Trentino People's Party

The Trentino People's Party (Italian: Partito Popolare Trentino), previously the People's Political Union of Trentino (Unione Politica Popolare del Trentino), was a political party in Austria-Hungary, founded in 1904 in support of Italian minorities in Trentino.^[1][2] Its leader was Alcide De Gasperi.^[3]

Trentino People's Party Partito Popolare Trentino
Abbreviation	PPT/TVP
Leader	Alcide De Gasperi
Founded	1904
Dissolved	1919
Merged into	Italian People's Party
Headquarters	Trento, Austria
Ideology	Christian democracy Italian-speaking minority interests Regionalism
Political position	Centre
Colours	black
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History

In the 1911 Cisleithanian legislative election the PPT was the second largest Italian party in the Vienna Parliament, after having been the largest in the 1907 election.

In 1920, after the annexation of Trentino into Italy, the PPT was merged into the Italian People's Party.

Electoral results

Imperial Council

Imperial Council
Election year	# of overall votes	% of overall vote	# of overall seats won	+/–	Leader
1907	40,943 (#1 IT)	0.9	7 / 516	–	Enrico Conci
1911	40,543 (#1 IT)	0.9	7 / 516	–	Alcide De Gasperi

Regional Council

Landtag of Tyrol
Election year	# of overall votes	% of overall vote	# of elective seats won	+/-	Leader
1914	40,343 (#1 IT)	35.9	7 / 25	–	Alcide De Gasperi