Autonomist Democrats [SEP] inception
Autonomist Democrats
The Autonomist Democrats ("Democratici Autonomisti") were a social-democratic and liberal electoral list for the 2008 Sicilian regional election.
Its leading members included Maurizio Ballistreri, a former regional deputy for the Italian Democratic Socialists now leading member of the social-democratic faction within the Movement for Autonomy, and Salvatore Grillo, deputy secretary of the Italian Liberal Party.
The list won 3.8% of the vote, thus failing to surpass the 5% electoral threshold.
In May 2009 the party joined the
is elected directly by the people, incumbent Lorenzo Dellai (Union for Trentino, supported also by the Democratic Party, the Trentino Tyrolean Autonomist Party, the Union of Christian and Centre Democrats, the Greens and Democrats of Trentino, Loyal to Trentino, Italy of Values, and the Ladin Autonomist Union) defeated Sergio Divina (Lega Nord Trentino, supported also by The People of Freedom, Divina Civic List, Popular Autonomists, United Valleys, Fassa Association, Pensioners' Party, The Right, Tricolour Flame and other minor parties)