Independent Alternative for Italians Abroad

Independent Alternative for Italians Abroad
Alternativa Indipendente Italiani all'Estero
LeaderJohn Adamo
Dom Serafini
Founded17 November 2005[1]
Dissolvedc. 2006
IdeologyInterests of Italians abroad
Political positionCentre

The Independent Alternative for Italians Abroad (Italian: Alternativa Indipendente Italiani all'Estero; AIIE) was a party list that contested the 2006 Italian general election in the overseas division of North America and Central America. It ran four candidates for the Chamber of Deputies and two candidates for the Italian Senate. The party did not win any seats.

The AIIE supported improvements in consular and health-care services for Italians living abroad, and was generally focused on interactions between Italy and the country's diaspora population.[2] One candidate for the Italian Chamber of Deputies indicated that the party was neither right-wing nor left-wing, and that it opposed bureaucracy while supporting freedom for both the individual and society.[3] Another party candidate for the Italian Senate said that the AIIE was seeking to reach an electorate of moderate and undecided voters.[4]

Electoral record

2006 Italian general election results: Chamber of Deputies, North and Central America region
Party Votes % Deputies
   The Union 33,881 38.72 1
   Forza Italia 26,843 30.68 1
   For Italy in the World with Tremaglia 10,897 12.45
   Union of Christian and Centre Democrats 9,494 10.85
   Independent Alternative for Italians Abroad 3,732 4.26
   Northern League 1,461 1.67
   Tricolour Flame 1,197 1.37
Total valid votes 87,505 100.00
The Union candidate preference votes
Gino Bucchino (elected) 10,361
Giovanni Rapana' 8,626
Silvana Mangione 8,086
Graziella Ciminata Bivona 4,502
Forza Italia candidate preference votes
Salvatore Ferrigno (elected) 10,492
Liliana Bartolotta 4,717
Paolo Antonio Ariemma 4,427
Angela Della Costanza Turner 3,392
For Italy in the World with Tremaglia candidate preference votes
Antonio Cardillo 3,593
Anna Colarusso 2,950
Angelo Vinciguerra 2,362
Quintino Cianfaglione 1,634
Union of Christian and Centre Democrats candidate preference votes
Giuseppe Canciani 3,877
Domenico Mignone 2,696
Gaetano Mattioli Cecchini 1,202
Massimo Seracini 916
Independent Alternative for Italians Abroad candidate preference votes
John Adamo 1,947
Paolo de Francesco 685
Francesco de Leo 648
Antonino Massana 408
Northern League candidate preference votes
Guido Renzi 541
Stefano Bagnasco 431
Natale Salvatore Caruso 312
Tricolour Flame candidate preference votes
Giorgio Viti 382
Vito Verzura 351

Source: ARCHIVIO STORICO DELLE ELEZIONI - Consultazione dati: Camera 09/04/2006, Area ESTERO, Ripartizione AMERICA SETTENTRIONALE E CENTRALE, Ministerio dell'Interno, Government of Italy, accessed 27 July 2011. Voters were not required to give a preference vote for any candidate.

2006 Italian general election results: Senate, North and Central America region
Party Votes % Senators
   The Union 32,036 38.03 1
   Forza Italia 25,556 30.33
   For Italy in the World with Tremaglia 11,604 13.77
   Union of Christian and Centre Democrats 9,412 11.17
   Independent Alternative for Italians Abroad 3,191 3.79
   Northern League 1,389 1.65
   Tricolour Flame 1,061 1.26
Total valid votes 84,249 100.00
The Union candidate preference votes
Renato Turano (elected) 12,097
Rocco di Trolio 7,675
Forza Italia candidate preference votes
Augusto Sorriso 8,898
Liborio Zambito 5,387
For Italy in the World with Tremaglia candidate preference votes
Carlo Consiglio 5,446
Vincenzo Centofanti 2,531
Union of Christian and Centre Democrats candidate preference votes
Vittorio Coco 3,906
Bernardo Paradiso 2,885
Independent Alternative for Italians Abroad candidate preference votes
Domenico Serafini detto Dom 1,471
Sonia Marcella Spadoni 922
Northern League candidate preference votes
Salvatore Rappa 807
Tricolour Flame candidate preference votes
Alfredo Viti 415

Source: ARCHIVIO STORICO DELLE ELEZIONI - Consultazione dati: Senato 09/04/2006, Area ESTERO, Ripartizione AMERICA SETTENTRIONALE E CENTRALE, Ministerio dell'Interno, Government of Italy, accessed 27 July 2011. Voters were not required to give a preference vote for any candidate.

References

  1. ^ Serafini e Adamo annunciano la lista Alternativa Indipendente
  2. ^ "Serafini e Adamo annunciano la lista Alternativa Indipendente", Italia Estera, 17 November 2005(?), accessed 22 July 2011.
  3. ^ Francesco de Leo, "Sei di destra, di centro o di sinistra?", 24 March 2006, accessed 22 July 2011.
  4. ^ "Intervista al teramano Dom Serafini, candidato indipendente per il voto degli italiani del Nordamerica"[permanent dead link‍], Teramo News, accessed 22 July 2011.