Italian general election, 1924
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The Italian general election of 1924 took place on 6 April 1924, under the Acerbo Law
. The National Fascist Party
used intimidation tactics that produced a landslide victory for Benito Mussolini
's "National List" and a subsequent two-thirds majority (which would have been achieved under the abolished proportional representation
system as well).
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=left rowspan=2 valign=top|Parties
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=center colspan=6|Chamber of Deputies
|-
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right|Votes
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right|+/-
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right|%
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right|+/-
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right|Seats
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right|+/-
|-
|align=left|National List
(fascist)
|align="right" |4,305,936
|align="right" |
|align="right" |61.3
|align="right" |new
|align="right" |356
|align="right" |+356
|-
|align=left|Italian People's Party
(Christian-democratic)
|align="right" |637,649
|align="right" |
|align="right" |9.0
|align="right" |-11.7
|align="right" |39
|align="right" |-69
|-
|align=left|United Socialist Party
(social-democratic)
|align="right" |415,148
|align="right" |
|align="right" |5.9
|align="right" |new
|align="right" |24
|align="right" |new
|-
|align=left|Italian Socialist Party
(socialist)
|align="right" |341,528
|align="right" |
|align="right" |5.0
|align="right" |-19.5
|align="right" |22
|align="right" |-121
|-
|align=left|PNF list
(fascist)
|align="right" |347,552
|align="right" |
|align="right" |4.9
|align="right" |+4,4
|align="right" |19
|align="right" |+17
|-
|align=left|Communist Party of Italy
(communist)
|align="right" |268,191
|align="right" |
|align="right" |3.7
|align="right" |-0.9
|align="right" |19
|align="right" |+4
|-
|align=left|Liberal Party
(liberal)
|align="right" |196,000
|align="right" |
|align="right" |3.3
|align="right" |new
|align="right" |15
|align="right" |new
|-
|align=left|Constitutional Opposition (social-liberal)
|align="right" |126,000
|align="right" |
|align="right" |2.2
|align="right" |new
|align="right" |14
|align="right" |new
|-
|align=left|Italian Republican Party
(social-liberal)
|align="right" |133,714
|align="right" |
|align="right" |1.9
|align="right" |-1.9
|align="right" |7
|align="right" |+1
|-
|align=left|Italian Social Democratic Party
(social-liberal)
|align="right" |98,000
|align="right" |
|align="right" |1.5
|align="right" |-3.2
|align="right" |10
|align="right" |-29
|-
|align=left|Agrarian Party (agrarian-conservative)
|align="right" |70,000
|align="right" |
|align="right" |1.0
|align="right" |+0.3
|align="right" |4
|align="right" |-1
|-
|align=left|Slavic and German parties (regionalist)
|align="right" |84,000
|align="right" |
|align="right" |0.9
|align="right" |-0.4
|align="right" |6
|align="right" |-3
|-
|align=left|Party of Combatants (conservative)
|align="right" |
|align="right" |
|align="right" |1.2
|align="right" |-2.9
|align="right" |10
|align="right" |-20
|-
|align=left|Sardinian Action Party
(regionalist)
|align="right" |
|align="right" |
|align="right" |0.3
|align="right" |-0.2
|align="right" |-
|align="right" |-2
|-
|align=left style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|Total (turnout 63.1%)
|width="75" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|
|width="30" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|
|width="30" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|100.0
|width="30" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|
|width="30" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|535
|width="30" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|
|-
|align=left colspan=10|Source: Piergiorgio Corbetta; Maria Serena Piretti, Atlante storico-elettorale d'Italia, Zanichelli, Bologna
2009
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Acerbo Law
The Acerbo Law was an Italian electoral law proposed by Baron Giacomo Acerbo and passed by the Italian Parliament in 1924. The purpose of it was to give Mussolini's fascist party a majority of deputies.-Background:...
. The National Fascist Party
National Fascist Party
The National Fascist Party was an Italian political party, created by Benito Mussolini as the political expression of fascism...
used intimidation tactics that produced a landslide victory for Benito Mussolini
Benito Mussolini
Benito Amilcare Andrea Mussolini was an Italian politician who led the National Fascist Party and is credited with being one of the key figures in the creation of Fascism....
's "National List" and a subsequent two-thirds majority (which would have been achieved under the abolished proportional representation
Proportional representation
Proportional representation is a concept in voting systems used to elect an assembly or council. PR means that the number of seats won by a party or group of candidates is proportionate to the number of votes received. For example, under a PR voting system if 30% of voters support a particular...
system as well).
Results
|-!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=left rowspan=2 valign=top|Parties
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=center colspan=6|Chamber of Deputies
Italian Chamber of Deputies
The Italian Chamber of Deputies is the lower house of the Parliament of Italy. It has 630 seats, a plurality of which is controlled presently by liberal-conservative party People of Freedom. Twelve deputies represent Italian citizens outside of Italy. Deputies meet in the Palazzo Montecitorio. A...
|-
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right|Votes
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right|+/-
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right|%
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right|+/-
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right|Seats
!style="background-color:#E9E9E9" align=right|+/-
|-
|align=left|National List
National Fascist Party
The National Fascist Party was an Italian political party, created by Benito Mussolini as the political expression of fascism...
(fascist)
|align="right" |4,305,936
|align="right" |
|align="right" |61.3
|align="right" |new
|align="right" |356
|align="right" |+356
|-
|align=left|Italian People's Party
Italian People's Party (1919–1926)
The Italian People's Party was a Christian-democratic political party in Italy.It was founded in 1919 by Luigi Sturzo, a Catholic priest. The PPI was backed by Pope Benedict XV to oppose the Italian Socialist Party...
(Christian-democratic)
|align="right" |637,649
|align="right" |
|align="right" |9.0
|align="right" |-11.7
|align="right" |39
|align="right" |-69
|-
|align=left|United Socialist Party
United Socialist Party (Italy, 1922–1930)
The United Socialist Party was a social-democratic political party in Italy, active from 1922 to 1930....
(social-democratic)
|align="right" |415,148
|align="right" |
|align="right" |5.9
|align="right" |new
|align="right" |24
|align="right" |new
|-
|align=left|Italian Socialist Party
Italian Socialist Party
The Italian Socialist Party was a socialist and later social-democratic political party in Italy founded in Genoa in 1892.Once the dominant leftist party in Italy, it was eclipsed in status by the Italian Communist Party following World War II...
(socialist)
|align="right" |341,528
|align="right" |
|align="right" |5.0
|align="right" |-19.5
|align="right" |22
|align="right" |-121
|-
|align=left|PNF list
National Fascist Party
The National Fascist Party was an Italian political party, created by Benito Mussolini as the political expression of fascism...
(fascist)
|align="right" |347,552
|align="right" |
|align="right" |4.9
|align="right" |+4,4
|align="right" |19
|align="right" |+17
|-
|align=left|Communist Party of Italy
Communist Party of Italy
The Communist Party of Italy was a communist political party in Italy which existed from 1921 to 1926. That year it was outlawed by Benito Mussolini's fascist regime. In 1943, the name was changed to the Italian Communist Party.-Foundation:The forerunner of the party was the Communist Faction...
(communist)
|align="right" |268,191
|align="right" |
|align="right" |3.7
|align="right" |-0.9
|align="right" |19
|align="right" |+4
|-
|align=left|Liberal Party
Italian Liberal Party
The Italian Liberal Party was a liberal political party in Italy.-Origins:The origins of liberalism in Italy came from the so-called "Historical Right", a parliamentary group formed by Camillo Benso di Cavour in the Parliament of the Kingdom of Sardinia following the 1848 revolution...
(liberal)
|align="right" |196,000
|align="right" |
|align="right" |3.3
|align="right" |new
|align="right" |15
|align="right" |new
|-
|align=left|Constitutional Opposition (social-liberal)
|align="right" |126,000
|align="right" |
|align="right" |2.2
|align="right" |new
|align="right" |14
|align="right" |new
|-
|align=left|Italian Republican Party
Italian Republican Party
The Italian Republican Party is a liberal political party in Italy.The PRI is party with old roots that originally took a left-wing position, claiming descent from the political position of Giuseppe Mazzini...
(social-liberal)
|align="right" |133,714
|align="right" |
|align="right" |1.9
|align="right" |-1.9
|align="right" |7
|align="right" |+1
|-
|align=left|Italian Social Democratic Party
Italian Social Democratic Party
The Italian Democratic Social Party was a social-liberal political party in Italy.It was formed for the 1919 general election by the union of the Constitutional Democratic Party with several other parties of the liberal left...
(social-liberal)
|align="right" |98,000
|align="right" |
|align="right" |1.5
|align="right" |-3.2
|align="right" |10
|align="right" |-29
|-
|align=left|Agrarian Party (agrarian-conservative)
|align="right" |70,000
|align="right" |
|align="right" |1.0
|align="right" |+0.3
|align="right" |4
|align="right" |-1
|-
|align=left|Slavic and German parties (regionalist)
|align="right" |84,000
|align="right" |
|align="right" |0.9
|align="right" |-0.4
|align="right" |6
|align="right" |-3
|-
|align=left|Party of Combatants (conservative)
|align="right" |
|align="right" |
|align="right" |1.2
|align="right" |-2.9
|align="right" |10
|align="right" |-20
|-
|align=left|Sardinian Action Party
Sardinian Action Party
The Sardinian Action Party is a regionalist social-democratic political party in Sardinia, which has recently sided with The People of Freedom, the largest centre-right party in Italy.-History:...
(regionalist)
|align="right" |
|align="right" |
|align="right" |0.3
|align="right" |-0.2
|align="right" |-
|align="right" |-2
|-
|align=left style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|Total (turnout 63.1%)
|width="75" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|
|width="30" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|
|width="30" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|100.0
|width="30" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|
|width="30" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|535
|width="30" align="right" style="background-color:#E9E9E9"|
|-
|align=left colspan=10|Source: Piergiorgio Corbetta; Maria Serena Piretti, Atlante storico-elettorale d'Italia, Zanichelli, Bologna
Bologna
Bologna is the capital city of Emilia-Romagna, in the Po Valley of Northern Italy. The city lies between the Po River and the Apennine Mountains, more specifically, between the Reno River and the Savena River. Bologna is a lively and cosmopolitan Italian college city, with spectacular history,...
2009
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