Trentino People's Party
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 minorites in Trentino.[1][2] Its leader was Alcide De Gasperi.[3]
Trentino People's Party Partito Popolare Trentino | |
|---|---|
| Abbreviation | PPT/TVP |
| Leader | Alcide De Gasperi |
| Founded | 1904 |
| Dissolved | 1919 |
| Merged into | Italian People's Party |
| Headquarters | Trento, Austria |
| Ideology | Christian democracy Regionalism |
| Political position | Centre |
| Colours | black |
History
In the 1911 Cisleithanian legislative election the PPT was the largest party in Trentino, after another victory in 1907.
In 1920, after the annexation of Trentino into Italy, the PPT was merged into the Italian People's Party.
Electoral results
Imperial Council
| Imperial Council | |||||
| Election year | # of overall votes |
% of overall vote |
# of overall seats won |
+/– | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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
| Landtag of Tyrol | |||||
| Election year | # of overall votes |
% of overall vote |
# of elective seats won |
+/- | Leader |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1914 | 40,343 (#1 IT) | 35.9 | 7 / 25 |
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References
- 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).
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