Autonomy Liberty Democracy

Autonomy Liberty Democracy Autonomie Liberté Démocratie
Founded	2006
Political position	Centre-left[1]
Chamber of Deputies	0 / 630
Senate	0 / 315
European Parliament	0 / 73
Regional Council of Aosta Valley	15 / 35
Website
Official website
Politics of Aosta Valley Political parties Elections

Autonomy Liberty Democracy (Autonomie Liberté Démocratie, ALD) is a centre-left coalition active in Aosta Valley, Italy.^[2]

History

Autonomy Liberty Democracy was originally formed as an electoral list, affiliated to the The Union, for the 2006 general election and originally comprised: the Democrats of the Left, Democracy is Freedom – The Daisy, Valdostan Renewal, Lively Aosta Valley, Forward Valley, the Communist Refoundation Party, the Federation of the Greens and other minor parties. In that occasion, ALD elected a deputy, Roberto Nicco (Democrats of the Left), and a senator, Carlo Perrin (Valdostan Renewal), defeating respectively 43.4% to 30.7% Marco Viérin (SA, VdA)^[3] and 44.2% to 32.0% incumbent senator Augusto Rollandin (UV, VdA)^[4]

In the 2008 general election Antonio Fosson (UV, VdA) defeated incumbent senator Carlo Perrin 41.4% to 37.4%,^[5] while incumbent deputy Roberto Nicco narrowly defeated Ego Perron (UV, VdA) 39.1% to 37.8%.^[6] Under a new electoral law, the coalition ran together also in the 2008 regional election. The alliance, comprising three party lists (the Democratic Party, Valdostan Renewal–Lively Aosta Valley and Rainbow Aosta Valley), won 27.4% of the vote and was severely defeated by the Aosta Valley regionalist coalition, which won 62% of the vote and a stable majority in the Regional Council.^[7]

In the 2013 general election Patrizia Morelli (ALPE, ALD) was defeated by Albert Lanièce (UV, VdA) 37.0% to 30.8% for the Senate,^[8] while Jean Pierre Guichardaz (PD, ALD) came third after Rudi Marguerettaz (SA, VdA) and Laurent Viérin (UVP).^[9] In the 2013 regional election the coalition, including also UVP,^[10] won 40.5% of the vote.^[11]

In July 2015 and June 2016 the regional government, formed by UV and SA, was enlarged to the PD^[12] and the UVP,^[13] respectively. The future of ALD looks thus uncertain, especially as the UVP was headed toward a full-scope réunion with the UV.

Members parties

In 2016 the coalition is formed by the current parties:

Party		Ideology
	Progressive Valdostan Union (UVP)	Progressivism
	Autonomy Liberty Participation Ecology (ALPE)	Social democracy
	Democratic Party – Valdostan Left (PD–SV)	Social democracy
	Democratic Centre (CD)	Centrism
	Italian Socialist Party (PSI)	Social democracy

Electoral results

Regional Council

Regional Council of Aosta Valley
Election year	# of overall votes	% of overall vote	# of overall seats won	+/–
2008	20,131	27.4	8 / 35	–
2013	29,187	40,5	15 / 35	7

References

1. Federico De Lucia (29 May 2013). "Elezioni in Valle d'Aosta: benvenuto bipolarismo!". CISE. Retrieved 14 June 2013. External link in |publisher= (help)
2. Tom Lansford (15 April 2013). Political Handbook of the World 2013. SAGE Publications. p. 714. ISBN 978-1-4522-5825-6.
3. Speciale elezioni 2006 - Camera - Valle d'Aosta
4. Speciale elezioni 2006 - Senato - Valle d'Aosta
5. http://politiche2008.interno.it/politiche/senato080413/S020010000.htm
6. http://politiche2008.interno.it/politiche/camera080413/C270010000.htm
7. Regionali 2008
8. http://elezioni.regione.vda.it/VotiLista.aspx?idele=110&ord=1&L=I
9. http://elezioni.regione.vda.it/VotiLista.aspx?idele=109&ord=1&L=I
10. http://www.12vda.it/dossier/le-elezioni-politiche-e-regionali-2013/si-va-allo-scontro-tre-contro-tre-le-prossime
11. http://elezioni.regione.vda.it/VotiLista.aspx?idele=113&L=I&ord=1&setcar=n
12. http://ricerca.repubblica.it/repubblica/archivio/repubblica/2015/07/14/ribaltone-in-val-daosta-pd-in-giuntaTorino02.html
13. http://www.valledaostaglocal.it/2016/06/07/leggi-notizia/argomenti/governo-valdostano/articolo/rafforzamento-autonomia-e-riforma-elettorale-i-pilastri-della-maggioranza-uv-uvp-stella-alpina.html

External links

• Official website