The party was founded in 1993 by the
Populars for Reform, a split from
Christian Democracy (DC) in 1992 whose basic goal was electoral reform from
proportional representation to
plurality voting, and splinters from the
Democratic Alliance (AD). The party contested the
1994 general election with DC successor the
Italian People's Party (PPI) in the
Pact for Italy coalition, with the Pact leader
Mario Segni designated as "candidate for
Prime Minister". However soon after the election suffered several splits. The group around Michelini and Tremonti, for instance, founded the
Liberal Democratic Foundation and decided to support the
Berlusconi I Cabinet (Tremonti even became minister of Finances) and would later join
Silvio Berlusconi's
Forza Italia (FI). In the
1995 regional elections, the Segni Pact formed an electoral list named
Pact of Democrats, along with the
Italian Socialists and AD. The Pact decided not to present lists for the
2001 general election, but Cossa, member of the
Sardinian Reformers, the regional section of the party in
Sardinia, was elected deputy in a single-seat constituency of
Cagliari for the
House of Freedoms centre-right coalition. In 2003 the party was finally transformed into the
Pact of Liberal Democrats (also known as the Segni-Scognamiglio Pact). ==Electoral results==