Popular Support
The party has suffered a dramatic loss of votes in the Region through the years and is now a tiny political force compared to other "national" sections of Lega Nord. In the 2009 European Parliament election it won a mere 4.4% of the vote, due to the electoral strength of other regionalist parties, notably Valdotanian Union, Edelweiss Aosta Valley and Autonomist Federation. The electoral results of Lega Nord Valle d'Aosta in Aosta Valley are shown in the table below.
| 1992 general | 1993 regional | 1994 general | 1996 general | 1998 regional | 1999 European | 2001 general | 2003 regional | 2004 European | 2006 general | 2008 general | 2009 European |
| - | 7.6 | 17.1 | 8.1 | 3.4 | 1.9 | 2.9 | 2.0 | 3.1 | 4.4 |
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