1909 Italian General Election
14 March 1909 · The Giolittian era · 508 seats, 255 for a majority
The right-wing leader Sidney Sonnino succeed to Giolitti's protégé Alessandro Fortis as prime minister in 1906. But his cabinet had a short lift; any way Sonnino formed an alliance with France on the colonial expansion in North Africa.
Prime Minister before
Giovanni Giolitti
Ministerials
Prime Minister (continued)
Giovanni Giolitti
Ministerials
Largest force
Ministerials
336 of 508 seats
Turnout
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The result
| Share of the Chamber | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ministerials | Giovanni Giolitti | 336 | -3 | 995.290 | 54.5% | +3.5 | |
| Italian Radical Party | — | 45 | +8 | 181.242 | 9.9% | — | |
| Italian Socialist Party | — | 41 | +12 | 347.615 | 19.0% | — | |
| Constitutional opposition | — | 36 | -40 | 108.029 | 5.9% | — | |
| Italian Republican Party | — | 24 | 0 | 81.461 | 4.5% | — | |
| Italian Catholic Electoral Union | — | 16 | +13 | 73.015 | 4.0% | — | |
| Constitutional Independents | — | 10 | — | 41.213 | 2.3% | — |