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609:Gaja, Filippo (1962).
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303:Christian Democracy
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1354:National Democracy
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54:Abbreviation
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1397:(1943–1945)
1391:(1921–1943)
1385:(1919–1923)
1379:(1910–1923)
1370:Nationalist
1362:(1995–2009)
1356:(1977–1979)
1350:(1959–1972)
1344:(1954–1959)
1338:(1946–1959)
1332:(1946–1949)
1315:(2019–2022)
1309:(2017–2019)
1303:(2015–2017)
1297:(2013–2017)
1291:(2010–2014)
1285:(2009–2013)
1279:(1994–2009)
1273:(1919–1924)
1251:(1953–1954)
1245:(1922–1994)
1239:(1913–1922)
1222:(1999–2013)
1216:(2005–2009)
1210:(2001–2002)
1204:(1995–2002)
1198:(1994–2002)
1186:(1994–2002)
1180:(1943–1994)
1174:(1919–1926)
1168:(1913–1919)
1162:(1906–1919)
1145:(2011–2013)
1143:Great South
1139:(1995–1996)
1133:(1994–1996)
1127:(1943–1951)
1110:(2015–2018)
1104:(2013–2019)
1098:(2002–2007)
1092:(1993–2003)
1086:(1999–2002)
1080:(1996–2002)
1069:(1998–1999)
1063:(1919–1926)
1057:(1913–1919)
1040:(1991–1999)
1038:The Network
1034:(1993–1997)
1028:(1955–1989)
1016:(1922–1926)
1010:(1913–1919)
1004:(1904–1922)
998:(1853–1867)
981:(2017–2023)
979:Article One
975:(1998–2007)
969:(1998–2007)
963:(1994–1998)
957:(1947–1998)
951:(1892–1994)
945:(1966–1969)
939:(1949–1951)
933:(1948–1949)
927:(1943–1948)
921:(1929–1947)
915:(1922–1930)
909:(1912–1926)
892:(1990–2021)
886:(1986–1990)
880:(1989–1990)
863:(2010-2016)
857:(2007–2010)
851:(1991–1998)
845:(1964–1972)
839:(1882–1892)
833:(1881–1893)
816:(1998–2014)
810:(1978–1991)
804:(1921–1991)
798:(1972–1984)
339:joined it.
318:Carabinieri
262:Lucio Tasca
128:Regionalism
1450:Categories
1090:Segni Pact
215:socialists
194:separatist
134:Party flag
124:Separatism
96:1951-06-04
81:1943-07-10
1313:Cambiamo!
789:Communist
565:Citations
513:Election
454:Election
423:Trinacria
270:the Mafia
264:and duke
248:socialist
162:Elections
89:Dissolved
724:44965140
678:48108005
310:Taormina
197:Sicilian
186:Sicilian
115:Ideology
695:4230210
619:3095666
528:Leader
487:4 / 556
469:Leader
416:Symbols
365:Catania
342:In the
242:, with
222:History
178:Italian
108:Palermo
94: (
79: (
74:Founded
1192:(1998)
1022:(1946)
738:
722:
712:
693:
676:
657:
634:
617:
546:9 / 90
522:Seats
516:Votes
463:Seats
457:Votes
401:, and
291:Allies
204:Sicily
63:Leader
871:Green
736:ISBN
720:OCLC
710:ISBN
691:OCLC
674:OCLC
655:ISBN
632:ISBN
615:OCLC
541:8.8
534:1947
525:+/−
482:0.7
475:1946
466:+/−
297:and
213:and
172:The
236:CIS
57:MIS
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253:,
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