We Sicilians

We Sicilians

Noi Siciliani
We Sicilians Noi Siciliani
President	Teresa Canepa
Coordinator	Filippo Morana
Founded	1994
Ideology	Regionalism; Autonomism
Sicilian Regional Assembly	0 / 70
	Politics of Italy; Political parties; Elections;

We Sicilians (Italian: Noi Siciliani) is a political party active in Sicily.

History

The Federation for the Self-Determination of Sicily "We Sicilians" (Federazione per l'Autodeterminazione della Sicilia "Noi Siciliani") was founded by Erasmo Vecchio in December 1994.^[1]

In 1996 it formed an alliance with the Sicilian National Front led by Giuseppe Scianò.^[2]

The party contested the 1996 Sicilian regional elections and managed to win a seat with 1.7% of the vote.^[3]

In the 2001 Sicilian regional election it was part was part of the centre-left coalition that supported the candidacy of Leoluca Orlando but fell to 0.1% of the votes and lost the only seat it held in the Sicilian Regional Assembly.

Electoral results

Italian Parliament

Election year		votes	%	seats
Chamber of Deputies
1996	Proportional	41,001	0.11	0 / 155
1996	Uninominal	20.102	0.05	0 / 475
2001	Proportional	7,637	0.02	0 / 155
2001	Proportional	6,121	0.02	0 / 475
2006		5,003	0.01	0 / 630

Election year	votes	%	seats
Senate of the Republic
1996	71,841	0.22	0 / 315
2001	6,121	0.02	0 / 315
2006	6,556	0.02	0 / 315

Sicilian Regional Assembly

Election year	votes	%	seats
1996	46,606	1.7	1 / 90
2001	2,382	0.1	0 / 80

References

[1] Alla Sicilia serve una coalizione autonomista aperta al civismo siciliano. L’esperienza di Noi Siciliani

[2] ‘Noi Siciliani’: la storia, la ripartenza e la risorgenza

[3] LE TORNATE ELETTORALI DEL 1996: VOTO REGIONALE SICILIANO ED ELEZIONI AMMINISTRATIVE PARZIALI – Page 169

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