The 1996 Italian general election was held on 21 April, resulting in a narrow win for the Romano Prodi-led centre-left coalition, The Olive Tree, which had a covenant of desistance pact with the Communist Refoundation Party, over the Silvio Berlusconi-led centre-right coalition, the Pole for Freedoms, in both houses of the Italian Parliament, the Chamber of Deputies and the Senate of the Republic.
It resulted in the formation of the Prodi I Cabinet.
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Results for the Chamber of Deputies (left) and Senate of the Republic (right) in single-member constituencies. The colour corresponds to the party or coalition that won the constituency.
Red
represents The Olive Tree,
blue
the Pole for Freedoms,
green
the Northern League,
dark red
the Communist Refoundation Party,
black
the South-Tyrolean People's Party,
indigo
the Southern Action League, and
turquoise
the Aosta Valley coalition.