1919 Italian general election

1919 Italian general election

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All 508 seats in the Chamber of Deputies
255 seats needed for a majority
Turnout56.58%
  Majority party Minority party Third party
 
Leader Nicola Bombacci Don Luigi Sturzo Vittorio Emanuele Orlando
Party PSI PPI LDR
Seats won 156 101 91
Seat change Increase104 new party New
Popular vote 1,834,792 1,167,354 904,195
Percentage 32.28% 20.53% 15.91%


Prime Minister before election

Francesco Saverio Nitti
Radical Party

Elected Prime Minister

Francesco Saverio Nitti
Radical Party

General elections were held in Italy on 16 November 1919.[1] The fragmented Liberal governing coalition lost the absolute majority in the Chamber of Deputies, due to the success of the Italian Socialist Party and the Italian People's Party.

A new election law had expanded the voting rights to a larger section of the population and established a proportional representation system.[2]

  1. ^ Dieter Nohlen & Philip Stöver (2010) Elections in Europe: A data handbook, p1047 ISBN 978-3-8329-5609-7
  2. ^ Palombara, Joseph G. La (1953). "The Italian Elections and the Problem of Representation". American Political Science Review. 47 (3): 676–703. doi:10.2307/1952900. ISSN 1537-5943. JSTOR 1952900.