Lega PadanaLega Padana is a Padanist and separatist political party founded in 1999 and active mainly in Piedmont, Italy.HistoryThe Padanian League was founded in Turin on 8 February 1999. In the 2009 Piedmont provincial election, the Piedmontese section of the party, the Piedmont Padanian League obtained 1.1% of the vote in the province of Alessandria and 1.0% in the province of Turin. Renzo Rabellino, who was a joint-candidate of several small parties, won 3.5% of the vote and he was elected to the Provincial Council of Turin. In the 2010 Piedmontese [regional election], Rabellino ran for president and gained 1.7%. In the 2011 Turin [municipal election], the Piedmont Padanian League-supported candidate Domenico Coppola won 3.6% of the vote. Coppola, who had been elected to the City Council of Turin, died a few days later the election.