Ladin Autonomist Union
The Ladin Autonomist Union is a minor progressive-centrist political party in Trentino, Italy, that seeks to represent the Ladin minority in the Province and especially those living in Fassa Valley. Its leader is.
The party was formed in 1983 and, the same year, its founder was elected provincial deputy for the Italian Republican Party. In 1992, Anesi was elected to the Italian Senate for the Italian Socialist Party.
After the disappearance of the so-called First Republic parties, including the Socialists, the UAL formed an alliance with the Trentino Tyrolean [Autonomist Party] at the provincial level and with The Olive Tree at the national level. Under these agreements, Anesi was elected to the Provincial Council in 1993 from the PATT slate, while Detomas represented UAL in the Chamber of Deputies from 1996 to 2006.
Since the introduction in 2003 of a seat for the Ladin minority, the UAL has always prevailed.
In the 2013 provincial election it won 1.1% of the vote.
In the 2015 Fassa community elections, the party was defeated by the Fassa Association, the first time since the introduction of valley communities in 2006.
In the 2016 Italian constitutional referendum, the UAL supported the Yes.
Electoral results
Results are expressed in %. Before 2003, the UAL usually did not contest the elections as a stand-alone list.| 1992 general | 1996 general | 2001 general | 2003 provincial | 2004 european | 2006 general | 2008 provincial | 2013 provincial | 2015 communal | 2020 communal | 2023 provincial | |
| Trentino | 2.7 | 6.9 | 11.1 | 1.1 | 0.8 | 11.9 | 1.2 | 1.1 | – | – | 1.6 |
| Fassa Valley | 31.9 | 47.7 | 54.5 | 52.1 | 51.0 | 41.9 | 54.0 | 51.8 | 40.6 | 52.2 | 33.1 |