Italia. Bene Comune

Italia. Bene Comune (Italy. Common Good, IBC) was a centre-left political list and electoral alliance in Italy created to stand at the 2013 Italian general election. It de facto ended on 28 April 2013, with PD's new leader Enrico Letta forming a grand coalition cabinet.

Italia. Bene Comune
Leader	Pier Luigi Bersani
Founded	13 October 2012
Dissolved	28 April 2013
Ideology	Social democracy Democratic socialism Christian democracy Social liberalism
Political position	Centre-left[1]
Colours	Red, Green
Politics of Italy Political parties Elections

History

The alliance was announced on 31 July 2012 by the Secretary of the Democratic Party Pier Luigi Bersani and officially launched on 13 October, with the signature of a common political platform.^[2]

By the terms of the agreement, each party in the coalition stood separately in the 2013 general election. However, all parties agreed to support a single candidate as Prime Minister. Bersani was elected as the coalition's leader and candidate for prime minister in the primary election held on 25 November and 2 December.^[3][4][5]

In the election, the coalition gained a plurality in both houses of the Italian parliament, garnering 29.6% of the vote in the Chamber^[6] and 31.6% of the vote in the Senate.^[7] Although IBC had a solid majority of seats in the Chamber, it came up short of a majority in the Senate, thus leaving it unable to form a government on its own. Consequently, Bersani resigned from party leadership and the PD joined a grand coalition government, led by the PD's Enrico Letta.

Primary election results^[8]

Candidates		Party	First round		Second round
			Votes	%	Votes	%
	Pier Luigi Bersani	PD	1,395,096	44.9	1,706,457	60.9
	Matteo Renzi	PD	1,104,958	35.5	1,095,925	39.1
	Nichi Vendola	SEL	485,689	15.6
	Laura Puppato	PD	80,628	2.6
	Bruno Tabacci	CD	43,840	1.4
All votes total			3,181,626		2,741,685
Blank and invalid votes			2,659	0.22	8,930	0.32

Composition

The alliance was composed by the following parties:

Party		Ideology	Leader
	Democratic Party (PD)	Social democracy	Pier Luigi Bersani
	Left Ecology Freedom (SEL)	Democratic socialism	Nichi Vendola
	Democratic Centre (CD)	Christian democracy	Bruno Tabacci
	Italian Socialist Party (PSI)	Social democracy	Riccardo Nencini

Also part of the alliance were regional parties such as the South Tyrolean People's Party (in South Tyrol),^[9] Trentino Tyrolean Autonomist Party (in Trentino),^[10] Autonomy Liberty Participation Ecology (in Aosta Valley),^[11] Moderates (in Piedmont), and The Megaphone (in Sicily).^[12] Additionally, the Greens of South Tyrol formed a local electoral pact with SEL in South Tyrol.^[13]

Election results

Election	Leader	Chamber of Deputies				Senate of the Republic
		Votes	%	Seats	Position	Votes	%	Seats	Position
2013	Pier Luigi Bersani	10,049,393	29.55	345 / 630	1st	9,686,683	31.6	127 / 315	1st

References

1. Stefano Albertini; Anna Sgobbi (1 August 2013). Großer Lernwortschatz Italienisch aktuell. Hueber Verlag. pp. 117–. ISBN 978-3-19-838600-2.
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8. "Risultati". Archived from the original on 2012-12-04. Retrieved 2013-02-18.
9. "Accordo fatto SVP-Pd per senato Bolzano - Trentino-Alto Adige/Suedtirol". ANSA.it. Retrieved 2013-03-01.
10. "Patto per l'autonomia Svp-Pd-Patt - Trentino-Alto Adige/Suedtirol". ANSA.it. 2010-01-03. Retrieved 2013-03-01.
11. "Guichardaz e Morelli candidati Alpe-Pd - Valle D'Aosta". ANSA.it. Retrieved 2013-03-01.
12. "Liste, i simboli presentati sono 215: è record. Domani le esclusioni - Il Messaggero". Ilmessaggero.it. Retrieved 2013-03-01.
13. "Elezioni, patto Verdi Alto Adige e Sel - Corriere della Sera". Corriere.it. 2009-12-24. Retrieved 2013-03-01.