1919 Italian General Election
The proportional revolution16 November 1919 · Proportional revolution and the Fascist seizure · 508 seats, 255 for a majority
The elections took place in the middle of Biennio Rosso ("Red Biennium") a two-year period, between 1919 and 1920, of intense social conflict in Italy, following the First World War. The revolutionary period was followed by the violent reaction of the Fascist blackshirts militia and eventually by the March on Rome of Benito Mussolini in 1922.
Prime Minister before
Francesco Saverio Nitti
Radical Party
Prime Minister (continued)
Francesco Saverio Nitti
Radical Party
Largest force
Italian Socialist Party
156 of 508 seats
Turnout
56.6%
The result
Italian Socialist Party
32.3% of votes · +104 seats
156
seats
PSI
Nicola Bombacci · 32.3% of votes · +104 seats
156
seats
Italian People's Party
20.5% of votes
100
seats
Liberals, Democrats and Radicals
15.9% of votes
96
seats
Democratic Party
10.9% of votes
60
seats
Liberal Party
8.6% of votes · -229 seats
41
seats
Combatants' Party
4.1% of votes
20
seats
Italian Radical Party
1.9% of votes · -50 seats
12
seats
Economic Party
1.5% of votes
7
seats