Trentino People's Party
(Redirected from Popular Political Union of Trentino)
Trentino People's Party Partito Popolare Trentino | |
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| Abbreviation | PPT/TVP |
| Leader | Alcide De Gasperi |
| Founded | 1904 |
| Dissolved | 1919 |
| Merged into | Italian People's Party |
| Headquarters | Trento, Austria |
| Ideology | Christian democracy Italian-speaking minority interests Regionalism |
| Political position | Centre |
| Colours | black |
The Trentino People's Party (Italian: Partito Popolare Trentino), previously the People's Political Union of Trentino (Unione Politica Popolare del Trentino), was a political party in Austria-Hungary, founded in 1904 in support of Italian minorities in Trentino.[1][2] Its leader was Alcide De Gasperi.[3]
History
[edit]In the 1911 Cisleithanian legislative election the PPT was the second largest Italian party in the Vienna Parliament, after having been the largest in the 1907 election.
In 1920, after the annexation of Trentino into Italy, the PPT was merged into the Italian People's Party.
Electoral results
[edit]Imperial Council
[edit]| Imperial Council | |||||
| Election year | # of overall votes |
% of overall vote |
# of overall seats won |
+/– | Leader |
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| 1907 | 40,943 (#1 IT) | 0.9 | 7 / 516
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| 1911 | 40,543 (#1 IT) | 0.9 | 7 / 516
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Regional Council
[edit]| Landtag of Tyrol | |||||
| Election year | # of overall votes |
% of overall vote |
# of elective seats won |
+/- | Leader |
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| 1914 | 40,343 (#1 IT) | 35.9 | 7 / 25
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References
[edit]- ^ Alfredo Canavero (2003). Alcide De Gasperi: cristiano, democratico, europeo [Alcide De Gasperi: Christian, democratic, European] (in Italian). Rubbettino. p. 12. ISBN 9788849807073.
- ^ Paolo Piccoli; Armando Vadagnini (2004). Degasperi: un trentino nella storia d'Europa [Degasperi: Trentino in the European history] (in Italian). Rubbettino. p. 127. ISBN 9788849809350.
- ^ "Alcide De Gasperi: un mediatore ispirato per la democrazia e la libertà in Europa" [Alcide De Gasperi: An inspired mediator for democracy and freedom in Europe] (PDF) (in Italian).