# 1996 Italian Senate election in Lombardy

Lombardy renewed its delegation to the Italian Senate on April 21, 1996. This election was a part of national Italian general election of 1996 even if, according to the Italian Constitution, every senatorial challenge in each Region is a single and independent race.
The election was won by the centre-left coalition called The Olive Tree.

## Electoral system

The intricate electoral system introduced in 1993, called Mattarella Law, provided 75% of the seats in the Senate as elected by first-past-the-post system, whereas the remaining 25% was assigned by a special proportional method that actually assigned the remaining seats to minority parties.

## Results

| Coalition | votes | votes (%) | seats | Party | seats | change |
| The Olive Tree | 1,928,868 | 34.2 | 19 | Democratic Party of the Left | 11 | 8 |
| The Olive Tree | 1,928,868 | 34.2 | 19 | Italian People's Party | 4 | 1 |
| The Olive Tree | 1,928,868 | 34.2 | 19 | Federation of the Greens | 2 | 2 |
| The Olive Tree | 1,928,868 | 34.2 | 19 | Italian Renewal | 1 | 1 |
| The Olive Tree | 1,928,868 | 34.2 | 19 | Italian Republican Party | 1 | 1 |
| Pole for Freedoms | 1,853,453 | 32.8 | 16 | Forza Italia | 10 | 1 |
| Pole for Freedoms | 1,853,453 | 32.8 | 16 | National Alliance | 5 | 4 |
| Pole for Freedoms | 1,853,453 | 32.8 | 16 | Federalist Party | 1 | 1 |
| Northern League | 1,376,124 | 24.4 | 11 | Northern League | 11 | 15 |
| Alliance of Progressives | 50,235 | 0.9 | 1 | Communist Refoundation Party | 1 | 1 |
| Others | 437,745 | 7.7 | - | Others | - | - |
| Total coalitions | 5,646,425 | 100.0 | 47 | Total parties | 47 | = |
Sources: Ministry of the Interior, Italian Senate

### Constituencies

| N° | Constituency | Winner | Alliance | Party | Votes % | Losers |
| 1 | Milan Central | Carlo Scognamiglio | Pole for Freedoms | Forza Italia | 47.9% | G. Bianchini (Olive) 35.2% L. Rossi (League) 10.9% |
| 2 | Milan East | Saverio Vertone | Pole for Freedoms | Forza Italia | 46.4% | Vera Squarcialupi (Olive) 36.2% G. Galimberti (League) 11.5% |
| 3 | Milan West | Riccardo De Corato | Pole for Freedoms | National Alliance | 46.5% | Felice Besostri (Olive) 35.4% P. Arpesani (League) 11.7% |
| 4 | Milan South | Roberto Lasagna | Pole for Freedoms | Forza Italia | 41.5% | Antonio Duva (Olive) 38.6% M. Bedoni (League) 13.1% |
| 5 | Milan North | Leopoldo Elia | | Italian People's Party | 43.6% | L. Strik (Pannella) 23.1% M. Frigerio (League) 16.4% |
| 6 | Sesto San Giovanni | Antonio Pizzinato | | Democratic Party of the Left | 42.7% | Sergio Travaglia (Pole) 38.1% C. Pedrazzini (League) 12.9% |
| 7 | Lodi | Gianni Piatti | | Democratic Party of the Left | 39.7% | Michele Bucci (Pole) 34.8% G. Finaguerra (League) 17.2% |
| 8 | Rozzano | Carlo Smuraglia | | Democratic Party of the Left | 40.8% | Antonino Caruso (Pole) 40.1% G. Lombardi (League) 12.7% |
| 9 | Abbiategrasso | Francesco Servello | Pole for Freedoms | National Alliance | 34.4% | F. Bonetti (Olive) 33.0% G. Gadda (League) 25.5% |
| 10 | Rho | Fiorello Cortiana | | Federation of the Greens | 36.5% | F. Tofoni (Pole) 34.9% G. Carnovali (League) 23.6% |
| 11 | Bollate | Ornella Piloni | | Democratic Party of the Left | 38.1% | P. Balzano (Pole) 34.0% E. Busnelli (League) 21.5% |
| 12 | Cinisello Balsamo | Patrizia Toia | | Italian People's Party | 43.8% | Enrico Rizzi (Pole) 35.0% G. Tronconi (League) 15.2% |
| 13 | Seregno | Ettore Rotelli | Pole for Freedoms | Forza Italia | 36.3% | M. Pulcini (Olive) 29.8% C. Monti (League) 27.6% |
| 14 | Monza | Alfredo Mantica | Pole for Freedoms | National Alliance | 38.1% | Anna Maria Bernasconi (Olive) 37.0% E. Merlo (League) 19.3% |
| 15 | Melzo | Loris Maconi | | Democratic Party of the Left | 41.6% | M. Staglieno (Pole) 33.4% S. Motta (League) 19.4% |
| 16 | Cologno Monzese | Natale Ripamonti | | Federation of the Greens | 40.2% | Enrico Pianetta (Pole) 39.0% C. Marchini (League) 13.8% |
| 17 | Varese | Piero Pellicini | Pole for Freedoms | National Alliance | 33.1% | M. Astuti (Olive) 29.9% Giuseppe Leoni (League) 29.7% |
| 18 | Gallarate | Luigi Peruzzotti | Northern League | Northern League | 34.6% | G. Martinoli (Olive) 29.9% G. Margutti (Pole) 29.2% |
| 19 | Busto Arsizio | Antonio Tomassini | Pole for Freedoms | Forza Italia | 32.8% | Francesco Speroni (League) 32.0% M. Maggioni (Olive) 29.2% |
| 20 | Como | Gianfranco Miglio | Pole for Freedoms | Federalist Party | 35.2% | G. Peruzzo (Olive) 29.3% G. Ostinelli (League) 27.2% |
| 21 | Cantù | Elia Manara | Northern League | Northern League | 32.3% | G. Manfredi (Pole) 31.3% P. Giovanni (Olive) 29.5% |
| 22 | Brescia | Alessandro Pardini | | Democratic Party of the Left | 38.9% | R. Conti (Pole) 30.6% G. Giudici (League) 24.7% |
| 23 | Lumezzane | Francesco Tabladini | Northern League | Northern League | 41.8% | A. Gregorelli (Olive) 30.9% L. Becchetti (Pole) 25.4% |
| 24 | Desenzano del Garda | Giovanni Bruni | | Italian Renewal | 33.1% | Massimo Wilde (League) 31.0% I. Formentini (Pole) 28.4% |
| 25 | Chiari | Francesco Tirelli | Northern League | Northern League | 32.9% | B. Mazzotti (Olive) 32.3% G.Gei (Pole) 27.8% |
| 26 | Suzzara | Piergiorgio Bergonzi | Alliance of Progressives | Communist Refoundation Party | 34.3% | F. Marenghi (Pole) 30.5% I. Maffini (League) 24.7% |
| 27 | Mantua | Roberto Borroni | | Democratic Party of the Left | 43.9% | R. Freddi (Pole) 28.3% A. Cattaneo (League) 20.2% |
| 28 | Cremona | Angelo Rescaglio | | Italian People's Party | 38.7% | G. Galli (Pole) 31.9% B. Bruttomesso (League) 21.8% |
| 29 | Pavia | Tullio Montagna | | Democratic Party of the Left | 37.0% | G. Beccaria (Pole) 34.6% L. Verderio (League) 19.2% |
| 30 | Vigevano | Domenico Contestabile | Pole for Freedoms | Forza Italia | 37.8% | C. Broli (Olive) 34.6% G. Desigis (League) 19.3% |
| 31 | Bergamo | Giovanni Zilio | | Italian People's Party | 32.3% | Sergio Rossi (League) 31.9% L. Caputo (Pole) 29.1% |
| 32 | Albino | Vito Gnutti | Northern League | Northern League | 44.8% | G. Giupponi (Olive) 26.7% G. Bettera (Pole) 22.3% |
| 33 | Treviglio | Massimo Dolazza | Northern League | Northern League | 35.5% | L. Gelpi (Olive) 29.5% M. Signorelli (Pole) 27.7% |
| 34 | Sondrio | Fiorello Provera | Northern League | Northern League | 36.8% | M. Gallo (Pole) 28.6% R. Pedrini (Olive) 27.0% |
| 35 | Lecco | Roberto Castelli | Northern League | Northern League | 33.3% | V. Addis (Olive) 32.9% P. Fiocchi (Pole) 27.1% |

### Additional senators

* Pole for Freedoms
* Antonino Caruso (National Alliance, 40.1%)
* Enrico Pianetta (Forza Italia, 39.0%)
* Sergio Travaglia (Forza Italia, 38.1%)
* Enrico Rizzi (Forza Italia, 35.0%)
* Michele Bucci (Forza Italia, 34.8%)
* The Olive Tree
* Antonio Duva (Italian Republican Party, 38.6%)
* Anna Maria Bernasconi (Democratic Party of the Left, 37.0%)
* Vera Squarcialupi (Democratic Party of the Left, 36.2%)
* Felice Besostri (Democratic Party of the Left, 35.4%)
* Lega Nord
* Francesco Speroni (Lega Nord, 32.0%)
* Sergio Rossi (Lega Nord, 31.9%)
* Massimo Wilde (Lega Nord, 31.0%)