Sicilian nationalism

Flag of Sicilian Independence Movement

Location of Sicily

Sicilian nationalism consists of various movements in the autonomous Italian region of Sicily, as well as the Sicilian diaspora, which seek greater autonomy or outright independence ^[1] for the region from Italy, and promoting the defense of Sicilian heritage, traditions, culture and the Sicilian language.^[2][3]

Various separatist and autonomist movements in Sicily have received support from the political left, right, and centre.^[4] Historically, the most notable party with a Sicilian nationalist platform was the separatist Sicilian Independence Movement, who had four seats in the Italian Senate and nine seats in the Italian Chamber of Deputies at their peak in the mid-1940s.^[5] In contemporary Sicily, the largest sicilianist^[6] party has been the autonomist Party of the Sicilians, part of the greater Movement for the Autonomies, which governed Sicily under the presidency of Raffaele Lombardo from 2008-2012.^[7] The left-wing sicilianism, formerly active also through some Sicilian socialists and Antonio Varvaro's MISDR (Republican Democratic Sicilian Independence Movement), is now represented only by the Sicilian Socialist Party and the Sicilian National Front.

Political support

After Lombardo's autonomist government ruled from 2008-2012, in the 2012 regional election, the largest predominantly sicilianist^[8][9] coalition, led by the center-right Gianfranco Micciché^[10] gathered only 19.98% of the votes, and are no longer the governing coalition. They are now serving in the opposition in the Sicilian Parliament.^[11]

2006 party support

Party	Votes	Percentage	Seats
Movement for Autonomy - New Sicily	308,219	12.52%	10
Sicilian Alliance	59,380	2.41%	0
Christian Democrats for Autonomy	6,530	0.26%	0
TOTAL:[12]	374,129	15.19%	10

2008 party support

Party	Votes	Percentage	Seats
Movement for Autonomy - Allies for the South	375,587	13.94%	15
Sicily Strong and Free	119,892	4.45%	0
Autonomist Democrats	101,449	3.76%	0
TOTAL:[13]	596,928	22.15%	15

2012 party support

Party	Votes	Percentage	Seats
Party of the Sicilians - Movement for the Autonomies	182,737	9.53%	7
Force of the South - Great South	115,444	6.02%	3
People of the Pitchfork - Sicilian National Front	23,965	1.25%	0
Sicilian Revolution	22,422	1.17%	0
TOTAL:[14]	344,568	17.97%	10

See also

• Sicily
• Politics of Sicily
• Sicilian Vespers
• Sicilian revolution of 1848
• Southern Italy autonomist movements

References

1. "Il programma". FNS.
2. Amministratore. "PROGRAMMA DI AZZERAMENTO DELLA "MALARAZZA POLITICA". siciliavera.com.
3. Partito dei Siciliani: il programma politico
4. "Sicilian Independence Movement". google.com.
5. "Travel Sicily, Italy". google.com.
6. PPartitu dî Siciliani: lu mpegnu pulìticu
7. "Regione, Lombardo presidente risultato record con il 65,3% - Palermo la Repubblica.it". repubblica.it.
8. "Sicilia: Micciche', coalizione sicilianista contro partiti nazionali - Palermo la Repubblica.it". repubblica.it.
9. Salvo Toscano Salvo Toscano. ""Sicilianisti" corteggiati per vincere al Senato". Live Sicilia. horizontal tab character in |author= at position 16 (help)
10. Affaritaliani.it: Sicilia / Micciché molla Musumeci
11. "Informatizzazione Dati Elezioni Comunali 2014". regione.sicilia.it.
12. http://www.regione.sicilia.it/risultati_elezioni_2006/rep_7/riepilogoRegionale.html
13. "Elezioni Regionali 2008". regione.sicilia.it.
14. "Informatizzazione Dati Elezioni Comunali 2014". regione.sicilia.it.

External links

• Party of the Sicilians (autonomist)
• Sicilian People's Movement (autonomist)
• Force of the South (autonomist)
• Sicilian Revolution (autonomist)
• Movement for the Independence of Sicily (separatist)
• Sicilian National Front (separatist)