Massimo Bitonci

Massimo Bitonci
Member of the Italian Chamber of Deputies
Incumbent
Assumed office 22 April 2008
Mayor of Cittadella
Incumbent
Assumed office 2002
Personal details
Born	June 24, 1965 (1965-06-24) (age 46) Padua
Nationality	Italian
Political party	Lega Nord, Liga Veneta

Massimo Bitonci (Padua, 24 June 1965) is an Italian Venetist politician. He is member of Liga Veneta-Lega Nord.

In 1993, he joined Lega Nord and was Deputy Mayor of Cittadella from 1994 to 2002.^[1] During his second term he joined Mayor Lucio Facco into Liga Veneta Repubblica. With the support of that party he ran for Mayor in 2002. Thanks to his personal appeal^{[citation needed]}, his party won 14.9%, defeating Liga Veneta in one of its strongholds, and he was elected in the second round with 50.9% of the vote, also with the support of two regionalist citizen's lists.^[2]

In 2007, he was re-elected Mayor with the 56.5% of the vote in the first round. In that occasion he was supported by a regionalist front composed of Liga Veneta, Liga Fronte Veneto and some citizen's lists, which won altogether 51.7% of the vote.^[3]

In the 2008 general election, he was elected to the Italian Chamber of Deputies, where he sits in the parliamentary group of Lega Nord. Thanks to his popularity^{[citation needed]}, he trailed the electoral result of the party in the Province of Padua, where Lega Nord passed from 7.7%^[4] to 24.1%^[5] in two years, and especially in Cittadella, where the party quadruplicated his score from 11.6%^[6] to 42.2%.^[7]

References

1. ^ On. Massimo Bitonci - Lega Nord per l'indipendenza della Padania
2. ^ Repubblica.it
3. ^ Speciale elezioni 2007 - Elezioni amministrative
4. ^ ::: Ministero dell'Interno ::: Archivio Storico delle Elezioni - Camera del 9 Aprile 2006
5. ^ Ministero dell'Interno - Elezioni della Camera dei Deputati
6. ^ ::: Ministero dell'Interno ::: Archivio Storico delle Elezioni - Camera del 9 Aprile 2006
7. ^ Ministero dell'Interno - Elezioni della Camera dei Deputati

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Name	Bitonci, Massimo
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Date of birth	24 June 1965
Place of birth	Padua
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