- Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol regional election, 2008
The Trentino-Alto Adige/Südtirol regional election of 2008 will take place on
26 October 2008 .Province of Trento
In the
Province of Trento , where the President is elected directly by the people, incumbentLorenzo Dellai (Union for Trentino , supported also by the Democratic Party, theTrentino Tyrolean Autonomist Party , theUnion of Christian and Centre Democrats , theFederation of the Greens ,Faithful to Trentino ,Italy of Values , and theLadin Autonomist Union ) will faceSergio Divina (Lega Nord Trentino , supported also byThe People of Freedom ,List for Divina President ,Popular Autonomists ,United Valleys ,Fassa , Pensioners' Party,The Right ,Tricolour Flame and other minor parties [http://www.ladige.it/news/a_portale_lay_notizia_01.php?id_cat=4&id_news=7432] [http://www.ladige.it/news/a_portale_lay_notizia_01.php?id_cat=4&id_news=7751] [http://ricerca.quotidianiespresso.it/trentinocorrierealpi/archivio/trentinocorrierealpi/2008/08/04/AN4PO_AN402.html] [http://www.uffstampa.provincia.tn.it/csw/c_stampa.nsf/da30aff456bf716ac125661a00277281/e93061df4fe64c0cc12574cf00507492?OpenDocument] )Then there are four minor candidates:
Agostino Catalano , supported by theCommunist Refoundation Party and Democratic Left;Remo Andreotti , for theDemocrats for Trentino , a last-minute splinter group from the Democratic Party;Nerio Giovanazzi , a former member ofForza Italia ;Gianfranco Valduga , for theParty of Italian Communists .Province of Bolzano
In the
Province of Bolzano theSouth Tyrolean People's Party (SVP), which has governed the Province for sixty years, will continue to do so, but it is also expected a rise in term of votes ofThe Libertarians ,Union for South Tyrol andLega Nord Sud Tirolo . The last party could form an alliance with SVP. [http://espresso.repubblica.it/dettaglio-local/%C2%ABNoi-ci-siamo-ma-l-Svp-ora-si-smarchi%C2%BB/2036877] [http://altoadige.repubblica.it/dettaglio/Lega-Nord-senza-Benussi-Alla-guida-Artioli-e-Atz/1507932]References
External links
* [http://www.elezioni.provincia.tn.it/provinciali_08/ Province of Trento – 2008 provincial election]
* [http://elezioni.provincia.bz.it/index_i.asp Province of Bolzano – 2008 provincial election]
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