|title=A Political and Economic Dictionary of Western Europe|publisher=Taylor & Francis|year=2013|isbn=9781135355470}} while in 2002 a new party called Democracy is Freedom – The Daisy was founded by the merger of some centrist parties (including the Italian People's Party). In 2008, following the fall of the centre-left government led by Romano Prodi, the Democratic Party (established in 2007 upon the merger of the Democrats of the Left and The Daisy) decided to break the alliance with the Communist Refoundation Party and other minor left-wing parties. Contextually, on the centre-right of the political spectrum, Forza Italia and National Alliance merged to form The People of Freedom,{{cite book|author1=Erik Jones|author2=Gianfranco Pasquino|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=iWS8CgAAQBAJ&dq=2008+italy+people+of+freedom+democratic+party&pg=PA149|title=The Oxford Handbook of Italian Politics|publisher=Oxford University Press|page=149|year=2015|isbn=9780199669745}} which continued the alliance with Lega Nord and prevailed in the 2008 general election.{{cite book|author=B. Turner|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ipPlDQAAQBAJ&dq=2008+italy+people+of+freedom+northern+league&pg=PA705|title=The Statesman's Yearbook 2009|publisher=Palgrave Macmillan UK|page=705|year=2017|isbn=9781349740277}}

In the 2013 general election, the party system was fragmented in four groupings: the centre-left alliance led by the Democratic Party; the traditional centre-right alliance between the People of Freedom, Lega Nord and the newly-founded Brothers of Italy (a right-wing split of the People of Freedom, formed mainly by former members of National Alliance); Beppe Grillo's Five Star Movement; and a new centrist coalition around the outgoing Prime Minister Mario Monti's Civic Choice party.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=MDGdDwAAQBAJ&q=bipolarism%3Dfalse&pg=PA118|title=European Party Politics in Times of Crisis|publisher=European University Institute|page=118|year=2019|isbn=9781108483797}} In November 2013, the national council of People of Freedom, at the behest of Berlusconi, suspended all party activities, to relaunch Forza Italia,{{cite book|author=Gianluca Passarelli|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=hbKhCgAAQBAJ&dq=2013+people+of+freedom+forza+italia&pg=PT240|title=The Presidentialization of Political Parties|publisher=Palgrave Macmillan|year=2015|isbn=9781137482471}} which would experience multiple splits. In the 2018 general election, the major groupings were reduced to three: the centre-right coalition, composed of Lega (Lega Nord's evolution on a countrywide scale), Forza Italia, Brothers of Italy and minor allies; the Five Star Movement (which was the single most voted party); and the centre-left coalition, composed of the Democratic Party and minor allies.{{cite book|author1=Carmelo Lombardo|author2=Christian Ruggiero|author3=Edoardo Novelli|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EDDNDwAAQBAJ&dq=2018+italia+tripolare&pg=PA30|title=La società nelle urne|publisher=Franco Angeli Edizioni|page=30|year=2020|isbn=9788835100645}} The centre-right coalition won a full majority in the 2022 general election, leading to a government led by Brothers of Italy's leader Giorgia Meloni (the first since 2008 to be formed by a coalition of parties having fought the election together), while the opposition was fragmented in three segments: the Democratic Party-led centre-left coalition; the Five Star Movement; and a centrist alliance between Action and Italia Viva (both splinter groups of the Democratic Party).

Active parties

= Parties represented in the Italian or European Parliament =

class="wikitable sortable"

! colspan="2" |Party

!Founded

!Ideology

!Leader

!Deputies

!Senators

!MEPs

!Associate parties

bgcolor="{{party color|Brothers of Italy}}" |

|Brothers of Italy
{{lang|it|Fratelli d'Italia}}

|2012

|National conservatism
Right-wing populism

|Giorgia Meloni

|{{composition bar|117|400|{{party color|Brothers of Italy}}}}

|{{composition bar|66|200|{{party color|Brothers of Italy}}}}

|{{composition bar|24|76|{{party color|Brothers of Italy}}}}

|DB
DCR

bgcolor="{{party color|Democratic Party (Italy)}}" |

|Democratic Party
{{lang|it|Partito Democratico}}

|2007

|Social democracy

|Elly Schlein

|{{composition bar|70|400|{{party color|Democratic Party (Italy)}}}}

|{{composition bar|37|200|{{party color|Democratic Party (Italy)}}}}

|{{composition bar|21|76|{{party color|Democratic Party (Italy)}}}}

|DemoS
CD
CpE

bgcolor="{{party color|Lega Nord}}" |

|Lega{{efn|In 2020 the Lega politically replaced the Lega Nord, a federalist party established in 1991 and still legally active. The Lega is a confederal party, composed of 22 territorial divisions, some of which were autonomous parties before joining the Lega Nord: Liga Veneta, Lega Lombarda, Lega Piemonte, Lega Vallée d'Aoste, Lega Trentino, Lega Alto Adige Südtirol, Lega Friuli-Venezia Giulia, Lega Emilia, Lega Romagna, Lega Liguria, Lega Toscana, Lega Marche, Lega Umbria, Lega Lazio, Lega Molise, Lega Campania, Lega Puglia, Lega Basilicata, Lega Calabria, Lega Sicilia and Lega Sardegna. The southern divisions of the party were originally organized into Us with Salvini in 2014 and later incorporated into the Lega in 2018.}}

|2017

|Right-wing populism
Conservatism

|Matteo Salvini

|{{composition bar|65|400|{{party color|Lega Nord}}}}

|{{composition bar|29|200|{{party color|Lega Nord}}}}

|{{composition bar|8|76|{{party color|Lega Nord}}}}

|Fassa

bgcolor="{{party color|Five Star Movement}}" |

|Five Star Movement
{{lang|it|Movimento 5 Stelle}}

|2009

|Populism
Green politics

|Giuseppe Conte

|{{composition bar|50|400|{{party color|Five Star Movement}}}}

|{{composition bar|26|200|{{party color|Five Star Movement}}}}

|{{composition bar|8|76|{{party color|Five Star Movement}}}}

|

style="background-color: {{party color|Forza Italia (2013)}}" |

|Forza Italia

|2013

|Liberal conservatism
Christian democracy

|Antonio Tajani

|{{composition bar|48|400|{{party color|Forza Italia (2013)}}}}

|{{composition bar|20|200|{{party color|Forza Italia (2013)}}}}

|{{composition bar|8|76|{{party color|Forza Italia (2013)}}}}

|NPSI

bgcolor="{{party color|Action (Italy)}}" |

|Action
{{lang|it|Azione}}

|2019

|Liberalism

|Carlo Calenda

|{{Composition bar|10|400|{{party color|Action (Italy)}}}}

|{{Composition bar|2|200|{{party color|Action (Italy)}}}}

|{{Composition bar|0|76|{{party color|Action (Italy)}}}}

|

bgcolor="{{party color|Italia Viva}}" |

|Italia Viva

|2019

|Liberalism

|Matteo Renzi

|{{Composition bar|7|400|{{party color|Italia Viva}}}}

|{{Composition bar|7|200|{{party color|Italia Viva}}}}

|{{Composition bar|0|76|{{party color|Italia Viva}}}}

|

bgcolor="{{party color|Green Europe}}" |

|Green Europe
{{lang|it|Europa Verde}}

|2021

|Green politics

|Angelo Bonelli

|{{Composition bar|5|400|{{party color|Green Europe}}|ref={{efn|name=AVS|Within Greens and Left Alliance.}}}}

|{{Composition bar|1|200|{{party color|Green Europe}}|ref={{efn|name=AVS}}}}

|{{Composition bar|4|76|{{party color|Green Europe}}}}

|

bgcolor="{{party color|Us Moderates}}" |

|Us Moderates
{{lang|it|Noi Moderati}}

|2022

|Liberal conservatism
Christian democracy

|Maurizio Lupi

|{{Composition bar|5|400|{{party color|Us Moderates}}}}

|{{Composition bar|2|200|{{party color|Us Moderates}}}}

|{{Composition bar|0|76|{{party color|Us Moderates}}}}

|CP

bgcolor="{{party color|Italian Left}}" |

|Italian Left
{{lang|it|Sinistra Italiana}}

|2017

|Democratic socialism
Eco-socialism

|Nicola Fratoianni

|{{Composition bar|4|400|{{party color|Italian Left}}|ref={{efn|name=AVS}}}}

|{{Composition bar|2|200|{{party color|Italian Left}}|ref={{efn|name=AVS}}}}

|{{Composition bar|2|76|{{party color|Italian Left}}}}

|

bgcolor="{{party color|South Tyrolean People's Party}}" |

|South Tyrolean People's Party{{efn|Active only in South Tyrol.}}
{{lang|de|Südtiroler Volkspartei}}

|1945

|Regionalism
German-speaking minority interests

|Dieter Steger

|{{Composition bar|3|400|{{party color|South Tyrolean People's Party}}}}

|{{Composition bar|2|200|{{party color|South Tyrolean People's Party}}}}

|{{Composition bar|1|76|{{party color|South Tyrolean People's Party}}}}

|

bgcolor="{{party color|More Europe}}" |

|More Europe
{{lang|it|+Europa}}

|2017

|Liberalism
Pro-Europeanism

|Emma Bonino

|{{Composition bar|2|400|{{party color|More Europe}}}}

|{{Composition bar|0|200|{{party color|More Europe}}}}

|{{Composition bar|0|76|{{party color|More Europe}}}}

|RI
FE

bgcolor="{{party color|Associative Movement of Italians Abroad}}" |

|Associative Movement of Italians Abroad
{{lang|it|Movimento Associativo Italiani all'Estero}}

|2008

|Italians abroad interests

|Ricardo Antonio Merlo

|{{Composition bar|1|400|hex={{party color|Associative Movement of Italians Abroad}}}}

|{{Composition bar|1|200|hex={{party color|Associative Movement of Italians Abroad}}}}

|{{Composition bar|0|76|hex={{party color|Associative Movement of Italians Abroad}}}}

|

bgcolor="{{party color|Coraggio Italia}}" |

|Coraggio Italia

|2021

|Liberal conservatism

|Luigi Brugnaro

|{{Composition bar|1|400|hex={{party color|Coraggio Italia}}}}

|{{Composition bar|1|200|hex={{party color|Coraggio Italia}}}}

|{{Composition bar|0|76|hex={{party color|Coraggio Italia}}}}

|

bgcolor="{{party color|Union of the Centre (2002)}}" |

|Union of the Centre
{{lang|it|Unione di Centro}}

|2002

|Christian democracy
Social conservatism

|Lorenzo Cesa

|{{Composition bar|1|400|hex={{party color|Union of the Centre (2002)}}}}

|{{Composition bar|1|200|hex={{party color|Union of the Centre (2002)}}}}

|{{Composition bar|0|76|hex={{party color|Union of the Centre (2002)}}}}

|

bgcolor="{{party color|Liberal Democratic Party (Italy, 2025)}}" |

|Liberal Democratic Party
{{lang|it|Partito Liberaldemocratico}}

|2025

|Liberalism

|TBD

|{{Composition bar|1|400|{{party color|Liberal Democratic Party (Italy, 2025)}}}}

|{{Composition bar|0|200|{{party color|Liberal Democratic Party (Italy, 2025)}}}}

|{{Composition bar|0|76|{{party color|Liberal Democratic Party (Italy, 2025)}}}}

bgcolor="{{party color|South calls North}}" |

|South calls North
{{lang|it|Sud chiama Nord}}

|2022

|Regionalism
Populism

|Cateno De Luca

|{{Composition bar|1|400|{{party color|South calls North}}}}

|{{Composition bar|0|200|{{party color|South calls North}}}}

|{{Composition bar|0|76|{{party color|South calls North}}}}

|

bgcolor="#5CB3FF" |

|Animalist Movement
{{lang|it|Movimento Animalista}}

|2017

|Animal rights

|Michela Vittoria Brambilla

|{{Composition bar|1|400|#5CB3FF}}

|{{Composition bar|0|200|#5CB3FF}}

|{{Composition bar|0|76|#5CB3FF}}

|

bgcolor="{{party color|Progressive Party (Sardinia)}}" |

|Progressive Party{{efn|Active only in Sardinia.}}
{{lang|it|Partito Progressista}}

|2017

|Progressivism

|Massimo Zedda

|{{Composition bar|1|400|hex={{party color|Progressive Party (Sardinia)}}|ref={{efn|name=AVS}}}}

|{{Composition bar|0|200|hex={{party color|Progressive Party (Sardinia)}}}}

|{{Composition bar|0|76|hex={{party color|Progressive Party (Sardinia)}}}}

|

bgcolor="{{party color|Valdostan Union}}"|

|Valdostan Union{{efn|Active only in Aosta Valley.}}
{{lang|fr|Union Valdôtaine}}

|1945

|Regionalism
French-speaking minority interests

|Cristina Machet

|{{Composition bar|1|400|{{party color|Valdostan Union}}}}

|{{Composition bar|0|200|{{party color|Valdostan Union}}}}

|{{Composition bar|0|76|{{party color|Valdostan Union}}}}

|

bgcolor="#96bf0d" |

|Campobase{{efn|Active only in Trentino.}}

|2022

|Regionalism

|Micheal Rech

|{{Composition bar|0|400|hex=#96bf0d}}

|{{Composition bar|1|200|hex=#96bf0d}}

|{{Composition bar|0|76|hex=#96bf0d}}

|

;Notes

{{notelist|40em}}

= Parties represented within other parties in the Italian or European Parliament =

class="wikitable sortable"

! colspan="2" |Party

!Founded

!Ideology

!Leader

!Deputies

!Senators

!MEPs

!Affiliation

bgcolor="{{party color|Italy in the Centre}}" |

|Italy in the Centre
{{lang|it|Italia al Centro}}

|2022

|Liberal conservatism

|Giovanni Toti

|{{Composition bar|2|400|{{party color|Cambiamo!}}}}

|{{Composition bar|0|200|{{party color|Cambiamo!}}}}

|{{Composition bar|0|76|{{party color|Cambiamo!}}}}

|NM

bgcolor="{{party color|Populars Europeanists Reformers}}" |

|Populars Europeanists Reformers
{{lang|it|Popolari Europeisti Riformatori}}

|2023

|Christian democracy
Liberalism

|Elena Bonetti

|{{Composition bar|2|400|{{party color|Populars Europeanists Reformers}}}}

|{{Composition bar|0|200|{{party color|Populars Europeanists Reformers}}}}

|{{Composition bar|0|76|{{party color|Populars Europeanists Reformers}}}}

|A

bgcolor="{{party color|Solidary Democracy}}" |

|Solidary Democracy
{{lang|it|Democrazia Solidale}}

|2014

|Christian left

|Paolo Ciani

|{{Composition bar|1|400|hex={{party color|Solidary Democracy}}}}

|{{Composition bar|0|200|hex={{party color|Solidary Democracy}}}}

|{{Composition bar|0|76|hex={{party color|Solidary Democracy}}}}

|PD

bgcolor="#0060AA" |

|Cantiere Popolare{{efn|name=Sicily|Active only in Sicily.}}

|2012

|Christian democracy
Regionalism

|Francesco Saverio Romano

|{{Composition bar|1|400|hex=#0060AA}}

|{{Composition bar|0|200|hex=#0060AA}}

|{{Composition bar|0|76|hex=#0060AA}}

|NM

bgcolor="{{party color|Christian Democracy for Autonomies}}" |

|Christian Democracy with Rotondi
{{lang|it|Democrazia Cristiana con Rotondi}}

|2023

|Christian democracy

|Gianfranco Rotondi

|{{Composition bar|1|400|hex={{party color|Christian Democracy for Autonomies}}}}

|{{Composition bar|0|200|hex={{party color|Christian Democracy for Autonomies}}}}

|{{Composition bar|0|76|hex={{party color|Christian Democracy for Autonomies}}}}

|FdI

bgcolor="{{party color|Democratic Centre (Italy)}}" |

|Democratic Centre
{{lang|it|Centro Democratico}}

|2012

|Christian left
Social liberalism

|Bruno Tabacci

|{{Composition bar|1|400|{{party color|Democratic Centre (Italy)}}}}

|{{Composition bar|0|200|{{party color|Democratic Centre (Italy)}}}}

|{{Composition bar|0|76|{{party color|Democratic Centre (Italy)}}}}

|PD

style="background:{{party color|Italian Radicals}}"|

|Italian Radicals
{{lang|it|Radicali Italiani}}

|2001

|Liberalism
Libertarianism

|Matteo Hallissey

|{{Composition bar|1|400|{{party color|Italian Radicals}}}}

|{{Composition bar|0|200|{{party color|Italian Radicals}}}}

|{{Composition bar|0|76|{{party color|Italian Radicals}}}}

|+E

style="background:{{party color|New Italian Socialist Party}}"|

|New Italian Socialist Party
{{lang|it|Nuovo Partito Socialista Italiano}}

|2001

|Social democracy
Liberalism

|Stefano Caldoro

|{{composition bar|1|400|{{party color|New Italian Socialist Party}}}}

|{{composition bar|0|200|{{party color|New Italian Socialist Party}}}}

|{{composition bar|0|76|{{party color|New Italian Socialist Party}}}}

|FI

bgcolor="#ADD8E6" |

|Centrists for Europe
{{lang|it|Centristi per l'Europa}}

|2017

|Christian democracy
Pro-Europeanism

|Pier Ferdinando Casini

|{{Composition bar|0|400|hex=#ADD8E6}}

|{{Composition bar|1|200|hex=#ADD8E6}}

|{{Composition bar|0|76|hex=#ADD8E6}}

|PD

bgcolor="#39B5BD"|

|Fassa Association{{efn|Active only in Fassa Valley, Trentino.}}
{{lang|it|Associazione Fassa}}

|2008

|Ladin-speaking minority interests
Christian democracy

|Luca Guglielmi

|{{Composition bar|0|400|hex=#39B5BD}}

|{{Composition bar|1|200|hex=#39B5BD}}

|{{Composition bar|0|76|hex=#39B5BD}}

|Lega

bgcolor="#086A87" |

|Diventerà Bellissima{{efn|name=Sicily}}

|2014

|Regionalism
Conservatism

|Nello Musumeci

|{{Composition bar|0|400|hex=#086A87}}

|{{Composition bar|1|200|hex=#086A87}}

|{{Composition bar|0|76|hex=#086A87}}

|FdI

;Notes

{{notelist|40em}}

= Parties represented only in Regional Councils =

== Countrywide parties ==

class="wikitable"

! colspan=2|Party

! Founded

! Ideology

! Leader

! Regional Council

bgcolor="{{party color|Italian Socialist Party (2007)}}"|

|Italian Socialist Party
{{lang|it|Partito Socialista Italiano}}

|2007

|Social democracy

|Enzo Maraio

|Campania
Basilicata
Sardinia

bgcolor="{{party color|Possible (political party)}}"|

|Possible
{{lang|it|Possibile}}

|2015

|Social democracy
Green politics

|Francesca Druetti

|Piedmont
Sardinia

bgcolor="{{party color|Populars for Italy}}"|

|Populars for Italy
{{lang|it|Popolari per l'Italia}}

|2014

|Christian democracy
Liberal conservatism

|Mario Mauro

|Molise

bgcolor="{{party color|Us of the Centre}}"|

|Us of the Centre
{{lang|it|Noi di Centro}}

|2021

|Christian democracy

|Clemente Mastella

|Campania

bgcolor="{{party color|Vita (electoral list)}}"|

|Vita

|2022

|Populism
Anti-establishment

|Sara Cunial

|Trentino-Alto Adige

== Regional parties ==

class="wikitable"

! colspan=2|Party

! Founded

! Ideology

! Leader

! Regional Council

bgcolor="#FF8000"|

|Civic Network
{{lang|it|Rete Civica}}

|2019

|Regionalism

|Fabio Protasoni

|Aosta Valley

bgcolor="{{party color|Edelweiss (political party)}}"|

|Edelweiss
{{lang|it|Stella Alpina}}

|2001

|Regionalism
Christian democracy

|Ronny Bobey

|Aosta Valley

bgcolor="#9BDDFF"|

|For Our Valley
{{lang|fr|Pour Notre Vallée}}

|2019

|Regionalism
French-speaking minority interests

|Fabio Gradi

|Aosta Valley

bgcolor="{{party color|For Autonomy}}"|

|For Autonomy
{{lang|fr|Pour l'autonomie}}

|2020

|Regionalism
French-speaking minority interests

|Aldo Di Marco

|Aosta Valley

bgcolor="#AE262B"|

|Mouv'

|2017

|Regionalism
Autonomism

|Damien Charrance

|Aosta Valley

bgcolor="#39FF14"|

|Valdostan Alliance
{{lang|fr|Alliance Valdôtaine}}

|2019

|Regionalism
Progressivism

|Albert Chatrian

|Aosta Valley

bgcolor="#006400"|

|Autonomy House
{{lang|it|Casa Autonomia.eu}}

|2022

|Regionalism
Christian democracy

|Paola Demagri
Michele Dallapiccola

|Trentino-Alto Adige

bgcolor="#1560BD"|

|Die Freiheitlichen

|1992

|Separatism
German-speaking minority interests

|Dietmar Zwerger

|Trentino-Alto Adige

bgcolor={{party color|For South Tyrol with Widmann}}|

|For South Tyrol with Widmann
{{lang|de|Für Südtirol mit Widmann}}

|2023

|Regionalism
Christian democracy

|Thomas Widmann

|Trentino-Alto Adige

bgcolor="#006400"|

|Futura Trentino

|2018

|Regionalism
Social democracy

|Nicola Serra

|Trentino-Alto Adige

bgcolor="{{party color|Greens (South Tyrol)}}"|

|Greens
{{lang|it|Verdi}}–{{lang|de|Grüne}}–{{lang|lld|Vërc}}

|1978

|Green politics

|Felix Wohlgemuth
Marlene Pernstich

|Trentino-Alto Adige

bgcolor="{{party color|Greens (South Tyrol)}}"|

|JWA List
{{lang|de|JWA Liste}}

|2023

|Right-wing populism
Separatism

|Jürgen Wirth Anderlan

|Trentino-Alto Adige

bgcolor="#A50021"|

|The Civic List
{{lang|it|La Civica}}

|2019

|Regionalism

|Mattia Gottardi

|Trentino-Alto Adige

bgcolor="#FF0000"|

|Popular Autonomists
{{lang|it|Autonomisti Popolari}}

|2017

|Regionalism
Christian democracy

|Walter Kaswalder

|Trentino-Alto Adige

bgcolor="#8C001A"|

|South Tyrolean Freedom
{{lang|de|Süd-Tiroler Freiheit}}

|2007

|Separatism
German-speaking minority interests

|Eva Klotz

|Trentino-Alto Adige

bgcolor="#FCD300"|

|Team K

|2018

|Regionalism
Liberalism

|Paul Köllensperger

|Trentino-Alto Adige

bgcolor="#C00000"|

|Trentino Project
{{lang|it|Progetto Trentino}}

|2008

|Regionalism
Christian democracy

|Silvano Grisenti

|Trentino-Alto Adige

bgcolor="{{party color|Trentino Tyrolean Autonomist Party}}"|

|Trentino Tyrolean Autonomist Party
{{lang|it|Partito Autonomista Trentino Tirolese}}

|1988

|Regionalism
Christian democracy

|Simone Marchiori

|Trentino-Alto Adige

bgcolor="#C34848"|

|Liga Veneta Repubblica

|1998

|Regionalism
Venetian nationalism

|Fabrizio Comencini

|Veneto

bgcolor="#FFD300"|

|FVG Project
{{lang|it|Progetto FVG}}

|2018

|Regionalism

|Sergio Bini

|Friuli-Venezia Giulia

bgcolor="#3E80BD"|

|Pact for Autonomy
{{lang|it|Patto per l'Autonomia}}

|2015

|Regionalism

|Sergio Cecotti

|Friuli-Venezia Giulia

bgcolor="#253487"|

|Slovene Union
{{lang|sl|Slovenska Skupnost}}

|1963

|Slovene-speaking minority interests

|Peter Močnik

|Friuli-Venezia Giulia

bgcolor="#0087BD"|

|Building Democracy
{{lang|it|Costruire Democrazia}}

|2009

|Regionalism

|Massimo Romano

|Molise

bgcolor="#5CB3FF"|

|Italy Is Popular
{{lang|it|L'Italia è Popolare}}

|2017

|Christian democracy

|Giuseppe De Mita

|Campania

bgcolor="#87CEFA"|

|Popular Apulia
{{lang|it|Puglia Popolare}}

|2017

|Regionalism
Christian democracy

|Massimo Cassano

|Apulia

bgcolor="#0066BF"|

|Christian Democracy Sicily
{{lang|it|Democrazia Cristiana Sicilia}}

|2020

|Christian democracy

|Salvatore Cuffaro

|Sicily

bgcolor="{{party color|Movement for Autonomies}}"|

|Movement for Autonomy
{{lang|it|Movimento per l'Autonomia}}

|2005

|Regionalism
Christian democracy

|Raffaele Lombardo

|Sicily

bgcolor="#FF4242"|

|Future Left
{{lang|it|Sinistra Futura}}

|2023

|Regionalism
Democratic socialism

|Luca Pizzuto

|Sardinia

bgcolor="#2d8ec5"|

|Sardinia 20Twenty
{{lang|it|Sardegna 20Venti}}

|2013

|Regionalism

|Stefano Tunis

|Sardinia

bgcolor="##CC7722"|

|Sardinia Alliance
{{lang|it|Alleanza Sardegna}}

|2023

|Regionalism
Liberalism

|Gerolamo Solina

|Sardinia

bgcolor="{{party color|Sardinian Action Party}}"|

|Sardinian Action Party
{{lang|it|Partito Sardo d'Azione}}

|1921

|Regionalism
Sardinian nationalism

|Christian Solinas

|Sardinia

bgcolor="#5CB3FF"|

|Sardinian Reformers
{{lang|it|Riformatori Sardi}}

|1993

|Regionalism
Liberal conservatism

|Michele Cossa

|Sardinia

bgcolor="#ff5500"|

|Shared Horizon
{{lang|it|Orizzonte Comune}}

|2023

|Regionalism

|Franco Cuccureddu

|Sardinia

= Non-represented parties =

== Countrywide parties ==

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Defunct parties

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== Countrywide parties ==

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== Overseas parties ==

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;Aosta Valley

;Piedmont

;Lombardy

;Trentino-Alto Adige

;Veneto

;Friuli-Venezia Giulia

;Marche

;Lazio

;Molise

;Campania

;Apulia

;Calabria

;Sicily

;Sardinia

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== Countrywide parties ==

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See also

References

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